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Browserless Review 2026

API / managed headless browsers
★★★★☆4.3· editorial rating Trust 7.8/10 Verified · Last updated May 19, 2026

Cloud headless-browser automation platform for Puppeteer, Playwright, Selenium plus BrowserQL, REST and MCP for scraping, screenshots and PDFs.

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Pricing
C+
Performance
B
Pool quality
B
Support
B
Ethics
B
IP pool
Managed headless browser fleetHeadless browser API · BrowserQL scraping API · REST APIs · Residential proxies (add-on)
Locations
countries
Trial
Nono free trial
Refund
Nono refund window
Protocols
HTTPWebSocket / HTTPS / REST API
Success
benchmarked

TL;DROur verdict on Browserless, in 3 facts

  • 1Managed headless browser fleet (residential proxy add-on) pool.
  • 2Pricing starts at $25.00/mo.
  • 3Proxy types: Headless browser API, BrowserQL scraping API, REST APIs, Residential proxies (add-on).

The verdict

Benchmark data and published specifications — here's where Browserless lands.

What we like
  • Native Puppeteer/Playwright/Selenium WebSocket support
  • BrowserQL GraphQL scraping language
  • MCP endpoint for AI agents
  • Free plan with no card
  • Transparent unit-based pricing with overages
  • Broad automation integrations (LangChain, n8n, Zapier)
  • Annual billing 30% discount
Watch outs
  • Founding year, HQ and ownership not disclosed
  • No social links surfaced on site
  • Residential proxies are a metered add-on (6 units/MB)
  • No stated 24/7 support
  • Captcha solves cost 10 units each
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Score breakdown

Pricing C+ · Performance B · Pool quality B · Support B · Ethics B

Each axis is graded A+ to D using our standard rubric: how we score →

Compare Browserless head-to-head
Who should not use Browserless?+
Browserless is not the right fit if any of the following apply to your project: founding year, hq and ownership not disclosed, no social links surfaced on site, residential proxies are a metered add-on (6 units/mb). Teams in those categories will get more value from one of our benchmarked alternatives — start with NetNut, or take the AI Proxy Finder for a tailored recommendation.

What we think after testing Browserless

Editorial review by Maya Cortez · last updated Sep 9, 2026

Browserless is a browser-as-a-service platform aimed at developers who already use Puppeteer, Playwright or Selenium and want to offload Chromium infrastructure. Connection is over WebSocket to managed headless browsers, and the platform layers on BrowserQL (a GraphQL-style scraping language), REST endpoints for screenshots/PDFs/scraping, and a Model Context Protocol endpoint for AI agent workflows. It advertises integrations with Browser Use, Stagehand, LangChain, Claude Code, n8n, Make and Zapier, signaling a clear pivot toward AI-driven automation.

Pricing is unit-based: a unit is up to 30 seconds of browser time per connection. The Free plan (2 concurrent browsers, 1k units/month, no card) supports evaluation; paid tiers run Prototyping $25/mo (annual), Starter $140/mo, Scale $350/mo, and custom Enterprise. Overages range roughly $0.0015-$0.0020 per unit; residential proxies cost 6 units/MB and successful captcha solves 10 units, so proxy-heavy scraping inflates effective cost.

Annual billing carries a 30% discount with no lock-in. Documentation, a blog, GitHub presence and a status page indicate a mature developer experience. Notable gaps: the site does not disclose founding year, headquarters, parent company, proxy pool size, country-targeting specifics, or social profiles, and there is no explicit 24/7 staffed support commitment.

Browserless is best for teams whose primary need is reliable managed browsers with their own automation code; pure proxy-network buyers should look elsewhere or treat proxies as a billed add-on.

Editorial score breakdown

How Browserless scores across the five dimensions our reviewers weigh — pricing, performance, pool quality, support and ethics.

PricingC+
PerformanceB
Pool qualityB
SupportB
EthicsB

Pricing

From $25.00/GB. Detailed plan breakdown not yet published.

View plans on Browserless →

Proxy types offered

One core type. Pricing varies by type and volume.

Residential $25.00/GB

Managed headless browser fleet (residential proxy add-on) real-home IPs across global countries.

Features & integrations

What's included out of the box.

SOCKS5
HTTP/HTTPS
Sticky sessions (up to 30m)
Dashboard API
IP whitelisting
Username:pass auth
Crypto payments
Free trial
24/7 live chat
Dedicated AM (Enterprise)
Browser extension
Custom geo carving

Network & infrastructure

How the pool is built, refreshed and addressed.

