Browserless vs Apify (2026)
Head-to-head on price, speed, privacy posture and features - based on our independent reviews of both providers.
Score comparison
| Browserless | Apify | Winner | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Overall | 7.7 | 8.4 | Apify |
| Speed & reliability | 8.4 | 8.0 | Browserless |
| Privacy & trust | 7.4 | 8.0 | Apify |
| Features & coverage | 8.0 | 9.4 | Apify |
| Value for money | 7.6 | 8.4 | Apify |
| Ease of use | 8.2 | 8.6 | Apify |
Side by side
| Browserless | Apify | |
|---|---|---|
| Starting price | Free | $8/GB |
| Service types | Scraping APIs | Scraping APIs, Residential Proxies, Datacenter Proxies |
| Jurisdiction | United States in the 5 Eyes | Czechia outside 5/9/14 Eyes |
| Logging policy | Not a privacy service; operational logs by design | Not a privacy service; operational logs by design |
| Independent audits | None published | Prescient Assurance (2024) |
| Network | - | 35M IPs |
| Country coverage | 10 | 100 |
| Money-back guarantee | - | - |
| Free tier | ✓ | ✓ |
| Support | email, slack, knowledge-base | chat, email, knowledge-base |
| Pay with crypto | - | - |
Which should you pick?
Choose Browserless if this fits: best managed headless browser fleet. Browserless runs the headless Chrome fleet so you do not have to. Point Puppeteer or Playwright at it and your existing automation keeps working, at scale.
Choose Apify if this fits: best platform for prebuilt scrapers and scheduled jobs. Apify is a full scraping platform with a marketplace of ready-made actors for popular sites. If someone has already built the scraper you need, this is the fastest path to data.
Overall, our scores favor Apify (8.4 vs 7.7) - but the right choice depends on which trade-offs matter to you. Read the full Browserless review and Apify review.