Browserbase pricing
Cloud headless browsers for agents, with Fetch and Search APIs.
full verification from $20/mo MCP: Yes Last checked
Plans bundle browser hours, concurrency, proxies and Fetch/Search calls; usage beyond the plan bills at the plan's rate rather than being capped.
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Quick facts
| Free tier | Free plan: 1 browser hour, 3 concurrent browsers, 1,000 search and 1,000 fetch calls, $5 in model tokens. |
|---|---|
| How units are counted | Browser hours and concurrency are plan-based; Fetch API $1/1k calls (Developer) or $0.5/1k (Startup) after included calls; Fetch with proxies or extract $4/1k; both $7/1k. Search: $1/1k Parallel Fast, $5/1k Parallel Advanced (default), $7/1k Exa. |
| MCP / agent support | Yes. Browserbase MCP server documented in official docs. Evidence. |
| Verification | Developer, Startup and Free plans plus Fetch/Search rates read from the page. Scale is custom. |
Plans
| Plan | Per month (monthly billing) | Per month (annual billing) | Included | Overage / extra usage | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Free | $0 | n/a | 1 browser hour, 3 concurrent, 1,000 search + 1,000 fetch calls | n/a | 15-minute sessions; 7-day retention |
| Developer | $20 | n/a | 100 browser hours, 25 concurrent, 1,000 search, 1,000 fetch, 1 GB proxies | $0.12/browser hr; $1/1k fetch; $5/1k search; $12/GB proxy | Captcha solving; 30-day retention |
| Startup | $99 | n/a | 500 browser hours, 100 concurrent, 1,000 search, 10,000 fetch, 5 GB proxies | $0.10/browser hr; $0.5/1k fetch; $5/1k search; $10/GB proxy | Basic stealth mode |
| Scale | not published | n/a | 250+ concurrent, 500+ hours | Usage-based | Custom |
Normalized prices
Effective price per unit, computed only from published numbers and assuming you use the whole included allowance. See methodology.
| Metric | Plan / rate | Billing | Monthly spend | Effective price | How computed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Remote browser hour | Developer (overage) | payg | $20 | $0.12 per hour | formula$0.12 / 1 x 1 = $0.12After 100 included hours. |
| Remote browser hour | Startup (overage) | payg | $99 | $0.10 per hour | formula$0.1 / 1 x 1 = $0.10After 500 included hours. |
| Remote browser hour | Developer (included hours) | monthly | $20 | $0.20 per hour | formula$20 / 100 x 1 = $0.20Plan fee / included hours at full use; plan also bundles other items. |
| Remote browser hour | Startup (included hours) | monthly | $99 | $0.198 per hour | formula$99 / 500 x 1 = $0.198Plan fee / included hours at full use; plan also bundles other items. |
| Fetch API call | Developer (Fetch API) | payg | $20 | $1.00 per 1,000 | formula$1 / 1,000 units x 1 unit(s) per request x 1,000 = $1.00Marginal rate after 1,000 included calls. |
| Fetch API call | Startup (Fetch API) | payg | $99 | $0.50 per 1,000 | formula$0.5 / 1,000 units x 1 unit(s) per request x 1,000 = $0.50Marginal rate after 10,000 included calls. |
| AI/agent search query | Parallel Fast | payg | $20 | $1.00 per 1,000 | formula$1 / 1,000 units x 1 unit(s) per request x 1,000 = $1.00Developer/Startup beyond 1,000 included search calls. |
| AI/agent search query | Parallel Advanced (default) | payg | $20 | $5.00 per 1,000 | formula$5 / 1,000 units x 1 unit(s) per request x 1,000 = $5.00 |
| Browser page-level task assumption | Developer (vendor's 3,000 tasks per 100 hours) | payg | $20 | $4.00 per 1,000 | formula$0.12 / 1 units x 0.0333333 unit(s) per request x 1,000 = $4.00
Illustrative only; not comparable to per-request APIs. |
| Browser page-level task assumption | Startup (vendor's 3,000 tasks per 100 hours) | payg | $99 | $3.33 per 1,000 | formula$0.1 / 1 units x 0.0333333 unit(s) per request x 1,000 = $3.33
Illustrative only; not comparable to per-request APIs. |
Best for
- Agents that must click, log in and fill forms
- Teams already using Playwright/Puppeteer/Stagehand
Watch-outs
- Pay for browser time, not pages: slow pages cost more.
- Proxy GB, captcha and model tokens bill on top of hours.
What we could not verify
- page_protected: Stealth and captcha handling are plan features without a separate per-page price.
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