Migration

Outgrowing AdsPower.Their certificates cover their infrastructure.

AdsPower is the most certified vendor in this category, and the attestations describe machines you do not operate. If your review is about custody rather than paperwork, this is the comparison.

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Every claim about AdsPower on this page links the page it came from, read on 2026-07-27.

Rows compared: 31
Rows unverified: 4
Things AdsPower does better: 5
Sources read on: 2026-07-27

01Their ceiling

Why teams leave

Where AdsPower stops

Four limits from AdsPower's own security page, API documentation and pricing page. The first one is the whole argument.

Custody
The certificates cover their systems, not yours
SOC 2 Type II, ISO 27001 and ISO 27701 are real and they are theirs. Scheduling, licensing and profile management stay inside AdsPower's service and there is no self-hosted deployment, so the attested scope is infrastructure you cannot run, inspect or relocate.
Automation
Rate limits follow your profile count
The Local API allows 2 requests a second up to 200 profiles, 5 from 200 to 5,000 and 10 above that, with several list endpoints fixed at 1 a second. The ceiling you hit is set by how much work you have, which is the wrong way round.
Price
The pricing page publishes no price
Every figure on their pricing page is rendered client-side, so no amount could be read from it. Their own blog posts quote conflicting entry prices for the same 10-profile plan, so no amount for AdsPower appears anywhere on this page.
Teams
Members are billed one at a time
One super-administrator comes with every plan and members are purchased separately at $5 each, up to 100 per order. Add-ons also need more than 31 days left on the subscription and are not refundable.

02Full table

Row by row

31 rows against AdsPower

Every cell carries its note and the page it was read from. Where an answer could not be settled from AdsPower's own documentation, the cell says unknown rather than no.

