Provider benchmark

Browserless

In the latest complete published run containing Browserless, Browserless recorded 93.7% protected-site bypass (#1 of 7), 1,452 ms median full round trip (#1 of 8), 8.5% infrastructure failure rate (#8 of 8), and $0.15 / hr published browser price (#8 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 wss://production-sfo.browserless.io · compared with 7 providers · 2 published runs from this origin

At a glance

How Browserless compares

Each chart ranks the provider cohort from Browserless'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.

93.7%

#1 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%
BrowserlessOther providersFull chart →

Speed

Median full round trip

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

1,452 ms

#1 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
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Reliability

Infrastructure failure rate

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

8.5%

#8 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%
BrowserlessOther providersFull chart →

Price

Standard browser list price

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

$0.15 / hr

#8 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
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Run history

Browserless performance over time

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

Stealth

Protected-site bypass rate

Higher is better

93.7%

#1 of 7

Sep 4, 20262 measured runsOct 20, 2026 · Full chart →
  • Sep 4, 2026: 80.9%, #1 of 8
  • Oct 20, 2026: 93.7%, #1 of 7

Speed

Median full round trip

Lower is better

1,452 ms

#1 of 8

Sep 4, 20262 measured runsOct 20, 2026 · Full chart →
  • Sep 4, 2026: 1,462 ms, #1 of 8
  • Oct 20, 2026: 1,452 ms, #1 of 8

Reliability

Infrastructure failure rate

Lower is better

8.5%

#8 of 8

Sep 4, 20262 measured runsOct 20, 2026 · Full chart →
  • Sep 4, 2026: 0.3%, Tied #3 of 8
  • Oct 20, 2026: 8.5%, #8 of 8

Price

Standard browser list price

Lower is better

$0.15 / hr

#8 of 8

Sep 4, 20262 measured runsOct 20, 2026 · Full chart →
  • Sep 4, 2026: $0.15 / hr, #8 of 8
  • Oct 20, 2026: $0.15 / hr, #8 of 8

Competitive view

Browserless 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
Browserless93.7%#1 of 71,452 ms#1 of 88.5%#8 of 8$0.15 / hr#8 of 8
Anchor Browser81.0%#4 of 74,266 ms#8 of 80.0%#1 of 8$0.05 / hrTied #2 of 8
Browserbase78.1%#5 of 71,604 ms#2 of 87.8%Tied #5 of 8$0.12 / hr#7 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

Browserless 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

Tied #1 of 8

100.0%

5 protected targets in this run

AWS WAF

#1 of 7

100.0%

5 protected targets in this run

Cloudflare

#1 of 7

100.0%

5 protected targets in this run

DataDome

Tied #2 of 7

80.0%

5 protected targets in this run

Kasada

Tied #5 of 7

77.8%

5 protected targets in this run

PerimeterX (HUMAN)

#1 of 7

100.0%

5 protected targets in this run

Ticketmaster

#3 of 7

97.8%

5 protected targets in this run

Latency by origin

Browserless 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
554 ms
Median full round trip
1,452 ms

Provider destination: wss://production-sfo.browserless.io

EU West

Oct 15, 2026
Median session ready
850 ms
Median full round trip
1,890 ms

Provider destination: wss://production-ams.browserless.io

US East

Oct 15, 2026
Median session ready
1,630 ms
Median full round trip
2,873 ms

Provider destination: wss://production-sfo.browserless.io

Commercial context

Browserless 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 Prototyping.

PlanMonthly priceMaximum concurrency
Free$0 / month2
PrototypingBenchmarked$35 / month10
Starter$200 / month40
Scale$500 / month100
EnterpriseCustomNot published

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
88.6%
Failure rate
8.5%
Completion
91.2%
Session ready
554 ms
Navigation
641 ms
Round trip
1,452 ms
Consistency σ
321 ms
Cost @10min
$0.025

n=9 per target · 34 targets

Baseline · concurrency 5 (under load)

Bypass rate
90.6%
Failure rate
9.4%
Completion
91.2%
Session ready
587 ms
Navigation
652 ms
Round trip
1,579 ms
Consistency σ
209 ms
Cost @10min
$0.025

n=5 per target · 34 targets

Protected · concurrency 1 (isolated)

Bypass rate
93.7%
Failure rate
0.0%
Completion
94.3%
Session ready
4,986 ms
Navigation
6,709 ms
Round trip
13.2s
Consistency σ
2,177 ms
Cost @10min
$0.025

n=9 per target · 35 targets

Protected · concurrency 5 (under load)

