The Browserbase alternative with stealth built in, not gated

Browserbase details reflect its published documentation and pricing as of October 2026. Check Browserbase's current pages before deciding. For the long-form comparison, read Browserless vs. Browserbase.

1. 01

   Sign up for free

   Create a free account with no credit card. The Free plan includes 1,000 units a month, with stealth, proxies, and CAPTCHA solving already on.

2. 02

   Swap the API key for a token

   Your Puppeteer and Playwright code carries over. Only the connection string and credentials change, and saved Contexts need one fresh login into an Authenticated Profile.

3. 03

   Drop the session step

   Browserbase needs a sessions.create() call before you connect. Browserless connects straight over a WebSocket; reconnecting or persisting state is a query parameter, not a pre-flight request.

import puppeteer from "puppeteer-core";
import Browserbase from "@browserbasehq/sdk";

const bb = new Browserbase({ apiKey: process.env.BROWSERBASE_API_KEY });
const session = await bb.sessions.create({
  projectId: process.env.BROWSERBASE_PROJECT_ID,
});

const browser = await puppeteer.connect({
  browserWSEndpoint: session.connectUrl,
});
const page = await browser.newPage();
await page.goto("https://example.com");
console.log(await page.title());
await browser.close();

import puppeteer from "puppeteer-core";

const TOKEN = process.env.BROWSERLESS_TOKEN;
const browser = await puppeteer.connect({
  browserWSEndpoint: `wss://production-sfo.browserless.io?token=${TOKEN}`,
});

const page = await browser.newPage();
await page.goto("https://example.com");
console.log(await page.title());
await browser.close();

If you're calling Browserbase's REST endpoints instead of a session, Browserless's REST APIs cover the same ground: /content for rendered HTML, /screenshot and /pdf for captures, /scrape for structured extraction, /unblock for protected pages, and /function for running your own code in the browser.