31 rows comparing VeilBrowser with AdsPower
What is compared	VeilBrowserOurs	AdsPower
Where it runsWhich machines execute the browser, and whose infrastructure holds the data.
Browser execution locationThe machine the Chromium process actually runs on.	The customer's own machine, or a customer-operated worker fleet. Only the local API spawns browser processes. The cluster manager load-balances launches across worker hosts with an OpenResty least-connections upstream; it never runs browsers itself. VeilBrowser local-api browser service, read from our codebase on 2026-07-27	Profiles run in the AdsPower desktop app on the user's machine, and the Local API is served by that app on port 50325. A headless CLI mode with an API key allows the same account to drive the Local API from several devices at once. AdsPower Local API overview, read 2026-07-27
Self-hostable control planeCan the management plane run on customer infrastructure at all.	Yes One command, one input. The installer states the org API key is the only required value. VeilBrowser cluster-manager installer, read from our codebase on 2026-07-27	No The desktop client authenticates against AdsPower's service and there is no self-hosted deployment. AdsPower Local API overview, read 2026-07-27
Self-hostable browser fleetCan a pool of browser workers be operated by the customer.	Yes Worker hosts are registered as fleet hosts and receive launches through the cluster manager's load balancer; per-worker concurrency is capped by VEIL_MAX_BROWSERS. VeilBrowser cluster load balancer template, read from our codebase on 2026-07-27	No Headless mode runs on machines the customer owns, but scheduling, licensing and profile management remain AdsPower's service. AdsPower Local API overview, read 2026-07-27
Where profile data lives	Partial Sessions, fleet state and profile bundles stay on customer disks in per-host SQLite. Accounts, organisations and cloud profile configuration currently live in the vendor-hosted PostgreSQL, and workers fetch profile config from it at launch. VeilBrowser architecture decisions, read from our codebase on 2026-07-27	Passwords, LocalStorage, IndexedDB and extension data are stored on the local device by default. Cloud sync is opt-in and described as end-to-end encrypted. Local and cloud data can both be cleared from the client. AdsPower account security, read 2026-07-27
Platforms and mobileWhat a profile can present itself as, and whether mobile means a real device.
Profile OS targetsThe operating systems a profile can present, not the OSes the app installs on.	win, mac, linux, android Canonical enum in the shared schemas. The dashboard profile form currently omits android, which is a UI gap rather than a platform limit. VeilBrowser shared Zod schemas, read from our codebase on 2026-07-27	Windows, macOS, Linux, Android and iOS user-agent bases, on Chromium or Firefox kernels. These are user-agent generator options, not hosted platforms. Specific versions include Windows 7 to 11, macOS 10 to 13, Android 9 to 13 and iOS 14 to 15. AdsPower Local API fingerprint config, read 2026-07-27
Android profiles	Partial Android is a profile fingerprint target with real device models resolved from installed profile bundles. It is not a hosted Android device. VeilBrowser profile bundle service, read from our codebase on 2026-07-27	Partial Android user-agent and fingerprint bases only. No hosted Android device or cloud phone. AdsPower Local API fingerprint config, read 2026-07-27
iOS profiles	No No iOS target exists in the OS enum.	Not summarised Their marketing and their API documentation describe different capabilities. The profile OS row above states exactly what their API documents, which is a set of user-agent bases.
Real devices or emulationWhether mobile support is hosted hardware or a spoofed fingerprint.	Emulation only, on worker-hosted Chromium. No cloud phone or real-device fleet exists anywhere in the codebase. VeilBrowser shared Zod schemas, read from our codebase on 2026-07-27	Emulation only. No hosted device fleet is offered. AdsPower Local API fingerprint config, read 2026-07-27
Automation surfaceHow code drives the browser, and what a subscription gates.
Chrome DevTools Protocol access	Yes Launch returns a standard `ws://127.0.0.1:<port>/devtools/browser/<id>` endpoint. VeilBrowser local-api browser service, read from our codebase on 2026-07-27	Yes Starting a profile returns a puppeteer WebSocket endpoint, a selenium debugger address, the debug port and a matching chromedriver path. AdsPower Local API open browser, read 2026-07-27
Puppeteer	Yes Connects to the returned CDP WebSocket endpoint directly. VeilBrowser local-api browser service, read from our codebase on 2026-07-27	Yes AdsPower Local API open browser, read 2026-07-27
Playwright	Yes connectOverCDP against the returned WebSocket endpoint. VeilBrowser local-api browser service, read from our codebase on 2026-07-27	Partial Not named in AdsPower's API documentation, which covers Selenium and Puppeteer. The returned CDP WebSocket endpoint is what Playwright's connectOverCDP consumes, so it should work, but it is undocumented. AdsPower Local API open browser, read 2026-07-27
Selenium	Partial Works through the same debug port via Selenium's debuggerAddress, but there is no Selenium-specific code path or worked example in the repository yet. VeilBrowser local-api browser service, read from our codebase on 2026-07-27	Yes A debugger address is returned along with the path to a version-matched chromedriver. AdsPower Local API open browser, read 2026-07-27
REST API	Yes Cloud routes under /v1 for profiles, organisations, sessions, plans and billing; local routes for sessions, profiles, fleet and cluster operations. VeilBrowser SaaS API routes, read from our codebase on 2026-07-27	Yes A Local API in v1 and v2 covering profiles, groups, tags, proxies, extensions and browser lifecycle, with bearer token authentication. AdsPower Local API overview, read 2026-07-27
First-party typed SDKA vendor-maintained, typed client library, not community samples.	Yes @veil/api exposes typed Eden clients for both the local and cloud APIs, derived from the server types. VeilBrowser typed API client, read from our codebase on 2026-07-27	Unknown AdsPower publishes API demos on GitHub, but no first-party typed client library was found.
API needs a paid plan	Not summarised Ours to answer, and we cannot yet. The gate exists in the plan definitions and is not enforced by the API, so either answer would be falsifiable.	Yes AdsPower states that those who purchased the paid version are granted permission to use the API, and the docs instruct you to check whether your plan includes API access. AdsPower Local API overview, read 2026-07-27
