Smooth provides a serverless API that launches isolated Chromium instances on demand to execute multi‑step web tasks such as scraping, testing, and automation. The platform handles proxy rotation, session persistence, and AI‑driven CAPTCHA solving, returning structured results via a REST endpoint with end‑to‑end encryption and consumption‑based pricing.
Funding
Funding not disclosed
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Product
Problem
Web developers and automation engineers often rely on heavyweight browser instances or fragile scripting frameworks that require manual scaling, incur high compute costs, and suffer from intermittent failures, especially when navigating dynamic sites, handling CAPTCHAs, or maintaining session state. These limitations increase time‑to‑market and operational overhead for data extraction, testing, and workflow automation tasks.
Solution
Smooth delivers a serverless browser‑agent API that abstracts away infrastructure management while providing deterministic execution of web tasks. By leveraging lightweight AI‑driven models, the platform launches isolated browser instances on demand, executes multi‑step interactions, and returns structured results via a simple REST endpoint. End‑to‑end encryption and zero‑trust access controls protect data in transit and at rest, meeting enterprise security standards. The service scales automatically from single executions to millions of concurrent runs, eliminating capacity planning. Pricing is consumption‑based, with a free tier for trial usage and tiered per‑execution rates for higher volumes. Integration requires only an API key and a few lines of code, fitting seamlessly into existing CI/CD pipelines or serverless functions.
Target Audience
Primary users are developers and engineering teams building web‑scraping pipelines, automated QA testing suites, and SaaS platforms that require reliable, high‑throughput browser automation. The service also targets enterprises seeking secure, scalable automation for internal workflows and data integration.
Features
- Serverless architecture that provisions isolated Chromium instances on demand, removing the need for VM or container management.
- Built‑in proxy rotation, persistent session handling, and auto‑CAPTCHA solving powered by efficient AI models to maintain high success rates on complex sites.
- RESTful API with SDKs (Python, Node.js) enabling task submission in under four lines of code and real‑time status polling.
- End‑to‑end TLS encryption and zero‑trust token authentication, complying with enterprise security frameworks.
- Real‑time monitoring and auto‑scaling that supports workloads ranging from ad‑hoc scrapes to high‑throughput production pipelines.
- Flexible deployment options including single‑tenant clusters, BYOC, and on‑prem installations for regulated environments.
- Consumption‑based billing with per‑execution pricing and a free tier that includes welcome credits for testing.