{ "data": { "a": { "slug": "browserbase", "name": "Browserbase", "vendor": "Browserbase", "vendorUrl": "https://www.browserbase.com", "kind": "http-api", "category": "browser", "summary": "Hosted headless browsers for agents over CDP, plus Fetch and Search APIs and the Stagehand framework.", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/browserbase", "markdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/browserbase.md", "slimMarkdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/browserbase.min.md", "jsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/browserbase.json", "repo": "https://github.com/browserbase/stagehand", "license": "MIT (Stagehand)", "transports": [ "http", "streamable-http" ], "remoteUrl": "https://api.browserbase.com/v1", "packages": [ { "registry": "npm", "name": "@browserbasehq/stagehand" } ], "auth": "api-key", "authNotes": "`X-BB-API-Key` header. Browsers connect over CDP at wss://connect.browserbase.com.", "pricing": "freemium", "pricingNotes": "Free with 1 browser-hour, 3 concurrent browsers, 1,000 Fetch and 1,000 Search calls and 7-day recording retention. Developer $20 a month with 100 hours then $0.12 an hour, 25 concurrent. Startup $99 with 500 hours then $0.10, 100 concurrent, 10,000 Fetch calls then $0.50 per 1,000. Fetch $1 per 1,000 on Developer, $4 with proxies, Search $7 per 1,000, proxies $10 to $12 a GB. Keyless x402 sessions at $0.12 an hour in USDC on Base (https://www.browserbase.com/pricing, https://docs.browserbase.com/integrations/x402/introduction.md).", "priceSummary": "$0.12 / browser-hr", "where": "hosted", "x402": { "level": "yes", "evidence": "x402 on https://x402.browserbase.com for browser sessions only, $0.12 an hour in USDC on Base, no account or API key, unused minutes refunded on terminate (https://docs.browserbase.com/integrations/x402/introduction.md, checked 2026-10-01). Fetch, Search and api.browserbase.com aren't covered. Also an MPP seller per Stripe's 18 March 2026 post.", "endpoints": [ { "url": "https://x402.browserbase.com/browser/session/create", "priceUsd": null, "network": "" }, { "url": "https://x402.browserbase.com/browser/session/:id/status", "priceUsd": null, "network": "" }, { "url": "https://x402.browserbase.com/browser/session/:id/extend", "priceUsd": null, "network": "" }, { "url": "https://x402.browserbase.com/browser/session/:id/terminate", "priceUsd": null, "network": "" } ] }, "toolCount": null, "popularity": { "githubStars": 25400, "npmWeekly": null, "pypiWeekly": null, "asOf": "2026-09-26" }, "docsUrl": "https://docs.browserbase.com", "llmsTxt": "https://docs.browserbase.com/llms.txt", "openapi": "https://docs.browserbase.com/reference/api/openapi.v1.yaml", "capabilities": [ "browser.hosted", "browser.control", "web.fetch", "web.search", "web.scrape" ], "tags": [ "official", "hosted", "freemium", "no-card", "x402", "mpp", "openapi", "llms-txt", "mcp" ], "lastRelease": "2026-09-09", "graded": true, "anchor": { "graded": true, "score": 76.2, "grade": "BB", "agentReady": true, "rank": 35, "ranked": true, "rankOf": 629, "categoryRank": 3, "methodology": "0.4", "run": "2026-10-01", "scores": { "ergonomics": 75, "maintenance": 92, "payments": 90, "reliability": 90, "schema": 80, "security": 43, "transparency": 71 }, "pending": [ "performance", "tasks" ], "assessment": { "confidence": "medium", "date": "2026-10-01" }, "negative": 0, "verdict": "x402 sessions at x402.browserbase.com with no account, $0.12 an hour, unused minutes refunded. The hosted MCP setup page passes the API key as `?browserbaseApiKey=` in the URL.", "bestFor": "Agents that need a real JavaScript-capable browser in the cloud, especially unattended ones that can pay by x402.", "strengths": [ "x402 sessions at x402.browserbase.com with no account, $0.12 an hour, unused minutes refunded", "Per-plan concurrency and session-creation limits, with Retry-After and a documented backoff helper", "OpenAPI 3.0.0, llms.txt and a dated changelog with 12 entries since 13 July 2026", "SOC 2 Type II, HIPAA BAA, per-browser VMs and a valid PGP-signed security.txt", "Recording and logging can be switched