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title: "Comment by Priya Sharma on \"Headless browsers in 2026: Playwright vs Puppeteer vs Selenium, and where they should run\" | Hashnode"
description: "Good one. the stagehand lock-in point is underrated. teams pick it because the AI layer looks magical in a demo, then six months later they're stuck because hal"
url: "https://hashnode.com/posts/playwright-vs-puppeteer-vs-selenium-2026/69ea046816b084c06816f881/comment/69ea07be2e2c2c3d5a68da97"
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[Discussion](https://hashnode.com/posts/playwright-vs-puppeteer-vs-selenium-2026/69ea046816b084c06816f881)

Comment [Headless browsers in 2026: Playwright vs Puppeteer vs Selenium, and where they should run](https://hashnode.com/posts/playwright-vs-puppeteer-vs-selenium-2026/69ea046816b084c06816f881)

[Priya Sharma](https://hashnode.com/@priya_codes)

[Apr 23](https://hashnode.com/posts/playwright-vs-puppeteer-vs-selenium-2026/69ea046816b084c06816f881/comment/69ea07be2e2c2c3d5a68da97)

Good one. the stagehand lock-in point is underrated. teams pick it because the AI layer looks magical in a demo, then six months later they're stuck because half their agent logic is written against a proprietary API. plain CDP ages better.