Browserbase vs Hyperbrowser

Browserbase

Browserbase removes the operational work of running headless Chrome at scale - proxies, fingerprinting, CAPTCHA, session storage - which is exactly the layer most agent-building teams don't want to own themselves. It's infrastructure, not a finished agent, so there's still integration work to do on top of it.

Pros

• +Automatic CAPTCHA solving and proxy/fingerprint handling out of the box
• +Free tier available to test before paying
• +Session replay and observability for debugging agent runs
• +Open-source Stagehand framework for the automation layer

Cons

• −Free tier is capped at just 1 browser hour, not enough for real workloads
• −Requires developer effort to wire into an actual agent - it's infrastructure, not an end-user tool
• −Overage billing on browser-hours can add up for high-volume use

Hyperbrowser

Hyperbrowser is infrastructure and is priced like it: a published per-unit rate card down to $0.001 a page, a free tier of 5,000 credits, and $30 and $100 plans that are really prepaid usage. Sessions, scraping endpoints and agent runners share one credit balance, which makes cost modelling straightforward until proxies enter the picture - proxy data at $10 a gigabyte will dominate any scraping bill.

Pros

• +Full per-unit price list published on the pricing page, down to $0.001 a page
• +A free tier of 5,000 credits - $5 of usage - is enough to run a real test
• +Connects with Playwright, Puppeteer or Selenium, so existing scripts move over unchanged
• +Stealth mode, proxy routing, multi-region sessions, static IPs, profiles and recordings are built in
• +Agent runners (HyperAgent, Browser Use) bill through the same credit balance

Cons

• −Proxy data at $10 per GB can dwarf every other line on the invoice
• −The $30 and $100 plans are usage buckets, not flat fees - a heavy month spills past the included credits
• −No company name, country or team is published on the site
• −Everything is SDK and API driven; there is nothing for a non-developer to click

Is Browserbase cheaper than Hyperbrowser?

On published entry prices, Browserbase starts lower — $20/mo against $30/mo for Hyperbrowser. Entry price is the lowest paid plan as we last verified it; what each plan includes differs.

Does Browserbase or Hyperbrowser have a free tier?

Both: Browserbase has a free tier, and Hyperbrowser has a free tier.

Which has a public API, Browserbase or Hyperbrowser?

Both ship a public API, so either can be built on; the fact table above shows the platforms each one runs on.