Published API rate limits	Base 50/min and 500/hour, Team 100/min and 1,500/hour, Advanced 200/min and 3,000/hour. VeilBrowser plan seed, read from our codebase on 2026-07-27	Scaled by profile count: 2 requests/second up to 200 profiles, 5 from 200 to 5,000, and 10 above 5,000. Several list endpoints are fixed at 1 request/second. The pricing page shows the same limits as 120, 300 and 600 requests per minute but does not map them unambiguously to plans; the API documentation keys them to profile count instead. AdsPower API documentation, read 2026-07-27
Proxies and identity coherenceProtocol coverage, per-profile assignment, and whether the identity follows the exit IP.
Proxy protocols	http, https, socks5, socks5h socks5h keeps DNS resolution at the proxy exit. One local service still parses a legacy socks4 value that is not in the canonical schema. VeilBrowser shared Zod schemas, read from our codebase on 2026-07-27	HTTP, HTTPS, SOCKS5 and SSH, over IPv4 or IPv6, plus a no-proxy direct mode. In the Local API, proxy_type accepts http, https and socks5, with SSH selected through proxy_soft. socks5h is not offered. AdsPower proxy types, read 2026-07-27
Per-profile proxy assignment	Yes Each profile stores its own proxy, and a launch may pass a per-session override. VeilBrowser shared Zod schemas, read from our codebase on 2026-07-27	Yes Configured per profile, or referenced from a proxy list that accepts up to 500 entries per create call. AdsPower proxy types, read 2026-07-27
Timezone, locale and geolocation from the exit IPWhether the profile derives IP-dependent values automatically.	Yes Derived by the browser build rather than by the platform API, which is why it is not visible in an API surface. The browser core's CLI reference documents timezone, locale, languages and location as IP-based by default, with flags that exist only to override the automatic behaviour. Auto-detection requires the proxy to arrive as --proxy-server, which is how the launch path passes it. VeilBrowser local-api browser service, read from our codebase on 2026-07-27	Yes Defaults derive from the IP: automatic_timezone, language_switch and location_switch are all on by default, and WebRTC can be set to forward or replace so the proxy IP covers the real one. AdsPower Local API fingerprint config, read 2026-07-27
Proxies sold in-product	No No proxy purchasing, traffic metering or bundled IP pool exists. VeilBrowser shared Zod schemas, read from our codebase on 2026-07-27	Unknown The Local API integrates named proxy vendors such as Bright Data, Oxylabs, IPFoxy, Kook and LumiProxy, but whether AdsPower resells traffic itself was not confirmed from their own pages.
Rotation / change-IP URL	No No change-IP URL, rotation scheduler or proxy health check in code. VeilBrowser shared Zod schemas, read from our codebase on 2026-07-27	Yes A change-IP URL field, documented for mobile proxies, rotates the exit IP when refreshed. Profiles sharing a proxy rotate together. AdsPower proxy types, read 2026-07-27
Teams and access controlSeats, permission granularity and what an operator can audit.
Team seats	1, 2, 5, 15 and 50 seats from Lite through Advanced. Enforced on invite against the organisation's member limit. VeilBrowser plan seed, read from our codebase on 2026-07-27	One super-administrator on every plan and no members on Free. Members are purchased separately at $5 each, up to 100 per order. Base seat allowances for Professional and Business are not shown on the rendered pricing page. AdsPower subscription help, read 2026-07-27
Permission granularity	Three organisation roles: owner, admin, member. The self-hosted cluster manager has its own admin, operator and viewer roles. Coarser than a per-action permission matrix; there is no per-profile or per-folder scoping. VeilBrowser SaaS Prisma schema, read from our codebase on 2026-07-27	Yes A super-administrator creates member accounts and assigns specific permissions. The pricing table lists giving specific permissions to members on Professional and above. AdsPower pricing, read 2026-07-27
Activity / audit log	Partial The self-hosted cluster manager records fleet operations. The cloud side has an auditLogs plan flag but no audit log model or endpoint. VeilBrowser plan seed, read from our codebase on 2026-07-27	Yes Operation logs, activity logs and session controls are described as providing full traceability. AdsPower account security, read 2026-07-27
Two-factor authentication	No Not offered. Account login is email and password plus Google or GitHub OAuth, with no second factor. All three competitors publish two-factor authentication, so this is a gap rather than a decision about what the product is for. VeilBrowser auth configuration, read from our codebase on 2026-07-27	Yes Alongside login IP allowlisting, remote-login reminders and failed-attempt alerts. AdsPower account security, read 2026-07-27
SAML / OIDC single sign-on	No An sso plan feature flag exists, but there is no SAML or OIDC implementation. Google and GitHub OAuth cover user login only. VeilBrowser plan seed, read from our codebase on 2026-07-27	Unknown No SAML or OIDC offering found on their pages.
Compliance and trustOnly certifications and statements the vendor publishes themselves.
SOC 2	No No attestation.	Yes SOC 2 Type II, independently audited across security, availability, processing integrity, confidentiality and privacy, reported as an unqualified opinion over a twelve-month period. AdsPower account security, read 2026-07-27
ISO 27001 / 27701	No No certification.	Yes Certified under ISO 27001 for information security and ISO 27701 for privacy information management. AdsPower account security, read 2026-07-27
Published GDPR position	Unknown No published position to cite yet. Legal review pending.	Partial AdsPower describes ISO 27701 as ensuring GDPR-aligned data handling, but publishes no standalone GDPR compliance statement. AdsPower account security, read 2026-07-27
Customer control over data location	Partial A self-hosted deployment keeps fleet state, sessions and profile bundles on customer infrastructure in a chosen location. Account and cloud profile records still sit in the vendor database, so this is not yet full residency control. VeilBrowser architecture decisions, read from our codebase on 2026-07-27	Unknown No storage region or residency option is published. Local-first storage reduces what is uploaded but is not a residency control.
Publishes comparison pages	No	Yes Blog comparisons against Dolphin Anty, and a self-review that benchmarks against Multilogin throughout. AdsPower vs Dolphin Anty, read 2026-07-27

