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Most scrapers default to headless Chrome for everything. DreamScrape routes each request through the cheapest engine that works: HTTP, JA4-fingerprinted HTTP, stealth browser, or anti-detect Firefox. You get clean markdown. It picks the engine. When a browser scrape runs, it auto-discovers internal JSON APIs and replays them at HTTP speed on future requests — 10x cheaper, 15x faster. Public scorecard: 163 domains tracked, real pass/fail rates including failures.
Hey PH 👋
I'm Curtis, solo founder. I built DreamScrape because I was tired of paying browser-tier prices for scrapes that didn't need a browser.
Most scraping APIs charge you the same flat rate whether the site needs headless Chrome or just `curl`. DreamScrape tries the cheapest engine first — plain HTTP, then JA4 TLS impersonation (bypasses Cloudflare without a browser), then stealth browser, then anti-detect Firefox. You only pay for the engine that worked.
Two things I'm proud of:
1) **Auto-discovered APIs.** Browser scrapes capture every XHR/fetch call we see. If there's a clean internal JSON endpoint, future requests for that domain replay the API directly — HTTP speed, 1 credit. Sites with discovered APIs end up ~10x cheaper, ~15x faster.
2) **Honest scorecard.** /scorecard publishes pass/fail rates across 163+ tracked domains, including the failures. No cherry-picking.
Free tier is 2,000 credits/mo (HTTP + JA4). Use code `HACKERNEWS` to double it to 4,000.
Curious what scraping pain you've hit recently — the roadmap is shaped by real targets people share. Drop the URL that's been frustrating you and I'll run it through /scan to show you what's actually blocking the request.
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About DreamScrape on Product Hunt
“Auto-routed web scraping. Pay for what works.”
DreamScrape was submitted on Product Hunt and earned 0 upvotes and 1 comments, placing #132 on the daily leaderboard. Most scrapers default to headless Chrome for everything. DreamScrape routes each request through the cheapest engine that works: HTTP, JA4-fingerprinted HTTP, stealth browser, or anti-detect Firefox. You get clean markdown. It picks the engine. When a browser scrape runs, it auto-discovers internal JSON APIs and replays them at HTTP speed on future requests — 10x cheaper, 15x faster. Public scorecard: 163 domains tracked, real pass/fail rates including failures.
DreamScrape was featured in API (98.1k followers), SaaS (42k followers), Developer Tools (512.4k followers) and GitHub (41.2k followers) on Product Hunt. Together, these topics include over 142.5k products, making this a competitive space to launch in.
Who hunted DreamScrape?
DreamScrape was hunted by Curtis. A “hunter” on Product Hunt is the community member who submits a product to the platform — uploading the images, the link, and tagging the makers behind it. Hunters typically write the first comment explaining why a product is worth attention, and their followers are notified the moment they post. Around 79% of featured launches on Product Hunt are self-hunted by their makers, but a well-known hunter still acts as a signal of quality to the rest of the community. See the full all-time top hunters leaderboard to discover who is shaping the Product Hunt ecosystem.
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