Herd AI Alternatives

Apps similar to Herd AI include Browser MCP, which is free and open source. Other options are Playwright, BrowserBook, Firecrawl and Anakin.io. You can choose from more than 10 Web Scraping Tools like Herd AI for the web, Mac, Windows, Linux and self-hosting.

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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.

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    • Google Chrome
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  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.

    40 Playwright alternatives

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
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  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.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

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    • Mac
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  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.

    22 Firecrawl alternatives

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    • Online
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  5. Anakin.io icon
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    Anakin.io is a web scraping and structured data extraction API built for developers and AI teams. It converts any website into clean Markdown or JSON with a single API call - handling JavaScript rendering, anti-bot bypass, proxy rotation, and authenticated scraping (behind login...

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    • Online
    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
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  6. 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.

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
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  7. Browserbase icon
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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.

    12 Browserbase alternatives

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    • Paid
    • Proprietary

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    • Online
    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
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  8. 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.

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    • Paid
    • Proprietary

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    • Online
    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
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  9. Robusty icon
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    Robusty is an AI-powered testing platform that runs your plain-English tests in a real browser to catch broken flows.

    29 Robusty alternatives

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    • Paid
    • Proprietary

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    • Online
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    Turn a plain-language scenario into a live browser session you can watch step by step, through your customer's eyes.
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  10. 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.

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    • Paid
    • Proprietary

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    • Online
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  11. 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.

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    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

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    • Mac
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  12. XCrawl icon
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    XCrawl is an AI-ready web scraping API platform that converts any website into structured data formats such as JSON, Markdown, HTML, or screenshots. It is designed for LLM, RAG, and automation workflows, offering capabilities like web scraping, full-site crawling, SERP data...

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    • Paid
    • Proprietary

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    • Online
    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
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