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BrowserCat
BrowserCat provides a headless browser API that offloads the complexities, costs, and risks associated with hosting and managing your own browser automation infrastruc…
Our verdict
Who it's for
Automate browser tasks with a powerful, scalable, and secure headless browser API.
Who should look elsewhere
Reliance on an external service for core automation infrastructure
Pros
- +Eliminates infrastructure management for browser automation
- +Scalable and stable for varying demands
- +Flexible control over browser behavior
- +No vendor lock-in due to open-source foundation
- +Free tier available for getting started
Cons
- −Reliance on an external service for core automation infrastructure
- −Pricing scales with usage, which might be a concern for very high-volume, continuous tasks on paid tiers
Key features
- ✓Headless browser API
- ✓Instant-start and instant-scale browsers
- ✓Global availability
- ✓Security sandboxing
- ✓Support for Playwright, Puppeteer, and CDP
- ✓Control over launch arguments, feature flags, and headless modes
- ✓Proxy request capabilities
- ✓Metrics and alerts dashboard
Pricing
| Plan | Price | Billing | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hobby | $0 | month | 1,000 credits per month; + $0.0025 / extra credit; 1,000 concurrent requests |
| Business | $50 | month | 1M credits per month; + $0.00175 / extra credit; 1,000 concurrent requests |
| Enterprise | — | month | 1,000 concurrent requests; Playwright, Puppeteer, & CDP; All major browsers |