Browser Automation

Comparisons of hosted browser platforms, cloud browser APIs, and automation frameworks for building web scrapers and AI browser agents.

8 articles

I Tried to Get an AI Agent to Post a Blog Without Leaking My Password

Can an AI agent log into WordPress, write a post, and publish it, without ever seeing your password?

GuidesMarch 31, 202610 min read

Benchmarking Hosted Browser Providers: Speed, Stealth, CAPTCHA, and Concurrency

Five benchmarks across six hosted browser providers — Browserless, Browserbase, Anchor, Hyperbrowser, Kernel, and Steel — all run on free tiers. Session lifecycle speed, idle billing, bot detection, CAPTCHA solving, and parallel session handling.

ComparisonsMarch 6, 202616 min read

Browser Use vs Claude Computer Use: DOM vs Vision

I run the same five browser automation tasks through Browser Use and the Claude Computer Use API to compare DOM-based and vision-based agents on form filling, scraping, structured output, visual interaction, and multi-step navigation.

ComparisonsFebruary 27, 202625 min read

Agent Experience for Browser Automation Platforms: Browserless vs Browserbase vs Anchor

Testing three browser automation platforms through AI coding agents. Comparing discoverability, documentation quality, and real-world features like CAPTCHA solving, parallel execution, and bot detection to see if agent visibility predicts actual performance.

ComparisonsFebruary 4, 202627 min read

Browserbase vs Kernel: Cloud Browser Automation for AI Agents

Comparing Browserbase and Kernel for cloud browser automation. We built the same flight search agent on both platforms to test startup speed, debugging tools, stealth capabilities, and cost structures.

ComparisonsJanuary 26, 202614 min read

We Tried Different Ways to Give Claude Code Access to a Web Browser

Comparing dev-browser and Claude Code's Chrome extension for browser automation. Testing token usage, speed, and reliability across authentication flows, documentation creation, and end-to-end workflows.

ComparisonsJanuary 7, 20269 min read

How to Give Claude Code Access to Google Chrome With the Official Claude Extension

Learn how to install and use the official Claude Chrome extension with Claude Code to enable visual browser testing. Test your code with Chrome and get real-time visual feedback on your implementations.

GuidesJanuary 5, 20265 min read

How to give Claude Code access to Google Chrome with dev-browser

Learn how to install and use the dev-browser MCP server with Claude Code to enable visual browser testing. Test your code with Chrome and get real-time visual feedback on your implementations.

GuidesJanuary 2, 20266 min read