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Web scraping & Cloud Browser APIs
AdsCrawl vs Scrapfly
Both provide web extraction and CDP browser control. The useful differences are how you manage profiles, which outputs you need, and how proxies fit into your workflow.
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A documentation-based feature comparison; not a performance benchmark.
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Why choose AdsCrawl Cloud Browser
Use AdsPower fingerprint browsers as saved cloud environments for recurring tasks, with an API to create, start and stop each profile.
An isolated environment for every profile
Give each task or account its own browser environment, with separate fingerprint settings and browser state. Save and reuse profiles for recurring work.
Browser updates that follow AdsPower
Cloud Browser follows AdsPower fingerprint browser version updates, bringing ongoing browser-engine and fingerprint improvements to your cloud environments.
Choose for the workflow
When to consider AdsCrawl
- You want AdsPower fingerprint browsers in Cloud Browser, with native fingerprints, isolated profiles and updates that follow AdsPower. API-key starts require your proxy; runtime requires a paid plan.
- You already have Playwright or Puppeteer scripts and want to create and release temporary CDP sessions separately.
- You know you need article Markdown, named DOM/network fields or PNG output through a task-specific HTTP endpoint.
When to consider Scrapfly
- You want HTTP scraping with per-request JavaScript rendering and managed proxy pools.
- You need extraction using built-in LLM prompts, predefined AI models or rule templates.
- Your screenshot workflow needs JPG, WebP or GIF directly, alongside PNG.
These recommendations follow the documented capabilities below; they do not imply the other provider cannot perform the same task.
Side by side
Capabilities, lifecycle & billing
Each row links to official references. Proxy and session behavior is scoped to the named product; check the current contract before integrating.
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| Dimension | AdsCrawl | Scrapfly |
|---|---|---|
| Workflow | HTTP browser tasks, temporary Remote CDP sessions, and Cloud Browser with saved profiles. | Web Scraping API with optional JavaScript rendering; Cloud Browser for Playwright, Puppeteer and CDP. |
| Profiles & sessions | Saved profiles and running browsers are managed separately. Stop a browser and start the saved profile again later. | Reconnect to a running browser, or hand its saved state to the Scraping API after stopping it. Handoff is a one-way snapshot. |
| Proxy setup | Each API-key start of a Cloud Browser requires an explicit, valid proxy you supply. Temporary CDP and browser tasks also offer managed routing. | Cloud Browser uses documented managed proxy pools and country selection. A separate Proxy Saver product connects existing upstream proxies; check its integration requirements. |
| HTML & Markdown | POST /html returns rendered HTML, article Markdown or article JSON. Markdown uses Readability; it is not a full copy of the page. | Scraping API supports raw HTML, clean HTML, Markdown, text and JSON parsing options. Markdown and text can use only_content. |
| Structured extraction | POST /spa-extract returns named DOM or network fields, or runs a published template. Your application can handle downstream model processing. | Extraction API offers rule templates, LLM prompts and predefined AI models, and can be combined with the Scraping API. |
| Screenshots | POST /screenshot returns a PNG synchronously. Capture a full page or the first CSS-matched element; selector takes precedence over fullPage. | Screenshot API offers JPG, PNG, WebP and GIF, with viewport, full-page or element captures and CSS/XPath selection. |
| Plan allowances | Compare credits, browser concurrency, saved profile limits and API-key limits on the current pricing page. | Plans share credits across APIs and list concurrency and log retention. Request charges vary with enabled features and proxy type. |
| Browser runtime | Explicitly stop the Cloud Browser to end its running charges. Closing the viewer alone does not stop the runtime. | Cloud Browser bills time blocks and bandwidth, with documented minimum allocation and optional viewer charges. Keeping a session running for reconnection continues billing. |
Run a small evaluation before switching
Use the same pages and outputs
Choose representative public pages and pages you are authorized to access. Keep URLs, region and output requirements consistent, then inspect the returned text, fields and screenshots.
Exercise the session lifecycle
For authenticated tasks, test connection, disconnect, reconnection and shutdown. Check which cookies and storage survive each step; session reuse does not guarantee a permanent login.
Record the whole workload
Include retries, proxy traffic, browser duration, concurrency and cleanup. Validate a small batch before estimating a month of usage.
Common questions
Can both use Playwright and Puppeteer?
Yes. AdsCrawl Remote CDP and Scrapfly Cloud Browser provide CDP connections. Authentication, connection URLs and cleanup differ, so adapt those parts and check the browser features your scripts rely on.
Can both preserve browser state?
Both offer state reuse, with different documented lifecycles. AdsCrawl can restart a saved profile after stopping it. Scrapfly documents reconnecting to running sessions and passing a stopped browser’s snapshot to the Scraping API. Test state retention across the steps your workflow needs.
Which is cheaper?
Plan credits alone cannot answer that. Compare actual usage for the same pages, outputs, proxy requirements, duration, traffic and concurrency. We have not run a cost or success-rate benchmark for this page.