§ Comparison · Headless Chrome library

ToolCenter vs Puppeteer.

Puppeteer is open-source node library for chrome. ToolCenter is a broader API platform — Managed tools + MCP under a single bearer token, plus an MCP server for AI agents. Here's how they compare and when to switch.

Puppeteer

Puppeteer

Free — but you run the infra
Library — you build the product
ToolCenter

ToolCenter

€9/mo, managed + scaled
Managed tools + MCP
§ Why developers switch

Three reasons teams move to ToolCenter.

Every compare page on this site starts the same way: a shipping team hit a billing wall, or outgrew a single-purpose API. Here's what they find on the other side.

01

Don't operate Chrome

Running headless Chrome at scale is a full-time job. Delegate it.

02

Ship faster

Screenshot, PDF, scrape — already productized as endpoints.

03

Flat pricing

No AWS bills. €9/mo covers 10k calls incl. crawl + capture.

Where Puppeteer wins

We're not pretending otherwise — if these are your core needs, Puppeteer is a great product.

§ Switch in 5 minutes

Same call, 40 extra endpoints.

Drop your Puppeteer key, swap the base URL, ship. Our free tier covers 100 calls — enough to evaluate before you commit. No credit card.