Browserbase vs Browserless

Browserbase

Figure	Browserbase	Browserless
Price from	$20/mo	$25/mo
Free plan	Yes	—
Free trial	—	—
Open source	—	Yes
Web	Yes	Yes
API	Yes	—
Plans published	5	5
Spec score · Headless Browser APIs	9.0 (#1)	7.1 (#28)
Spec score · Browser Automation Tools	9.1 (#2)	7.2 (#49)
Compliance	SOC 2, HIPAA	SOC 2, GDPR, HIPAA, two factor
Deployment	cloud	cloud, self hosted
Founded	A 2025 company release states that Paul Klein founded Browserbase in 2024.	2015
Headquarters	San Francisco, California, United States	Battle Ground, Washington, United States
Integrations	Browserbase lists Playwright, Puppeteer, Selenium, and Stagehand as supported browser automation frameworks.	Puppeteer, Playwright, n8n, Zapier, Browser Use, Vercel AI SDK, LangChain, MCP
Key features	Managed cloud Chromium browser sessions · Playwright, Puppeteer, Selenium, and Stagehand compatibility · Search API for agent web searches · Fetch API for retrieving web content · Persistent sessions, cookies, uploads, and downloads · Proxy configuration and network controls · Session recording, replay, live view, and logs · Hosted Browserbase Functions runtime	Managed headless browser sessions over WebSocket · Puppeteer and Playwright connectivity · REST APIs for screenshots, PDFs, scraping and content extraction · BrowserQL GraphQL automation · Persistent sessions and session reconnects · Stealth mode and CAPTCHA solving · Regional browser endpoints and load balancing · Live debugging and session recording
Support	email, docs	email, chat, community, docs

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