Provider benchmark

Browserbase

In the latest complete published run containing Browserbase, Browserbase recorded 78.1% protected-site bypass (#5 of 7), 1,604 ms median full round trip (#2 of 8), 7.8% infrastructure failure rate (tied at #5 of 8), and $0.12 / hr published browser price (#7 of 8). Rankings compare only providers with a measured value for that metric.

Latest complete run Oct 20, 2026 · 138 result rows · runner region US West · provider destination us-west-2 · compared with 7 providers · 2 published runs from this origin

At a glance

How Browserbase compares

Each chart ranks the provider cohort from Browserbase's latest available run. Bar length represents the reported value; the selected provider is highlighted.

Stealth

Protected-site bypass rate

Mean bypass rate across protected targets at concurrency 1. Higher is better.

78.1%

#5 of 7

  1. 1Browserless
    93.7%
  2. 2Browser Use
    87.9%
  3. 3Kernel
    81.9%
  4. 4Anchor Browser
    81.0%
  5. 5Browserbase
    78.1%
  6. 6Steel
    75.9%
  7. 7Hyperbrowser
    73.7%
BrowserbaseOther providersFull chart →

Speed

Median full round trip

End-to-end time on baseline targets at concurrency 1. Lower is better.

1,604 ms

#2 of 8

  1. 1Browserless
    1,452 ms
  2. 2Browserbase
    1,604 ms
  3. 3Hyperbrowser
    1,615 ms
  4. 4Notte
    1,705 ms
  5. 5Kernel
    2,136 ms
  6. 6Browser Use
    2,722 ms
  7. 7Steel
    3,521 ms
  8. 8Anchor Browser
    4,266 ms
BrowserbaseOther providersFull chart →

Reliability

Infrastructure failure rate

Mean infrastructure failure rate on baseline targets. Lower is better.

7.8%

Tied #5 of 8

  1. 1Anchor Browser
    0.0%
  2. 2Steel
    1.6%
  3. 3Kernel
    3.3%
  4. 4Notte
    6.9%
  5. 5Browserbase
    7.8%
  6. 5Browser Use
    7.8%
  7. 7Hyperbrowser
    8.2%
  8. 8Browserless
    8.5%
BrowserbaseOther providersFull chart →

Price

Standard browser list price

Published price per browser hour, excluding stealth add-ons. Lower is better.

$0.12 / hr

#7 of 8

  1. 1Browser Use
    $0.02 / hr
  2. 2Anchor Browser
    $0.05 / hr
  3. 2Notte
    $0.05 / hr
  4. 4Kernel
    $0.06 / hr
  5. 5Hyperbrowser
    $0.10 / hr
  6. 5Steel
    $0.10 / hr
  7. 7Browserbase
    $0.12 / hr
  8. 8Browserless
    $0.15 / hr
BrowserbaseOther providersFull chart →

Run history

Browserbase performance over time

Trends use every published Track 1 run containing Browserbase, ordered from oldest to newest. Rankings are recalculated against the provider cohort present in each run.

Stealth

Protected-site bypass rate

Higher is better

78.1%

#5 of 7

Sep 4, 20262 measured runsOct 20, 2026 · Full chart →
  • Sep 4, 2026: 67.2%, #4 of 8
  • Oct 20, 2026: 78.1%, #5 of 7

Speed

Median full round trip

Lower is better

1,604 ms

#2 of 8

Sep 4, 20262 measured runsOct 20, 2026 · Full chart →
  • Sep 4, 2026: 2,072 ms, #3 of 8
  • Oct 20, 2026: 1,604 ms, #2 of 8

Reliability

Infrastructure failure rate

Lower is better

7.8%

Tied #5 of 8

Sep 4, 20262 measured runsOct 20, 2026 · Full chart →
  • Sep 4, 2026: 0.3%, Tied #3 of 8
  • Oct 20, 2026: 7.8%, Tied #5 of 8

Price

Standard browser list price

Lower is better

$0.12 / hr

#7 of 8

Sep 4, 20262 measured runsOct 20, 2026 · Full chart →
  • Sep 4, 2026: $0.12 / hr, #7 of 8
  • Oct 20, 2026: $0.12 / hr, #7 of 8

Competitive view

Browserbase vs. other browser providers

The current provider stays at the top for orientation; each metric carries its independent rank. Lower is better for speed, failure rate, and price. Higher is better for bypass rate.

