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Bright Data Browser API

CDP browsers on a 70M+ residential IP network with challenge handling built in

Overall in browser apis
9of 14 · score 73.9
Data coverage
85%
22 of 26 fields sourced

Best for

  • •Hard commercial targets behind enterprise bot management
  • •Country-specific access including Australian exits
  • •Scraping teams that already buy proxy bandwidth

Strong on

  • +Residential proxy included 1/14
  • +Funding stage later-stage 2/14

Weak on

  • −GitHub stars 2,700 7/10
    Better: Browser Use: 120,216
  • −Pricing model per-gb 13/14
    Better: Browserbase: per-hour
  • −Agent API No 9/14
    Better: Hyperbrowser: Yes
  • −Human handoff No 9/14
    Better: Browserless: Yes

vs Browserbase

  • •Ahead on Residential proxy: included vs metered-extra
  • •Ahead on Funding stage: later-stage vs series-b
  • •Behind on Pricing model: per-gb vs per-hour
  • •Behind on Agent API: No vs Partial

How Bright Data Browser API scores among 14 browser apis22 of 26 fields known

Reliability & anti-bot5

Anti-bot pass rate
—
Stealth mode1st
Yes
1/14
docs.brightdata.com · 2026-11-06
CAPTCHA solving1st
Yes
1/14
docs.brightdata.com · 2026-11-06
Residential proxy1st
included
1/14
· 2026-07-01
Cold start
—

Features10

CDP endpoint1st
Yes
1/14
docs.brightdata.com · 2026-07-01
Playwright1st
Yes
1/14
docs.brightdata.com · 2026-11-06
Puppeteer1st
Yes
1/14
docs.brightdata.com · 2026-11-06
Session persistence
Partial
9/14
Leader: Browserbase · Yes
Live view1st
Yes
1/14
Session replay
Partial
6/14
Leader: Browserbase · Yes
Max concurrency1st
Unlimited
1/13
docs.brightdata.com · 2026-11-07
File downloads
Partial
10/14
Leader: Browserbase · Yes
Chrome extensions
—
Browser regions
global
7/12
Leader: Hyperbrowser · us-central, us-east, us-west, europe-west, asia-south

Agentic3

Agent API
No
9/14
Leader: Hyperbrowser · Yes
MCP server1st
Yes
1/14
github.com · 2026-07-01
Human handoff
No
9/14
Leader: Browserless · Yes

Pricing3

Pricing model
per-gb
13/14
Leader: Browserbase · per-hour
· 2026-07-01
Per browser-hour
—
Free tier
Partial
12/14
Leader: Browserbase · Yes

Traction3

GitHub stars
2,700
7/10
Leader: Browser Use · 120,216
github.com · 2026-11-07
Funding stage2nd
later-stage
2/14
Leader: Cloudflare Browser Rendering · public
Open-source core
No
7/14
Leader: Browserless · Yes

Positioning2

Positioning
A CDP browser sitting on the largest residential proxy network
Launched
2023
8/14
Leader: Browserbase · 2024