Bypass rate
90.9%
Failure rate
1.7%
Completion
94.3%
Session ready
4,947 ms
Navigation
6,267 ms
Round trip
13.0s
Consistency σ
2,221 ms
Cost @10min
$0.025

n=5 per target · 35 targets

Browserless 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-browserbaseline191,108 ms100%ok
wikipedia-web-browserbaseline551,175 ms100%ok
httpbin-htmlbaseline191,260 ms100%ok
httpbin-htmlbaseline55895 ms100%ok
mdn-array-mapbaseline191,369 ms100%ok
mdn-array-mapbaseline551,579 ms100%ok
github-react-repobaseline193,374 ms100%ok
github-react-repobaseline552,953 ms100%ok
nasa-historybaseline191,660 ms100%ok
nasa-historybaseline551,748 ms100%ok
herokuapp-testing-indexbaseline19--0%infra failureNavigation timeout of 30000 ms exceeded
herokuapp-testing-indexbaseline55--0%infra failureNavigation timeout of 30000 ms exceeded
books-toscrape-catalogbaseline191,452 ms100%ok
books-toscrape-catalogbaseline551,342 ms100%ok
quotes-toscrape-homebaseline191,075 ms100%ok
quotes-toscrape-homebaseline55939 ms100%ok
wikipedia-python-languagebaseline191,854 ms100%ok
wikipedia-python-languagebaseline552,023 ms100%ok
wikipedia-artificial-intelligencebaseline192,103 ms100%ok
wikipedia-artificial-intelligencebaseline552,348 ms100%ok
python-docs-tutorialbaseline19808 ms100%ok
python-docs-tutorialbaseline55937 ms100%ok
mdn-css-guidebaseline191,050 ms100%ok
mdn-css-guidebaseline551,256 ms100%ok
github-vscode-repobaseline192,452 ms100%ok
github-vscode-repobaseline552,528 ms100%ok
wikipedia-world-wide-webbaseline191,192 ms100%ok
wikipedia-world-wide-webbaseline551,049 ms100%ok
w3c-html52-specbaseline191,758 ms100%ok
w3c-html52-specbaseline551,715 ms100%ok
ietf-rfc2616baseline191,634 ms100%ok
ietf-rfc2616baseline551,648 ms100%ok
gutenberg-pride-and-prejudicebaseline191,292 ms100%ok
gutenberg-pride-and-prejudicebaseline551,548 ms100%ok
python-org-homebaseline19922 ms100%ok
python-org-homebaseline55897 ms100%ok
httpbin-jsonbaseline191,140 ms100%ok
httpbin-jsonbaseline55921 ms100%ok
usa-gov-homebaseline191,240 ms100%ok
usa-gov-homebaseline551,354 ms100%ok
loc-gov-homebaseline191,866 ms100%ok
loc-gov-homebaseline551,848 ms100%ok
wikipedia-history-of-internetbaseline191,519 ms100%ok
wikipedia-history-of-internetbaseline552,012 ms100%ok
gnu-bash-manualbaseline19--0%blockedexpected content absent after 30000ms: "Bash Reference Manual"
gnu-bash-manualbaseline551,705 ms80%blockedexpected content absent after 30000ms: "Bash Reference Manual"
rfc-editor-http-specbaseline193,860 ms100%ok
rfc-editor-http-specbaseline554,224 ms100%ok
herokuapp-tablesbaseline1929.8s11%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-contentbaseline55--0%infra failureNavigation timeout of 30000 ms exceeded
playwright-todomvc-demobaseline19938 ms100%ok
playwright-todomvc-demobaseline55907 ms100%ok
saucedemo-loginbaseline19812 ms100%ok
saucedemo-loginbaseline55888 ms100%ok
httpbin-forms-postbaseline19845 ms100%ok
httpbin-forms-postbaseline55911 ms100%ok
wikipedia-climate-changebaseline192,433 ms100%ok
wikipedia-climate-changebaseline552,218 ms100%ok
wikipedia-renewable-energybaseline192,031 ms100%ok
wikipedia-renewable-energybaseline551,633 ms100%ok
wikipedia-machine-learningbaseline191,919 ms100%ok
wikipedia-machine-learningbaseline551,744 ms100%ok
digitalocean-node-tutorialbaseline191,622 ms100%ok
digitalocean-node-tutorialbaseline551,830 ms100%ok
mdn-http-guidebaseline191,100 ms100%ok
mdn-http-guidebaseline551,092 ms100%ok
crawlora-4af6d9e28447e229protected / Akamai1916.2s100%ok
crawlora-4af6d9e28447e229protected / Akamai5514.7s100%ok
crawlora-96fdbcc342349078protected / Akamai1916.9s100%ok
crawlora-96fdbcc342349078protected / Akamai5542.6s80%infra failure
crawlora-522e6e87f81731b7protected / Akamai1910.0s100%ok
