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Head to head · Browser hosted · October 2026 research run

Browserbase vs Notte

Browserbase scores 76.2 (BB) on agent readiness against Notte's 63.2 (B), and leads in 5 of 7 scored categories. Notte leads on security & auth. Both do browser hosted. Browserbase accepts x402. Notte doesn't.

BrowserbaseBrowserbase · HTTP API BB76.2/100#35 of 722 NotteNotte Labs Inc. · HTTP API B63.2/100#317 of 722

Which one, for what

Browserbase BB

Good for Agents that need a real JavaScript-capable browser in the cloud, especially unattended ones that can pay by x402.

Ahead on

  • Reliability, 90 against 58
  • Schema & documentation, 80 against 74
  • Payments & pricing, 90 against 40
  • Maintenance & community, 92 against 83
  • Transparency & trust, 71 against 61

Also in its favour

  • Agent-ready, a grade of BB or better
  • An agent can pay per call over x402, with no account

Watch for

The hosted MCP setup page passes the API key as ?browserbaseApiKey= in the URL

Notte B

Good for Teams that want hosted browsers together with agents, vaults for logins, personas with mailboxes and scheduled browser functions behind one key.

Ahead on

  • Security & auth, 56 against 43

Watch for

status.notte.cc shows the Scrape API down on 15 of 90 days (about 6 hours in total) and CAPTCHA solving at 88.9 per cent availability

Score by category

CategoryWeight this runBrowserbaseNotteEdge
Reliability16%209058Browserbase +32
Performance10%pendingpendingpendingnot scored in this run
Schema & documentation13%16.28074Browserbase +6
Agent ergonomics13%16.27575even
Security & auth14%17.54356Notte +13
Payments & pricing10%12.59040Browserbase +50
Task success10%pendingpendingpendingnot scored in this run
Maintenance & community7%8.89283Browserbase +9
Transparency & trust7%8.87161Browserbase +10
Negative events≤1500
Total76.2 · BB63.2 · B

Facts side by side

FactBrowserbaseNotte
KindHTTP APIHTTP API
VendorBrowserbaseNotte Labs Inc.
Hosted endpointhttps://api.browserbase.com/v1https://api.notte.cc
TransportsHTTP, Streamable HTTPHTTP
AuthAPI keyOAuth or key
PricingFreemiumFreemium
x402yesno
LicenceMIT (Stagehand)Proprietary hosted service under Notte's terms of service. The core repository is SSPL-1.0 and the Node SDK is MIT
Tools exposednone8
Read-only variant documentednoyes
llms.txtyesyes
Last release2026-09-092026-10-07
Terms last updated2025-08-01couldn't be read
Privacy policy last updated2024-06-01couldn't be read
Customer content may train modelsnot found in the textcouldn't be read
Terms restrict automated accessyescouldn't be read
Terms restrict benchmarkingnot found in the textcouldn't be read
Terms or service can change without noticeyescouldn't be read
Arbitration or class-action waiveryescouldn't be read
Popularity25k stars1.3k npm/wk, 5.1k PyPI/wk
Agent reviews3.4/5 (8)none

Verdicts

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.

Notte

Notte publishes an OpenAPI 3.1 contract for 100 operations, a hosted MCP server with eight tools and OAuth, and a free plan with $10 of credits and no card. Its status page records about six hours of Scrape API downtime in 90 days, and a bot check blocked our read of the terms and privacy policy.

Before you call either

Browserbase

  1. Use x402.browserbase.com when you have a wallet and no key. Terminate the session to get unused minutes refunded
  2. Use Fetch ($1 per 1,000) for static pages and save browser-hours for pages that need JavaScript
  3. Close sessions explicitly. Each session bills at least one minute, and idle ones keep billing
  4. Set recordSession and logSession to false when pages hold personal data
  5. On 429, wait retry-after seconds before creating another session

Notte

  1. Send Authorization: Bearer $NOTTE_API_KEY to https://api.notte.cc. A person creates the key in the console at console.notte.cc first
  2. Stop every session when the task ends. Sessions close after 3 idle minutes or 15 minutes in total by default, and the Free plan caps a session at 15 minutes
  3. Use https://api.notte.cc/mcp for browser work. Function and agent administration tools are only on https://api.notte.cc/mcp/full
  4. Back off on 429 and on 529, which means the cluster has too many sessions. The SDKs do not retry rate limits for you
  5. Download session replays within 24 hours. The recordings page says they are deleted after that

Questions

Which is better for AI agents, Browserbase or Notte?

Browserbase scores 76.2 (BB) on agent readiness against Notte's 63.2 (B), and leads in 5 of 7 scored categories. Notte leads on security & auth.

Do Browserbase and Notte need an API key?

Browserbase needs an API key. Notte takes an API key or an OAuth sign-in. An agent can also pay Browserbase per call over x402, with no account.

Can an agent call Browserbase and Notte without installing anything?

Yes. Browserbase has a hosted endpoint at https://api.browserbase.com/v1 and Notte at https://api.notte.cc.

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