Reader Browser
The facts below are what the maker publishes about Reader Browser, checked and dated. Our editors have not written about it yet.
Plans and prices
From Reader Browser's own pricing page, checked 4 Oct 2026.
| Plan | Price | What it gives you |
|---|---|---|
| Free | Free | 1,000 credits per month · Browser sessions use 1 credit per minute · No card required |
The facts
Each one read from Reader Browser's own pages, with the date it was checked.
What it does
- Intended users
- Reader Browser is intended for AI agent and application workflows that need interaction, rendered state, screenshots, PDFs, or browser automation.checked 4 Oct 2026
- Monthly credits
- Each account receives 1,000 credits per month, which reset each billing period and do not roll over.checked 4 Oct 2026
- Open source
- Reader's underlying project is open source under the Apache 2.0 license, and the maker says it can be self-hosted.checked 4 Oct 2026
- Outputs
- Workflows can capture page text, HTML from elements, screenshots, PDFs, visited URLs, or extracted values.checked 4 Oct 2026
- Page interactions
- Browser automation can navigate, click, type, fill forms, scroll, and capture rendered page state.checked 4 Oct 2026
- Playwright
- Reader Browser supports Playwright connections through CDP using chromium.connectOverCDP.checked 4 Oct 2026
- Puppeteer and CDP
- Reader Browser supports Puppeteer connections and direct WebSocket connections using CDP.checked 4 Oct 2026
- Session state
- Cookies, local storage, and authentication persist for the duration of a browser session.checked 4 Oct 2026
- Support channels
- Reader's documentation links to its GitHub repository and Discord community.checked 4 Oct 2026
- Usage limit
- Browser sessions cost 1 credit per minute and automatically close after the configured timeout, which defaults to a maximum of 60 minutes.checked 4 Oct 2026
- What it does
- Reader Browser provides cloud browser sessions that automation code can control for interactive web tasks.checked 4 Oct 2026
- When to use it
- Reader recommends using Scrape, Crawl, or Extract for simpler page reading and using Browser when interaction is required.checked 4 Oct 2026
Money
- Other credit costs
- Standard scrapes cost 1 credit per page, premium scrapes cost 3 credits per page, and cache hits and failed scrapes cost 0 credits.checked 4 Oct 2026
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