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One-call HTML API with JavaScript rendering and premium proxy tiers

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Overall in browser apis
14of 14 · score 39.3
Data coverage
92%
24 of 26 fields sourced

Best for

  • •One-shot fetches with rendered JavaScript
  • •Predictable per-request budgeting
  • •Teams that want no session state to manage

Strong on

  • +Funding stage bootstrapped 3/14

Weak on

  • −CDP endpoint No 13/14
    Better: Browserbase: Yes
  • −Session persistence No 14/14
    Better: Browserbase: Yes
  • −Playwright No 14/14
    Better: Browserbase: Yes
  • −Live view No 11/14
    Better: Browserbase: Yes

vs Bright Data Browser API

  • •Ahead on Pricing model: per-credit vs per-gb
  • •Behind on CDP endpoint: No vs Yes
  • •Behind on Playwright: No vs Yes

How ScrapingBee scores among 14 browser apis24 of 26 fields known

Reliability & anti-bot5

Anti-bot pass rate
99%
2/3
Leader: ZenRows · 99.9%
scrapingbee.com · 2026-11-07
Stealth mode1st
Yes
1/14
scrapingbee.com · 2026-07-01
CAPTCHA solving
Partial
9/14
Leader: Browserbase · Yes
Residential proxy
metered-extra
4/14
Leader: Airtop · included
· 2026-07-01
Cold start
—

Features10

CDP endpoint
No
13/14
Leader: Browserbase · Yes
Playwright
No
14/14
Leader: Browserbase · Yes
Puppeteer
No
14/14
Leader: Browserbase · Yes
Session persistence
No
14/14
Leader: Browserbase · Yes
Live view
No
11/14
Leader: Browserbase · Yes
Session replay
No
11/14
Leader: Browserbase · Yes
Max concurrency1st
100 sessions
1/13
File downloads
No
14/14
Leader: Browserbase · Yes
Chrome extensions
No
11/12
Leader: Browserbase · Yes
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
scrapingbee.com · 2026-11-07
Human handoff
No
9/14
Leader: Browserless · Yes

Pricing3

Pricing model
per-credit
10/14
Leader: Browserbase · per-hour
scrapingbee.com · 2026-07-01
Per browser-hour
N/A
scrapingbee.com · 2026-11-07
Free tier
Partial
12/14
Leader: Browserbase · Yes

Traction3

GitHub stars
—
Funding stage3rd
bootstrapped
3/14
Leader: Cloudflare Browser Rendering · public
Open-source core
No
7/14
Leader: Browserless · Yes

Positioning2

Positioning
Scraping API that handles proxies and headless browsers for you
Launched
2018
12/14
Leader: Browserbase · 2024

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