Question
How can a person take over when browser automation gets stuck?
Use a hosted browser with a live viewer: a page that shows the session as it runs and passes a person's mouse and keyboard through to it. The person clears the CAPTCHA, the sign-in or the unexpected dialog in the same browser, and the automation carries on from where they left it.
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Same browser, not a copy
Takeover only helps if the person acts in the very session the automation is using, with its cookies, its tabs and its IP. Opening the site in their own browser fixes nothing for the script.
Where the person actually is
The person who can clear a step is often away from a desk — the account owner with the phone that receives the code. A viewer that works with a finger and a phone keyboard turns a stuck run into a one-minute interruption.
With Scrappy
Every session returns a viewer URL you can open or embed in an iframe. On a phone, one finger is the mouse, two fingers pan and zoom, and a keyboard button types into the page. With Claude driving, clicks, typing or navigation can be held for a person to approve before they happen.
Questions
- Do other hosted browsers have a live view?
- Yes, the hosted browsers we compared all offer one. Where they differ is phone use and approval before a risky step — the comparison page has the details.
- Can I try it before paying?
- Yes. A new account gets 100 credits, enough for a few sessions of real use. A session costs 5 credits to start and 1 per minute after that.
Start
Try it on the site you need this week. The first 100 credits are free.
Enough for ten scrapes or a first hour in the cloud browser. No card, no call, no minimum.