crawlora-522e6e87f81731b7protected / Akamai559,777 ms100%ok
crawlora-848813c5938350ebprotected / Akamai1922.8s100%ok
crawlora-848813c5938350ebprotected / Akamai5517.3s100%ok
crawlora-akamai-b55e223dc7protected / Akamai1919.0s100%ok
crawlora-akamai-b55e223dc7protected / Akamai5521.0s100%ok
emag-productprotected / AWS WAF1955.2s100%ok
emag-productprotected / AWS WAF5553.1s100%ok
databricks-careersprotected / AWS WAF198,720 ms100%ok
databricks-careersprotected / AWS WAF559,191 ms100%ok
stubhub-eventprotected / AWS WAF1913.2s100%ok
stubhub-eventprotected / AWS WAF5513.2s80%blocked
trustpilot-reviewprotected / AWS WAF1915.5s100%ok
trustpilot-reviewprotected / AWS WAF5514.4s100%blockedexpected content absent after 30000ms: "Amazon" (bql no-challenge-detected solve.error=Could not find the captcha on the page. Are you sure you are running this command after finding the captcha?)
realtor-searchprotected / AWS WAF1911.8s100%ok
realtor-searchprotected / AWS WAF5512.7s100%blockedexpected content absent after bounded checks (30000ms per content window): "Chicago, IL homes for sale" (bql no-challenge-detected solve.error=Could not find the captcha on the page. Are you sure you are running this command after finding the captcha?; late found=false,solved=false solve.error=Could not find the captcha on the page. Are you sure you are running this command after finding the captcha?)
crawlora-cloudflare-6d93bdb2fdprotected / Cloudflare1913.0s100%ok
crawlora-cloudflare-6d93bdb2fdprotected / Cloudflare5512.8s100%ok
crawlora-bd5f1035551ca84bprotected / Cloudflare198,405 ms100%ok
crawlora-bd5f1035551ca84bprotected / Cloudflare558,092 ms100%ok
crawlora-cloudflare-7ce257c485protected / Cloudflare1915.8s100%ok
crawlora-cloudflare-7ce257c485protected / Cloudflare559,459 ms100%ok
crawlora-cloudflare-f4306a9a9fprotected / Cloudflare1918.7s100%ok
crawlora-cloudflare-f4306a9a9fprotected / Cloudflare5517.8s100%ok
crawlora-d72f47451524b574protected / Cloudflare1912.0s100%ok
crawlora-d72f47451524b574protected / Cloudflare5511.1s100%ok
crawlora-a1976cd6d2069fc7protected / DataDome19--0%blockedexpected content absent after bounded checks (30000ms per content window): "Location ski et snowboard en ligne - Intersport-rent" (bql found,solved=true)
crawlora-a1976cd6d2069fc7protected / DataDome55--0%blockedexpected content absent after bounded checks (30000ms per content window): "Location ski et snowboard en ligne - Intersport-rent" (bql found,solved=true)
crawlora-datadome-59fec99220protected / DataDome1915.3s100%ok
crawlora-datadome-59fec99220protected / DataDome5513.7s100%ok
crawlora-datadome-69c2c51b56protected / DataDome199,035 ms100%ok
crawlora-datadome-69c2c51b56protected / DataDome559,742 ms100%ok
crawlora-ec206db3837a624dprotected / DataDome1912.7s100%ok
crawlora-ec206db3837a624dprotected / DataDome5512.6s100%ok
crawlora-fd666cb3c7f58f39protected / DataDome1965.8s100%ok
crawlora-fd666cb3c7f58f39protected / DataDome5565.5s100%ok
footlocker-shoesprotected / Kasada1911.0s100%ok
footlocker-shoesprotected / Kasada5511.3s100%ok
manual-kasada-nike-home-20261008protected / Kasada1911.0s100%ok
manual-kasada-nike-home-20261008protected / Kasada5511.4s100%ok
crawlora-kasada-14227b626aprotected / Kasada1915.6s100%ok
crawlora-kasada-14227b626aprotected / Kasada5516.8s60%infra failure
canadagoose-productprotected / Kasada19--0%blockedexpected content absent after bounded checks (30000ms per content window): "The MacMillan Parka provides protection for city living regardless of the weather." (bql no-challenge-detected solve.error=Could not find the captcha on the page. Are you sure you are running this command after finding the captcha?; late found=false,solved=false solve.error=Could not find the captcha on the page. Are you sure you are running this command after finding the captcha?)
