Browserless Review: Headless Browsers Run as a Service
Browserless fits developers who want managed headless browsersIn this Browserless review, one unit covers up to 30 seconds of browser time per connection, read on Sep 29, 2026.
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Browserless in three sentences
Browserless is a managed headless-browser platform for scraping, automation and AI agents, read on Sep 29, 2026. Its Free plan lists 1k units a month, and Prototyping is $25 a month, billed annually, with 20k units per month, read on Sep 29, 2026. This Browserless review holds no tagged review count.
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What it costs
Five plans. Every figure read on the vendor's pricing page on Sep 29, 2026.
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- Units / month
- 1k
- Max session time
- 2 min
- Persisted sessions storage
- 1 day
- Log search window
- 8 hours
- Units / month
- 20k
- Max session time
- 15 min
- Persisted sessions storage
- 7 days
- Log search window
- 24 hours
- Units / month
- 180k
- Max session time
- 30 min
- Persisted sessions storage
- 30 days
- Log search window
- 3 days
- Units / month
- 500k
- Max session time
- 60 min
- Persisted sessions storage
- 90 days
- Log search window
- 7 days
- Units / month
- Not published
- Max session time
- Not published
- Persisted sessions storage
- Custom
- Log search window
- 7 days
Browserless pricing page read: Prototyping $35 a month billed monthly or $25 billed annually, Starter $200 or $140, Scale $500 or $350; Enterprise is quote-only.
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What you get, what you don't
Six things Browserless does. None of the six is missing on the vendor's pages.
- ClaudeNative
- CursorNative
- PuppeteerNative
- PlaywrightNative
- LangChainNative
- Data hostedPrimarily US
- GDPR data processing agreementEnterprise plan
- SOC 2 reportType II
- Single sign-onEnterprise plan
- ChannelsEmail
- Hours9am-5pm PST
- PhoneNot published
- Tagged reviewsNone discuss support
The data behind the score
Our five scores against the average of the tools we score.
Should you buy it?
Name your dealbreaker. No profile is scored on its own yet: too few tagged reviews per profile, so the page shows the overall score.
Buy it if You are a developer who wants Puppeteer or Playwright scripts, REST APIs or BrowserQL on managed browsers, starting from a Free plan of 1k units a month, read on Sep 29, 2026. Skip it if You want no per-unit overage: paid plans bill it, from $0.0020 per unit on Prototyping to $0.0015 on Scale, read on Sep 29, 2026.
One unit covers up to 30 seconds The pricing page states that one unit is a block of browser time of up to 30 seconds per browser connection, read on Sep 29, 2026. We hold no published fact that shows another tool here does better.
Each reconnect counts as a fresh unit The pricing page states that session reconnects count as new browser connections and incur a fresh unit charge, read on Sep 29, 2026. We hold no published fact that shows another tool here does better.
Paid plans bill overage per unit The pricing page FAQ states that overage fees are charged per unit at the plan's overage rate on paid plans, read on Sep 29, 2026. We hold no published fact that shows another tool here does better.
Questions to ask the vendor
- What does a typical scraping job cost in units once proxies and CAPTCHA solves are counted?Residential proxies are listed at 6 units per MB, datacenter proxies at 2 and a CAPTCHA solve at 10 units, read on Sep 29, 2026.
- Can the maximum session time on Scale be raised for long jobs?Scale lists a maximum session time of 60 min, read on Sep 29, 2026.
- How many units does an Enterprise deployment include, and how are they priced?Enterprise is quote-only and lists millions of units consumed, read on Sep 29, 2026.
If Browserless isn't it
Three tools we score in this category. Each card names where the tool is weaker. Unit length, Reconnect charges and Overage billing have no card: we hold no published fact that shows another tool here does better. Click a card, or a name below, to put it next to Browserless.
- No-code visual builder with AI auto-detect and drag-and-drop, read on Sep 29, 2026
- Credits and quotas draws 1 negative mention in its reviews
- AI extraction by natural-language query or JSON rules, read on Sep 29, 2026
- Customization draws 1 negative mention in its reviews
- Typed JSON extraction on supported sites, read on Sep 29, 2026
- Stability draws 1 negative mention in its reviews
Browserless vs Octoparsethe three alternatives
 Browserless |
Octoparse |
ScrapingBee |
ZenRows |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Our score | 7.6* | 8.0* | 7.9* | 7.7* |
| Price and plan | ||||
| Entry price | $35 /mo | From $83 /mo | $19 /mo (billing period not stated) | $19 /mo |
| Free plan | Free plan | Free plan | No free plan stated | Free plan |
| Free trial | No free trial stated | 14-day free trial | No free trial stated | No free trial stated |
| Four dimensions, same grid | ||||
| Ease of setup | 8.4 | 9.1 | 9.0 | 8.8 |
| Feature depth | 7.5 | 7.6 | 7.9 | 7.2 |
| Value for money | 8.3 | 8.3 | 8.3 | 8.7 |
| Support quality | 7.3 | 7.6 | 7.3 | 7.3 |
| Fit | ||||
| Allowance unit | Units | Tasks | API credits | Credits |
| Support channels | Chat and email | Email, chat | ||
| Main strength | Managed headless browsers | No-code visual web scraper | Headless Chrome JavaScript rendering | Web page fetching and extraction |
Cloud extraction is listed on premium plans, and IP rotation is built in on Octoparse Cloud, read between Sep 29 and Oct 5, 2026.
