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Browser Cloud vs Spawned
Short answer: Pick Browser Cloud if you want scalable headless browsers for AI agents; pick Spawned if you want unified deployment on self-hosted cloud. Browser Cloud has a free plan; Spawned has a free plan, paid from $20/month.
Browser CloudA scalable browser built for AI agents to scrape, test, and automate without any infrastructure headaches.
SpawnedA Vercel for your own Cloud.Which to pick
Pick Browser Cloud if you want…
- Scalable headless browsers for AI agents
- Open-source code (LambdaTest/browser-cloud-skills on GitHub, MIT license)
- Integrations with Playwright, Puppeteer or Selenium (on Browser Cloud's list, not Spawned's)
Pick Spawned if you want…
- Unified deployment on self-hosted cloud
- Serverless app deployment
- Integrations with AWS, Google Cloud or Azure (on Spawned's list, not Browser Cloud's)
Side by side
- What it is
- Browser Cloud:Browser Cloud provides scalable, headless Chrome browsers on demand for AI agents to scrape, test, and automate web tasks.
- Spawned:Spawned is an all-in-one cloud platform to deploy containers, databases, functions and full-stack apps on infrastructure you own.
- Best for
- Browser Cloud:Scalable headless browsers for AI agents
- Spawned:Unified deployment on self-hosted cloud
- Who it’s for
- Browser Cloud:Developers building AI agents that need real browser automation and scraping.
- Spawned:Developers and teams who want to manage their own cloud resources across AWS, GCP, Azure or Kubernetes.
- Pricing
- Browser Cloud:Freemium
- Spawned:Freemium
- Starting price
- Browser Cloud:—
- Spawned:$20/month (Developer)
- Free plan or trial
- Browser Cloud:Free plan (Free)
- Spawned:Free trial
- Plans
- Browser Cloud:Free $0
- Spawned:Developer $20 per month · Pro $100 per month · Scale $399 per month
- Open source
- Browser Cloud:Yes, 0 GitHub stars
- Spawned:—
- Works with
- Browser Cloud:Playwright, Puppeteer, Selenium, GitHub, GitLab, CircleCI
- Spawned:AWS, Google Cloud, Azure, Kubernetes, GitHub, Terraform
Browser Cloud features
- Instant browser scaling. Spin up hundreds of headless browsers with sub-second cold starts and sessions up to 24 hours.
- Stealth mode. Fingerprint masking, CAPTCHA solving and ad-blocking to reduce blocking.
- Session persistence. Cookies, local storage and login state are retained across runs.
- Geo-targeted proxies. 180+ geo-located proxies make each request appear local.
- Full observability. Live view, video replay, network and console logs captured automatically.
- Built-in tunnel. Access localhost, internal apps and VPN-gated services from any cloud session.
Spawned features
- CLI installer. One-line script installs the Spawned CLI for local management.
- Agentic infrastructure. AI agents can provision and connect resources directly in your cloud account.
- Unified dashboard. View deployments, environments, logs and policies from a single surface.
- Terraform-compatible exports. All resources are exportable as Terraform code from the start.
- Managed cloud option. Try Spawned on shared cloud credits without owning an account.
- Spend alerts & budgets. Set usage limits and receive alerts to avoid unexpected cloud bills.
Browser Cloud vs Spawned FAQ
What is the difference between Browser Cloud and Spawned?+
Spawned offers generic cloud compute similar to Vercel, not a specialized browser grid for AI agents.
Should I use Browser Cloud or Spawned?+
Pick Browser Cloud if you want scalable headless browsers for AI agents, open-source code (LambdaTest/browser-cloud-skills on GitHub, MIT license) or integrations with Playwright, Puppeteer or Selenium (on Browser Cloud's list, not Spawned's). Pick Spawned if you want unified deployment on self-hosted cloud, serverless app deployment or integrations with AWS, Google Cloud or Azure (on Spawned's list, not Browser Cloud's).
Is Browser Cloud or Spawned free?+
Browser Cloud has a free plan and paid plans. Spawned has a free plan; paid plans start at $20/month (Developer).
Is Browser Cloud or Spawned open source?+
Browser Cloud is open source (LambdaTest/browser-cloud-skills on GitHub, MIT license). DevHunt has no public source repository on record for Spawned.
Do Browser Cloud and Spawned integrate with the same tools?+
Partly. Both list GitHub. Browser Cloud also lists Playwright, Puppeteer, Selenium, GitLab and 1 more; Spawned also lists AWS, Google Cloud, Azure, Kubernetes and 1 more.
On DevHunt
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