Puppeteer by Google (Chrome team)
Open-source Node.js library to control headless Chrome/Firefox for automation, scraping and testing.
Browser automation (cloud) Open source
Price
Free (open source)
you pay only for the compute it runs on
Free tier
Open source
SDK downloads
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npm puppeteer
Status
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no public status page
Pricing
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| Cheapest paid plan | — |
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| Good to know | Library, not a hosted service: free, runs the browser on your own infrastructure. |
Open source: free to run on your own hardware; you pay only for the compute. Checked
Use it from an agent
| MCP server | Community servers only |
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| npm | npm install puppeteer |
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