A default request costs 5 credits with JavaScript rendering on, and a stealth proxy request 75, read on Sep 29, 2026.
A JavaScript-rendered request costs 5 credits and a protected request 25, read on Oct 5, 2026.
Each tool counts its allowance in its own unit, read between Sep 29 and Oct 5, 2026: Browserless units, Octoparse tasks, ScrapingBee API credits, ZenRows credits.
Same five-dimension grid for every tool; the fifth dimension changes with the category and stays out of this table. Prices and integrations read on each vendor's public pages between Sep 29 and Oct 5, 2026. * Under 10 tagged reviews: the score is weighted toward the site average; with none, it is the site average. Some of these prices have not been read again for 6 months. Check the vendors' pages before you buy.
What the vendor's pages say, in depth
Browserless pricing runs from a Free plan to Scale
Browserless pricing counts usage in units per month: Free lists 1k units, Prototyping 20k, Starter 180k and Scale 500k, read on Sep 29, 2026. Free is $0 a month. Prototyping is $35 a month, billed monthly, or $25 a month, billed annually.
Starter is $200 a month, billed monthly, or $140 a month, billed annually. Scale is $500 a month, billed monthly, or $350 a month, billed annually. Enterprise is quote-only and lists private deployments or licensed self-hosting, read on Sep 29, 2026.
Concurrency, storage and logs grow with each plan
Concurrent browsers go from 2 on Free to 5 on Prototyping, 30 on Starter and 80 on Scale when billed monthly, and to 10, 40 and 100 when billed annually, read on Sep 29, 2026.
Persisted sessions and replays are stored for 1 day on Free, 7 days on Prototyping, 30 days on Starter and 90 days on Scale. The log search window grows from 8 hours on Free to 7 days on Scale, read on Sep 29, 2026.
Browserless lists REST APIs, BrowserQL and a hosted MCP server
The pricing page lists Puppeteer and Playwright connections through a quick endpoint change, a BrowserQL language and editor on the Free plan, and REST APIs for PDF, screenshot and file download, read on Sep 29, 2026. The site also lists a smart scrape API that escalates from HTTP fetch to a browser and CAPTCHA solving.
Browserless runs a hosted MCP server for AI agents, and Claude Desktop and Cursor sign in with OAuth, read on Sep 29, 2026. The documentation lists LangChain and Zapier as native integrations, and Make and n8n as connecting through Zapier or the API.
Stealth, proxies and self-hosting are all listed
The homepage lists stealth fingerprints as built in, and the pricing page lists automatic CAPTCHA solving at 10 units per solve, residential proxies at 6 units per MB and datacenter proxies at 2 units per MB, read on Sep 29, 2026. The pricing page lists open-source and private Docker versions as self-hosted options.
The trust page lists a SOC 2 Type II report and customer data primarily stored in the United States, read on Sep 29, 2026. A DPA and SSO are listed on the Enterprise plan, read between Sep 29 and Oct 4, 2026.
Before you commit
Browserless counts usage in units, and one unit covers up to 30 seconds of browser time per browser connection, read on Sep 29, 2026. Concurrent browsers are set by plan: 2 on Free, then 5, 30 and 80 on Prototyping, Starter and Scale when billed monthly, and 10, 40 and 100 when billed annually. A successful CAPTCHA solve is billed at 10 units.
Yes. The pricing page lists the open-source and private Docker versions of Browserless as self-hosted options, read on Sep 29, 2026. Enterprise also lists private deployments or licensed self-hosting.
For Puppeteer and Playwright, the documentation says to replace puppeteer.launch() with puppeteer.connect(), or chromium.launch() with chromium.connectOverCDP(), read on Sep 29, 2026. This page holds no fact on Selenium, so it sets no claim on it.
This page holds no fact on Cloudflare or DataDome, so it sets no claim on how BrowserQL performs against them. The pricing page lists a BrowserQL language and editor on the Free plan, and the homepage lists stealth fingerprints, read on Sep 29, 2026.
The homepage lists its audience as solo devs to global enterprise, read on Oct 4, 2026. Its connection routes are Puppeteer or Playwright scripts, REST APIs and BrowserQL, read on Sep 29, 2026. The documentation also lists a Zapier app.
The pricing page lists residential proxies at 6 units per MB and datacenter proxies at 2 units per MB, read on Sep 29, 2026. Both are counted in units, and this page holds no separate proxy price.
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