Browserless rents you a browser and lets you drive it. We do not: we take a request and return a file. If your workflow needs arbitrary interaction, session state or a CDP connection, they are the right tool and this page will say so.
You need to drive the browser: multi-step flows, session state, CDP access or a browser that is not Chromium.
Every script you run ends in a screenshot or a PDF, and you would rather send one request than hold a session open.
What moving looks like: This one is a rewrite, not a swap: each script becomes a request. Straightforward when the script ends in a capture, impossible when it does not.
curl -G https://api.pagecapture.dev/v1/take \
-H "X-Access-Key: $PAGECAPTURE_KEY" \
--data-urlencode "url=https://example.com" \
-d "format=pdf" \
-d "wait_until=load" \
-d "navigation_timeout=30" \
-o pagecapture.pdfThoughtful essentials, made in small batches from natural materials.
There is no connection to hold open, no browser to close and no leaked context to pay for. The unit of work is the artifact.
Waits, banner blocking, device emulation and full-page slicing are options with documented defaults, not code you write against a remote browser.
URL, redirect, subresource, storage endpoint and webhook pass the same SSRF policy. Driving a remote browser yourself leaves that boundary to you.
Not per unit of browser time. A slow page and a fast page cost the same credit, so a hostile target does not surprise the invoice.
Every number in this table is computed from the published plans — failures and organization-scoped cache hits are removed before the plan is chosen, because they are not billable.
| Scenario | Billable successes | Smallest included plan | Published monthly price |
|---|---|---|---|
| 20,000 page renders per month | 17,640 | Scale | $155.00 |
Assumes 10% cache hits and 2% failures. Change either assumption and the billable count changes with it — that is the point of charging for success.
These figures are quoted from each vendor's own pricing page, with the date we last checked it. They are not converted to our billing unit, because they do not measure the same thing.
Browser-as-a-service for automation, scraping and agents — not only artifacts.
Published by the vendor, checked 2026-08-14.
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