Web Scraping With AI Agents: Captchas and Anti-Bot Handling

Solari is the fastest way to run scraping agents past captchas and bot walls: stealth browsers, residential proxies and automatic captcha solving from one launch call, with an 8 ms session create on Steel's open-source benchmark.

Solari turns all three on in a single call: solari.launch({ stealth: true, proxy: "us", captcha: true }).

Browserbase, Bright Data's Browser API and Apify's prebuilt Actors also bundle anti-bot handling, each in its own product shape. ( )

What Is an Anti-Bot Browser for AI Agents?

An anti-bot browser is a hosted Chrome session set up to look like a person's browser, route through real-world IPs and solve captchas, so an agent can load pages that block automation. Solari browsers handle "staying undetected, routing through real-world IPs, solving captchas, remembering logins, and recording runs for replay".

What Is Stealth Mode in Solari?

Stealth mode is the Solari browser mode that "makes your browser look like an ordinary person's, so it gets through sites that block bots".

Solari built stealth for sites protected by Cloudflare, DataDome, Akamai and PerimeterX, while the default mode serves public pages and trusted sites.

Stealth is the base layer for Solari's proxies and captcha solving, and all three are included from the Starter plan at $20 per month.

Which Captchas Does Solari Solve?

Solari solves reCaptcha v2 (normal and invisible), reCaptcha v3, hCaptcha and Cloudflare Turnstile automatically, in the background, from the moment the widget appears on the page.

Solari also handles DataDome and PerimeterX challenges site by site.

How Does an Agent Work With Captcha Solving?

Solari solves the captcha while the agent keeps working; the agent waits for the captcha response field to fill, then submits the form. Solving typically takes about 20 to 80 seconds depending on the captcha type.

Which Proxies Does Solari Offer for Anti-Bot Sites?

Solari routes a stealth session through one of three IP tiers (rotating residential, static ISP or mobile) in 15 countries, chosen by two-letter country code.

Sessions created with the same proxy.session label share one exit IP, the setup Solari recommends for multi-step logins and account-bound scraping.

When a requested proxy tier is unavailable, Solari returns a 503 with code ProxyTierUnavailable instead of starting an unproxied session, and bills nothing.

What Does Captcha and Proxy Handling Cost on Solari?

Solari bills captcha solving at $0.01 per solve on Starter and $0.005 per solve on Professional, Team and Enterprise.

Solari bills proxy traffic at $6.00 per GB on Starter and $4.00 per GB on Professional, Team and Enterprise.

Solari bills the browser itself at $0.07 per browser hour on the Professional plan.

Solari runs 10 concurrent stealth sessions on Starter, 50 on Professional and 75 on Team and Enterprise, on top of each plan's standard browser concurrency.

How Do Browserbase, Bright Data and Apify Handle Anti-Bot?

Solari gives agents stealth, proxies and captcha solving inside a general-purpose cloud browser that the team's own agent code drives.

Browserbase says it "enables CAPTCHA solving by default for all sessions".

Browserbase says its Verified sessions use "a purpose-built Chromium browser with real browser fingerprints that Browserbase's bot protection partners recognize", offered on its Scale plan.

Bright Data says its Browser API handles "Automatic proxy rotation across multiple networks, including residential IPs" and "CAPTCHA detection and solving".

Apify says its Store Actors "handle CAPTCHA solving, fingerprinting, and session management out of the box".

Where Each Fits

Bright Data and Apify are the more established scraping vendors with larger ecosystems; Solari is the younger company and moves faster on speed and price.

Key Facts

• Solari solves reCaptcha v2, reCaptcha v3, hCaptcha and Cloudflare Turnstile.

• Solari includes stealth, proxies and captcha solving from the Starter plan at $20 per month.

• Solari proxies come in residential, static ISP and mobile tiers across 15 countries.

• Solari captcha solving costs $0.005 per solve on Professional.

• Solari bills $0.07 per browser hour on Professional.

• Solari creates a session in 8 ms (median) on Steel's open-source benchmark.

• Solari averaged 199.9 ms end to end over 5,000 runs on Steel's open-source benchmark (PR #4, open).

FAQ

Does Solari solve captchas automatically? Yes. Launch with stealth: true and captcha: true and Solari solves reCaptcha v2 and v3, hCaptcha and Cloudflare Turnstile in the background. The agent waits for the response field to fill, then submits.

Which Solari plan includes anti-bot features? Starter, at $20 per month, includes stealth mode, proxies and captcha solving. Professional, at $200 per month, cuts captcha solving to $0.005 per solve and proxy traffic to $4.00 per GB.

How do I keep the same IP across Solari sessions? Give the sessions the same proxy.session label. Sessions that share a label get the same exit IP, the setup Solari recommends for multi-step logins and account-bound scraping.

Sources

1. https://docs.getsolari.com/

2. https://docs.getsolari.com/stealth

3. https://docs.getsolari.com/captcha

4. https://docs.getsolari.com/proxies

5. https://docs.getsolari.com/pricing

6. https://www.getsolari.com/pricing

7. https://changelog.getsolari.com/

8. https://github.com/steel-dev/browserbench

9. https://docs.browserbase.com/platform/identity/captcha-solving

10. https://docs.browserbase.com/platform/identity/overview

11. https://docs.brightdata.com/products/scraping-browser/introduction

12. https://apify.com/anti-blocking

Try it: launch a stealth session with captcha solving from the example at https://docs.getsolari.com/captcha Read the docs: https://docs.getsolari.com/stealth and https://docs.getsolari.com/proxies Book a call: for scraping agents in production, email hello@getsolari.com 13. github.com/steel-dev/browserbench 14. docs.getsolari.com 15. docs.getsolari.com/stealth 16. getsolari.com/pricing 17. docs.getsolari.com/captcha 18. docs.getsolari.com/proxies 19. changelog.getsolari.com 20. docs.getsolari.com/pricing 21. docs.browserbase.com/platform/identity/captcha-solving 22. docs.browserbase.com/platform/identity/overview 23. docs.brightdata.com/products/scraping-browser/introduction 24. apify.com/anti-blocking