Other AI tools talk. Aera clicks.
Where each approach stops.
| Capability | Aera | AI chat tools | Scripts (Puppeteer) | AI extensions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Executes on real websites | — | ◐ | ||
| Plain language, no code | — | ◐ | ||
| Runs on a schedule | — | ◐ | — | |
| Works while you browse | — | — | ◐ | |
| Survives site redesigns | — | — | — | |
| Handles logins & sessions | — | ◐ | ||
| Your daily-driver browser | — | — | ||
| MCP for your dev tools | ◐ | — | — |
◐ = possible with significant setup or limitations
The honest version.
Every tool below is good at something. Here's where each one stops, and where Aera keeps going.
They answer. Aera executes.
Chat tools are great at telling you how to do something. Aera opens the site, clicks the button, fills the form, and finishes the workflow — then shows you what it did.
Fair is fair: Use chat tools for pure writing and reasoning with no web execution.
They're code. Aera is a sentence.
Test frameworks need scripts, selectors, and CI to babysit. Aera reads pages like a person, so a renamed div doesn't take your workflow down, and there's nothing to deploy.
Fair is fair: Use them for deterministic test suites that must run in CI.
They're infrastructure. Aera is your browser.
Headless services run backend jobs in someone else's cloud, with your credentials. Aera runs on your machine, in your sessions, in a browser you also use all day.
Fair is fair: Use them for high-volume scraping pipelines at backend scale.
They sit on top. Aera is built in.
Extensions overlay a chat box on a browser that wasn't designed for agents. Aera is Chromium rebuilt around automation: background tabs, scheduling, run history, and MCP are native.
Fair is fair: Use an extension if you only want summaries in your current browser.
Still weighing it? Read the FAQ or see real use cases.
Stop browsing. Start delegating.
Download Aera and put an agent to work in your browser today.