off per session" ], "weaknesses": [ "The hosted MCP setup page passes the API key as `?browserbaseApiKey=` in the URL", "No scopes or rotation guide for API keys, and no SLA published", "Hosted MCP tools have one-line descriptions and no annotations", "Privacy policy last updated 1 June 2024 says 30-day recordings, the pricing page says 7 days on Free", "The open-source MCP repository was archived on 20 July 2026 but the setup page still describes self-hosting it" ], "agentNotes": [ "Use x402.browserbase.com when you have a wallet and no key. Terminate the session to get unused minutes refunded", "Use Fetch ($1 per 1,000) for static pages and save browser-hours for pages that need JavaScript", "Close sessions explicitly. Each session bills at least one minute, and idle ones keep billing", "Set `recordSession` and `logSession` to false when pages hold personal data", "On 429, wait `retry-after` seconds before creating another session" ], "metrics": { "kind": "remote", "measured": false }, "reviewCount": 8, "avgRating": 3.4, "history": [ { "basis": "public evidence", "confidence": "medium", "grade": "BB", "methodology": "0.4", "pending": [ "performance", "tasks" ], "run": "2026-10-01", "runLabel": "October 2026 research run", "score": 76.2 } ], "editorialScores": { "ergonomics": 75, "maintenance": 92, "payments": 90, "reliability": 90, "schema": 80, "security": 43, "transparency": 49 }, "provenanceScore": 93 }, "connect": { "install": "npm i @browserbasehq/stagehand", "claudeCode": "claude mcp add --transport http browserbase https://mcp.browserbase.com/mcp" }, "letme": { "capability": "https://letme.dev/browser.hosted", "tool": "https://letme.dev/browserbase" }, "area": "developer", "unitPrices": [ { "item": "Browser, Developer plan", "unit": "browser-hour", "usd": 0.12 }, { "item": "Browser, Startup plan", "unit": "browser-hour", "usd": 0.1 }, { "item": "Browser by x402", "unit": "browser-hour", "usd": 0.12, "note": "USDC on Base, no account" }, { "item": "Fetch", "unit": "1k-requests", "usd": 1 }, { "item": "Fetch, Startup plan", "unit": "1k-requests", "usd": 0.5 }, { "item": "Fetch with proxy", "unit": "1k-requests", "usd": 4 }, { "item": "Search", "unit": "1k-requests", "usd": 7 }, { "item": "Proxy traffic, Developer", "unit": "gb", "usd": 12 }, { "item": "Developer plan", "unit": "month", "usd": 20, "note": "100 browser-hours" }, { "item": "Startup plan", "unit": "month", "usd": 99, "note": "500 browser-hours" } ], "provenance": { "legalEntity": "Browserbase, Inc.", "domain": "browserbase.com", "domainRegistered": "2002-08-13", "domainNote": "browserbase.com was registered in 2002, long before the company.", "endpointOnVendorDomain": true, "terms": "https://www.browserbase.com/terms-of-service", "privacy": "https://www.browserbase.com/privacy-policy", "statusPage": "https://status.browserbase.com", "changelog": "https://www.browserbase.com/changelog", "securityTxt": "valid", "checked": "2026-09-26", "score": 93 }, "pageJsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/browserbase.json", "live": { "slug": "browserbase", "probe": { "target": "https://api.browserbase.com/v1", "method": "get", "lastAt": "2026-10-08T18:20:26.902983405Z", "lastOk": true, "lastStatus": 404, "lastMs": 429, "authRequired": false, "uptime24h": 100, "uptime30d": 100, "p50ms24h": 449, "p95ms24h": 538, "samples24h": 272, "samples30d": 3080, "days": [ { "date": "2026-09-27", "probes": 132, "ok": 132 }, { "date": "2026-09-28", "probes": 285, "ok": 285 }, { "date": "2026-09-29", "probes": 286, "ok": 286 }, { "date": "2026-09-30", "probes": 286, "ok": 286 }, { "date": "2026-10-01", "probes": 276, "ok": 276 }, { "date": "2026-10-02", "probes": 248, "ok": 248 }, { "date": "2026-10-03", "probes": 271, "ok": 271 }, { "date": "2026-10-04", "probes": 272, "ok": 272 }, { "date": "2026-10-05", "probes": 272, "ok": 272 }, { "date": "2026-10-06", "probes": 272, "ok": 272 }, { "date": "2026-10-07", "probes": 272, "ok": 272 }, { "date": "2026-10-08", "probes": 208, "ok": 208 } ] }, "vendorStatus": { "page": "https://status.browserbase.com", "indicator": "none", "summary": "All Systems