--- title: Bright Data Browser API slug: bright-data-browser-api url: "https://toolweight.com/tools/bright-data-browser-api" homepage: "https://brightdata.com/products/scraping-browser" categories: browser-automation-apis last_verified: 2026-11-07 dataset_version: 0738be72 license: CC-BY-4.0 --- # Bright Data Browser API > CDP browsers on a 70M+ residential IP network with challenge handling built in - Formerly Scraping Browser: a CDP endpoint on one of the largest residential proxy networks in existence - Challenge solving and fingerprint rotation handled server-side - Connect Playwright or Puppeteer to a websocket URL and pay for the gigabytes; the network is the product ## Identity | | | | --- | --- | | Name | Bright Data Browser API | | Company | Bright Data | | One-liner | CDP browsers on a 70M+ residential IP network with challenge handling built in | | Site | https://brightdata.com/products/scraping-browser | | Docs | https://docs.brightdata.com/scraping-automation/scraping-browser/introduction | | Founded | 2014 | | Open source | No | | Compared in | 1 | ## Where it is compared ### [Browser APIs](https://toolweight.com/compare/browser-automation-apis) Ranked **#9 of 14** on default weights. | Field | Value | Confidence | Verified | Source | Note | Permalink | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Anti-bot pass rate | - | Unknown | - | - | Panel not yet run. | https://toolweight.com/compare/browser-automation-apis#bright-data-browser-api--antibot_success | | Stealth mode | ● | Vendor-claimed | 2026-11-06 | https://docs.brightdata.com/scraping-automation/scraping-browser/introduction | - | https://toolweight.com/compare/browser-automation-apis#bright-data-browser-api--stealth_mode | | CAPTCHA solving | ● | Vendor-claimed | 2026-11-06 | https://docs.brightdata.com/scraping-automation/scraping-browser/features/captcha-solver | - | https://toolweight.com/compare/browser-automation-apis#bright-data-browser-api--captcha_solving | | Residential proxy | included | Inferred | 2026-07-01 | - | Bundled into the per-GB price rather than free, the network is what you are buying. | https://toolweight.com/compare/browser-automation-apis#bright-data-browser-api--residential_proxy | | Cold start | - | Unknown | - | - | - | https://toolweight.com/compare/browser-automation-apis#bright-data-browser-api--cold_start | | CDP endpoint | ● | Vendor-claimed | 2026-07-01 | https://docs.brightdata.com/scraping-automation/scraping-browser/introduction | - | https://toolweight.com/compare/browser-automation-apis#bright-data-browser-api--cdp_endpoint | | Playwright | ● | Vendor-claimed | 2026-11-06 | https://docs.brightdata.com/scraping-automation/scraping-browser/introduction | - | https://toolweight.com/compare/browser-automation-apis#bright-data-browser-api--playwright_support | | Puppeteer | ● | Vendor-claimed | 2026-11-06 | https://docs.brightdata.com/scraping-automation/scraping-browser/introduction | - | https://toolweight.com/compare/browser-automation-apis#bright-data-browser-api--puppeteer_support | | Session persistence | ◐ | Inferred | - | - | Sticky sessions exist for proxy continuity; there is no durable profile store. | https://toolweight.com/compare/browser-automation-apis#bright-data-browser-api--session_persistence | | Live view | ● | Inferred | - | - | Debugger shows the live session and attaches DevTools. | https://toolweight.com/compare/browser-automation-apis#bright-data-browser-api--live_view | | Session replay | ◐ | Inferred | - | - | Session logs rather than video. | https://toolweight.com/compare/browser-automation-apis#bright-data-browser-api--session_replay | | Max concurrency | Unlimited | Vendor-claimed | 2026-11-07 | https://docs.brightdata.com/products/scraping-browser/introduction | - | https://toolweight.com/compare/browser-automation-apis#bright-data-browser-api--concurrency_ceiling | | File downloads | ◐ | Inferred | - | - | - | https://toolweight.com/compare/browser-automation-apis#bright-data-browser-api--file_downloads | | Chrome extensions | - | Unknown | - | - | - | https://toolweight.com/compare/browser-automation-apis#bright-data-browser-api--extension_support | | Browser regions | global | Inferred | - | - | Exit geography is selectable across most