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light estimateLast updated 2026-08-20

ScraperAPI vs Browserbase

ScraperAPI vs Browserbase for scraping & browser. Computed from public benchmarks with dated sources; updated 2026-08-20.

Head to head
ScraperAPI compared with Browserbase per decision axis
AxisScraperAPIBrowserbaseEdge
Price$0.149 per 1000 requests*$0.05 per 1000 requests*—
Success68.95%——
LLM-ready———
browser—✓—

* token-/credit-priced — the headline understates real per-unit cost, so no price edge is awarded.

Strengths & caveats
ScraperAPILow base rate (~$0.149/1000 credits on Startup) with a simple proxy+rendering API and a generous free tier (1000 credits/month). Lowest independent success rate of the tested set on protected sites (68.95% at Proxyway 2025); credits add up fast (JS 5-10x, anti-bot +10, Google 25, LinkedIn 30) so price is not comparable; barely any LLM-ready output.BrowserbasePure cloud-browser infrastructure built for AI agents: full programmable browser automation (Playwright/Puppeteer/CDP), per-hour billing and 25 concurrent browsers from $20/month (100 concurrent on the $99 Startup plan). No ready-made unblocking/anti-bot layer or LLM-ready extraction (raw browser output); billing per browser-hour ($0.10-$0.12/hour) + proxy per GB does not convert to per-request — the $0.05/1000 is a rough light estimate and therefore not comparable; no independent success benchmark.
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