Herd AI Alternatives

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 web browsers 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, Firecrawl, puppeteer and Browserbase.

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Herd AI alternatives page was last updated Jun 28, 2025
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  1. Browser MCP icon

    Browser MCP

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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.

    9 Browser MCP alternatives

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Google Chrome
    Browser MCP screenshot 1

    Browser MCP Features

    1.  AI-Powered
    2.  Browser Automation

    Browser MCP VS Herd AI

     

    • 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
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    Playwright

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    Playwright is a Node library that automates Chromium, WebKit, and Firefox browsers with a single API for reliable web automation.

    19 Playwright alternatives

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application types

    Country of Origin

    • US flagUnited States

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    Playwright screenshot 1

    Playwright Features

    1.  Cross browser testing
    2.  NPM
    3.  C-sharp
    4.  Golang

    Playwright VS Herd AI

     

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

    • Playwright is Free and Open SourceHerd AI is Freemium and Proprietary
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    Firecrawl

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    Empower your AI apps with clean data from any website. Featuring advanced scraping, crawling, and data extraction capabilities.

    4 Firecrawl alternatives

    License model

    • Freemium • Open Source

    Country of Origin

    • US flagUnited States

    Platforms

    • Online

    Firecrawl Features

    1.  Crawler

    Firecrawl VS Herd AI

     

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

    • Firecrawl is Freemium and Open SourceHerd AI is Freemium and Proprietary
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    puppeteer

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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.

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux

    puppeteer Features

    1.  Extensible by Plugins/Extensions
    2.  PDF generation
    3.  Web Testing
    4.  Headless

    puppeteer VS Herd AI

     
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    Browserbase

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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.

    License model

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
    Browserbase screenshot 1

    Properties

    1.  Scalable

    Features

    1.  Extensible by Plugins/Extensions
    2.  HIPAA Compliant
    3.  AI-Powered
    4. Selenium icon  Selenium integration
    5.  Serverless

    Browserbase VS Herd AI

     

    • 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
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    Skrape

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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.

    License model

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
    Marketing example

    Properties

    1.  Lightweight

    Features

    1.  Ad-free
    2.  AI-Powered

    Skrape VS Herd AI

     
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    Surfsky

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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.

    License model

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Online
    Surfsky screenshot 1

    Properties

    1.  Lightweight
    2.  Privacy focused

    Features

    1.  Ad-free
    2.  No Tracking
    3.  Headless
    4.  Browser-based
    5.  Web-Based

    Surfsky VS Herd AI

     
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    Pyppeteer

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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.

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
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    Attention: This repo is unmaintained and has been outside of minor changes for a long time. Please consider playwright-python as an alternative.

    Pyppeteer Features

    1.  Website Monitoring
    2.  Screen Scraping
    3.  Web Testing
    4.  Robotic automation
    5.  Robot Process Automation
    6.  PDF generation

    Pyppeteer VS Herd AI

     
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    QA Wolf

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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.

    License model

    Platforms

    • Online

    QA Wolf Features

    1.  Web Testing

    QA Wolf VS Herd AI

     
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    WebcrawlerAPI

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

    License model

    Platforms

    • Online

    WebcrawlerAPI VS Herd AI

     
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    Magnitude

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    Magnitude uses vision AI to enable you to control your browser with natural language.

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application types

    Country of Origin

    • US flagUnited States

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Mac
    • Linux
    Magnitude screenshot 1

    Magnitude Features

    1.  AI-Powered
    2.  Natural Language Processing
    3.  Browser Automation

    Magnitude VS Herd AI

     
  14. DataFuel.dev icon

    DataFuel.dev

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    DataFuel API turn websites into LLM-ready data. DataFuel API handles the complex parts of web scraping, so you can focus on your AI innovations. Build better RAG systems and train AI models with clean, markdown, structured web data.

    License model

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Software as a Service (SaaS)

    DataFuel.dev VS Herd AI

     
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