Reading the table

Yes: Documented and available.
Partial: Available with a documented limit, named in the cell.
No: Documented as absent, or absent from every page we read.
Unknown: Not verifiable from their own pages. Not the same as absent.
Not summarised: Their published pages do not agree, so we do not characterise it.

03Where they win

Conceded

Where AdsPower is stronger

Written down so it cannot be edited out later. If one of these rows is your requirement, the rest of this page does not matter.

SOC 2 Type II with an unqualified opinion over a twelve-month period, plus ISO 27001 and ISO 27701. VeilBrowser has no attestations at all.
Sensitive data including passwords, LocalStorage, IndexedDB and extension data is stored locally by default, which is a genuinely conservative default.
A visual no-code RPA builder and a multi-window synchroniser let non-programmers automate work that VeilBrowser expects you to script.
Account security depth VeilBrowser lacks: login IP allowlists, remote-login and failed-attempt alerts, two-factor authentication, session controls and operation logs.
A permanent free plan, two browser engines including a Firefox build, and headless CLI operation with per-member API keys across multiple devices.

None of this is hedged. If one of these is the thing your work depends on, the honest recommendation is to stay where you are.

04Price

Their list, and ours

What AdsPower costs, and what we cost

Their figures are quoted from their own pricing page with every caveat that page carries. A published price in this category is a floor rather than a total.

AdsPower published plans, with profiles, seats and API rate limits
Plan	Monthly	Annual, per month	Profiles	Seats	API rate limit
FreePermanently free. Excludes data sync, batch operations and trash restore. One super-administrator included.	Free	Free	2	None	No API access
ProfessionalSelectable at 10, 20, 50 or 100 profiles. Extra members $5 each.	Unpublished	Unpublished	10 to 100	Unpublished	Keyed to profile count, not to plan: 2 requests/second up to 200 profiles.
BusinessAdsPower states the only difference from Professional is the profile count, customisable to 10,000 or more, with a lower per-profile price at volume.	Unpublished	Unpublished	100 to 10,000	Unpublished	Keyed to profile count: 5 requests/second from 200 to 5,000 profiles.
EnterpriseListed from 5,000 profiles with customisable RPA workflows.	On request	On request	On request	On request	Keyed to profile count: 10 requests/second at 5,000 profiles and above.