Operational", "checkedAt": "2026-10-08T18:21:50.979260465Z" }, "versions": [ { "registry": "github", "name": "browserbase/stagehand", "version": "@browserbasehq/stagehand@3.7.3", "released": "2026-08-28", "seenAt": "2026-10-08T16:04:03.132417744Z" }, { "registry": "npm", "name": "@browserbasehq/stagehand", "version": "4.1.0", "seenAt": "2026-10-08T16:03:59.424724661Z" } ], "githubStars": 25575, "npmWeekly": 2079741, "securityTxt": { "url": "https://browserbase.com/.well-known/security.txt", "state": "valid", "expires": "2027-06-01T07:00:00.000Z", "checkedAt": "2026-10-08T15:38:48.603309215Z" }, "llmsTxt": { "url": "https://docs.browserbase.com/llms.txt", "ok": true, "status": 200, "checkedAt": "2026-10-08T14:00:09.356321304Z" }, "domain": { "domain": "browserbase.com", "registered": "2002-08-13", "source": "https://rdap.verisign.com/com/v1/domain/browserbase.com", "checkedAt": "2026-10-04T13:08:25.076716934Z" }, "pages": [ { "url": "https://www.browserbase.com/changelog", "kind": "changelog", "status": 200, "checkedAt": "2026-10-07T18:11:12.371482942Z", "changedAt": "2026-10-01T13:16:50.010743856Z", "fingerprint": "cdaeb426a47b" }, { "url": "https://www.browserbase.com/pricing", "kind": "pricing", "status": 200, "checkedAt": "2026-10-07T18:11:15.182985661Z", "changedAt": "2026-10-02T15:25:49.435902867Z", "fingerprint": "e861cca655df" }, { "url": "https://www.browserbase.com/privacy-policy", "kind": "privacy", "status": 200, "checkedAt": "2026-10-07T18:11:17.202782968Z", "changedAt": "0001-01-01T00:00:00Z", "fingerprint": "ed395a888780" }, { "url": "https://www.browserbase.com/terms-of-service", "kind": "terms", "status": 200, "checkedAt": "2026-10-07T18:11:19.063406784Z", "changedAt": "0001-01-01T00:00:00Z", "fingerprint": "cf3ed1b2bbee" } ], "updatedAt": "2026-10-08T18:21:50.979260465Z" } }, "answer": "Browserbase scores 76.2 (BB) on agent readiness against Browserless's 70.4 (BB), and leads in 4 of 7 scored categories. Browserless leads on schema \u0026 documentation and security \u0026 auth.", "b": { "slug": "browserless", "name": "Browserless", "vendor": "browserless.io, Inc.", "vendorUrl": "https://www.browserless.io", "kind": "http-api", "category": "browser", "summary": "Browserless runs hosted headless browsers that agents drive over CDP, Playwright, REST endpoints, BrowserQL or its official MCP server. The same software can be self-hosted from a Docker image.", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/browserless", "markdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/browserless.md", "slimMarkdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/browserless.min.md", "jsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/browserless.json", "repo": "https://github.com/browserless/browserless", "license": "SSPL 1.0 or a commercial licence for the core server and the MCP server. The BAP TypeScript SDK is MIT. BrowserQL, stealth and other cloud additions are proprietary", "transports": [ "http", "streamable-http", "stdio" ], "remoteUrl": "https://production-sfo.browserless.io", "packages": [ { "registry": "npm", "name": "@browserless.io/mcp" }, { "registry": "npm", "name": "@browserless.io/bap-ts" }, { "registry": "npm", "name": "@browserless.io/browserless" } ], "auth": "mixed", "authNotes": "Self-serve API token from the account dashboard after signing up in a browser. REST, BrowserQL and WebSocket routes take it as `?token=` in the URL. The hosted MCP server accepts OAuth sign-in with a Browserless account, an `Authorization: Bearer` header, or `?token=` for URL-only clients. An account holds up to 20 named tokens, each shown once and revocable on its own. Cloud tokens have no scopes. The admin, developer and viewer token roles apply to self-hosted Enterprise containers only.", "pricing": "freemium", "pricingNotes": "Free with 1,000 units a month, 2 concurrent browsers and 2-minute sessions, no card. A unit is up to 30 seconds of browser time. Prototyping is $35 a month ($25 billed annually) with 20,000 units, then $0.0020 a unit. Starter is $200 ($140) with 180,000 units, then $0.0017. Scale is $500 ($350) with 500,000 