Browserbase vs ScrapingBee
Browserbase is a Proxy & data infrastructure, while ScrapingBee is a Scraping API. Browserbase fits best for: Teams building AI agents that need to log in, click and navigate real browsers reliably in the cloud. ScrapingBee fits best for: Developers who want a predictable, easy scraping API that handles rendering and proxies without managing infrastructure.
| Browserbase | ScrapingBee | |
|---|---|---|
| Type | Proxy & data infrastructure | Scraping API |
| Starting price | $20/mo | $19/mo |
| Free tier | 1 browser hour, 3 concurrent browsers | 1,000 free API credits trial, no credit card |
| Pricing model | browser hours plus proxy GB | credits per successful request |
| 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 who want a predictable, easy scraping API that handles rendering and proxies without managing infrastructure. |
| Visit Browserbase | Visit ScrapingBee |
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 ScrapingBee
- Headless Chrome rendering with JS scenarios
- Rotating and premium/stealth proxies
- AI extraction via natural-language ai_query
- CSS/XPath extract rules to JSON
Watch out for
- JS rendering is on by default and costs 5x a plain request
- Premium/stealth proxies multiply credit costs quickly
- Hobby plan has low credits once JS + premium proxy are used
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