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light estimateLast updated 2026-08-20

ScrapingBee vs Browserbase

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

Head to head
ScrapingBee compared with Browserbase per decision axis
AxisScrapingBeeBrowserbaseEdge
Price$0.099 per 1000 requests*$0.05 per 1000 requests*—
Success———
LLM-ready✓——
browser—✓—

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

Strengths & caveats
ScrapingBeeCheapest base rate in the field ($0.099/1000 base requests on Startup) and offers AI extraction; simple API with good docs. JS rendering is on by default and costs 5 credits (premium proxy 10, premium+JS 25, stealth proxy 75), so real cost is far higher — hence not comparable; success rate is heavily disputed between benchmarks (84.47% at Proxyway 2025 vs 48% at Scrapeway August 2026), so left null.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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