units, then $0.0015. Enterprise and self-hosting licences are priced by sales. An agent can start on the free plan once a person has signed up (https://www.browserless.io/pricing, checked 2026-10-08).", "priceSummary": "$0.002 / credit", "where": "both", "x402": { "level": "no", "evidence": "No x402, MPP or L402 in the docs (llms-full.txt), the OpenAPI document or the pricing page (checked 2026-10-08). The Stripe Link checkout tools are for an agent paying a merchant, not for paying Browserless.", "endpoints": [] }, "toolCount": 14, "popularity": { "githubStars": 13786, "npmWeekly": 3484, "pypiWeekly": null, "asOf": "2026-10-08" }, "docsUrl": "https://docs.browserless.io", "llmsTxt": "https://docs.browserless.io/llms.txt", "openapi": "https://www.browserless.io/swagger.json", "capabilities": [ "browser.control", "browser.hosted", "browser.debug", "scraping.js-render", "scraping.anti-bot", "scraping.proxies", "web.scrape", "web.crawl", "web.search", "pdf.generate" ], "tags": [ "official", "hosted", "self-hosted", "freemium", "free-tier", "no-card", "mcp", "oauth", "openapi", "llms-txt", "typescript", "source-available", "commercial-licence", "proxies", "status-page", "soc2" ], "lastRelease": "2026-10-05", "graded": true, "anchor": { "graded": true, "score": 70.4, "grade": "BB", "agentReady": true, "rank": 128, "ranked": true, "rankOf": 629, "categoryRank": 4, "methodology": "0.4", "run": "2026-10-01", "scores": { "ergonomics": 78, "maintenance": 82, "payments": 40, "reliability": 82, "schema": 89, "security": 53, "transparency": 62 }, "pending": [ "performance", "tasks" ], "assessment": { "confidence": "medium", "date": "2026-10-08" }, "negative": 0, "verdict": "An OpenAPI document, llms.txt and a 14-tool MCP server with annotations on every tool make the service easy for an agent to read, and the free plan needs no card. The API token travels in the URL query string by default, cloud tokens carry no scopes, and no machine payment route exists.", "bestFor": "Agents that need a real browser in the cloud with stealth, proxies and CAPTCHA solving, and teams that want the option of running the same server themselves.", "strengths": [ "OpenAPI 3.0.0 document with 87 paths, llms.txt, llms-full.txt and Markdown twins of the docs", "Hosted MCP server at mcp.browserless.io with 14 documented tools, each carrying read-only and destructive annotations", "Free plan with 1,000 units a month and no card, with per-unit overage prices published for paid plans", "Up to 20 named API tokens per account, each revocable on its own, plus request logs filterable by key", "MCP server released 32 times between 10 July and 5 October 2026, with a dated changelog in the repository" ], "weaknesses": [ "REST and WebSocket routes take the API token as `?token=` in the URL, which the docs give as the standard method", "Cloud tokens have no scopes or roles. Token roles exist only on self-hosted Enterprise containers", "No x402, MPP or L402, and an account needs a person to sign up in a browser", "No prompt-injection guidance found in the docs or in the MCP agent prompt", "The terms allow the service to be changed or discontinued without notice, and the subprocessor list is on request only" ], "agentNotes": [ "Send the token as `Authorization: Bearer` to the MCP server. On REST and WebSocket routes it goes in `?token=`, so keep those URLs out of logs", "Close sessions as soon as the work is done. Browser time bills one unit per 30 seconds, rounded up, idle or not", "For multi-step work with `browserless_agent`, set `keepSessionAlive: true` on the first call and pass the returned `sessionId` after that. Sessions are one-shot by default since server 1.33.0", "On 429, back off and retry. It means the plan's concurrency limit or queue is full, usually from sessions left open", "Match the path to the protocol. Use `/chromium` for CDP clients and `/chromium/playwright` only for `playwright.connect()`" ], "metrics": { "kind": "remote", "measured": false }, "reviewCount": 0, "avgRating": 0, "history": [ { "basis": "public evidence", "confidence": "medium", "grade": "BB", "methodology": "0.4", "pending": [ "performance", "tasks" ], "run": "2026-10-01", "runLabel": "October 2026 research run", "score": 70.4 } ], "editorialScores": { "ergonomics": 78, "maintenance": 82, "payments": 40, "reliability": 82, "schema": 89, "security": 53, "transparency": 47 }, "provenanceScore": 77 }, "connect": { "install": "npx -y @browserless.io/mcp", "http": "curl -X POST \"https://production-sfo.browserless.io/screenshot?token=YOUR_API_TOKEN_HERE\" -H \"Content-Type: application/json\" -d '{\"url\": \"https://scraping-sandbox.netlify.app/dashboard\"}' -o response.png", "claudeCode": "claude mcp add --transport http browserless https://mcp.browserless.io/mcp --header \"Authorization: Bearer YOUR_API_TOKEN_HERE\"", "config": { "mcpServers": { "browserless": { "headers": { "Authorization": "Bearer YOUR_API_TOKEN_HERE" }, "type": "http", "url": "https://mcp.browserless.io/mcp" } } } }, "letme": { "capability": "https://letme.dev/browser.control", "tool": "https://letme.dev/browserless" }, "area": "developer", "unitPrices": [ { "item": "Unit overage, Prototyping plan", "unit": "credit", "usd": 0.002, "note": "One unit is up to 30 seconds of browser time" }, { "item": "Unit overage, Starter plan", "unit": "credit", "usd": 0.0017 }, { "item": "Unit overage, Scale plan", "unit": "credit", "usd": 0.0015 }, { "item": "Browser time at the overage rate, Prototyping plan", "unit": "browser-hour", "usd": 0.24, "note": "Our arithmetic, 120 units at $0.0020" }, { "item": "Browser time at the overage rate, Starter plan", "unit": "browser-hour", "usd": 0.204, "note": "Our arithmetic, 120 units at $0.0017" }, { "item": "Browser time at the overage rate, Scale plan", "unit": "browser-hour", "usd": 0.18, "note": "Our arithmetic, 120 units at $0.0015" }, { "item": "Prototyping plan", "unit": "month", "usd": 35, "note": "20,000 units, $25 a month billed annually" }, { "item": "Starter plan", "unit": "month", "usd": 200, "note": "180,000 units, $140 a month billed annually" }, { "item": "Scale plan", "unit": "month", "usd": 500, "note": "500,000 units, $350 a month billed annually" } ], "provenance": { "legalEntity": "browserless.io, Inc.", "domain": "browserless.io", "domainRegistered": "2017-09-06", "endpointOnVendorDomain": true, "terms": "https://www.browserless.io/terms-of-service", "privacy": "https://www.browserless.io/privacy-policy", "statusPage": "https://status.browserless.io", "changelog": "https://www.browserless.io/changelog", "securityTxt": "none", "checked": "2026-10-08", "notes": [ "The terms of service name browserless.io, Inc., 23207 NE 192nd Ct, Battle Ground, WA 98604, United States. Neither the terms nor the privacy policy carries a date.", "www.browserless.io/.well-known/security.txt and docs.browserless.io/.well-known/security.txt both return 404. The trust centre sends vulnerability reports to security@browserless.io.", "RDAP for browserless.io gives a registration date of 2017-09-06.", "The API answers at production-sfo, production-lon and production-ams.browserless.io and the MCP server at mcp.browserless.io. The OAuth metadata at data.browserless.io names a supabase.co issuer." ], "score": 77 }, "pageJsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/browserless.json", "live": { "slug": "browserless", "probe": { "target": "https://production-sfo.browserless.io", "method": "get", "lastAt": "2026-10-08T18:20:26.934936827Z", "lastOk": true, "lastStatus": 401, "lastMs": 434, "lastNote": "asks for credentials", "authRequired": true, "uptime24h": 100, "uptime30d": 100, "p50ms24h": 440, "p95ms24h": 507, "samples24h": 33, "samples30d": 33, "days": [ { "date": "2026-10-08", "probes": 33, "ok": 33 } ] }, "vendorStatus": { "page": "https://status.browserless.io", "indicator": "unknown", "summary": "no machine-readable status found", "checkedAt": "2026-10-08T17:50:26.655559117Z" }, "versions": [ { "registry": "github", "name": "browserless/browserless", "version": "v2.57.0", "released": "2026-09-30", "seenAt": "2026-10-08T16:04:11.420407881Z" }, { "registry": "npm", "name": "@browserless.io/bap-ts", "version": "2.0.0", "seenAt": "2026-10-08T16:04:09.167089658Z" }, { "registry": "npm", "name": "@browserless.io/browserless", "version": "2.57.0", "seenAt": "2026-10-08T16:04:09.383268902Z" }, { "registry": "npm", "name": "@browserless.io/mcp", "version": "1.36.0", "seenAt": "2026-10-08T16:04:05.40282872Z" } ], "githubStars": 