Browserless

Browserless is a cloud browser-automation platform that runs managed Chromium, Chrome, Edge, Firefox, and WebKit browsers for Puppeteer, Playwright, and Selenium clients, plus a GraphQL-based stealth automation layer (BrowserQL) and a family of REST APIs for screenshots, PDFs, content scraping, function execution, performance audits, smart scraping, search, mapping, and full-site crawling. A built-in MCP server exposes browser tooling to Claude, Cursor, VS Code, and other agentic clients. The company also maintains a popular open-source Docker image of the same name (13k+ GitHub stars), residential proxies, CAPTCHA solving, session profiles, recordings, and hybrid live-URL workflows. Target customers are AI startups, agent developers, web scrapers, RPA teams, QA / monitoring teams, and enterprises running production browser automation at scale, with free, prototyping, starter, scale, and enterprise plans (including self-hosted licensing).

Browserless publishes 3 APIs on the APIs.io network: Browser REST APIs API, Browser WebSocket APIs API, and Management REST APIs API. Tagged areas include Headless Browser, Browser Infrastructure, Web Automation, AI Agents, and Web Scraping.

The Browserless catalog on APIs.io includes 1 JSON-LD context and 2 Spectral governance rulesets.

Browserless’ developer surface includes documentation, API reference, engineering blog, pricing, changelog, signup flow, and 22 more developer resources.

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54.6/100 strong ▬ flat Agent 23/100 agent aware Full breakdown ↓
scored 2026-09-08 · rubric v0.20.0

AccessFreemium

1 APIs 1 MCP Servers

Headless Browser Browser Infrastructure Web Automation AI Agents Web ScrapingBrowserQLPuppeteer Playwright Selenium CDP Stealth CAPTCHA SolvingResidential ProxyPDF Generation ScreenshotsSmart ScrapeCrawl Search MCP Session RecordingHybrid Automation

Kin Score

Kin Score How this is scored →
scored 2026-09-08 · rubric v0.20.0

Composite quality — 54.6/100 · strong

Contract Quality 11.0 / 23

Developer Ergonomics 6.6 / 18

Access Clarity 15.4 / 18

Operational Transparency 6.8 / 12

Contract Governance 3.1 / 11

Discoverability 6.8 / 9

Create-or-Update Ergonomics 0.0 / 10

Agent readiness — 23/100 · agent aware

Machine-Readable Contract 18 / 18

Agentic Access Contract 10 / 10

Documented Reversibility 0 / 6

MCP Server 12 / 12

Machine-Readable Auth 0 / 10

Idempotency 0 / 9

Stable Error Semantics 0 / 8

Request/Response Examples 7 / 7

Rate-Limit Signaling 7 / 7

Typed Event Surface 0 / 6

Agent Skills 0 / 5

Well-Known Catalog 0 / 4

Consent & Bot Identity 0 / 3

A2A Agent Card 0 / 8

Dry-Run / Simulate Mode 0 / 4

Delegated User Identity 0 / 6

Protected Resource Metadata 0 / 5

Registration Without a Human 0 / 6

Agentic Commerce Well-Known Document 0 / 5

Create-or-Update Ergonomics applies to this provider. This API accepts writes, so it carries 10 points of the composite. It is scored from the published contracts themselves: whether a caller can create-or-update in one call, whether the write accepts a key the caller already holds, and whether the response says which branch ran. Without that, every write needs a search-and-branch in front of it, and the first time that check is skipped a duplicate record is created. Scored against the observed mean rather than raw — a provider at the catalog average is unchanged by this facet, not penalised by it.

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APIs 3

Individual APIs this provider publishes, each with its own machine-readable definition.

Browserless Browser REST APIs API

The Browser REST APIs API from Browserless — 41 operation(s) for browser rest apis.

Browserless Browser WebSocket APIs API

The Browser WebSocket APIs API from Browserless — 23 operation(s) for browser websocket apis.

Browserless Management REST APIs API

The Management REST APIs API from Browserless — 13 operation(s) for management rest apis.

Postman Collections 1

Ready-to-run Postman collections for exercising this provider's APIs.

Browserless

POSTMAN

Open Collections 5

Open, tool-agnostic API collections (OpenAPI-derived and Bruno).

