Browserbase
Cloud browsers, web APIs and agent tooling for AI agents
Overview
Browserbase runs headless browsers in the cloud for AI agents and automation, driven by Playwright, Puppeteer, Selenium or its own MIT-licensed Stagehand framework. It also sells Search and Fetch APIs, agent hosting, captcha and login handling, and Director, which turns plain-English tasks into Stagehand agents. Plans start free, then $20 or $99 a month.
Pricing
Pricing shown for reference only. These figures reflect RECATOOLS research as of 14 Oct 2026 and may be out of date or incomplete. This is not financial or purchasing advice — always confirm the current price on the provider’s official website before making any decision.
- 3 concurrent browsers, 1 browser hour
- 3 agent runs
- 1,000 search and 1,000 fetch calls
- $5 in model tokens; 7-day data retention
- 25 concurrent browsers, 100 browser hours
- 15 agent runs
- 1 GB of proxies, then $12/GB
- Auto captcha solving; 30-day retention
- 100 concurrent browsers, 500 browser hours
- 50 agent runs
- 10,000 fetch calls, 5 GB of proxies
- Auto captcha solving; 30-day retention
- 250+ concurrent browsers
- Verified Agents and captcha solving
- HIPAA (BAA), DPA and SSO
- Advanced stealth mode
Use cases
What you can produce with Browserbase
- Cloud browser sessions started by API and driven with Playwright, Puppeteer, Selenium or Stagehand
- Plain-English browser automation with the open-source, MIT-licensed Stagehand framework
- Live view, session replay and logs for debugging what an agent did
- Search and Fetch APIs returning web pages as HTML, JSON or markdown
- Captcha solving, proxies and agent identity for sites that block automated traffic
- Browser agents built from a plain-English task in Director, exportable as Stagehand code
- Agents deployed and run on Browserbase's own Runtime
Browserbase takes a genuinely painful job, running and unblocking browser fleets for agents, and turns it into an API with good debugging: live view, session replay and logs. Stagehand, its MIT-licensed framework, is actively maintained and works without Browserbase, and Director gives non-developers a way to build an agent that still exports real code.
Monthly plans are clear, but browser hours, proxies and search or fetch calls are metered separately, so high-volume scraping needs a cost model first. Asia Pacific hosting is enterprise-only on request. A strong choice for engineering teams shipping browser agents; more than a casual scraper needs.
What we found
Browserbase runs headless Chrome browsers in the cloud for AI agents and automation scripts, so developers do not have to manage their own browser fleet. Paul Klein started the company in San Francisco in 2024, and it is operated by Browserbase, Inc., a Delaware corporation. A session starts with one API call and can be driven with Playwright, Puppeteer, Selenium or Stagehand, Browserbase's own MIT-licensed framework that mixes plain-English instructions with ordinary code. Stagehand is actively maintained, with releases as recent as late August 2026.
The platform has grown well beyond browsers. One API key now also covers Search and Fetch APIs that return web pages as HTML, JSON or markdown, a Runtime for hosting agents, an Agent Identity layer for captchas, logins and anti-bot systems, a model gateway billed at market price, and observability through logs, live view and session replay. Director, launched in June 2025, turns a plain-English task into a working browser agent and exports real Stagehand code; it is free to try.
Pricing is published and billed monthly. The free plan gives three concurrent browsers, one browser hour, three agent runs and $5 of model tokens. Developer costs $20 a month for 25 browsers and 100 hours, then $0.12 an hour; Startup costs $99 for 100 browsers and 500 hours, then $0.10. Scale is custom and adds HIPAA agreements, SSO and Verified Agents. Proxies and extra search and fetch calls are charged separately, so heavy scraping costs should be modelled before committing.
Funding and adoption figures come mostly from the company. In June 2025 Browserbase raised a $40 million Series B led by Notable Capital, with Kleiner Perkins and CRV, and SiliconANGLE reported a $300 million valuation. Its homepage now claims 10,000 customers and more than 35 million sessions a month, naming Ramp, Microsoft and Lovable. Infrastructure runs in US and European regions, with Asia Pacific only on request for enterprise customers, which matters for ASEAN teams concerned about latency or where data sits.
Compiled by RECATOOLS from public sources: vendor documentation and pricing, code repositories and published reporting.
About this listing
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