BrowserCat vs Cloudflare Browser Run
BrowserCat
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| Figure | BrowserCat | Cloudflare Browser Run |
|---|---|---|
| Price from | $50/mo | Free |
| Free plan | Yes | Yes |
| Free trial | — | — |
| Open source | — | — |
| Web | Yes | Yes |
| API | Yes | Yes |
| Self-hosted | Yes | — |
| Plans published | 7 | 2 |
| Spec score · Browser Automation Tools | 8.7 (#8) | 8.2 (#18) |
| Spec score · Headless Browser APIs | 8.5 (#6) | 8.0 (#15) |
| Deployment | cloud | cloud |
| Integrations | BrowserCat supports Playwright, Puppeteer and CDP-based clients, with examples and language support including JavaScript, Python, Java, .NET, Ruby, PHP, Go and Rust. | Puppeteer, Playwright, Chrome DevTools Protocol (CDP), Stagehand, Cloudflare Workers |
| Key features | Single endpoint and API key for connecting to managed browser backends · Routing based on capability, latency, and availability, with automatic failover · Playwright, Puppeteer, and CDP client support · Managed cloud browser execution · Configurable browser instances and launch options · Third-party proxy support · Usage dashboard with alerts, usage caps, and logs · Browser automation for scraping, CI testing, PDF/image generation, and page monitoring | Headless Chrome browser sessions hosted on Cloudflare's global network · Quick Actions for screenshots, PDFs, scraping, and other stateless browser tasks · Direct browser control through Puppeteer, Playwright, CDP, or Stagehand · Extract page content as Markdown, HTML elements, links, snapshots, or structured data · Crawl web content across multiple pages with asynchronous results · AI-powered structured data extraction through natural-language prompts · Connect to browser sessions from external environments using CDP |
| Local development | BrowserCat says it can be used for local development and recommends starting with local browsers until automation becomes a bottleneck. | Local development does not support requests larger than 1 MB, and headful Chrome mode is available experimentally for visual debugging. |
| Product | BrowserCat provides one API endpoint for managed cloud browsers and routes each session to a browser backend. | Browser Run runs headless Chrome on Cloudflare’s global network for browser automation, web scraping, testing, and content generation. |
| Support | The Hobby plan includes basic email support, Business includes priority email support, and Enterprise lists dedicated support. | Cloudflare directs users with unanswered questions to its Workers community Discord. |
| Support | email, docs | community, docs |
Plans
BrowserCat
- HobbyFree
- Business$50 a month
- EnterprisePriced on request
- Starter credit pack$20, paid once
- Growth credit pack$87.50, paid once
- Scale credit pack$300, paid once
- HobbyFree
Cloudflare Browser Run
- Workers PaidPrice not published
- Workers FreeFree
In their own words
BrowserCat
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Cloudflare Browser Run
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