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browser-use vs Browserbase
browser-use or Browserbase? Their plans monthly and yearly, the capabilities their makers state, security and latest updates, side by side — read from the makers' own pages.
In short
- Both: Command line, Choice of models, API, Official SDKs, Runs models for you, Builds agents and workflows
- Only browser-use states: Self-hosted, No code retained
- Only Browserbase states: Traces and evaluates
browser-use
Open-source browser agent framework for automating websites through Python, TypeScript, a CLI, or Browser Use Cloud.
Plans
Browsers
- $0.02 / hour
- For your own agents and automation
- Browser billing rounded up to whole minutes; 1-minute minimum
- Browser time + traffic
Enterprise
Price on request
- For teams running at scale
- Custom concurrency
- Custom SLAs
- Custom data policy
- HIPAA support and zero data retention
Prices checked 2026-09-25 on the maker’s page.
Capabilities
- Command line — “CLI : Automate your own browser tasks.” source
- Choice of models — “Run the Browser Use agent locally from Python, with your choice of model and a local or cloud browser:” source
- Self-hosted — “You can also host the Python library and browsers on your own infrastructure.” source
- No code retained — “Custom data policy HIPAA support and zero data retention.” source
- API — “Fully Hosted Cloud : Send tasks through the API and let Browser Use run the agent, browser, and infrastructure.” source
- Official SDKs — “Cloud SDK Integrate Browser Use Cloud into your application.” source
- Runs models for you — “Custom model API Use our model with your own agent.” source
- Builds agents and workflows — “Run the open source Browser Use agent locally from your own code.” source
Latest updates
- 0.13.10 (0.13.10)
Upgraded dependencies, migrated to MCP Python SDK 2.1.1, and report unknown MCP tool calls as application errors.
- 0.13.9 (0.13.9)
Restored bu-2-0 as the default ChatBrowserUse model and changed the DeepSeek default to deepseek-v4-flash.
- 0.13.8 (0.13.8)
Updated Cerebras model IDs and default, and added recovery for Anthropic tool arguments serialized as text.
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.