Gaffa

Tired of the endless battle with anti-bot systems, proxy management, and brittle scraping scripts? Gaffa is here to change the game. It's a powerful, developer-friendly API designed to make browser automation and web scraping simple, reliable, and scalable again. Think of Gaffa as your dedicated automation team, handling all the messy infrastructure details so you can focus on what matters: the data. With a single REST API call, you can instruct Gaffa to perform complex actions like navigating, clicking, scrolling, and filling forms using real browsers that mimic natural human behavior. This allows you to access data from even the most stubborn, JavaScript-heavy websites. Gaffa delivers the results in your preferred format, whether that's raw HTML, clean and structured markdown (perfect for feeding into LLMs), parsed JSON, or even screenshots. Built for developers, data scientists, and businesses that need consistent, large-scale access to web data without the operational headaches, Gaffa's core promise is to turn the complexity of web automation into a simple, dependable API that just works, letting you stop fighting for data and start using it.

Simple REST API

Gaffa abstracts away the complexities of frameworks like Playwright or Selenium. Instead of managing headless browsers and writing intricate scripts, you control real browsers at scale with straightforward HTTP requests. This means you can launch sophisticated automations from any programming language or environment, dramatically reducing development time and learning curves.

Real Browser Automation

Forget about headless browser quirks and issues with JavaScript rendering. Gaffa uses real, fully-fledged browsers to execute your commands. This ensures your automations behave exactly like a human user would, allowing you to reliably interact with modern, dynamic web applications that often block simpler HTTP requests or headless clients.

Built-in Proxy Management

Gaffa seamlessly integrates with a network of fast, reliable residential proxies from around the world. You don't need to source, rotate, or manage proxies yourself. Simply specify your target geographic location in your API request, and Gaffa handles the rest, providing you with the local IP addresses needed to access region-specific content or avoid rate limits.

Advanced Data Processing

Gaffa does more than just fetch a page. It can process the retrieved data into the format you need. Choose from raw HTML, simplified clean HTML, LLM-ready markdown, structured JSON via built-in parsing, or even full-page screenshots. This saves you the step of post-processing and delivers data that's ready for analysis, storage, or immediate use in your applications.

Market Research and Price Monitoring

Automate the collection of product prices, specifications, and availability from competitor websites and e-commerce platforms. Gaffa's real browsers and proxies allow you to gather this data at scale without being blocked, enabling you to build dynamic pricing models and stay ahead of market trends with reliable, up-to-date information.

Lead Generation and Data Enrichment

Build targeted lead lists by scraping business directories, professional networks, and public databases. Gaffa can navigate search results, click through profiles, and extract structured contact information and company details, enriching your CRM with valuable data points to fuel your sales and marketing efforts.

Content Aggregation for AI and LLMs

Train or feed large language models with high-quality, current web data. Gaffa's ability to output clean, LLM-ready markdown is perfect for this. You can automate the collection of articles, documentation, forum discussions, and news, transforming messy web content into a structured corpus for your AI projects.

Automated Testing and Monitoring

Continuously monitor your own or a client's website for uptime, functionality, and content changes. Use Gaffa to simulate user journeys—like logging in, adding items to a cart, or submitting forms—and capture screenshots or alerts if anything breaks or appears incorrectly, providing a powerful external monitoring tool.

What is a credit and how is it calculated?

Credits are Gaffa's unit of consumption. They are calculated based on two main factors: browser time and proxy bandwidth. Browser runtime is billed at 1 credit per 30 seconds (or 2 credits per 30 seconds if screen recording is on). When using residential proxies, bandwidth is charged at 1500 credits per 1GB used. Each successful API request deducts the corresponding credits from your monthly plan allowance.

Does Gaffa offer a free trial?

Yes! You can sign up for a free account and immediately start using the Gaffa API to build and test automations on our dedicated demo site (demo.gaffa.dev). This allows you to explore all the key features, test your scripts, and understand the workflow without any cost or commitment before upgrading to a paid plan for use on the open web.

What is Gaffa's refund policy?

Gaffa offers a straightforward refund policy. If you request a refund before using any credits within your current billing month, we will be happy to process it. This gives you a risk-free window to ensure the service works for your specific use case on live sites after trying the demo.

Do unused credits roll over to the next month?

No, credits do not roll over. The credit allowance included with your monthly subscription plan is reset at the start of each new billing cycle. Any unused credits from the previous period will expire, so it's best to plan your usage according to your monthly allowance.

Gaffa offers tiered plans to suit different needs and budgets. All plans include access to the Browser Request API and residential proxies.

Starter Plan ($29/month): Ideal for small projects. Includes 9,000 credits, 1 concurrent request, a 1-minute max runtime, and 7 days of data retention.

Startup Plan ($99/month): Designed to power growing ventures. Includes 35,000 credits, 3 concurrent requests, a 2-minute max runtime, and 30 days of data retention.

Growth Plan ($249/month): Built for scaling operations. Includes 100,000 credits, 10 concurrent requests, a 5-minute max runtime, and 3 months of data retention.

You can also purchase additional credits on a pay-as-you-go basis at $20 for every 5,000 credits, which come with the same allowances as the Starter plan. For high-volume or custom requirements, Gaffa encourages you to contact their team to discuss a bespoke enterprise plan.