Zyte CDP Headless Browser: requirements, setup & sources

Hosted browser. Official documentation · Checked 2026-09-27 · Review due 2026-10-27.

documented capabilities

CDP / WebSocket

Connection: The CDP endpoint accepts Playwright, Puppeteer and other CDP-compatible libraries.[1]
Session lifetime: ttl defaults to 60 seconds and accepts values from 15 to 3,600 seconds.[1]
Billing: Session units are the larger of navigation count and duration rounded up to 15-second intervals, using the first target's browser price tier.[1]
Continuity: A connection has its own IP and cookie jar; separate CDP connections cannot reuse that session automatically.[1]
Access requirements: CDP requires a subscription or PAYG spending limit plus business verification; free trials cannot use it.[1]

Billing: Target-tier units: the greater of page.goto calls or started 15-second session intervals; residential overages can add charges.

Outputs: browser-session

Documented for: Playwright, Puppeteer, Scrapy

documentation reviewed

Complete Zyte's CDP account requirements and obtain an API key.
Connect to the documented endpoint with Basic authentication and an explicit ttl.
Run browser actions and follow Zyte's session-closing instructions for the chosen framework.

Started sessions can be billed even if the automation fails.
Zyte documents that Playwright browser.close() disconnects without sending the Browser.close CDP command; follow its explicit closing example.
Bring-your-own-proxy support was not verified.
The official documentation conflicts on whether explicit Browser.close stops billing before ttl. Budget the configured ttl conservatively until Zyte confirms the applicable behavior.

We reviewed the linked documentation. No live service connection, checkout or performance test is claimed for this listing.

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