What the AdsPower list price does not say

The pricing page renders every figure client-side, so no price could be read from the page. All amounts are recorded as unknown rather than taken from secondary sources.
Their own blog posts quote two different entry prices for the same 10-profile plan, so no amount for AdsPower is published on this page.
Prices are shown in USD, BRL, PLN or VND, so the list is regionalised.
Term discounts of 10% quarterly and 20% annually apply, and a subscription can be extended for at most one year.
Team members are billed separately at $5 each, with up to 100 purchasable per order, so seat cost is additive to the plan.
Profile and member add-ons require more than 31 days remaining on the subscription and are non-refundable.

AdsPower pricing, read 2026-07-27

VeilBrowser

Our plans scale by profiles, seats and API volume, and seats are part of the plan rather than a separate purchase. The amounts live on the pricing page, which reads the live plan records instead of a marketing table.

Enterprise starts at $5,000 and covers the self-hosted deployment, the fleet size you need and the support around it. No billing period is quoted on that number because the scope decides it.

See pricing Contact sales

05Switching

The move

What moving actually involves

Four steps, and the part that does not move. Nothing here imports AdsPower profiles, so the cost is real and it is stated before the call rather than during it.

01
Describe the devices you need
An operating system target, a Chrome major between 135 and 150, an optional Android model and a proxy. Creation is one profile per call, from the API or the dashboard, so a set of forty is a short script, and a browser build is matched and pinned to each one.
02
Point the proxies you already have at them
One proxy per profile over HTTP, HTTPS, SOCKS5 or SOCKS5H. Nothing has to be bought here, because no proxy traffic is sold here: your existing proxy strings move across as they are.
03
Run a worker on a machine you own
One container on one host is enough to start, and the same image is what a larger fleet is made of. Browsers execute there rather than on our infrastructure.
04
Reconnect the automation
A launch returns a standard CDP WebSocket endpoint, so Puppeteer connects to it and Playwright attaches over CDP with no vendor shim. Selenium works through the same debug port, though there is no worked example in our documentation yet.

What does not move

Cookies and signed-in sessions do not transfer. There is no importer for another platform's profile export, so a profile that is already logged in somewhere logs in again here.
Fingerprints are not copied across. A profile here is a browser build plus a route, so an identity is recreated rather than migrated, and it is a new device from its first launch.
There is no hosted mobile device and no proxy traffic for sale. If either is load-bearing in your current workflow, it stays outside this platform.
We hold no security certifications. If your review requires an attestation from the vendor rather than control of the infrastructure, that is a blocker today and we will say so on the call.

AdsPower's compliance position is the strongest of the three and we hold nothing comparable. If your review requires a vendor attestation rather than control of the infrastructure, AdsPower answers that and we do not.

The getting-started path is public documentation, so the whole migration can be read before anyone asks you for a decision.

Contact sales Getting started

06Sources

Footnotes

What we read about AdsPower, and what we could not settle

Every page was read on 2026-07-27. The positioning below is quoted from AdsPower in their own words.

AdsPower in their own words

A multi-login antidetect browser for team-scale multi-account management, keeping sensitive profile data on the local device by default with optional end-to-end encrypted cloud sync, granular team permissions and built-in no-code automation.

AdsPower account security, read 2026-07-27

Rows we could not verify (4)

First-party typed SDK: AdsPower publishes API demos on GitHub, but no first-party typed client library was found.
Proxies sold in-product: The Local API integrates named proxy vendors such as Bright Data, Oxylabs, IPFoxy, Kook and LumiProxy, but whether AdsPower resells traffic itself was not confirmed from their own pages.
SAML / OIDC single sign-on: No SAML or OIDC offering found on their pages.
Customer control over data location: No storage region or residency option is published. Local-first storage reduces what is uploaded but is not a residency control.

AdsPower pages read

AdsPower publishes 2 comparison pages of their own. This is the same exercise run in the other direction, with the sources attached.