Browserless

Managed headless browser platform for scraping, automation, testing, and agents.

About this tool

Browserless is a managed headless browser platform for developers who need scalable browser automation without maintaining their own Chromium infrastructure. It supports use cases like scraping, testing, screenshots, PDFs, page automation, MCP workflows, and AI agents that need to interact with websites. The platform is useful for SaaS builders and technical founders because browser automation often becomes fragile and expensive to operate. Browserless provides hosted browsers, concurrency limits, persisted sessions, logs, proxy options, captcha solving, browser APIs, and support for Playwright and Puppeteer. Developers can use Browserless to power web data products, QA systems, visual testing, AI browsing agents, automated workflows, lead tools, and document generation. Its unit-based pricing makes it possible to start free and then scale browser sessions as usage grows. For FutureStack, Browserless fits Developer Tools because browser infrastructure is a core building block for agentic products and automation-heavy SaaS. It is best for developers and founders who want reliable browser automation without running browser fleets themselves.

Best for

Browser automation, scraping, screenshots, PDFs, browser agents, testing, and MCP.

Key Features

Hosted browsers for Playwright, Puppeteer, and APIs
BrowserQL, MCP, screenshots, PDFs, and scraping workflows
Supports browser automation for AI agents
Free, paid, enterprise, and self-hosted options

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Pricing summary

Free plan includes 1K units/month. Prototyping is $25/month, Starter is $140/month, and Scale is $350/month when billed annually.

Pricing

Free

Free hosted browser automation for small tests and prototypes.

Free

1K units per month
2 max concurrent browsers
1-minute max session time
BrowserQL and browser APIs

Popular

Prototyping

More units and longer sessions for early automation apps.

$25/month

20K units per month
10 max concurrent browsers
15-minute max session time
Screen recording and proxies

Starter

Production browser automation for growing teams.

$140/month

180K units per month
40 max concurrent browsers
30-minute max session time
Email, chat, and video support

Other pricing notes

Pricing checked on 2026-07-14 from Browserless' official pricing page.
Browserless bills in units, where one unit is up to 30 seconds per browser connection.
Enterprise pricing is custom for large-scale deployments and self-hosting.

Pricing last checked: July 2026Official pricing page

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