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FBrowserbase vs Skyvern
Pricing, features, platforms and who each one suits — side by side.
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Choose Browserbase if…
- you want the lower entry price ($20/mo vs $29/mo)
- you're in its core audience: ai agent developers, software engineers
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Choose Skyvern if…
- you want open source you can self-host or audit
- you work on Self-hosted
- you're in its core audience: developers, operations teams
Side by side
Feature Browserbase Skyvern
Pricing modelFreemiumFreemium
Starting price$20/mo$29/mo
Free plan
Free trial
API
Open source
Trains AI on your contentNoYes
Data retentionFree plan 7 days, paid 30 days; session recordings kept 30 days—
Security and complianceHIPAASOC 2 Type II, HIPAA
Updates, last 90 days5—
CAPTCHA solving
Built-in proxies
Structured JSON output
Markdown output—
Login & 2FA—
Session replay
MCP server—
No-code integrations—
PlatformsWeb, APIWeb, API, Self-hosted
CategoryBrowser Agents & ScrapingBrowser Agents & Scraping
CompanyBrowserbaseIkonomos Inc.
Based in—United States
Founded——
Part of——
Key features
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
S Skyvern
- Vision and LLM-based website navigation without selectors
- Built-in CAPTCHA solving
- 2FA and TOTP login support
- Proxies with country, state or zip targeting
- Data extraction to JSON or CSV schemas
- Document download, parsing and routing
- Python and TypeScript SDKs, MCP support
- Integrations with Zapier, Make, Clay, n8n, Workato
Plans and prices
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Browserbase
Free$0/mo
Developer$20/mo
Startup$99/mo
ScaleCustom
Skyvern
Free$0
Hobby$29/mo
Pro$149/mo
EnterpriseCustom
Strengths and limitations
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
Skyvern
- Open source and self-hostable via Docker
- Free plan with 5,000 credits, no credit card required
- CAPTCHA and 2FA handling built in
- SDKs for Python and TypeScript
- Free plan limited to 1 concurrent run
- 2FA/TOTP and residential proxies require the $149 Pro plan
- HIPAA compliance and SOC-2 report only on Enterprise
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