API Collection

OPEN COLLECTION

Browserless Browser REST APIs API

OPEN COLLECTION

Browserless Browser REST APIs Browser WebSocket APIs API

OPEN COLLECTION

Browserless Browser REST APIs Management REST APIs API

OPEN COLLECTION

Browserless

OPEN COLLECTION

Arazzo Workflows 8

Multi-step API workflows described with the Arazzo specification.

Browserless Content To PDF

Render a URL's HTML, then feed that exact HTML into the PDF engine to produce a self-contained PDF.

ARAZZO

Browserless Full Page Archive

Unblock a protected URL, then branch into structured scraping or a content+PDF archive depending on whether unblocked HTML was returned.

ARAZZO

Browserless Function Then Download

Use the function API to drive a page that triggers a file download, then retrieve the downloaded artifacts via the download API.

ARAZZO

Browserless Function Then Screenshot

Run custom JavaScript against a page via the function API, then capture a screenshot to confirm the resulting state.

ARAZZO

Browserless Performance Audit

Run a Lighthouse-style performance audit on a URL, then capture a screenshot of the audited page.

ARAZZO

Browserless Scrape Then Screenshot

Extract structured elements from a page, then capture a screenshot of the same page as visual evidence.

ARAZZO

Browserless Site Capture Bundle

Render a single URL three ways — HTML content, PNG screenshot, and PDF — in one pass.

ARAZZO

Browserless Unblock Then Render

Bypass bot detection on a protected URL, then re-render its HTML content and a PDF using the unblocked content.

ARAZZO

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MCP Servers 1

Model Context Protocol servers that expose these APIs to AI agents.

Browserless MCP Server

MCP SERVER

GraphQL 1

GraphQL schemas published by this provider.

Browserless GraphQL API

GRAPHQL

Pricing Plans 1

Published pricing tiers and plan structures.

Browserless Plans Pricing

5 plans

PLANS

Rate Limits 1

Documented rate limits and quota policies.

Browserless Rate Limits

10 limits

RATE LIMITS

FinOps 1

Cost, billing, and metering signals for API financial operations.

Browserless Finops

FINOPS

Semantic Vocabularies 1

JSON-LD contexts and semantic vocabularies used across these APIs.

Browserless Context

0 classes · 4 properties

JSON-LD

Spectral Rules 2

Spectral governance rulesets for linting and validating these APIs.

Browserless API Rules

6 rules · 4 warnings 2 info

SPECTRAL

Browserless API Rules

10 rules · 6 warnings 4 info

SPECTRAL

JSON Schema 3

Standalone JSON Schema definitions for this provider's data models.

Browserless Profile

0 properties

JSON SCHEMA

Browserless Screenshot Request

10 properties

JSON SCHEMA

Browserless Session

0 properties

JSON SCHEMA

JSON Structure 2

JSON Structure definitions describing this provider's data shapes.

Browserless Profile Structure

8 properties

JSON STRUCTURE

Browserless Session Structure

11 properties

JSON STRUCTURE

Examples 5

Example request and response payloads for these APIs.

Browserless Browserql Example

2 fields

EXAMPLE

Browserless Pdf Example

2 fields

EXAMPLE

Browserless Scrape Example

2 fields

EXAMPLE

Browserless Screenshot Example

2 fields

EXAMPLE

Browserless Session Example

2 fields

EXAMPLE

Security Posture 2

Authentication, domain security, vulnerability disclosure, and trust-center signals.

Browserless Domain Security

TLSv1.3 · HSTS · DMARC

SECURITY

Browserless Trust Center

SOC 2, HIPAA, GDPR

SECURITY

Agentic Access 1

Recommended x-agentic-access execution contracts for AI agents.

Browserless Agentic Access

76 operations · 43 acting

AGENTIC

Resources

Get Started 2

Portal, sign-up, and the first successful call

Signup

Signup

Login

Documentation 2

Reference material describing how the API behaves

Documentation

Documentation

APIReference

APIReference

Agent Surfaces 2

MCP servers, agent skills, and machine-readable catalogs

AgenticAccess

AgenticAccess

LlmsText

LlmsText

Design & Contract 8

Pagination, idempotency, versioning, errors, and events

Arazzo

Arazzo

Arazzo

Arazzo

Arazzo

Arazzo

Arazzo

Arazzo

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Build 2

SDKs, sample code, and the tooling you integrate with

PostmanWorkspace

PostmanWorkspace

GitHubOrganization

GitHubOrganization

Access & Security 2

Authentication, authorization, and security posture

TrustCenter

TrustCenter

DomainSecurity

DomainSecurity

Operate 4

Status, limits, changes, and where to get help

IssueTracker

Releases

ChangeLog

StatusPage

Commercial 3

Pricing, plans, and the legal terms of use

Pricing

Pricing

TermsOfService

TermsOfService

PrivacyPolicy

PrivacyPolicy

Company 2

The organization behind the API

Website

Website

Blog

Blog

Other 1

Properties that don't map to a standard resource type

Enterprise

Enterprise

Source (apis.yml)

