I’ve actually been thinking about writing a similar post for Kameleo’s blog (https://kameleo.io/blog)—but honestly, you covered the topic so thoroughly that there’s not much left to add! Still, I’d like to contribute two quick points:
Browserful scraping and computing costs:
It’s often said that running a full browser—or an anti-detect browser—in headless mode can lead to lower success rates compared to headful mode. We’ve done a lot of testing at Kameleo, and I’m happy to share that our scraping-optimized browsers (Chroma and Junglefox) now achieve the same success rate in headless mode as in headful. That’s a huge win when it comes to cost-efficiency at scale.
Web-unblockers vs. anti-detect browsers:
You touched on outsourcing anti-bot bypass to web-unblockers. While they’re a great plug-and-play option, most of them don’t offer the same level of bypass power as a well-configured anti-detect browser. In fact, over the past 8 months, we’ve noticed that several web-unblockers have quietly started using our browsers under the hood to improve their own success rates. So I totally agree: web-unblockers are perfect for getting started, but once you're scaling, owning your setup with an anti-detect browser is not only more powerful, but also more cost-effective.
Great article again, Pier!
I’ve actually been thinking about writing a similar post for Kameleo’s blog (https://kameleo.io/blog)—but honestly, you covered the topic so thoroughly that there’s not much left to add! Still, I’d like to contribute two quick points:
Browserful scraping and computing costs:
It’s often said that running a full browser—or an anti-detect browser—in headless mode can lead to lower success rates compared to headful mode. We’ve done a lot of testing at Kameleo, and I’m happy to share that our scraping-optimized browsers (Chroma and Junglefox) now achieve the same success rate in headless mode as in headful. That’s a huge win when it comes to cost-efficiency at scale.
Web-unblockers vs. anti-detect browsers:
You touched on outsourcing anti-bot bypass to web-unblockers. While they’re a great plug-and-play option, most of them don’t offer the same level of bypass power as a well-configured anti-detect browser. In fact, over the past 8 months, we’ve noticed that several web-unblockers have quietly started using our browsers under the hood to improve their own success rates. So I totally agree: web-unblockers are perfect for getting started, but once you're scaling, owning your setup with an anti-detect browser is not only more powerful, but also more cost-effective.
Thanks again for another great post!