Herd AI AlternativesTask Automation Apps like Herd AI

Herd AI is described as 'Automate your browser(s) the easy way! Automate tasks, extract data, create AI web tools, MCP servers. In your browser or across millions of them' and is a Task Automation app in the ai tools & services category. There are more than 10 alternatives to Herd AI for a variety of platforms, including Web-based, Mac, Windows, Linux and SaaS apps. The best Herd AI alternative is Browser MCP, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like Herd AI are Playwright, BrowserBook, Firecrawl and puppeteer.

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  1. Browser MCP icon
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    Browser MCP is a Model Context Protocol (MCP) server that allows clients like VS Code, Claude, Cursor, and Windsurf to automate your browser.

    11 Browser MCP alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Google Chrome
     
    • Browser MCP is the most popular Open Source & free alternative to Herd AI.

    • Browser MCP is Free and Open SourceHerd AI is Freemium and Proprietary
  2. Playwright icon
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    Playwright is a Node library that automates Chromium, WebKit, and Firefox browsers with a single API for reliable web automation.

    21 Playwright alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
    • Playwright is the most popular Windows, Mac & Linux alternative to Herd AI.

    • Playwright is Free and Open SourceHerd AI is Freemium and Proprietary
  3. BrowserBook icon
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    AI-driven environment for designing, deploying, and scaling deterministic browser automations, featuring a Jupyter-style notebook, built-in coding agent with DOM access, version control, secure authentication management, scalable hosted browsers, and self-healing automation.

    15 BrowserBook alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium (Subscription)
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
     
  4. Firecrawl icon
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    API for website crawling, advanced scraping, and structured data extraction. Transforms multi-page online content into markdown or structured data, automates dynamic site handling, supports batch URL processing, and enables direct integration with AI pipelines.

    5 Firecrawl alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium (Subscription)
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Online
     
    • Firecrawl is the most popular Web-based alternative to Herd AI.

    • Firecrawl is Freemium and Open SourceHerd AI is Freemium and Proprietary
  5. puppeteer icon
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    Puppeteer is a Node library which provides a high-level API to control headless Chrome or Chromium over the DevTools Protocol. It can also be configured to use full (non-headless) Chrome or Chromium.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
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    Browserbase offers a reliable, high performance serverless developer platform to run, manage, and monitor headless browsers at scale. Leverage our infrastructure to power your web automation and AI agents.

    6 Browserbase alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Subscription
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
     
    • Browserbase is the most popular SaaS alternative to Herd AI.

    • Browserbase is the most popular commercial alternative to Herd AI.

    • Browserbase is Paid and ProprietaryHerd AI is Freemium and Proprietary
  7. Skrape icon
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    Transform any website into clean, structured data with Skrape.ai. Our AI-powered web scraping API extracts data in your preferred format - perfect for RAG systems, AI training, and data analysis.

    Cost / License

    • Subscription
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
     
  8. Surfsky icon
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    Surfsky.io is the ultimate platform for web scraping, data collection, and automation, designed to bypass the most advanced anti-bot systems.

    Cost / License

    • Subscription
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Online
     
  9. Macuse icon
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    The complete MCP server for macOS with powerful toolboxes. Works with Claude Desktop, Cursor, Raycast, and any MCP-compatible AI.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium (Pay once)
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
     
  10. Pyppeteer icon
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    Python library which provides a high-level API to control headless Chrome or Chromium over the DevTools Protocol. It can also be configured to use full (non-headless) Chrome or Chromium' and is an app in the Development category.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  11. QA Wolf icon
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    QA Wolf is a hybrid platform & service that helps software teams ship better software faster by taking QA completely off their plate.

    Cost / License

    • Subscription
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Online
     
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    WebcrawlerAPI allows you to crawl website and turn into markdown, text format using API or no-code.

    Cost / License

    • Pay once
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Online
     
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