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Browserbase vs Hyperbrowser

Two fact sheets from our own research, side by side — pricing, platforms, API access and status re-checked by us rather than quoted from the vendors. Browserbase starts at $20, Hyperbrowser at $0.00. Only Browserbase has a free tier. Both ship a public API.

BrowserbaseHosted headless-browser infrastructure so AI agents can browse, log in, and fill forms on real websites at scale.HyperbrowserCloud browsers and sandboxes for AI agents and scraping, metered in credits worth $0.001 each.

Side by side

FactBrowserbaseHyperbrowser
CategoryBrowser Automation AgentsBrowser Automation Agents
Pricing modelFreemiumPaid
Starts at$20 month$0.00 credit
Public APIYesYes
PlatformsWeb, APIAPI, Web
CompanyBrowserbase Inc.—
Launched2024—
Last verifiedSep 1, 2026Sep 6, 2026

What our research says

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 rather than a plan you have to guess at. 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. The subscription tiers are the one thing the site would not show us.

Pros

  • Full per-unit price list published in the docs, down to $0.001 a page
  • 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, OpenAI computer-use) bill through the same credit balance

Cons

  • Proxy data at $10 per GB can dwarf every other line on the invoice
  • Directly purchased credits expire after 12 months
  • Subscription plan prices render in the browser and did not appear to a plain fetch
  • No company name, country or team is published on the site

Which one fits

Choose Browserbase if you need

  • Developers building browser-using AI agents
  • Teams scraping sites that block plain HTTP requests
  • Products that need agents to log in and act on behalf of users

Choose Hyperbrowser if you need

  • Running browser agents at scale without managing a browser fleet
  • Scraping sites that need stealth, proxy rotation or persistent logged-in profiles
  • Teams already on Playwright or Puppeteer who want a remote target

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