Compare Gaffa vs. Surfsky

Gaffa is a REST API built for web scraping and browser automation, allowing developers to run real, full browsers at scale with a single API call. It removes the difficulty of managing headless browser frameworks, rotating proxies, CAPTCHA solving, and scaling infrastructure, all of which are handled automatically. JavaScript-heavy and dynamic websites render exactly as they would for a human visitor by default. Beyond standard scraping, Gaffa supports AI-driven structured data extraction (extract data into a defined schema without writing CSS selectors), screenshot and PDF capture, infinite-scroll and form-filling automation, and clean Markdown conversion for feeding webpages directly into LLM and RAG pipelines. A rotating residential proxy network keeps access reliable across regions, and a credit-based pricing model means teams pay only for the browser time and bandwidth they actually use. Gaffa is designed for AI engineers, data teams, and developers who want production-grade web data extraction without having to build and maintain their own infrastructure.

Surfsky is a cloud browser and web automation platform designed to help developers run large-scale scraping operations and automated browser workflows on websites with advanced bot protection. The software provides managed Chromium browser instances equipped with realistic device fingerprints, residential proxies, automated CAPTCHA solving, and human-like interaction simulation. Its fingerprinting technology uses profiles based on more than 2.5 million devices, incorporating characteristics such as Canvas, WebGL, audio, fonts, GPU information, and screen properties. Surfsky provides access to a residential and mobile proxy network with more than 100 million IP addresses for geographically distributed browsing operations. Developers can run hundreds of isolated browser sessions simultaneously, with support for configurations exceeding 1,000 concurrent sessions. The platform integrates with Playwright, Puppeteer, Selenium, and chromedp through standard browser automation connections, reducing the need to rewrite existing scripts. Persistent browser profiles retain cookies, local storage, and session information across separate executions to support workflows requiring repeated authentication. Surfsky also offers an Agent Browser solution that enables AI agents to navigate websites, extract data, complete forms, and execute multistep browser tasks. Common applications include web scraping, price monitoring, ecommerce automation, market research, job application workflows, social media management, and data collection for machine learning systems.