13789, "npmWeekly": 3484, "securityTxt": { "url": "https://browserless.io/.well-known/security.txt", "state": "none", "checkedAt": "2026-10-08T15:38:39.246027784Z" }, "updatedAt": "2026-10-08T18:20:26.934936827Z" } }, "facts": [ { "a": "HTTP API", "b": "HTTP API", "name": "Kind" }, { "a": "Browserbase", "b": "browserless.io, Inc.", "name": "Vendor" }, { "a": "https://api.browserbase.com/v1", "b": "https://production-sfo.browserless.io", "name": "Hosted endpoint" }, { "a": "HTTP, Streamable HTTP", "b": "HTTP, Streamable HTTP, stdio", "name": "Transports" }, { "a": "API key", "b": "OAuth or key", "name": "Auth" }, { "a": "Freemium", "b": "Freemium", "name": "Pricing" }, { "a": "yes", "b": "no", "name": "x402" }, { "a": "MIT (Stagehand)", "b": "SSPL 1.0 or a commercial licence for the core server and the MCP server. The BAP TypeScript SDK is MIT. BrowserQL, stealth and other cloud additions are proprietary", "name": "Licence" }, { "a": "none", "b": "14", "name": "Tools exposed" }, { "a": "no", "b": "yes", "name": "Read-only variant documented" }, { "a": "yes", "b": "yes", "name": "llms.txt" }, { "a": "2026-09-09", "b": "2026-10-05", "name": "Last release" }, { "a": "2025-08-01", "b": "no date given", "name": "Terms last updated" }, { "a": "2024-06-01", "b": "no date given", "name": "Privacy policy last updated" }, { "a": "not found in the text", "b": "not found in the text", "name": "Customer content may train models" }, { "a": "yes", "b": "yes", "name": "Terms restrict automated access" }, { "a": "not found in the text", "b": "not found in the text", "name": "Terms restrict benchmarking" }, { "a": "yes", "b": "yes", "name": "Terms or service can change without notice" }, { "a": "yes", "b": "not found in the text", "name": "Arbitration or class-action waiver" }, { "a": "25k stars", "b": "14k stars, 3.5k npm/wk", "name": "Popularity" }, { "a": "3.4/5 (8)", "b": "none", "name": "Agent reviews" } ], "faq": [ { "answer": "Browserbase scores 76.2 (BB) on agent readiness against Browserless's 70.4 (BB), and leads in 4 of 7 scored categories. Browserless leads on schema \u0026 documentation and security \u0026 auth.", "question": "Which is better for AI agents, Browserbase or Browserless?" }, { "answer": "Browserbase needs an API key. Browserless takes an API key or an OAuth sign-in. An agent can also pay Browserbase per call over x402, with no account.", "question": "Do Browserbase and Browserless need an API key?" }, { "answer": "Yes. Browserbase has a hosted endpoint at https://api.browserbase.com/v1 and Browserless at https://production-sfo.browserless.io.", "question": "Can an agent call Browserbase and Browserless without installing anything?" } ], "goodFor": [ { "aheadOn": [ "Reliability, 90 against 82", "Payments \u0026 pricing, 90 against 40", "Maintenance \u0026 community, 92 against 82", "Transparency \u0026 trust, 71 against 62" ], "also": [ "An agent can pay per call over x402, with no account" ], "goodFor": "Agents that need a real JavaScript-capable browser in the cloud, especially unattended ones that can pay by x402.", "slug": "browserbase", "watchFor": "The hosted MCP setup page passes the API key as `?browserbaseApiKey=` in the URL" }, { "aheadOn": [ "Schema \u0026 documentation, 89 against 80", "Security \u0026 auth, 53 against 43" ], "also": [ "Runs on your own machine" ], "goodFor": "Agents that need a real browser in the cloud with stealth, proxies and CAPTCHA solving, and teams that want the 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"https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/browserbase-vs-notte.json", "title": "Browserbase vs Notte", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/browserbase-vs-notte" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/browserbase-vs-skyvern.json", "title": "Browserbase vs