Cloudflare Browser Run vs Zyte Browser

Cloudflare Browser Run8.5Visit ZBZyte Browser8.2Visit

Higher score Cloudflare Browser Run #5 in Headless Browser APIs 8.5/10 Free plan · paid from $5/mo Free plan✓ 0 of 4 features Visit Cloudflare

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ZB Zyte Browser #8 in Headless Browser APIs 8.2/10 From $1.01 · 30-day trial ✓ 3 of 4 features Visit Zyte

• Cloudflare Browser Run fits best

  Cloudflare users running stateless browser tasks

• Zyte Browser fits best

  Scraping teams wanting usage-based browser access

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Side by side

Feature	Cloudflare Browser Run 8.5/10 Visit ↗	ZBZyte Browser 8.2/10 Visit ↗
At a glance
Editor score	8.5	8.2
Ranking	#5 in Headless Browser APIs	#8 in Headless Browser APIs
Best for	Cloudflare users running stateless browser tasks	Scraping teams wanting usage-based browser access
Pricing model	Free plan + paid	Paid
Starting price	$5/mo	Not published
Free plan	✓ (best)	—
Free trial	—	—
Deployment	Cloud	Cloud
Platforms	Web	Web
Support	Community, Docs	Community, Docs
Integrations	5 integrations	3 integrations
Built for	Small business, Mid-market, Enterprise	Small business, Mid-market, Enterprise
Features Cloudflare Browser Run 0/4 · Zyte Browser 3/4
Residential proxies	Not published	✓ (best)
Stealth mode	Not published	✓ (best)
Session recording	Not published	Not published
Geo targeting	Not published	✓ (best)
Specs
Browser engines	Not published	Chromium
Concurrent sessions	Not published	Not published
Session duration	Not published	60 min
Our review
Pros	Quick Actions cover screenshots, PDFs, scraping, and content extraction. Control sessions with Puppeteer, Playwright, CDP, or Stagehand. Crawl pages and extract structured data with natural-language prompts.	Returns JavaScript-rendered HTML and full-page screenshots. Supports browser actions and Playwright or Puppeteer over CDP. Offers proxy geotargeting and anti-detection browser fingerprints.
Cons	The $5/month entry point is for Workers Paid, not a standalone Browser Run plan. Workers Free limits browser time to 10 minutes per day. Uses headless Chrome only, with no self-hosted deployment.	CDP access requires a subscription or spending limit and business verification. CDP is unavailable during the free trial. Sessions are capped at 60 minutes.
Our verdict	Cloudflare Browser Run provides managed headless Chrome sessions for developers automating browser tasks, scraping sites, or generating content. Quick Actions handle stateless work such as screenshots, PDFs, scraping, and extraction;… Read the review →	Zyte Browser is a managed headless-browser service for web data collection, aimed at scraping teams that want remote browser access through an API or CDP. It renders JavaScript pages and returns HTML or full-page screenshots; users can… Read the review →

Strengths and trade-offs

• Cloudflare Browser Run — where it wins

  • Quick Actions cover screenshots, PDFs, scraping, and content extraction.
  • Control sessions with Puppeteer, Playwright, CDP, or Stagehand.
  • Crawl pages and extract structured data with natural-language prompts.

  Where it doesn't

  • The $5/month entry point is for Workers Paid, not a standalone Browser Run plan.
  • Workers Free limits browser time to 10 minutes per day.
  • Uses headless Chrome only, with no self-hosted deployment.

• Zyte Browser — where it wins

  • Returns JavaScript-rendered HTML and full-page screenshots.
  • Supports browser actions and Playwright or Puppeteer over CDP.
  • Offers proxy geotargeting and anti-detection browser fingerprints.

  Where it doesn't

  • CDP access requires a subscription or spending limit and business verification.
  • CDP is unavailable during the free trial.
  • Sessions are capped at 60 minutes.

• Cloudflare Browser Run8.5/10 · Free plan · paid from $5/mo

  A Cloudflare-hosted browser API for stateless tasks and direct browser control.

  Visit CloudflareFull verdict →
• ZBZyte Browser8.2/10 · From $1.01 · 30-day trial

  Usage-based remote browsers with rendering, interaction, proxy routing and network inspection.

  Visit ZyteFull verdict →