ProviderProtected bypassFull round tripFailure rateList price / hour
Browserbase78.1%#5 of 71,604 ms#2 of 87.8%Tied #5 of 8$0.12 / hr#7 of 8
Anchor Browser81.0%#4 of 74,266 ms#8 of 80.0%#1 of 8$0.05 / hrTied #2 of 8
Browserless93.7%#1 of 71,452 ms#1 of 88.5%#8 of 8$0.15 / hr#8 of 8
Browser Use87.9%#2 of 72,722 ms#6 of 87.8%Tied #5 of 8$0.02 / hr#1 of 8
Hyperbrowser73.7%#7 of 71,615 ms#3 of 88.2%#7 of 8$0.10 / hrTied #5 of 8
Kernel81.9%#3 of 72,136 ms#5 of 83.3%#3 of 8$0.06 / hr#4 of 8
Notte--Not ranked1,705 ms#4 of 86.9%#4 of 8$0.05 / hrTied #2 of 8
Steel75.9%#6 of 73,521 ms#7 of 81.6%#2 of 8$0.10 / hrTied #5 of 8

Stealth breakdown

Browserbase bypass rate by antibot vendor

Vendor-specific results reveal where a provider's stealth stack is strongest. Thin cells are shown as target counts rather than treated as broad conclusions.

Akamai

#5 of 8

91.1%

5 protected targets in this run

AWS WAF

Tied #6 of 7

55.6%

5 protected targets in this run

Cloudflare

#5 of 7

77.8%

5 protected targets in this run

DataDome

#5 of 7

64.4%

5 protected targets in this run

Kasada

Tied #2 of 7

80.0%

5 protected targets in this run

PerimeterX (HUMAN)

#5 of 7

77.8%

5 protected targets in this run

Ticketmaster

Tied #1 of 7

100.0%

5 protected targets in this run

Latency by origin

Browserbase latency by region

Baseline targets at concurrency 1, measured from each runner origin in this version. Latency is a client-to-provider round trip, so origins are shown side by side, never ranked or averaged together.

US West

Oct 14, 2026
Median session ready
564 ms
Median full round trip
1,604 ms

Provider destination: us-west-2

EU West

Oct 15, 2026
Median session ready
1,061 ms
Median full round trip
2,081 ms

Provider destination: eu-central-1

US East

Oct 15, 2026
Median session ready
681 ms
Median full round trip
1,472 ms

Provider destination: us-east-1

Commercial context

Browserbase pricing snapshot

Provider pricing source ↗

Published plan prices and concurrency ceilings from the benchmark pricing snapshot, last updated 2026-08-07. The benchmark ran on Developer.

PlanMonthly priceMaximum concurrency
Free$0 / month3
DeveloperBenchmarked$20 / month25
Startup$99 / month100
ScaleCustom250

Plan fees, included credits, and measured usage are separate concepts. The headline hourly rate is the normalized standard-browser list price and excludes stealth add-ons.

All benchmark scopes

Baseline and protected workloads, both isolated and under load. These are the aggregate cells behind the summary above.

Baseline · concurrency 1 (isolated)

Bypass rate
91.2%
Failure rate
7.8%
Completion
97.1%
Session ready
564 ms
Navigation
635 ms
Round trip
1,604 ms
Consistency σ
138 ms
Cost @10min
$0.020

n=9 per target · 34 targets

Baseline · concurrency 5 (under load)

Bypass rate
91.8%
Failure rate
7.6%
Completion
97.1%
Session ready
568 ms
Navigation
706 ms
Round trip
1,693 ms
Consistency σ
81 ms
Cost @10min
$0.020

n=5 per target · 34 targets

Protected · concurrency 1 (isolated)

Bypass rate
78.1%
Failure rate
2.9%
Completion
85.7%
Session ready
1,075 ms
Navigation
4,440 ms
Round trip
6,440 ms
Consistency σ
1,533 ms
Cost @10min
$0.041

n=9 per target · 35 targets

Protected · concurrency 5 (under load)

Bypass rate
74.9%
Failure rate
4.6%
Completion
85.7%
Session ready
998 ms
Navigation
4,693 ms
Round trip
6,134 ms
Consistency σ
1,105 ms
Cost @10min
$0.041

n=5 per target · 35 targets

Browserbase per-target results

Every target behind the aggregate figures, including failures and blocks. Nothing is silently removed from this table.

