Pick Browserbase if
teams that need a fleet of headless browsers and will pay for concurrent sessions.
Read the Browserbase pageBrowserbase vs Skyvern
Our take
Pick Browserbase if teams that need a fleet of headless browsers and will pay for concurrent sessions. Pick Skyvern if ops and engineers automating logins, forms, and portal extracts who will spend credits or self-host. Skip Browserbase if people who only want URL → markdown (Firecrawl) or a search-credit API (Tavily). Skip Skyvern if people who only need URL → markdown (Firecrawl) or a hosted Playwright grid
Skyvern
AI browser-automation app plus an AGPL SDK
Best for
Browserbase Spin a remote Playwright/Puppeteer session
Skyvern Describe a portal task and watch a cloud browser run it
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
Skyvern $0 · aGPL-3.0. You bring a model key
Lowest paid
Browserbase Developer $20/mo
Skyvern Hobby $29/mo
Next step up
Browserbase Startup $99/mo
Skyvern Pro $149/mo
Coding agent
Browserbase Identity
Skyvern
Runs where
Browserbase Hosted
Skyvern Local; you host it
Watch out
Browserbase Free is 1 browser hour
Skyvern Free credits are one-time
Last checked
Browserbase 2026-10-21 · browserbase.com/pricing
Skyvern 2026-10-22 · skyvern.com/pricing
Which one, then?
Pick Skyvern if
ops and engineers automating logins, forms, and portal extracts who will spend credits or self-host.
Read the Skyvern page