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Browserless vs Lightpanda
Two browsers & computer use tools for AI agents, side by side. Facts come from each tool's own site.
Browserless
browserless.ioCloud browser automation platform: connect Puppeteer, Playwright or Selenium to managed headless browsers, or use BrowserQL, REST APIs and an MCP server for scraping, screenshots, PDFs and AI-driven browsing. Self-hosting available, with a paid license for commercial use.
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Lightpanda
lightpanda.ioOpen-source headless browser written from scratch in Zig for automation, crawling and AI agents: runs JavaScript without graphical rendering, works with Puppeteer and Playwright over CDP, with a hosted cloud option.
Visit Lightpanda| Browserless | Lightpanda | |
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| What it does | Cloud browser automation platform: connect Puppeteer, Playwright or Selenium to managed headless browsers, or use BrowserQL, REST APIs and an MCP server for scraping, screenshots, PDFs and AI-driven browsing. Self-hosting available, with a paid license for commercial use. | Open-source headless browser written from scratch in Zig for automation, crawling and AI agents: runs JavaScript without graphical rendering, works with Puppeteer and Playwright over CDP, with a hosted cloud option. |
| In their words | The Browser Your AI Agents Run On | Browserless | Lightpanda | The headless browser |
| Open source | No | Yes |
| Website | browserless.io | lightpanda.io |
| Link checked | 2026-10-29 | 2026-10-29 |
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