Browserbase is a cloud-hosted browser infrastructure platform that lets you run and manage headless Chromium browsers through an API. It handles the heavy lifting of browser scaling, anti-bot detection, captcha solving, and session management so your team can focus on building AI agents and automations. With support for Playwright, Puppeteer, and Selenium, plus its own open-source Stagehand SDK, Browserbase fits into existing workflows without friction.

• Serverless Browser Infrastructure: Spin up thousands of cloud-hosted headless Chromium browsers in milliseconds through a simple API. No servers to manage or maintain.
• Stagehand Open-Source SDK: An AI-powered browser automation framework that extends Playwright with natural language commands. Use act(), extract(), and observe() methods to build smart agents.
• Anti-Bot Stealth Mode: Built-in captcha solving, residential proxies, and fingerprint generation keep your automations running without getting blocked.
• Session Recording & Debugging: Full session replay, token usage tracking, and human-readable logs make it easy to diagnose issues and monitor browser activity.
• Framework Compatibility: Works with Playwright, Puppeteer, and Selenium. First-class SDKs for Node.js and Python so you can integrate without rewriting existing scripts.
• Director (No-Code Automation): Turn plain English instructions into browser automations. Built for non-technical users like marketers, analysts, and ops teams.
• Live View & Human-in-the-Loop: Jump into a live browser session to handle edge cases like tricky logins, then hand control back to the AI.
• Session Persistence & Contexts API: Persist cookies and browser state across multiple sessions to maintain logged-in states and continue multi-step workflows.

• Quick Setup: Straightforward API integration gets you running cloud browsers in minutes, not days. No infrastructure expertise required.
• Strong Scalability: Run thousands of concurrent browser sessions on demand without worrying about hardware or server management.
• Flexible Framework Support: Use your existing Playwright, Puppeteer, or Selenium scripts with minimal changes. No vendor lock-in on the automation layer.
• Solid Debugging Tools: Session Inspector and replay features give full visibility into what your browsers are doing, making troubleshooting much faster.
• Active Open-Source Ecosystem: Stagehand is MIT-licensed and community-driven, with multi-language support and transparent development.
• Cost Savings Over DIY: Users report saving significant money compared to managing their own browser infrastructure or using older alternatives.

• Usage Costs Can Add Up: The one-minute minimum billing per session and per-hour pricing model can get expensive with high-volume or short-duration tasks.
• Learning Curve for Advanced Features: While basic setup is simple, getting the most out of Stagehand, Contexts API, and advanced stealth features takes time to learn.

• Building AI Web Agents: Create AI agents that browse, interact with, and extract data from websites at scale. Browserbase handles the browser infrastructure while your agent framework handles the reasoning. Ideal for teams building autonomous agents that need to access the 90% of the web without APIs.
• Large-Scale Web Scraping: Scrape JavaScript-heavy websites with real browser sessions that handle dynamic content, captchas, and logins automatically. E-commerce companies use this to monitor competitor pricing across hundreds of supplier sites daily.
• Enterprise Workflow Automation: Automate repetitive browser-based tasks like filling forms, downloading reports from government portals, or managing SaaS admin panels. Chronicle Legal used Browserbase to automate document retrieval from government systems for thousands of legal cases.
• Sales & Market Intelligence: Power AI-driven research agents that gather prospect data, monitor competitors, and compile market insights from across the web. Aomni built their entire sales intelligence platform on Browserbase infrastructure.
• QA & Testing at Scale: Run automated browser tests across multiple concurrent sessions with full session recording for debugging. The observability tools help teams quickly identify and fix issues in their web applications.
• No-Code Automation for Teams: Use Director to let non-technical team members create browser automations with plain English. Marketing teams can automate reporting, analysts can pull data from multiple sources, and ops teams can streamline repetitive workflows.