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Browserbase vs Stagehand
Browserbase or Stagehand? Their plans monthly and yearly, the capabilities their makers state, security and latest updates, side by side — read from the makers' own pages.
In inglese
In short
- Both: Choice of models, API, Official SDKs, Builds agents and workflows, Traces and evaluates
- Only Browserbase states: Command line, Runs models for you
Browserbase
Browserbase provides cloud browsers, web search, fetching, and runtime tools for building and operating AI agents.
Plans
Free Plan
Free
- 3 concurrent browsers
- 1 browser hour
- 3 Agent runs included
- 1,000 Search calls
- 1,000 Fetch calls
- 15 minutes /session
Developer Plan
- $20/mo
- 25 concurrent browsers
- 100 browser hours
- 15 Agent runs included
- 1,000 Search calls
- 1,000 Fetch calls
- 1 GB of proxies
Startup Plan
- $99/mo
- 100 concurrent browsers
- 500 browser hours
- 50 Agent runs included
- 1,000 Search calls
- 10,000 Fetch calls
- 5 GB of proxies
Scale Plan
Price on request
- 250+ concurrent browsers
- 500+ browser hours
- Custom Agent runs
- 10,000+ Search calls
- 10,000+ Fetch calls
- HIPAA (BAA) & DPA; SSO available
Prices checked 2026-09-25 on the maker’s page.
Capabilities
- Command line — “Browse CLI Give your agent browsing skills with a single command” source
- Choice of models — “Models Use any model with a single API key” source
- Not: Self-hosted — “While we don't offer on-prem deployment, our cloud infrastructure provides:” source
- API — “Browserbase makes the web as reliable and programmable as APIs” source
- Official SDKs — “Stagehand, the AI SDK for browser agents, is created and maintained by Browserbase.” source
- Runs models for you — “Model Gateway: your Browserbase API key gives access to major models via Stagehand and unified billing.” source
- Builds agents and workflows — “Browserbase is the complete platform to build and deploy agents that browse and interact with the web like humans:” source
- Traces and evaluates — “Observability Unified debugging your agent across replays, logs, and prompts” source
Security
- SOC 2 Type II — “SOC 2 Type 2 Report - 2026” source
- SOC 2 — “SOC 2 Type 2 Report - 2026” source
- HIPAA — “HIPAA Compliance Policy” source
Latest updates
- Pause & Resume Agent Runs
Agents can now pause mid-run for human-in-the-loop steps, then resume in the same session.
- Webhooks in Functions
Webhooks are now available for Browserbase Functions. Subscribe to events like Function pending, running, completed, and failed.
- Search is in the dashboard
Search is natively in our dashboard, allowing you to sample queries before taking them to production.
Stagehand
Open-source SDK for building browser agents that act, observe, extract data, and run workflows using natural-language instructions.
Plans
Free Plan
Free
- 3 concurrent browsers
- 1 browser hour
- 3 Agent runs included
- 1,000 Search calls
- 1,000 Fetch calls
- 15 minutes /session
Developer Plan
- $20/mo
- then $0.12/browser hr
- Then $12/GB
- 25 concurrent browsers
- 100 browser hours
- 15 Agent runs included
- 1,000 Search calls
- 1,000 Fetch calls
- 1 GB of proxies
Startup Plan
- $99/mo
- then $0.10/browser hr
- then $10/GB
- 100 concurrent browsers
- 500 browser hours
- 50 Agent runs included
- 1,000 Search calls
- 10,000 Fetch calls
- 5 GB of proxies
Scale Plan
Price on request
- 250+ concurrent browsers
- 500+ browser hours
- Custom Agent runs
- 10,000+ Search calls; usage-based
- 10,000+ Fetch calls; usage-based
- HIPAA (BAA) & DPA; SSO available
Prices checked 2026-09-25 on the maker’s page.
Capabilities
- Choice of models — “Stagehand supports all major model providers — including OpenAI, Anthropic, and Google Gemini — via the Vercel AI SDK.” source
- API — “Perform browser actions from a plain-English instruction. Click, fill, navigate, scroll.” source
- Official SDKs — “Stagehand is an open source SDK that uses AI to make your browser agents resilient, readable, and production-ready.” source
- Builds agents and workflows — “Use agent when you need multi-step workflows executed autonomously, like navigating a complex checkout flow.” source
- Traces and evaluates — “session replay, prompt observability” source
Security
- SOC 2 Type II — “SOC 2 Type 2 Report - 2026” source
- SOC 2 — “SOC 2 Type 2 Report - 2026” source
- HIPAA — “HIPAA Compliance Policy” source
Latest updates
- Configurable caching in Stagehand (v4)
Stagehand v4 caches act(), observe(), and extract() results on Browserbase's servers. Now you control it.
- Introducing Stagehand v4: the SDK for browser agents (v4)
Improved context management, self-healing actions, and iframe support; Stagehand now lives in the browser as an extension.
- Cut inference costs 30–40% with Model Router
Set model: "auto", and Browserbase selects the model for each call server-side, balancing accuracy, speed, and cost automatically.