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Drive a browser

Browserbase

Cloud browser service that runs headless Chrome sessions for agents, controlled over CDP, with proxies, CAPTCHA solving and session replay.

At a glance

Provider
Browserbase, Inc.
Category
Drive a browser
Type
Hosted browser
Pricing model
Monthly plan with included browser hours, then per-hour overage2
Free tier
1 browser hour, 3 concurrent sessions, 15 minutes per session, no card2
Authentication
API key (x-bb-api-key); API key in URL for the hosted MCP server18
Connect via
CDP (Playwright, Puppeteer, Selenium), REST API, SDKs, hosted MCP server, Browse CLI, Stagehand21
Read from the provider's pages
2026-11-04
Pricing
  • Pricing model: Monthly plan with an included allocation of browser hours; pay-as-you-go overage beyond it
  • Free tier: Free plan: 1 browser hour, 3 concurrent sessions, 15 minutes per session
  • Card required for free tier: No
Pricing in full →Tools
  • Official MCP server: Yes, remote
  • Address or package: https://mcp.browserbase.com/mcp; legacy local package @browserbasehq/mcp-server-browserbase (deprecated, moved to @browserbasehq/mcp)
  • Local server status: The GitHub repository of the stdio server is archived
Tools in full →Authentication
  • Who creates the account: A person signs up for an account and copies the API key; the MPP route needs no Browserbase account or API key
  • Where to get a key: Browserbase dashboard
  • Other requirements: Project ID for the SDK and the stdio server; an LLM key when not using the default model on the MCP server
Authentication in full →Setup
  • REST API: https://api.browserbase.com/v1
  • MCP server: https://mcp.browserbase.com/mcp
  • OpenAPI spec: https://docs.browserbase.com/reference/api/openapi.v1.yaml
Setup in full →Limits
  • Session creation: 5 a minute Free, 25 Developer, 50 Startup, 150+ Scale; 429 when exceeded
  • Search API: 2 requests a second
  • Fetch API: 5 requests a second
Limits in full →Privacy
  • Data location: Region chosen per session: US West, US East, EU (Germany), Asia (Singapore); default us-west-2
  • Retention: Session recording source kept up to 30 days; plan data retention 7 days (Free) or 30 days (Startup)
  • Retention (other page): Developer plan data retention 30 days on the pricing page, 7 days on the docs plans page
Privacy in full →

Read from Browserbase, Inc.’s own pages on 2026-11-04. Every number links to the page a value came from. For agents, the same facts as markdown: /tools/drive-a-browser/browserbase.md