Headless Browser APIs
Headless browser APIs give you a real Chrome or Chromium in the cloud instead of a plain HTTP fetch. BrowserCat exposes managed Chromium over CDP, so existing Playwright or Puppeteer scripts can connect for scraping, screenshots, PDFs and tests. ScrapeNinja and ScrapingAnt wrap headless Chrome behind a single request with rotating proxies; ScrapeNinja adds Chrome TLS fingerprinting, and ScrapingAnt can return Markdown.
| API | Pricing | Auth | Format | Free tier | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
BrowserCatManaged cloud Chromium reachable over CDP/Playwright/Puppeteer for scraping, screenshots, PDFs and tests. Developer Tools › Web Scraping | Freemium | API key | Binary | <100/day | Untested |
ScrapeNinjaHeadless-browser scraping API with Chrome TLS fingerprinting, JS rendering, and rotating proxies. Developer Tools › Web Scraping | Freemium | API key | JSON | — | Untested |
ScrapingAntHeadless-Chrome scraping API with rotating proxies, returning any page as HTML, JSON or Markdown. Developer Tools › Web Scraping | Freemium | API key | JSON | 100–1k/day | Untested |
BrowserCatFreemiumUntested
Managed cloud Chromium reachable over CDP/Playwright/Puppeteer for scraping, screenshots, PDFs and tests.
API key · Binary
<100/day
llms.txt
ScrapeNinjaFreemiumUntested
Headless-browser scraping API with Chrome TLS fingerprinting, JS rendering, and rotating proxies.
API key · JSON
—
OpenAPI spec
ScrapingAntFreemiumUntested
Headless-Chrome scraping API with rotating proxies, returning any page as HTML, JSON or Markdown.
API key · JSON
100–1k/day
MCP server
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Choosing a Headless Browser API
Is there a free Headless Browser API?
Yes. BrowserCat, ScrapingAnt and ScrapeNinja have a free tier alongside paid plans.
Which Headless Browser APIs work without an API key?
All of them need a key or account. BrowserCat, ScrapingAnt and ScrapeNinja give one out free when you sign up.
Which Headless Browser APIs work with AI agents?
ScrapingAnt has an MCP server, so an AI agent can call it directly. ScrapeNinja publishes an OpenAPI spec for generating clients and tools.
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