countries including Australia; browser location is not exposed. | https://toolweight.com/compare/browser-automation-apis#bright-data-browser-api--regions | | Agent API | ○ | Inferred | - | - | - | https://toolweight.com/compare/browser-automation-apis#bright-data-browser-api--computer_use_api | | MCP server | ● | Vendor-claimed | 2026-07-01 | https://github.com/brightdata/brightdata-mcp | - | https://toolweight.com/compare/browser-automation-apis#bright-data-browser-api--mcp_server | | Human handoff | ○ | Inferred | - | - | - | https://toolweight.com/compare/browser-automation-apis#bright-data-browser-api--human_handoff | | Pricing model | per-gb | Inferred | 2026-07-01 | - | - | https://toolweight.com/compare/browser-automation-apis#bright-data-browser-api--pricing_model | | Per browser-hour | - | Unknown | - | - | Billed per GB of traffic; an hourly equivalent depends entirely on page weight, so we do not convert. | https://toolweight.com/compare/browser-automation-apis#bright-data-browser-api--price_per_hour | | Free tier | ◐ | Inferred | - | - | Trial credit, not an ongoing allowance. | https://toolweight.com/compare/browser-automation-apis#bright-data-browser-api--free_tier | | GitHub stars | 2,700 | Inferred | 2026-11-07 | https://github.com/brightdata/brightdata-mcp | brightdata-mcp repo, rounded. | https://toolweight.com/compare/browser-automation-apis#bright-data-browser-api--github_stars | | Funding stage | later-stage | Inferred | - | - | Private-equity owned; not venture-staged. | https://toolweight.com/compare/browser-automation-apis#bright-data-browser-api--funding_stage | | Open-source core | ○ | Inferred | - | - | - | https://toolweight.com/compare/browser-automation-apis#bright-data-browser-api--open_source_core | | Positioning | A CDP browser sitting on the largest residential proxy network | Inferred | - | - | - | https://toolweight.com/compare/browser-automation-apis#bright-data-browser-api--positioning | | Launched | 2023 | Inferred | - | - | - | https://toolweight.com/compare/browser-automation-apis#bright-data-browser-api--launch_year | **Verdict.** When the target genuinely fights back, this keeps working, but the developer experience is bare and per-GB punishes. ## Alternatives - [Airtop](https://toolweight.com/tools/airtop), Natural-language browser API, describe the page, skip the selectors - [Anchor Browser](https://toolweight.com/tools/anchor-browser), Cloud browsers built around authenticated sessions and human takeover - [Apify](https://toolweight.com/tools/apify), Actor platform for scraping and agents, with Crawlee as the open-source core - [Browser Use](https://toolweight.com/tools/browser-use), The open-source browser agent library, with stealth cloud browsers and a hosted agent API - [Browserbase](https://toolweight.com/tools/browserbase), Managed headless browsers for AI agents, with Stagehand as the SDK - [Browserless](https://toolweight.com/tools/browserless), Self-hostable headless Chrome service; BrowserQL for bot-heavy sites - [Cloudflare Browser Rendering](https://toolweight.com/tools/cloudflare-browser-rendering), Puppeteer and Playwright bindings for Workers, plus REST render endpoints - [Hyperbrowser](https://toolweight.com/tools/hyperbrowser), Agent-first browsers with hosted scrape, crawl and CUA endpoints - [Kernel](https://toolweight.com/tools/kernel), Fast-starting browsers plus a runtime for deploying browser agents - [Self-hosted Playwright](https://toolweight.com/tools/playwright-self-hosted), The baseline: run Chromium in your own container and own everything - [ScrapingBee](https://toolweight.com/tools/scrapingbee), One-call HTML API with JavaScript rendering and premium proxy tiers - [Steel.dev](https://toolweight.com/tools/steel-dev), Open-source browser API for AI agents, hosted or self-run ## Licence and attribution Data from Toolweight (https://toolweight.com), licensed CC-BY-4.0. - Licence: [CC-BY-4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) - Canonical HTML: https://toolweight.com/tools/bright-data-browser-api - Machine-readable: https://toolweight.com/tools/bright-data-browser-api.md · https://toolweight.com/api/v1 · https://toolweight.com/mcp - Toolweight takes no affiliate revenue and sells no placements.