Browserless is a powerful browser automation platform, built for teams writing Puppeteer and Playwright scripts. ScreenshotCore is a purpose-built screenshot API: one REST call, zero scripting, flat per-capture pricing.
Browserless is a solid managed cloud platform with no servers to run. It shines when you need full Puppeteer or Playwright automation, captcha solving, or Chrome Extensions. If your use case is screenshots, PDFs, or video captures, ScreenshotCore gets you there with a single URL call, no scripting, no BrowserQL, and flat per-capture pricing so costs are predictable.
Purpose-built for screenshots, PDFs, and video, with built-in tools you'd otherwise script yourself.
Pass URL params or a JSON body and get a screenshot back. No Puppeteer scripts, no BrowserQL, no CDP knowledge required.
Pay a flat rate per capture. Browserless bills per compute unit (30s of browser time), so costs spike on slow pages or residential proxies.
Ad blocking and cookie banner filtering are on by default. With Browserless you write and maintain the script yourself.
Custom paper sizes, per-side margins, landscape mode, fit-to-page, all as API params. No Puppeteer PDF boilerplate to maintain.
Every capture goes straight to your own S3-compatible bucket. Browserless has no built-in S3 upload, so you handle storage yourself.
Send raw HTML or Markdown directly, no URL needed. Browserless can render HTML via Puppeteer scripts, but it's not a built-in API param.
We've included rows where Browserless genuinely wins. This is an honest comparison.
Based on publicly documented features as of 2026. Subject to change.
100 free captures per month. One REST call. No Puppeteer, no BrowserQL, no credit card.
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