Browserbase vs Oxylabs
Browserbase and Oxylabs are both in the Proxy & data infrastructure category. Browserbase fits best for: Teams building AI agents that need to log in, click and navigate real browsers reliably in the cloud. Oxylabs fits best for: Businesses needing reliable proxies and a managed scraping API for search and e-commerce data at scale.
| Browserbase | Oxylabs | |
|---|---|---|
| Type | Proxy & data infrastructure | Proxy & data infrastructure |
| Starting price | $20/mo | $30/mo |
| Free tier | 1 browser hour, 3 concurrent browsers | $5 'Welcome credits' usable on any product |
| Pricing model | browser hours plus proxy GB | per 1K results (Scraper API) and per GB (proxies) |
| 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. | Businesses needing reliable proxies and a managed scraping API for search and e-commerce data at scale. |
| Visit Browserbase | Visit Oxylabs |
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 Oxylabs
- Large residential, mobile, ISP and datacenter proxy pools
- Web Scraper API with JS rendering and geotargeting
- OxyCopilot / AI-assisted parsing
- Dedicated Google, Amazon and e-commerce scrapers
Watch out for
- Enterprise focus; pricing gets complex across products
- Smallest proxy tiers are relatively expensive per GB
- AI features priced separately and not clearly listed
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