Browserless review

Browserless is the most mature option here. The vendor cites eight years in production, 175M+ Docker pulls and 2,000+ paying customers, and its pitch is a one-line change: swap Puppeteer's launch() for connect() and keep the rest of your code. Beyond raw browsers it offers BrowserQL for stealth-focused automation, REST APIs for PDFs, screenshots and downloads, an MCP server with search, scrape and crawl tools, its own browser agent and authenticated profiles. The Free plan is unusually generous on features, with 1k units a month, captcha solving, residential and datacenter proxies and Chrome, WebKit and Firefox endpoints, but sessions stop at 2 minutes. Prototyping costs $25 a month billed annually for 20k units and 10 concurrent browsers. Billing takes some care, since a unit is up to 30 seconds per connection and each reconnect starts a new unit. Enterprise adds licensed self-hosting with Docker, Kubernetes and GPU support, which few rivals offer.

Who it is for

Teams with existing Puppeteer or Playwright scripts that want hosted or self-hosted browsers with stealth and captcha solving.

Price

Free plan with 1k units a month; Prototyping from $25 per month billed annually; Starter $140; Scale $350.

Prototyping $25 /month billed annually
Quoted from the vendor pricing page on November 7, 2026.

Key features

• BrowserQL language and editor for stealth automation
• Chrome, WebKit and Firefox endpoints
• PDF, screenshot and download REST APIs
• Authenticated profiles and session reconnects
• Commercial license for self-hosting on Enterprise

Strengths and weaknesses

• Strength: Free plan includes captcha solving and residential proxies
• Strength: Swapping launch() for connect() moves existing scripts over
• Strength: Docker, Kubernetes and air-gapped self-hosting for Enterprise
• Weakness: Free sessions are capped at 2 minutes
• Weakness: Units are billed per 30 seconds and reconnects count as new units
• Weakness: Self-hosting needs an Enterprise contract

Key facts

• Free plan: 1k units a month, 2 concurrent browsers
• Prototyping: $25 a month billed annually, 20k units, 10 concurrent browsers
• Starter: $140 a month billed annually, 180k units
• Unit: Up to 30 seconds of browser time per connection
• Customers: 2,000+ paying customers per the vendor

Where it ranks

Browserless is No. 4 in our Best Browser Automation Tools verdict.