Alternatives to Steel
Other Browser automation and web data vendors we measure, sorted by how much they publish that Steel does not. This is a comparison of disclosure, not of features or fitness.
12 shown of 23 that differ from Steel on at least one criterion we measured for both. Public transparency score, not a product or security rating.
Steel has 10 gaps in what we could measure: Data processing agreement, Subprocessor list, Data location stated, Status page with history, Certifications named, Uptime SLA with a figure, No third-party tracking before consent, security.txt (RFC 9116), Notice before subprocessors change, Named privacy contact. The column “publishes and Steel does not” is the one that closes them.
| Vendor | Score | Publishes, and Steel does not | Steel publishes, and they do not | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Microlinkmicrolink.io | 65/100 | 5 Data processing agreement, Subprocessor list, Status page with history, +2 | nothing | Compare |
| Browser Usebrowser-use.com | 52/100 | 4 Data processing agreement, No third-party tracking before consent, Notice before subprocessors change, +1 | nothing | Compare |
| Firecrawlfirecrawl.dev | 39/100 | 3 Data location stated, Certifications named, security.txt (RFC 9116) | nothing | Compare |
| Zytezyte.com | 39/100 | 3 Status page with history, Certifications named, No third-party tracking before consent | nothing | Compare |
| ScrapingAntscrapingant.com | 35/100 | 3 Data processing agreement, Data location stated, Notice before subprocessors change | 2 Public pricing, HTTPS enforced with HSTS | Compare |
| Scrapflyscrapfly.io | 38/100 | 2 Data processing agreement, Certifications named | nothing | Compare |
| Scrapingdogscrapingdog.com | 38/100 | 2 Data processing agreement, Uptime SLA with a figure | nothing | Compare |
| Browserlessbrowserless.io | 35/100 | 2 Data location stated, Certifications named | nothing | Compare |
| ScrapingBeescrapingbee.com | 35/100 | 2 Data processing agreement, Data location stated | 1 HTTPS enforced with HSTS | Compare |
| ZenRowszenrows.com | 35/100 | 2 Data processing agreement, security.txt (RFC 9116) | nothing | Compare |
| Apifyapify.com | 30/100 | 2 Status page with history, security.txt (RFC 9116) | nothing | Compare |
| Oxylabsoxylabs.io | 26/100 | 2 Certifications named, Named privacy contact | nothing | Compare |
Only criteria we could measure for both are counted. Where we could measure one and not the other, the row is silent: that would be a statement about our measurement, not about either vendor. Every single result with its source is on the two profiles.