Pick Browserbase if
teams that need a fleet of headless browsers and will pay for concurrent sessions.
Read the Browserbase pageBrowserbase vs Firecrawl
Our take
Pick Browserbase if teams that need a fleet of headless browsers and will pay for concurrent sessions. Pick Firecrawl if developers who need markdown from a URL and will stay on Cloud or self-host. Skip Browserbase if people who only want URL → markdown (Firecrawl) or a search-credit API (Tavily). Skip Firecrawl if teams that want ranked neural search (Exa) or a hosted browser session grid (Browserbase).
Best for
Browserbase Spin a remote Playwright/Puppeteer session
Firecrawl Clean page contents for an agent
Free plan
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
Firecrawl $0 · 1,000 credits/month. 2 concurrent browsers. No card. No PAYG
Lowest paid
Browserbase Developer $20/mo
Firecrawl Hobby $16, monthly only
Next step up
Browserbase Startup $99/mo
Firecrawl Standard $83/mo yearly
Coding agent
Browserbase Identity
Firecrawl
Runs where
Browserbase Hosted
Firecrawl Local or hosted
Watch out
Browserbase Free is 1 browser hour
Firecrawl Hobby/Standard/Growth credits do not roll over
Last checked
Browserbase 2026-10-21 · browserbase.com/pricing
Firecrawl 2026-10-21 · firecrawl.dev/pricing
Which one, then?
Pick Firecrawl if
developers who need markdown from a URL and will stay on Cloud or self-host.
Read the Firecrawl page