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Automation on an anti-detect browser: local API, drivers, and which tier unlocks them

Selenium, Puppeteer, Playwright and a local API are the four ways code drives a profile. Which vendors name which, and on which plan the API appears.

Published 2026-09-17 by Phillip Paul Inker. Sources re-read 2026-09-17. 6 sources.

Four ways in

Every anti-detect browser is a browser with a management layer on top, and automation has to pass through that layer. The local API is the vendor's own: your script asks it to start a profile and gets back a debugging endpoint. Selenium, Puppeteer and Playwright are the general drivers; a vendor that supports them lets an existing script attach to the profile the API started.

Kameleo's plan page names all three drivers and says existing scripts run unchanged against a WebSocket endpoint, with SDKs for Python, JavaScript and C#. Multilogin's homepage names ADB, Selenium, Puppeteer and Playwright. MoreLogin lists Selenium or Puppeteer on its free plan. Incogniton names Selenium, Puppeteer and a REST API from its second tier. VMLogin names Selenium WebDriver. The rest name an API and leave the drivers unnamed on the pages we read.

  1. 1
    Start the profile through the local API

    The call returns the port or WebSocket address of the running browser.

  2. 2
    Attach a driver

    Point Puppeteer, Playwright or Selenium at that address; the profile's fingerprint and proxy are already applied.

  3. 3
    Close through the API

    So cookies and storage are saved back into the profile.

Which tier has the API

The API is a plan feature, and the tier that unlocks it varies more than the price does. Dolphin Anty gives it to every paid tier at 1,500 requests a minute and withholds it from the free plan. GoLogin prints a rate per tier, 300 to 1,200 requests a minute. Kameleo prints 60 to 1,200 requests a minute for fingerprint calls and leaves the rest unlimited. AdsPower prints 120, 300 and 600. Octo Browser unlocks the API at its €79 tier, Linken Sphere at $128. Multilogin and MoreLogin include it in the free plan.

Headless, Docker, and the operating system

Automation at scale wants a headless mode and a container. Kameleo's plan page names both: headless with the same masking as headed, and Docker images for Linux and Windows. The others run as desktop apps: Windows, macOS and Linux at GoLogin, Dolphin Anty, Octo Browser and Hidemyacc; Windows and macOS at Incogniton, Undetectable and Linken Sphere; Windows only at VMLogin. A Linux server without a desktop narrows the list quickly.

Sources
  1. [1]
    Kameleo pricing Kameleo, read 2026-09-17.

    “Works with your existing Selenium, Puppeteer & Playwright scripts. Official Docker images (Linux & Windows). Headless mode with identical masking.”

  2. [2]
    Multilogin homepage Multilogin, read 2026-09-17.

    “Connect AI agents or automation tools (ADB, Selenium, Puppeteer, Playwright).”

  3. [3]
    Dolphin Anty pricing Dolphin Anty, read 2026-09-17.

    “Request limit: No access / 1500 RPM / 1500 RPM / 1500 RPM / 1500 RPM.”

  4. [4]
    Octo Browser pricing Octo Browser, read 2026-09-17.

    “Base €79 per month, Access to the API.”

  5. [5]
    Linken Sphere pricing Linken Sphere, read 2026-09-17.

    “Pro $ 128 / month ... Local API.”

  6. [6]
    MoreLogin pricing MoreLogin, read 2026-09-17.

    “Free Forever ... Local API, Browser automation with Selenium or Puppeteer.”

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