Pick Apify if
teams who will burn the Free $5 prepaid usage on a Store Actor or a Crawlee job, then buy Starter at $19/month ($17 billed annually) when they need chat support and 32 concurrent runs.
Read the Apify pageApify vs Browserbase
Our take
Pick Apify if teams who will burn the Free $5 prepaid usage on a Store Actor or a Crawlee job, then buy Starter at $19/month ($17 billed annually) when they need chat support and 32 concurrent runs. Pick Browserbase if teams that need a fleet of headless browsers and will pay for concurrent sessions. Skip Browserbase if people who only want URL → markdown (Firecrawl) or a search-credit API (Tavily).
Best for
Apify Scrapes, browsers, and published Actors metered in prepaid usage
Browserbase Spin a remote Playwright/Puppeteer session
Free plan
Apify $0 · $5 prepaid usage / month. No card. $0.2/CU. 16 GB max RAM. 5 concurrent runs. Community support. No Store discount. When prepaid is gone, the account blocks until next cycle
Browserbase $0 · /mo. 3 concurrent browsers; 1 browser hour; 3 Agent runs; 1,000 Search; 1,000 Fetch; 15 minutes/session; $5 in model tokens
Lowest paid
Apify Creator $1/mo
Browserbase Developer $20/mo
Next step up
Apify Proxy (list) $8
Browserbase Startup $99/mo
Coding agent
Apify
Browserbase Identity
Runs where
Apify Hosted
Browserbase Hosted
Watch out
Apify Free blocks when the $5 is gone
Browserbase Free is 1 browser hour
Last checked
Apify 2026-10-22 · apify.com/pricing
Browserbase 2026-10-21 · browserbase.com/pricing
Which one, then?
Pick Browserbase if
teams that need a fleet of headless browsers and will pay for concurrent sessions.
Read the Browserbase page