browserless vs zyte-web-data
browserless is a plugin bundle for AI coding tools published by browserless. Marketplaces we read that list it: 1 (Claude Code: claude-plugins-community). zyte-web-data is a plugin bundle for AI coding tools published by zytedata. Marketplaces we read that list it: 2 (Claude Code: claude-plugins-official, Claude Code: claude-plugins-community). As of our marketplace pass on 2026-10-14. This pair was picked by a reader, not by our comparison rule, so search engines are asked not to index the page.
Where each is published
| Marketplace |  browserless |  zyte-web-data |
|---|---|---|
| Claude Code: claude-plugins-community | Listed Version: 1.0.0 Forks (GitHub): 3 Stars (GitHub): 1 Not marked · First seen |
Listed Version: 0.2.3 Forks (GitHub): 5 Stars (GitHub): 33 Not marked · First seen |
| Claude Code: claude-plugins-official | Not listed | Listed Version: 0.3.1 Forks (GitHub): 5 Stars (GitHub): 33 Not marked · First seen |
Each figure is the marketplace's own and is never added up across marketplaces. A marketplace that publishes no figure shows none: no number is not zero.
The facts side by side
| Fact | browserless | zyte-web-data |
|---|---|---|
| Marketplaces that list it (differs) | 1 (worse) | 2 (better) |
| Stars (GitHub) (differs) | 1 (worse) | 33 (better) |
| Forks (GitHub) (differs) | 3 (worse) | 5 (better) |
| Last release | Not published | Not published |
| Where it runs (differs) | Remote server (mcp.browserless.io/mcp) | Installs as a plugin bundle |
| Transport (differs) | Streamable HTTP | Not stated |
| Tools it declares | Not published | Not published |
| Environment variables it asks for | Not published | Not published |
| Hooks it runs | 1 | 1 |
| Parts of the bundle (differs) | 11 | 15 |
| Licence (differs) | SSPL-1.0 | Not stated |
| Repository (differs) | github.com/browserless/claude-plugin | github.com/zytedata/claude-skills |
| Changes in the last 7 days | 0 | 0 |
| First seen | 2026-10-11 | 2026-10-11 |
| Endpoint at the last check (differs) | Answered with HTTP 400 (1 h ago) | no remote endpoint we check |
Lines where the two differ have a tinted background and bold values. Where the data itself says which value is better (more marketplaces, a larger figure of the same marketplace, a fresher release, a verified mark on a marketplace that lists both), the better one is also marked green with ▲ and the worse one red with ▼. Where it runs, the transport, the tools, the settings, hooks, the bundle's parts, the licence and the week's changes are marked only as different: more or fewer is not better in itself.
What each says it does
browserless
A Claude Code plugin that gives Claude direct access to the Browserless.io REST APIs: scrape webpages, take screenshots, generate PDFs, search the web, map site structures, and run custom browser automation, all from natural language.
zyte-web-data
Web scraping skills for Claude Code powered by the Zyte API — scrape sites, generate and run Scrapy spiders, define extraction schemas, and ship to Scrapy Cloud.
How to run each
browserless As a Claude Code plugin
/plugin marketplace add anthropics/claude-plugins-community
/plugin install browserless@claude-communityzyte-web-data As a Claude Code plugin
/plugin install zyte-web-data@claude-plugins-officialCommands built only from what the marketplaces declare; the full set for every client is on each card.
Only browserless has a remote endpoint we check. How we check endpoints
Tools each declares
Neither one's marketplaces publish a list of tools, so there is nothing to compare.
Settings each asks for
Neither one's marketplaces publish the settings it asks for.
What it can do: browserless · What it can do: zyte-web-data · Compare two other plugins
Data comes from the public marketplace file https://github.com/anthropics/claude-plugins-community/blob/HEAD/.claude-plugin/marketplace.json. Data comes from the public marketplace file https://github.com/anthropics/claude-plugins-official/blob/HEAD/.claude-plugin/marketplace.json. Figures come from our own regular passes over the marketplaces, last read on . We publish no contact details for plugin publishers.