canadagoose-productprotected / Kasada55--0%blockedexpected content absent after bounded checks (30000ms per content window): "The MacMillan Parka provides protection for city living regardless of the weather." (bql no-challenge-detected solve.error=Could not find the captcha on the page. Are you sure you are running this command after finding the captcha?; late found=false,solved=false solve.error=Could not find the captcha on the page. Are you sure you are running this command after finding the captcha?)
hyatt-loyaltyprotected / Kasada1914.4s89%blocked
hyatt-loyaltyprotected / Kasada5516.4s100%ok
carters-productprotected / PerimeterX (HUMAN)1910.5s100%ok
carters-productprotected / PerimeterX (HUMAN)559,053 ms100%ok
crawlora-perimeterx-12c1f65366protected / PerimeterX (HUMAN)1965.6s100%ok
crawlora-perimeterx-12c1f65366protected / PerimeterX (HUMAN)5565.1s100%ok
crawlora-caf6514faec5506dprotected / PerimeterX (HUMAN)1913.6s100%ok
crawlora-caf6514faec5506dprotected / PerimeterX (HUMAN)5513.6s100%ok
crawlora-perimeterx-3c052f6696protected / PerimeterX (HUMAN)1965.5s100%ok
crawlora-perimeterx-3c052f6696protected / PerimeterX (HUMAN)5565.2s100%ok
crawlora-9db1252cddcb2d16protected / PerimeterX (HUMAN)1965.3s100%ok
crawlora-9db1252cddcb2d16protected / PerimeterX (HUMAN)5565.0s100%ok
ticketmaster-eventprotected / Ticketmaster1911.2s100%ok
ticketmaster-eventprotected / Ticketmaster5513.0s80%blockedexpected content absent after bounded checks (30000ms per content window): "Taylor Swift" (bql no-challenge-detected solve.error=Could not find the captcha on the page. Are you sure you are running this command after finding the captcha?; late found=false,solved=false solve.error=Could not find the captcha on the page. Are you sure you are running this command after finding the captcha?)
ticketmaster-coldplayprotected / Ticketmaster199,747 ms100%ok
ticketmaster-coldplayprotected / Ticketmaster5510.5s100%blockedexpected content absent after 30000ms: "Coldplay" (bql no-challenge-detected solve.error=Could not find the captcha on the page. Are you sure you are running this command after finding the captcha?)
ticketmaster-ed-sheeranprotected / Ticketmaster1910.4s100%ok
ticketmaster-ed-sheeranprotected / Ticketmaster5511.2s80%blockedexpected content absent after 30000ms: "Ed Sheeran" (bql no-challenge-detected solve.error=Could not find the captcha on the page. Are you sure you are running this command after finding the captcha?)
ticketmaster-drakeprotected / Ticketmaster1910.3s100%ok
ticketmaster-drakeprotected / Ticketmaster5510.6s100%ok
ticketmaster-beyonceprotected / Ticketmaster1911.9s89%blocked
ticketmaster-beyonceprotected / Ticketmaster5510.1s100%ok

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

Frequently asked questions

About Browserless

How well does Browserless bypass protected sites?

Browserless achieved a mean bypass rate of 93.7% across the protected targets at concurrency 1 and ranks #1 of 7 among providers with measured results.

How fast is Browserless?

Browserless's median full round trip was 1,452 ms on baseline targets at concurrency 1; it ranks #1 of 8 for this lower-is-better metric.

How reliable is Browserless?

Browserless's mean infrastructure failure rate was 8.5% on baseline targets, where it ranks #8 of 8. Antibot blocks are tracked separately and do not count as infrastructure failures.

How much does Browserless cost?

Browserless's published standard browser price is $0.15 / hr on the benchmarked plan, where it ranks #8 of 8 by price. This base rate excludes residential proxy bandwidth and CAPTCHA-solving add-ons.