aid: browserless
name: Browserless
description: Browserless is a cloud browser-automation platform that runs managed Chromium, Chrome, Edge, Firefox, and WebKit
  browsers for Puppeteer, Playwright, and Selenium clients, plus a GraphQL-based stealth automation layer (BrowserQL) and
  a family of REST APIs for screenshots, PDFs, content scraping, function execution, performance audits, smart scraping, search,
  mapping, and full-site crawling. A built-in MCP server exposes browser tooling to Claude, Cursor, VS Code, and other agentic
  clients. The company also maintains a popular open-source Docker image of the same name (13k+ GitHub stars), residential
  proxies, CAPTCHA solving, session profiles, recordings, and hybrid live-URL workflows. Target customers are AI startups,
  agent developers, web scrapers, RPA teams, QA / monitoring teams, and enterprises running production browser automation
  at scale, with free, prototyping, starter, scale, and enterprise plans (including self-hosted licensing).
type: Index
deliveryModel:
  model: unknown
  open_source: unknown
  commercial: true
  callable_host: false
  label: Delivery model not determined — needs a product licence on record
  confidence: low
  source:
  - openapi
  - pricing
  - repository-unlicensed
  generated: '2026-08-28'
  method: derived
accessModel:
  pricing: freemium
  onboarding: unknown
  trial: false
  try_now: false
  public: false
  label: Freemium
  confidence: medium
  source:
  - plans
  generated: '2026-07-22'
  method: derived
position: Producing
access: 3rd-Party
image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/icons/browserless.png
tags:
- Headless Browser
- Browser Infrastructure
- Web Automation
- AI Agents
- Web Scraping
- BrowserQL
- Puppeteer
- Playwright
- Selenium
- CDP
- Stealth
- CAPTCHA Solving
- Residential Proxy
- PDF Generation
- Screenshots
- Smart Scrape
- Crawl
- Search
- MCP
- Session Recording
- Hybrid Automation
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/browserless/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
created: '2026-05-25'
modified: '2026-05-25'
specificationVersion: '0.23'
apis:
- aid: browserless:browserless-browser-rest-apis-api
  name: Browserless Browser REST APIs API
  description: The Browser REST APIs API from Browserless — 41 operation(s) for browser rest apis.
  humanURL: https://docs.browserless.io
  baseURL: https://production-sfo.browserless.io
  tags:
  - Browser REST APIs
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/browserless-browser-rest-apis-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.browserless.io
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://docs.browserless.io/open-api
  - type: GettingStarted
    url: https://docs.browserless.io/overview/quick-start
  - type: Signup
    url: https://account.browserless.io/signup
  - type: SDKs
    url: https://github.com/puppeteer/puppeteer
  - type: SDKs
    url: https://github.com/microsoft/playwright
  - type: SDKs
    url: https://github.com/SeleniumHQ/selenium
  - type: GitHubRepository
    url: https://github.com/browserless/browserless
  - type: GitHubRepository
    url: https://github.com/browserless/browserless-mcp
  - type: GitHubRepository
    url: https://github.com/browserless/claude-plugin
  - type: GitHubRepository
    url: https://github.com/browserless/gemini-extension
  - type: GitHubRepository
    url: https://github.com/browserless/n8n-nodes-browserless-api
  - type: GitHubRepository
    url: https://github.com/browserless/dify-plugin
  - type: GitHubRepository
    url: https://github.com/browserless/cursor-mcp-plugin
  - type: GitHubRepository
    url: https://github.com/browserless/browserless-langchain
  - type: GitHubRepository
    url: https://github.com/browserless/browserless-llamaindex
  - type: GitHubRepository
    url: https://github.com/browserless/browserless-agno
  - type: GitHubRepository
    url: https://github.com/browserless/bolt-diy-browserless-mcp-starter
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/browserless-session-schema.json
  - type: JSONStructure
    url: json-structure/browserless-session-structure.json
  - type: JSONLD
    url: json-ld/browserless-context.jsonld
  - type: Examples
    url: examples/browserless-screenshot-example.json
  - type: Plans
