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Browserbase by Browserbase

Cloud headless browsers plus search, fetch and runtime APIs for browser agents (makers of Stagehand).

Browser automation (cloud) Official MCP server

Price
Free plan
paid plans from $20/mo
Free tier
Yes
1 browser hour, 3 concurrent browsers, 1,000 Search and...
SDK downloads
3.3M
npm @browserbasehq/sdk · PyPI browserbase
Status
Up
0 incidents in 30 days

Pricing

Free tier1 browser hour, 3 concurrent browsers, 1,000 Search and 1,000 Fetch calls
Cheapest paid plan$20 a month
Usage priceDeveloper: 100 browser hours included then $0.12/browser hour; Startup ($99): 500 hours then $0.10/hour; proxies $12/GB (Developer)
Good to knowSearch API $7 per 1k calls after included 1,000; Fetch $1 per 1k ($0.5 on Startup), $4 per 1k with proxies. Sessions capped at 15 minutes on Free. Stagehand framework is open source; the browser cloud is not.

From the official pricing page, checked Oct 9, 2026. Prices change: confirm before you buy.

Use it from an agent

MCP serverOfficial: @browserbasehq/mcp
npmnpm install @browserbasehq/sdk
PyPIpip install browserbase
GitHubbrowserbase/stagehand · 25.6K stars · last push Oct 9, 2026

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