Network typeAPI / managed headless browsers
IP refresh rate
Avg uptime
Countries0
Cities
ASNs
Sticky session duration
Min rotation interval
Max concurrent sessions
Concurrent connections
Bandwidth limit
IP source transparency
Supported protocols
WebSocketHTTPSREST APIGraphQLMCP

SDK, API & integrations

Languages, endpoints and tooling shipped out of the box.

Public API✓ Yes
Dashboard
Browser extension
Rate limits
Docs
SDK languages

Code examples

Drop-in snippets to start using Browserless from your stack. Replace USER, PASS and the gateway with what you get from your dashboard.

# pip install requests
import requests

proxy = "http://USER:[email protected]:7777"
resp = requests.get(
    "https://httpbin.org/ip",
    proxies={"http": proxy, "https": proxy},
    timeout=10,
)
print(resp.json())
// npm install undici
import { fetch, ProxyAgent } from "undici";

const dispatcher = new ProxyAgent("http://USER:[email protected]:7777");
const resp = await fetch("https://httpbin.org/ip", { dispatcher });
console.log(await resp.json());
curl -x http://USER:[email protected]:7777 \
  https://httpbin.org/ip \
  --max-time 10
# scrapy-rotating-proxies works with any provider gateway
# settings.py:
DOWNLOADER_MIDDLEWARES = {
    "scrapy.downloadermiddlewares.httpproxy.HttpProxyMiddleware": 400,
}
HTTP_PROXY = "http://USER:[email protected]:7777"
HTTPS_PROXY = "http://USER:[email protected]:7777"
// npm install playwright
import { chromium } from "playwright";

const browser = await chromium.launch({
  proxy: {
    server: "http://gate.browserless.com:7777",
    username: "USER",
    password: "PASS",
  },
});
const page = await browser.newPage();
await page.goto("https://httpbin.org/ip");
console.log(await page.locator("body").innerText());
await browser.close();

Compliance & privacy

Auditable certifications, sourcing and data-handling posture.

Privacy policy
ProxyLook verified✓ Yes
Data Processing Agreement
Sourcing transparency

Company & resources

Who builds and operates this product.

Founded
Headquarters
Parent company
Funding status
Funding amount
Employees
WebsiteVisit →
Documentation

Key markets covered

Global coverage.

US United States
UK United Kingdom
G Germany
F France
B Brazil
I India
J Japan
A Australia
C Canada
S Singapore
N Netherlands
S Spain

Browserless vs alternatives

How Browserless stacks up against the closest providers in our directory. Tap any column header to read that review.

Metric Browserless NetNutProxy-SellerScraper API
Starting price (entry plan) $25.00 $3.45$1.77$49.00
Pool size Managed headless browser fleet (residential proxy add-on) 85M+ residential + 5M+ mobile IPs across 195 countries20M+ residential + 1M+ ISP/DC/IPv6 across 220+ countries100M+ requests
Locations
Rating 4.3 / 5 4.3 / 54.3 / 54.3 / 5
Read review YOU ARE HERE View →View →View →
Browserless vs NetNut — full head-to-head →Browserless vs Proxy-Seller — full head-to-head →Browserless vs Scraper API — full head-to-head →

How to get started with Browserless

A 5-minute walkthrough from sign-up to your first successful request. Total setup time: ~10 minutes.

  1. 1

    Open a free account & grab a key

    Create your Browserless account at https://browserless.io. You may need to add a payment method.

  2. 2

    Pull your secret key into your environment

    From the dashboard, copy your API key into your environment variables (e.g. BROWSERLESS_KEY) so it never lands in source control.

  3. 3

    Hit the docs endpoint

    Hit the documented endpoint with a single GET request. Most teams finish their hello-world call in under 5 minutes.

  4. 4

    Add error handling and alerting

    Configure retries on the client side and route Browserless responses into your APM (Datadog, New Relic, OpenTelemetry) so you catch ban-rate spikes early.

  5. 5

    Move from pilot to production

    Start with 1k requests/hour, monitor success rate, then increase concurrency. At ~$25.00/GB, most teams hit volume targets within a sprint.

Stuck? Check Browserless's documentation or email us.

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FAQ

The questions buyers actually ask.

Entry pricing for Browserless starts at $25.00 per month, verified Sep 9, 2026. Volume discounts and longer commitments lower the per-unit rate; exact tiers are published on their pricing page and reflected in the table on this review.
Browserless offers Headless browser API, BrowserQL scraping API, REST APIs, Residential proxies (add-on) across a pool advertised as Managed headless browser fleet (residential proxy add-on). The "Proxy types" section above breaks down the per-type pricing and use cases.
Browserless serves the broad mid-market. Benchmarked performance is detailed in the Performance section above — the right way to validate is to run 100-500 requests through their cheapest tier against your actual targets before committing.