TargetSet / antibotConc.nRound trip medianBypassStatusError
wikipedia-web-browserbaseline191,284 ms100%ok
wikipedia-web-browserbaseline551,268 ms100%ok
httpbin-htmlbaseline191,328 ms89%blocked
httpbin-htmlbaseline551,514 ms100%ok
mdn-array-mapbaseline191,428 ms100%ok
mdn-array-mapbaseline551,345 ms100%ok
github-react-repobaseline193,887 ms100%ok
github-react-repobaseline5516.5s100%ok
nasa-historybaseline192,155 ms100%ok
nasa-historybaseline552,354 ms100%ok
herokuapp-testing-indexbaseline191,604 ms11%infra failureNavigation timeout of 30000 ms exceeded
herokuapp-testing-indexbaseline551,722 ms20%infra failureNavigation timeout of 30000 ms exceeded
books-toscrape-catalogbaseline191,505 ms100%ok
books-toscrape-catalogbaseline551,571 ms100%ok
quotes-toscrape-homebaseline191,082 ms100%ok
quotes-toscrape-homebaseline551,062 ms100%ok
wikipedia-python-languagebaseline191,671 ms100%ok
wikipedia-python-languagebaseline551,619 ms100%ok
wikipedia-artificial-intelligencebaseline192,304 ms100%ok
wikipedia-artificial-intelligencebaseline552,208 ms80%blocked
python-docs-tutorialbaseline19998 ms100%ok
python-docs-tutorialbaseline5517.2s100%ok
mdn-css-guidebaseline191,343 ms100%ok
mdn-css-guidebaseline551,331 ms100%ok
github-vscode-repobaseline192,942 ms100%ok
github-vscode-repobaseline552,769 ms100%ok
wikipedia-world-wide-webbaseline191,527 ms100%ok
wikipedia-world-wide-webbaseline551,348 ms100%ok
w3c-html52-specbaseline191,990 ms100%ok
w3c-html52-specbaseline551,968 ms100%ok
ietf-rfc2616baseline194,927 ms100%ok
ietf-rfc2616baseline555,390 ms100%ok
gutenberg-pride-and-prejudicebaseline191,459 ms100%ok
gutenberg-pride-and-prejudicebaseline552,644 ms100%ok
python-org-homebaseline191,184 ms100%ok
python-org-homebaseline551,209 ms100%ok
httpbin-jsonbaseline19954 ms100%ok
httpbin-jsonbaseline551,005 ms100%ok
usa-gov-homebaseline191,427 ms100%ok
usa-gov-homebaseline551,364 ms100%ok
loc-gov-homebaseline191,933 ms100%ok
loc-gov-homebaseline551,945 ms100%ok
wikipedia-history-of-internetbaseline191,891 ms100%ok
wikipedia-history-of-internetbaseline551,953 ms100%ok
gnu-bash-manualbaseline191,962 ms100%ok
gnu-bash-manualbaseline552,093 ms100%ok
rfc-editor-http-specbaseline194,094 ms100%ok
rfc-editor-http-specbaseline553,819 ms100%ok
herokuapp-tablesbaseline1916.1s22%infra failureNavigation timeout of 30000 ms exceeded
herokuapp-tablesbaseline55--0%infra failureNavigation timeout of 30000 ms exceeded
herokuapp-dynamic-contentbaseline19--0%infra failureNavigation timeout of 30000 ms exceeded
herokuapp-dynamic-contentbaseline551,748 ms20%infra failureNavigation timeout of 30000 ms exceeded
playwright-todomvc-demobaseline191,025 ms100%ok
playwright-todomvc-demobaseline551,042 ms100%ok
saucedemo-loginbaseline191,012 ms100%ok
saucedemo-loginbaseline55997 ms100%ok
httpbin-forms-postbaseline19914 ms100%ok
httpbin-forms-postbaseline55909 ms100%ok
wikipedia-climate-changebaseline192,486 ms100%ok
wikipedia-climate-changebaseline5533.7s100%ok
wikipedia-renewable-energybaseline191,911 ms89%blocked
wikipedia-renewable-energybaseline551,987 ms100%ok
wikipedia-machine-learningbaseline191,679 ms89%blocked
wikipedia-machine-learningbaseline551,693 ms100%ok
digitalocean-node-tutorialbaseline191,705 ms100%ok
digitalocean-node-tutorialbaseline551,655 ms100%ok
mdn-http-guidebaseline191,268 ms100%ok
mdn-http-guidebaseline551,302 ms100%ok
crawlora-4af6d9e28447e229protected / Akamai196,734 ms67%infra failurenet::ERR_TOO_MANY_REDIRECTS at https://redcupra.es/
