Gaffa vs. Steel.dev Comparison


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About Gaffa is a web scraping and browser automation API that gives developers full, real-browser control with a single API call no headless browsers, proxies, CAPTCHA handling, or scaling infrastructure to manage. JavaScript rendering is handled by default, so pages load exactly as they would for a real visitor. Gaffa supports web scraping, AI-powered structured data extraction, screenshot capture, PDF export, infinite-scroll handling, form filling, and converting any webpage into clean, LLM-ready Markdown for AI and RAG pipelines. A rotating residential proxy network ensures reliable access across geographies with automatic anti-bot bypass. Credits are charged only for actual browser execution time and bandwidth used, with no fixed infrastructure costs.		About Steel is an open source browser API that lets you control fleets of browsers in the cloud. From large-scale scrape jobs to fully autonomous web agents, Steel makes it easy to run browser automation in the cloud. Spin up on-demand browser sessions with a simple API call. Built-in CAPTCHA solving that keeps your automation flowing. Simple controls to never worry about getting flagged as a bot again. The average session starts in less than 1s when the client is in the same region. Run for a minute or several hours, each session can run up to 24 hours. Save and inject cookies and local storage to pick up where you left off. Easily run your Puppeteer, Playwright, or Selenium in the cloud. Session Viewer lets you view and debug live or recorded sessions.
Platforms Supported Windows Mac Linux Cloud On-Premises iPhone iPad Android Chromebook		Platforms Supported Windows Mac Linux Cloud On-Premises iPhone iPad Android Chromebook
Audience Developers, AI engineers, and data teams across startups, agencies, and enterprises in industries such as e-commerce, market research, finance, recruitment, real estate, and AI/ML- any organisation that needs reliable, large-scale web data without managing its own scraping infrastructure.		Audience AI developers seeking a solution to integrate robust browser automation into their applications, enabling seamless control of cloud-based browser fleets
Support Phone Support 24/7 Live Support Online		Support Phone Support 24/7 Live Support Online
API Offers API		API Offers API
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Pricing $20 per 5000 credits Gaffa uses a simple credit-based pricing model. Plans start at $20 for 5,000 credits, with no subscription lock-in. Credits cover both browser execution time (1 credit per 30 seconds of runtime) and residential proxy bandwidth (750 credits per GB). A typical browser session, combining short execution time with low proxy bandwidth costs, costs around 3 credits, so 5,000 credits covers roughly 1,600+ typical sessions. All new accounts also receive 500 free credits to get started, no credit card required. Free Version Free Trial		Pricing $99 per month Free Version Free Trial
Reviews/Ratings Overall 5.0 / 5 ease 5.0 / 5 features 5.0 / 5 design 5.0 / 5 support 5.0 / 5 Read all reviews		Reviews/Ratings Overall 5.0 / 5 ease 4.0 / 5 features 5.0 / 5 design 5.0 / 5 support 5.0 / 5 Read all reviews
Pros from Real Users Pros Super reliable and straightforward tool. Refined set of features and clear documentation. Our setup couldn't have been much faster and we've not had any issues with the tool in over a year! Our system was using a more expensive competing product, but Gaffa made the transition simple and seamless. We are primarily using it to print PDF reports from our site, but plan to expand its use to other parts of our product and processes. Very easy to get going! Really expressive API. Saved me a lot of time and allowed me to do just what I needed in terms of interacting with sites and getting data back in the right way. Also the dashboard where you can see your previous requests is really useful when debugging!		Pros & Cons from Real Users Pros Helped me get setup and running very quickly and always super quick to respond. Discord is relatively helpful and it helps that they are open core Cons Product was a bit early when I first started but its working very well now
Training Documentation Webinars Live Online In Person		Training Documentation Webinars Live Online In Person
Company Information Gaffa.dev Founded: 2024 United Kingdom gaffa.dev/		Company Information Steel.dev United States steel.dev/
Alternatives ScrapeBadger		Alternatives Browserless
ZenRows		Kameleo
ScrapingBypass		Browserbase
ScrapeUp		Scrapeless
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Categories AI Automation Browser Automation Web Scraping Web Scraping APIs		Categories Agentic AI AI Agent Builders AI Agents AI Web Scrapers Browser Automation Headless Browsers

Integrations Playwright Puppeteer Selenium HTML JavaScript Markdown Node.js Python View All 6 Integrations		Integrations Playwright Puppeteer Selenium HTML JavaScript Markdown Node.js Python View All 5 Integrations
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