Gaffa

About Gaffa

Tired of your web scraping pipelines breaking down? Over the endless cat-and-mouse game with anti-bot tech? Welcome to Gaffa, the API that flips the script on web data extraction. Gaffa is your all-in-one, no-bullshit solution for automating real browsers at a massive scale. We handle the messy, soul-crushing complexity—residential proxies, scaling infrastructure, CAPTCHA-solving, and headless browser headaches—so you don't have to. With a single, slick REST API call, you can command browsers to scroll, click, and behave like a human, then extract data in any format you crave: raw HTML, clean markdown, images, or even LLM-ready JSON. Built to conquer the hardest-to-scrape sites with a stealth mode that’s virtually undetectable, Gaffa is for developers, data scientists, and growth hackers who need reliable data, not a second job maintaining brittle scripts. Stop fighting the web and start owning it.

Features of Gaffa

Simple REST API

Ditch the frameworks and configuration nightmares. Gaffa abstracts the power of tools like Playwright and Selenium into one clean, intuitive REST API endpoint. Send a request, get your data. It’s that simple. No more wrestling with driver installations, async loops, or browser quirks. You get the raw power of browser automation without the steep learning curve, letting you build and deploy data pipelines in minutes, not days.

Stealth Mode & Real Browsers

Go undercover with our stealth mode, designed to bypass even the most aggressive anti-bot defenses. Gaffa uses real, fully-fledged browsers (not just headless shells) with human-like behavior patterns, automatic CAPTCHA solving, and a global network of residential proxies. This means your requests blend in with organic traffic, giving you access to the data you need with maximum reliability and minimum blocks.

Built-In Data Processing & Observability

We don't just fetch pages; we transform them. Get data served your way: as simplified HTML, LLM-optimized markdown, full-page screenshots, or self-contained offline files. Plus, with full session recording and observability, you can watch your automations play back step-by-step. No more guessing why a script failed—see exactly what the browser saw, making debugging a breeze.

Proxies-Sorted & Ready to Scale

Forget about sourcing, rotating, and managing proxy IPs. Gaffa partners with top-tier providers to give you fast, reliable, and geographically targeted proxy access instantly. Just specify your target location. And with our infrastructure handling the scaling, you can throw thousands of concurrent requests at us without a second thought. We scale seamlessly so you can focus on the data, not the DevOps.

Use Cases of Gaffa

Competitive Intelligence & Price Monitoring

Track your competitors' prices, product catalogs, and promotional strategies in real-time. Automate browsers to navigate e-commerce sites, log in, add items to carts, and extract dynamic pricing data that simple HTTP requests can't see. Gaffa’s stealth mode ensures you get accurate, uninterrupted data feeds to power your pricing algorithms and stay ahead of the market.

Large-Scale Web Scraping for AI/ML

Fuel your large language models and machine learning projects with massive, high-quality datasets. Convert entire websites into clean, structured markdown or JSON perfect for training. Gaffa handles JavaScript-heavy SPAs, infinite scroll, and interactive content, delivering parsed data ready for your models, saving you countless hours of data cleaning and preparation.

Automated Testing & Monitoring

Monitor your own web applications for uptime, performance, and user journey breakage. Simulate complex user interactions across different geographies using residential proxies to ensure your site works perfectly for every visitor. Automate regression tests on live staging environments that truly mimic human behavior.

Content Aggregation & Market Research

Build a content engine that aggregates articles, news, reviews, and social media posts from across the web. Use Gaffa to click "load more" buttons, dismiss cookie pop-ups, and scroll through feeds to collect comprehensive datasets for sentiment analysis, trend spotting, and market research reports, all with minimal configuration.

Frequently Asked Questions

What is a credit and how is it calculated?

A credit is Gaffa's unit of consumption. Think of it as fuel for your automations. You're charged based on two things: time and proxy data. Browser runtime costs 1 credit per 30 seconds (2 credits if screen recording is on). If you use our residential proxies, bandwidth is charged at 1,500 credits per 1GB used. Every successful request deducts the corresponding credits from your balance.

Is there a free trial?

Absolutely! You can sign up for free and get full access to the Gaffa API to experiment on our dedicated demo site (demo.gaffa.dev). Test all the features—scrolling, clicking, data extraction—without spending a single credit or needing a credit card. It's the perfect sandbox to build and tweak your automations before going live on the open web.

Do unused credits roll over to the next month?

Nope, credits don't roll over. They're like a monthly data plan—use 'em or lose 'em. Your credit allowance refreshes at the start of each billing cycle. This keeps our pricing simple and predictable. We recommend picking a plan that matches your expected usage and scaling up as you grow.

What's your refund policy?

We're not here to lock you in unfairly. If you change your mind, we'll happily issue a refund for your current month's plan, provided you haven't used any credits yet. Once you start consuming credits on live sites, the service is considered rendered. Full details are available in our refund policy.

Pricing of Gaffa

Gaffa offers straightforward plans to match your ambition, plus flexible pay-as-you-go options.

Starter ($29/month): Perfect for small projects. Includes 9,000 credits, 1 concurrent request, and 7-day data retention.
Startup ($99/month): Our popular plan for growing ventures. Get 35,000 credits, 3 concurrent requests, and 30-day retention.
Growth ($249/month): Built to scale. Unleash 100,000 credits, 10 concurrent requests, and 3-month data retention.

All plans include the Browser Request API and residential proxy access.

Need more? Top up anytime with Pay-As-You-Go Credits at $20 for 5,000 credits. For massive, custom requirements, contact us for a bespoke enterprise plan tailored to your needs.