crawlora-4af6d9e28447e229protected / Akamai557,214 ms40%infra failurenet::ERR_TOO_MANY_REDIRECTS at https://redcupra.es/
crawlora-96fdbcc342349078protected / Akamai1913.2s89%infra failure
crawlora-96fdbcc342349078protected / Akamai557,632 ms100%infra failureNavigation timeout of 30000 ms exceeded
crawlora-522e6e87f81731b7protected / Akamai194,433 ms100%ok
crawlora-522e6e87f81731b7protected / Akamai554,002 ms100%ok
crawlora-848813c5938350ebprotected / Akamai195,768 ms100%ok
crawlora-848813c5938350ebprotected / Akamai556,006 ms100%ok
crawlora-akamai-b55e223dc7protected / Akamai196,380 ms100%ok
crawlora-akamai-b55e223dc7protected / Akamai556,262 ms100%ok
emag-productprotected / AWS WAF19--0%blockedexpected content absent after 30000ms: "Telefon mobil Apple iPhone 17, 256GB, 5G, Black"
emag-productprotected / AWS WAF55--0%blockedexpected content absent after 30000ms: "Telefon mobil Apple iPhone 17, 256GB, 5G, Black"
databricks-careersprotected / AWS WAF193,556 ms89%infra failure
databricks-careersprotected / AWS WAF553,482 ms100%ok
stubhub-eventprotected / AWS WAF195,181 ms89%blocked
stubhub-eventprotected / AWS WAF5510.2s80%blocked
trustpilot-reviewprotected / AWS WAF198,189 ms100%ok
trustpilot-reviewprotected / AWS WAF557,389 ms100%ok
realtor-searchprotected / AWS WAF19--0%blockedexpected content absent after 30000ms: "Chicago, IL homes for sale"
realtor-searchprotected / AWS WAF55--0%blockedexpected content absent after 30000ms: "Chicago, IL homes for sale"
crawlora-cloudflare-6d93bdb2fdprotected / Cloudflare196,302 ms100%ok
crawlora-cloudflare-6d93bdb2fdprotected / Cloudflare555,914 ms100%ok
crawlora-bd5f1035551ca84bprotected / Cloudflare19--0%blockedexpected content absent after 30000ms: "Get to Know Anamanaguchi: The Musical Group Responsible For the Final Scott Pilgrim Video Game’s Soundtrack – as well as the Next One"
crawlora-bd5f1035551ca84bprotected / Cloudflare55--0%blockedexpected content absent after 30000ms: "Get to Know Anamanaguchi: The Musical Group Responsible For the Final Scott Pilgrim Video Game’s Soundtrack – as well as the Next One"
crawlora-cloudflare-7ce257c485protected / Cloudflare193,658 ms89%blocked
crawlora-cloudflare-7ce257c485protected / Cloudflare553,171 ms100%blockedexpected content absent after 30000ms: "TomatoMTL – Chinese MTL Reading Assist Tool"
crawlora-cloudflare-f4306a9a9fprotected / Cloudflare197,118 ms100%ok
crawlora-cloudflare-f4306a9a9fprotected / Cloudflare558,999 ms100%ok
crawlora-d72f47451524b574protected / Cloudflare195,865 ms100%ok
crawlora-d72f47451524b574protected / Cloudflare555,734 ms80%infra failure
crawlora-a1976cd6d2069fc7protected / DataDome19--0%blockedexpected content absent after 30000ms: "Location ski et snowboard en ligne - Intersport-rent"
crawlora-a1976cd6d2069fc7protected / DataDome55--0%blockedexpected content absent after 30000ms: "Location ski et snowboard en ligne - Intersport-rent"
crawlora-datadome-59fec99220protected / DataDome198,991 ms67%blocked
crawlora-datadome-59fec99220protected / DataDome5510.7s20%blockedexpected content absent after 30000ms: "Welcome to Ovations Redeem Online"
crawlora-datadome-69c2c51b56protected / DataDome193,524 ms100%ok
crawlora-datadome-69c2c51b56protected / DataDome554,068 ms100%ok
crawlora-ec206db3837a624dprotected / DataDome195,337 ms89%blocked
crawlora-ec206db3837a624dprotected / DataDome555,851 ms60%blockedexpected content absent after 30000ms: "Road Tech Marine | For the Boating, Caravanning & 4WD Enthusiast"
crawlora-fd666cb3c7f58f39protected / DataDome197,175 ms67%blocked
