Browserbase vs Hyperbrowser: browser hours and Fetch APIs
Published prices compared, with the arithmetic shown. Last checked . Prices only: we have not tested reliability, speed or output quality.
At a glance
| Browserbase | Hyperbrowser | |
|---|---|---|
| Category | browser infrastructure | browser infrastructure |
| Free tier | Free plan: 1 browser hour, 3 concurrent browsers, 1,000 search and 1,000 fetch calls, $5 in model tokens. | 5,000 credits included with a free account (~50 browser hours or 5,000 fetched pages). |
| Entry paid price | from $20/mo | from $30/mo |
| MCP / agent support | Yes | Yes |
| Verification | full verification | full verification |
| Official pricing page | Pricing (opens official site in a new tab) | Pricing (opens official site in a new tab) |
Analysis
Both rent you cloud browsers for agents and now bundle Fetch and Search APIs. Browserbase uses subscription plans that include browser hours; Hyperbrowser uses one uniform rate card and treats plan fees as prepaid credit.
Browser hours
- Browserbase Developer ($20/month) includes 100 browser hours (an effective $0.20 per hour at full use), then $0.12 per hour. Startup ($99/month) includes 500 hours ($0.198 per hour effective), then $0.10.
- Hyperbrowser: $0.10 per hour on every plan, including free credits. Its $30 Startup and $100 Scale plans are $30 and $100 of usage credit respectively, with higher concurrency and retention, not extra fees.
On browser hours alone Hyperbrowser is never more expensive: Browserbase Startup costs $99 for the first 500 hours (Hyperbrowser: $50 for 500 hours) and the same $0.10 per hour after that, so the gap stays at about $49 a month above 500 hours; on Developer, 100 hours cost $20 versus $10. The Browserbase plan fee also buys a bundle (concurrency, captcha solving on Developer and up, stealth levels, retention), so the right comparison is features per dollar, not hours alone.
Fetch and search APIs
- Fetch: Browserbase $1.00 per 1,000 calls (Developer) or $0.50 (Startup) after included calls. Hyperbrowser $1.00 per 1,000 pages flat; ultra stealth or location targeting adds 9 credits (total $10.00 per 1,000).
- Search: Browserbase offers $1.00 per 1,000 (Parallel Fast) or $5.00 (default, Parallel Advanced); Hyperbrowser $5.00 per 1,000.
Free tiers and concurrency
Browserbase Free: 1 browser hour, 3 concurrent browsers, 1,000 search and 1,000 fetch calls. Hyperbrowser Free: 5,000 credits (50 browser hours or 5,000 pages at base rates), 1 concurrent session. Concurrency at the paid entry points: Browserbase Developer 25 for $20; Hyperbrowser Startup 25 for $30 (all of it usable as credit).
Verdict
On published rates Hyperbrowser is the cheaper way to buy raw browser time and has a simpler rate card. Browserbase bundles more in its plans (captcha solving on Developer, stealth levels, longer retention) and documents an MCP server in its official docs. Neither page reports session reliability or detection rates, so run a trial on your target sites.
Price ladders from the data
Effective price per unit at each published plan (monthly spend shown). Overage and assumption-based rows are excluded here; see each vendor page.
Remote browser hour
Browserbase
- $0.20 Developer (included hours) · $20/mo
- $0.198 Startup (included hours) · $99/mo
Hyperbrowser
- $0.10 All plans · pay as you go
Basic page fetch
Browserbase
- $1.00 Developer (Fetch API) · $20/mo
- $0.50 Startup (Fetch API) · $99/mo
Hyperbrowser
- $1.00 All plans (Fetch) · pay as you go
AI/agent search query
Browserbase
- $1.00 Parallel Fast · $20/mo
- $5.00 Parallel Advanced (default) · $20/mo
Hyperbrowser
- $5.00 All plans · pay as you go
What we could not verify
- Browserbase: Stealth and captcha handling are plan features without a separate per-page price.
- Hyperbrowser: +5 credits/page; shown in unit notes but not normalized separately.