    url: plans/browserless-plans-pricing.yml
  - type: RateLimits
    url: rate-limits/browserless-rate-limits.yml
  - type: FinOps
    url: finops/browserless-finops.yml
  - type: Vocabulary
    url: vocabulary/browserless-vocabulary.yml
  - type: Rules
    url: rules/browserless-rules.yml
  - type: ChangeLog
    url: https://www.browserless.io/changelog
  - type: StatusPage
    url: https://status.browserless.io
  - type: Pricing
    url: https://www.browserless.io/pricing
  - type: Enterprise
    url: https://www.browserless.io/enterprise
  - type: MCPServer
    url: https://mcp.browserless.io/mcp
  - type: GraphQL
    url: graphql/browserless-graphql.md
- aid: browserless:browserless-browser-websocket-apis-api
  name: Browserless Browser WebSocket APIs API
  description: The Browser WebSocket APIs API from Browserless — 23 operation(s) for browser websocket apis.
  humanURL: https://docs.browserless.io
  baseURL: https://production-sfo.browserless.io
  tags:
  - Browser WebSocket APIs
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/browserless-browser-websocket-apis-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.browserless.io
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://docs.browserless.io/open-api
  - type: GettingStarted
    url: https://docs.browserless.io/overview/quick-start
  - type: Signup
    url: https://account.browserless.io/signup
  - type: SDKs
    url: https://github.com/puppeteer/puppeteer
  - type: SDKs
    url: https://github.com/microsoft/playwright
  - type: SDKs
    url: https://github.com/SeleniumHQ/selenium
  - type: GitHubRepository
    url: https://github.com/browserless/browserless
  - type: GitHubRepository
    url: https://github.com/browserless/browserless-mcp
  - type: GitHubRepository
    url: https://github.com/browserless/claude-plugin
  - type: GitHubRepository
    url: https://github.com/browserless/gemini-extension
  - type: GitHubRepository
    url: https://github.com/browserless/n8n-nodes-browserless-api
  - type: GitHubRepository
    url: https://github.com/browserless/dify-plugin
  - type: GitHubRepository
    url: https://github.com/browserless/cursor-mcp-plugin
  - type: GitHubRepository
    url: https://github.com/browserless/browserless-langchain
  - type: GitHubRepository
    url: https://github.com/browserless/browserless-llamaindex
  - type: GitHubRepository
    url: https://github.com/browserless/browserless-agno
  - type: GitHubRepository
    url: https://github.com/browserless/bolt-diy-browserless-mcp-starter
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/browserless-session-schema.json
  - type: JSONStructure
    url: json-structure/browserless-session-structure.json
  - type: JSONLD
    url: json-ld/browserless-context.jsonld
  - type: Examples
    url: examples/browserless-screenshot-example.json
  - type: Plans
    url: plans/browserless-plans-pricing.yml
  - type: RateLimits
    url: rate-limits/browserless-rate-limits.yml
  - type: FinOps
    url: finops/browserless-finops.yml
  - type: Vocabulary
    url: vocabulary/browserless-vocabulary.yml
  - type: Rules
    url: rules/browserless-rules.yml
  - type: ChangeLog
    url: https://www.browserless.io/changelog
  - type: StatusPage
    url: https://status.browserless.io
  - type: Pricing
    url: https://www.browserless.io/pricing
  - type: Enterprise
    url: https://www.browserless.io/enterprise
  - type: MCPServer
    url: https://mcp.browserless.io/mcp
  - type: GraphQL
    url: graphql/browserless-graphql.md
- aid: browserless:browserless-management-rest-apis-api
  name: Browserless Management REST APIs API
  description: The Management REST APIs API from Browserless — 13 operation(s) for management rest apis.
  humanURL: https://docs.browserless.io
  baseURL: https://production-sfo.browserless.io
  tags:
  - Management REST APIs
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/browserless-management-rest-apis-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.browserless.io
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://docs.browserless.io/open-api
  - type: GettingStarted
    url: https://docs.browserless.io/overview/quick-start
  - type: Signup
    url: https://account.browserless.io/signup
  - type: SDKs
    url: https://github.com/puppeteer/puppeteer
  - type: SDKs
    url: https://github.com/microsoft/playwright