crawlora-fd666cb3c7f58f39protected / DataDome555,797 ms60%blockedexpected content absent after 30000ms: "EPJ Web of Conferences"
footlocker-shoesprotected / Kasada1910.5s100%ok
footlocker-shoesprotected / Kasada5510.1s80%infra failure
manual-kasada-nike-home-20261008protected / Kasada199,975 ms100%ok
manual-kasada-nike-home-20261008protected / Kasada558,089 ms100%ok
crawlora-kasada-14227b626aprotected / Kasada1910.7s100%ok
crawlora-kasada-14227b626aprotected / Kasada559,639 ms100%ok
canadagoose-productprotected / Kasada1913.7s100%ok
canadagoose-productprotected / Kasada5512.9s100%ok
hyatt-loyaltyprotected / Kasada19--0%blockedNavigation timeout of 30000 ms exceeded
hyatt-loyaltyprotected / Kasada55--0%blockedexpected content absent after 30000ms: "World of Hyatt"
carters-productprotected / PerimeterX (HUMAN)194,707 ms100%ok
carters-productprotected / PerimeterX (HUMAN)554,506 ms100%ok
crawlora-perimeterx-12c1f65366protected / PerimeterX (HUMAN)1910.7s22%blockedexpected content absent after 30000ms: "SNN News – SNN, The Suncoast News Network"
crawlora-perimeterx-12c1f65366protected / PerimeterX (HUMAN)5511.5s80%blockedexpected content absent after 30000ms: "SNN News – SNN, The Suncoast News Network"
crawlora-caf6514faec5506dprotected / PerimeterX (HUMAN)197,707 ms100%ok
crawlora-caf6514faec5506dprotected / PerimeterX (HUMAN)556,765 ms100%ok
crawlora-perimeterx-3c052f6696protected / PerimeterX (HUMAN)199,505 ms78%blockedexpected content absent after 30000ms: "Wisconsin News, Weather, and Sports"
crawlora-perimeterx-3c052f6696protected / PerimeterX (HUMAN)557,746 ms60%blockedexpected content absent after 30000ms: "Wisconsin News, Weather, and Sports"
crawlora-9db1252cddcb2d16protected / PerimeterX (HUMAN)198,085 ms89%blocked
crawlora-9db1252cddcb2d16protected / PerimeterX (HUMAN)557,651 ms80%infra failure
ticketmaster-eventprotected / Ticketmaster194,619 ms100%ok
ticketmaster-eventprotected / Ticketmaster554,988 ms100%blockedexpected content absent after 30000ms: "Taylor Swift"
ticketmaster-coldplayprotected / Ticketmaster194,697 ms100%ok
ticketmaster-coldplayprotected / Ticketmaster554,550 ms100%ok
ticketmaster-ed-sheeranprotected / Ticketmaster195,503 ms100%ok
ticketmaster-ed-sheeranprotected / Ticketmaster555,142 ms80%blocked
ticketmaster-drakeprotected / Ticketmaster195,097 ms100%ok
ticketmaster-drakeprotected / Ticketmaster555,437 ms100%ok
ticketmaster-beyonceprotected / Ticketmaster196,499 ms100%blockedexpected content absent after 30000ms: "Beyoncé"
ticketmaster-beyonceprotected / Ticketmaster554,218 ms100%ok

Results: track1-2026-10-us-west.jsonl

Frequently asked questions

About Browserbase

How well does Browserbase bypass protected sites?

Browserbase achieved a mean bypass rate of 78.1% across the protected targets at concurrency 1 and ranks #5 of 7 among providers with measured results.

How fast is Browserbase?

Browserbase's median full round trip was 1,604 ms on baseline targets at concurrency 1; it ranks #2 of 8 for this lower-is-better metric.

How reliable is Browserbase?

Browserbase's mean infrastructure failure rate was 7.8% on baseline targets, where it is tied at #5 of 8. Antibot blocks are tracked separately and do not count as infrastructure failures.

How much does Browserbase cost?

Browserbase's published standard browser price is $0.12 / hr on the benchmarked plan, where it ranks #7 of 8 by price. This base rate excludes residential proxy bandwidth and CAPTCHA-solving add-ons.