Browserbase vs Firecrawl
Browserbase is a Proxy & data infrastructure, while Firecrawl is an AI extraction API. Browserbase fits best for: Teams building AI agents that need to log in, click and navigate real browsers reliably in the cloud. Firecrawl fits best for: Developers building LLM/RAG apps or agents who want clean markdown or JSON from any URL with minimal setup.
| Browserbase | Firecrawl | |
|---|---|---|
| Type | Proxy & data infrastructure | AI extraction API |
| Starting price | $20/mo | $19/mo |
| Free tier | 1 browser hour, 3 concurrent browsers | 1,000 credits/month, 2 concurrent requests, no credit card |
| Pricing model | browser hours plus proxy GB | credits |
| AI extraction | ||
| Structured JSON | ||
| JS rendering | ||
| Proxies / anti-bot | ||
| API | ||
| No-code UI | ||
| Open source | ||
| MCP server | ||
| Best for | Teams building AI agents that need to log in, click and navigate real browsers reliably in the cloud. | Developers building LLM/RAG apps or agents who want clean markdown or JSON from any URL with minimal setup. |
| Visit Browserbase | Visit Firecrawl |
Why choose Browserbase
- Serverless headless Chrome sessions at scale
- Stagehand open-source SDK for natural-language actions and extraction
- Session replay and debugging
- Stealth, proxies and persistent auth contexts
Watch out for
- Infrastructure, not a turnkey scraper: you write the automation
- Billing by browser hours can add up for slow pages
- Proxy bandwidth billed separately
Why choose Firecrawl
- Scrape, crawl, map and search endpoints
- Clean markdown output for LLMs
- LLM-based JSON extraction with a schema or prompt
- Agent endpoint (preview) and browser interact sessions
Watch out for
- JSON extraction costs 5x a plain scrape (1 + 4 credits)
- No pay-as-you-go on the free plan
- Self-hosted version lacks some cloud-only features
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