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Lexmount Browser vs Windmill

Lexmount Browser and Windmill are both workflow automation tools. Lexmount Browser is aimed at developers and small businesses, while Windmill is aimed at developers. Windmill costs less, from $10/mo versus $12/mo for Lexmount Browser. Both have a free plan.

Lexmount Browser

Cloud browsers for AI agents, powered by the open-source Moli engine

Windmill

Open-source developer platform for scripts, flows and apps

PricingFreemium · $12Open source · $10
Starting price$12/mo$10/mo
Free planYesYes
Free trial——
Built forDevelopers, Small businesses, EnterpriseDevelopers
Platformsweb, linux, macos, windowsweb
CountryCNFR · 2022
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Choose Lexmount Browser if

Developers building AI agents who need many cheap, fast cloud or self-hosted browser sessions for fetching and automating web pages.

  • Moli engine is open source and can run locally on Linux, macOS or Windows
  • Vendor benchmarks show far lower memory use than headless Chrome
  • Low entry price of $12 for 100 browser hours and 25 concurrent sessions

Look elsewhere if: Teams that need pixel-perfect rendering, heavy Canvas or media playback, or a mature compliance-backed vendor (Browserbase, Apify).

Choose Windmill if

Developers wanting code-first automation.

  • Very fast engine
  • Code-first
  • Open source

Look elsewhere if: No-code users.

Lexmount Browser vs Windmill pricing

Lexmount Browser

  • Free$010 browser hours, 3 concurrent sessions, 1,000 Web Fetch requests
  • Pro$12/moOne-time 1-month pass; 100 hours, 25 concurrent, 10 contexts
  • Pro+$60/moOne-time 1-month pass; 500 hours, 100 concurrent, 10k fetches
  • Enterprise$180/moOne-time 1-month pass; 1,500 hours, 250 concurrent sessions

Windmill

  • Community Edition$0Self-hosted, unlimited executions, max 10 users with SSO
  • Cloud Team$10/seat/moManaged cloud; per seat (from page structured data)
  • Enterprise (self-hosted)from $120/mo$20/dev/mo + $50/worker/mo compute; audit logs, SAML
  • Enterprise (cloud)CustomBased on seats and compute units

Lexmount Browser · Key features

  • Moli, an open-source Rust browser engine under Apache-2.0 or MIT
  • Choice of Moli or Chromium per session depending on the task
  • CDP, WebDriver Classic and WebDriver BiDi from one self-hosted Moli endpoint
  • Python and Node.js SDKs with Playwright and Puppeteer guides
  • Web Fetch and Web Search APIs for structured page content and links
  • Goal-driven browser Agent with reusable task templates

Cons

  • Moli still fails more automation tasks than Chrome in Lexmount's own tests
  • Speed and memory claims are vendor benchmarks, not independent ones
  • Free tier excludes persistent contexts, custom proxies and downloads

Windmill · Key features

  • Scripts to workflows
  • Schedules and triggers
  • Auto-generated UIs
  • App builder
  • Multi-language
  • Self-hosting

Cons

  • Developer-oriented
  • Smaller community
  • Learning curve

Lexmount Browser vs Windmill: FAQ

Which is cheaper, Lexmount Browser or Windmill?

Windmill starts at $10/mo and Lexmount Browser at $12/mo. Both prices are checked on the vendors' own pricing pages.

Do Lexmount Browser and Windmill have a free plan?

Yes, both Lexmount Browser and Windmill have a free plan; paid plans add more usage and features.

Which is better for small businesses, Lexmount Browser or Windmill?

Lexmount Browser lists small businesses as a core audience, while Windmill is aimed more at developers.

Not sure yet?