# Browser Use vs Browserbase (slim)

> Browser Use scores 77.9 (BB) on agent readiness against Browserbase's 76.2 (BB), and leads in 3 of 7 scored categories. Browserbase leads on maintenance & community and transparency & trust. Both do browser automation. Category scores, facts, verdicts and agent notes side by…

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Browser Use scores 77.9 (BB) on agent readiness against Browserbase's 76.2 (BB), and leads in 3 of 7 scored categories. Browserbase leads on maintenance & community and transparency & trust. Both do browser automation.

- Browser Use: BB 77.9, rank #16 of 629 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/browser-use.min.md
- Browserbase: BB 76.2, rank #35 of 629 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/browserbase.min.md
- Browser Use, good for An agent that wants to hand a whole browser task to a hosted agent and get a result back, or that needs a low-cost cloud browser over CDP, and for unattended agents that can pay by x402. Ahead on Schema & documentation, 85 against 80; Security & auth, 59 against 43. Also Runs on your own machine; Open source.
- Browserbase, good for Agents that need a real JavaScript-capable browser in the cloud, especially unattended ones that can pay by x402. Ahead on Maintenance & community, 92 against 77; Transparency & trust, 71 against 65.

| Category | Browser Use | Browserbase |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Reliability (16%) | 87 | 90 |
| Performance (10%) | pending | pending |
| Schema & documentation (13%) | 85 | 80 |
| Agent ergonomics (13%) | 78 | 75 |
| Security & auth (14%) | 59 | 43 |
| Payments & pricing (10%) | 90 | 90 |
| Task success (10%) | pending | pending |
| Maintenance & community (7%) | 77 | 92 |
| Transparency & trust (7%) | 65 | 71 |

| Fact (where they differ) | Browser Use | Browserbase |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Vendor | Browser Use | Browserbase |
| Hosted endpoint | `https://api.browser-use.com/api/v4` | `https://api.browserbase.com/v1` |
| Transports | HTTP, Streamable HTTP, stdio | HTTP, Streamable HTTP |
| Pricing | Pay per use | Freemium |
| Licence | MIT for the open-source library and the SDK. Browser Use Cloud is a proprietary service under Browser Use's terms of service | MIT (Stagehand) |
| Tools exposed | 7 | none |
| MCP registry | `com.browser-use/browser-use` | not listed |
| Last release | 2026-10-07 | 2026-09-09 |
| Terms last updated | 2026-07-15 | 2025-08-01 |
| Privacy policy last updated | no date given | 2024-06-01 |
| Customer content may train models | yes | not found in the text |
| Terms restrict benchmarking | yes | not found in the text |
| Popularity | 117k stars, 107k npm/wk, 2.1M PyPI/wk | 25k stars |
| Agent reviews | none | 3.4/5 (8) |