  - type: SDKs
    url: https://github.com/SeleniumHQ/selenium
  - type: GitHubRepository
    url: https://github.com/browserless/browserless
  - type: GitHubRepository
    url: https://github.com/browserless/browserless-mcp
  - type: GitHubRepository
    url: https://github.com/browserless/claude-plugin
  - type: GitHubRepository
    url: https://github.com/browserless/gemini-extension
  - type: GitHubRepository
    url: https://github.com/browserless/n8n-nodes-browserless-api
  - type: GitHubRepository
    url: https://github.com/browserless/dify-plugin
  - type: GitHubRepository
    url: https://github.com/browserless/cursor-mcp-plugin
  - type: GitHubRepository
    url: https://github.com/browserless/browserless-langchain
  - type: GitHubRepository
    url: https://github.com/browserless/browserless-llamaindex
  - type: GitHubRepository
    url: https://github.com/browserless/browserless-agno
  - type: GitHubRepository
    url: https://github.com/browserless/bolt-diy-browserless-mcp-starter
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/browserless-session-schema.json
  - type: JSONStructure
    url: json-structure/browserless-session-structure.json
  - type: JSONLD
    url: json-ld/browserless-context.jsonld
  - type: Examples
    url: examples/browserless-screenshot-example.json
  - type: Plans
    url: plans/browserless-plans-pricing.yml
  - type: RateLimits
    url: rate-limits/browserless-rate-limits.yml
  - type: FinOps
    url: finops/browserless-finops.yml
  - type: Vocabulary
    url: vocabulary/browserless-vocabulary.yml
  - type: Rules
    url: rules/browserless-rules.yml
  - type: ChangeLog
    url: https://www.browserless.io/changelog
  - type: StatusPage
    url: https://status.browserless.io
  - type: Pricing
    url: https://www.browserless.io/pricing
  - type: Enterprise
    url: https://www.browserless.io/enterprise
  - type: MCPServer
    url: https://mcp.browserless.io/mcp
  - type: GraphQL
    url: graphql/browserless-graphql.md
common:
- type: IssueTracker
  url: https://github.com/browserless/browserless/issues
- type: Releases
  url: https://github.com/browserless/browserless/releases
- type: AgenticAccess
  url: agentic-access/browserless-agentic-access.yml
- type: TrustCenter
  url: security/browserless-trust-center.yml
- type: DomainSecurity
  url: security/browserless-domain-security.yml
- type: PostmanWorkspace
  url: https://www.postman.com/kinlaneapi/browserless/overview
- type: Arazzo
  url: arazzo/browserless-content-to-pdf-workflow.yml
  name: Browserless Content To PDF
- type: Arazzo
  url: arazzo/browserless-full-page-archive-workflow.yml
  name: Browserless Full Page Archive
- type: Arazzo
  url: arazzo/browserless-function-download-workflow.yml
  name: Browserless Function Then Download
- type: Arazzo
  url: arazzo/browserless-function-then-screenshot-workflow.yml
  name: Browserless Function Then Screenshot
- type: Arazzo
  url: arazzo/browserless-performance-audit-workflow.yml
  name: Browserless Performance Audit
- type: Arazzo
  url: arazzo/browserless-scrape-then-screenshot-workflow.yml
  name: Browserless Scrape Then Screenshot
- type: Arazzo
  url: arazzo/browserless-site-capture-bundle-workflow.yml
  name: Browserless Site Capture Bundle
- type: Arazzo
  url: arazzo/browserless-unblock-then-render-workflow.yml
  name: Browserless Unblock Then Render
- type: Website
  url: https://www.browserless.io
- type: Documentation
  url: https://docs.browserless.io
- type: APIReference
  url: https://docs.browserless.io/open-api
- type: Blog
  url: https://www.browserless.io/blog
- type: GitHubOrganization
  url: https://github.com/browserless
- type: Pricing
  url: https://www.browserless.io/pricing
- type: Enterprise
  url: https://www.browserless.io/enterprise
- type: ChangeLog
  url: https://www.browserless.io/changelog
- type: StatusPage
  url: https://status.browserless.io
- type: Signup
  url: https://account.browserless.io/signup
- type: Login
  url: https://account.browserless.io
- type: TermsOfService
  url: https://www.browserless.io/terms
- type: PrivacyPolicy
  url: https://www.browserless.io/privacy
- type: LlmsText
  url: https://docs.browserless.io/llms.txt
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com

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