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FBrowser Use vs Browserbase
Pricing, features, platforms and who each one suits — side by side.
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Choose Browser Use if…
- you want open source you can self-host or audit
- you work on Self-hosted
- you're in its core audience: developers, ai agent builders
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Choose Browserbase if…
- you're in its core audience: ai agent developers, software engineers
Side by side
Feature Browser Use Browserbase
Pricing modelFreemiumFreemium
Starting price—$20/mo
Free plan
Free trial
API
Open source
Trains AI on your contentYesNo
Data retentionKept as long as necessary; ZDR projects on enterprise; personal data destroyed within 90 days of terminationFree plan 7 days, paid 30 days; session recordings kept 30 days
Security and complianceSOC 2 Type II, HIPAA, GDPRHIPAA
Updates, last 90 days35
GitHub stars119.3K—
CAPTCHA solving—
Built-in proxies
Structured JSON output—
Markdown output—
Login & 2FA—
Session replay
PlatformsWeb, API, Self-hostedWeb, API
CategoryBrowser Agents & ScrapingBrowser Agents & Scraping
CompanyBrowser Use Inc.Browserbase
Based in——
Founded——
Part of——
Key features
B Browser Use
- Browser agents that complete web tasks
- Cloud browsers accessed through Playwright or Puppeteer over CDP
- CAPTCHA solving and anti-detect browsers
- Residential proxies or your own proxy
- MCP server and browsers for coding agents
- Open-source MIT library and Browser Harness
- BU 2.0 custom model API
- On-prem deployment option
B Browserbase
- Managed headless cloud browsers for AI agents
- Search API to find relevant websites from a query
- Fetch API converting URLs to HTML, JSON or Markdown
- Automatic captcha solving and stealth mode
- Built-in proxies with usage-based overage
- Session logs, live view and replay
- Functions runtime for deploying agents
- Model Gateway for LLM access
Plans and prices
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Browser Use
Free credit$1 one-time
Cloud browsers$0.02/hour
Browser agentsModel cost + 20%
BU 2.0 model API$0.60 input / $3.50 output per 1M tokens
On-premCustom
Browserbase
Free$0/mo
Developer$20/mo
Startup$99/mo
ScaleCustom
Strengths and limitations
Browser Use
- Core library is open source under the MIT license
- $1 free credit with no card required
- No subscription, and credits never expire
- Lists SOC 2 Type II, HIPAA compliance and zero data retention
- Usage-based billing makes costs harder to predict
- Free accounts are limited to 10 concurrent sessions
- Minimum top-up is $5
- On-prem pricing requires contacting sales
Browserbase
- Free plan with 3 concurrent browsers and 1,000 Search/Fetch calls
- Paid plans start at $20/mo
- SOC-2 Type II infrastructure; HIPAA BAA on Scale
- Integrates with Stagehand, crewAI, Mastra, AI SDK and others
- Free plan limited to 1 browser hour and 15-minute sessions
- Captcha solving and stealth not on the free plan
- Advanced stealth and SSO only on custom-priced Scale plan
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