Stekpad vs Browse AI
Two different audiences. Pick the one that matches your team.
API for builders vs no-code robots.
- Browse AI is a no-code visual robot builder for non-developers who want to point-and-click their way to a scraped list.
- Stekpad is an API-first platform with a web app, REST API, and MCP server. The web app is opinionated, not point-and-click.
- Pick Browse AI if your team is fully non-technical and the visual robot builder is the deal-maker.
- Pick Stekpad if you want an API your developers can call, an MCP server for your agents, and a web app for your growth team — all sharing one engine.
Side-by-side, nine rows.
| Feature | Stekpad | Browse AI |
|---|---|---|
| Primary surface | REST API + Web App + MCP | Visual no-code robot builder |
| Audience | Devs, growth/ops, AI agents | Non-technical operators |
| Native enrichment | 19 enrichers in-house | Limited, third-party-stitched |
| MCP server | First-class, 8 tools, day one | |
| Cookie bridge | Yes — cookies never leave your browser | Server-side cookies |
| Pricing | PAYG from 9 €, no subscription | Subscription, "robots/month" |
| Code samples | curl, TypeScript, Python, MCP | None — visual flow only |
| Schedule + webhooks | Yes (Cloud plans) | |
| Dataset storage | Yes, persistent and re-queryable | Yes, "tasks" — different model |
Four real product diffs.
API-first, not UI-first
Stekpad's primary surface is a REST API and an MCP server. The web app is one client among many. Browse AI is UI-first.
MCP for agents, day one
8 MCP tools shipped at launch. Browse AI ships no first-class MCP.
19 native enrichers
Find emails, verify them, enrich companies, geocode — all in-house. Browse AI's enrichment is limited and stitched.
Cookie bridge
Authenticated scraping where cookies stay in your Chrome. Browse AI uses server-side cookies.
The honest verdict.
- Your team is fully non-technical and won’t write a `curl` even once.
- You need to scrape a small number of well-defined sites with a visual point-and-click experience.
- You want a robot builder UI as your primary product, not an API as your primary product.
Where we win on substance.
- You have at least one developer who wants an API, not a visual editor.
- You want an MCP server for Claude/Cursor/Claude Code on day one.
- You want native enrichment in the same product, in-house.
- You prefer PAYG credit packs over a subscription.
- You need authenticated scraping where cookies stay in your browser.
Common questions.
Does Stekpad have a no-code editor like Browse AI?
No, and we won't ship one. The web app exposes the same five verbs as buttons and the 19 enrichers as dropdowns. It's opinionated, not freeform.
Can Browse AI integrate with Claude via MCP?
Not as a first-class server. Stekpad's MCP server is the primary differentiator for AI-agent workloads.
Is Stekpad harder to learn than Browse AI?
Slightly, for a non-technical user. The tradeoff is that you stop being limited by what the visual builder can express.
Try the Stekpad API.
300 free credits a month. The web app is opinionated, not point-and-click — see if it fits.