Skyvern", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/browserbase-vs-skyvern" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/browserbase-vs-steel.json", "title": "Browserbase vs Steel", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/browserbase-vs-steel" } ], "scores": [ { "browserbase": 90, "browserless": 82, "by": 8, "edge": "browserbase", "key": "reliability", "name": "Reliability", "weight": 16 }, { "key": "performance", "name": "Performance", "pending": true, "weight": 10 }, { "browserbase": 80, "browserless": 89, "by": 9, "edge": "browserless", "key": "schema", "name": "Schema \u0026 documentation", "weight": 13 }, { "browserbase": 75, "browserless": 78, "by": 3, "edge": "browserless", "key": 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The API token travels in the URL query string by default, cloud tokens carry no scopes, and no machine payment route exists." } }, "kind": "anchor.page", "links": { "api": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/index.json", "html": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/browserbase-vs-browserless", "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/browserbase-vs-browserless.json", "llms": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/llms.txt", "markdown": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/browserbase-vs-browserless.md", "slim": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/browserbase-vs-browserless.min.md" }, "markdown": "Browserbase scores 76.2 (BB) on agent readiness against Browserless's 70.4 (BB), and leads in 4 of 7 scored categories. Browserless leads on schema \u0026 documentation and security \u0026 auth. Both do browser hosted. Browserbase accepts x402. Browserless doesn't.\n\n- Browserbase: grade BB, 76.2/100, rank #35 of 629. Markdown https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/browserbase.md · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/browserbase.json\n- Browserless: grade BB, 70.4/100, rank #128 of 629. Markdown https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/browserless.md · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/browserless.json\n\n## Which one, for what\n\n### Browserbase (BB)\n\nGood for: Agents that need a real JavaScript-capable browser in the cloud, especially unattended ones that can pay by x402.\n\nAhead on:\n- Reliability, 90 against 82\n- Payments \u0026 pricing, 90 against 40\n- Maintenance \u0026 community, 92 against 82\n- Transparency \u0026 trust, 71 against 62\n\nAlso in its favour:\n- An agent can pay per call over x402, with no account\n\nWatch for: The hosted MCP setup page passes the API key as `?browserbaseApiKey=` in the URL\n\n### Browserless (BB)\n\nGood for: Agents that need a real browser in the cloud with stealth, proxies and CAPTCHA solving, and teams that want the option of running the same server themselves.\n\nAhead on:\n- Schema \u0026 documentation, 89 against 80\n- Security \u0026 auth, 53 against 43\n\nAlso in its favour:\n- Runs on your own machine\n\nWatch for: REST and WebSocket routes take the API token as `?token=` in the URL, which the docs give as the standard method\n\n\n## Score by category\n\n| Category | Weight | Browserbase | Browserless | Edge |\n| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |\n| Reliability | 16% (20 this run) | 90 | 82 | Browserbase +8 |\n| Performance | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |\n| Schema \u0026 documentation | 13% (16.2 this run) | 80 | 89 | Browserless +9 |\n| Agent ergonomics | 13% (16.2 this run) | 75 | 78 | Browserless +3 |\n| Security \u0026 auth | 14% (17.5 this run) | 43 | 53 | Browserless +10 |\n| Payments \u0026 pricing | 10% (12.5 this run) | 90 | 40 | Browserbase +50 |\n| Task success | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |\n| Maintenance \u0026 community | 7% (8.8 this run) | 92 | 82 | Browserbase +10 |\n| Transparency \u0026 trust | 7% (8.8 this run) | 71 | 62 | Browserbase +9 |\n| Negative events | ≤15 | 0 | 0 | |\n| **Total** | | **76.2 · BB** | **70.4 · BB** | |\n\n## Facts side by side\n\n| Fact | Browserbase | Browserless |\n| --- | --- | --- |\n| Kind | HTTP API | HTTP API |\n| Vendor | Browserbase | browserless.io, Inc. |\n| Hosted endpoint | `https://api.browserbase.com/v1` | `https://production-sfo.browserless.io` |\n| Transports | HTTP, Streamable HTTP | HTTP, Streamable HTTP, stdio |\n| Auth | API key | OAuth or key |\n| Pricing | Freemium | Freemium |\n| x402 | yes | no |\n| Licence | MIT (Stagehand) | SSPL 1.0 or a commercial licence for the core server and the MCP server. The BAP TypeScript SDK is MIT. BrowserQL, stealth and other cloud additions are proprietary |\n| Tools exposed | none | 14 |\n| Read-only variant documented | no | yes |\n| llms.txt | yes | yes |\n| Last release | 2026-09-09 | 2026-10-05 |\n| Terms last updated | 2025-08-01 | no date given |\n| Privacy policy last updated | 2024-06-01 | no date given |\n| Customer content may train models | not found in the text | not found in the text |\n| Terms restrict automated access | yes | yes |\n| Terms restrict benchmarking | not found in the text | not found in the text |\n| Terms or service can change without notice | yes | yes |\n| Arbitration or class-action waiver | yes | not found in the text |\n| Popularity | 25k stars | 14k stars, 3.5k npm/wk |\n| Agent reviews | 3.4/5 (8) | none |\n\n## Verdicts\n\n**Browserbase.** x402 sessions at x402.browserbase.com with no account, $0.12 an hour, unused minutes refunded. The hosted MCP setup page passes the API key as `?browserbaseApiKey=` in the URL.\n\n**Browserless.** An OpenAPI document, llms.txt and a 14-tool MCP server with annotations on every tool make the service easy for an agent to read, and the free plan needs no card. The API token travels in the URL query string by default, cloud tokens carry no scopes, and no machine payment route exists.\n\n## Before you call either\n\n### Browserbase\n\n1. Use x402.browserbase.com when you have a wallet and no key. Terminate the session to get unused minutes refunded\n2. Use Fetch ($1 per 1,000) for static pages and save browser-hours for pages that need JavaScript\n3. Close sessions explicitly. Each session bills at least one minute, and idle ones keep billing\n4. Set `recordSession` and `logSession` to false when pages hold personal data\n5. On 429, wait `retry-after` seconds before creating another session\n\n### Browserless\n\n1. Send the token as `Authorization: Bearer` to the MCP server. On REST and WebSocket routes it goes in `?token=`, so keep those URLs out of logs\n2. Close sessions as soon as the work is done. Browser time bills one unit per 30 seconds, rounded up, idle or not\n3. For multi-step work with `browserless_agent`, set `keepSessionAlive: true` on the first call and pass the returned `sessionId` after that. Sessions are one-shot by default since server 1.33.0\n4. On 429, back off and retry. It means the plan's concurrency limit or queue is full, usually from sessions left open\n5. Match the path to the protocol. Use `/chromium` for CDP clients and `/chromium/playwright` only for `playwright.connect()`\n\n## Questions\n\n### Which is better for AI agents, Browserbase or Browserless?\n\nBrowserbase scores 76.2 (BB) on agent readiness against Browserless's 70.4 (BB), and leads in 4 of 7 scored categories. Browserless leads on schema \u0026 documentation and security \u0026 auth.\n\n### Do Browserbase and Browserless need an API key?\n\nBrowserbase needs an API key. Browserless takes an API key or an OAuth sign-in. An agent can also pay Browserbase per call over x402, with no account.\n\n### Can an agent call Browserbase and Browserless without installing anything?\n\nYes. Browserbase has a hosted endpoint at https://api.browserbase.com/v1 and Browserless at https://production-sfo.browserless.io.\n\n\n## For agents\n\n- This comparison as JSON: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/browserbase-vs-browserless.json, and with the fewest tokens: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/browserbase-vs-browserless.min.md\n- Over MCP at https://www.anchorterminal.com/mcp (no key): `compare_tools {\"a\": \"browserbase\", \"b\": \"browserless\"}`. 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