Browse AI vs Browserless (2026): which should you pick?
As of Nov 12, 2026, Browse AI and Browserless share a 2.2 GPA, both have a free plan, and Browse AI starts cheaper, at $19 a month against $25 a month.
Checked Oct 5, 2026 and Nov 12, 2026 · graded Oct 10, 2026 and Nov 12, 2026 by ToolGPA
Browse AI grades higher on ease of use. Browserless grades higher on features. They get the same grade on value for money, the free plan and platforms.
Price, platforms and features side by side. The table says where each price was read and when.
Browse AI
No-code web scraping and website change monitoring
Browserless
Hosted headless browsers for scraping and automation
Which one is for you
Pick Browse AI if
- Fits if you want a competitor's prices tracked without checking the site yourself
- Works for people who need a website's data in Google Sheets or Airtable and can't code
Look elsewhere if
- Pricey if you won't commit to a year, because monthly billing is $48 against $19
- Tight if you're staying free, with 50 credits a month, 2 websites and checks no more than hourly
- Skip it if you watch lots of sites, since plans cap them at 2, 5 and 10 and extras cost more
- Watch out: annual Personal gives 12,000 credits a year, half what twelve months on the $48 plan give
- Watch out: unused credits reset each cycle, and Premium sites cost at least 2 to 10 credits a run
Pick Browserless if
- Fits if you write scrapers or tests and do not want to run browsers
- Works for jobs that fit 2-minute sessions on the free plan
Look elsewhere if
- Skip it if you do not write code, as there is no point-and-click builder
- Tight if you stay free: 1k units a month and 2-minute sessions
- Watch out: residential proxies cost 6 units per MB and each captcha 10 units
- Pricey if sessions run long, as a unit is only up to 30 seconds of browser time
How we grade them
| 2.2GPABrowse AIFair | 2.2GPABrowserlessFair | |
|---|---|---|
| Value for money | CPersonal is $19 a month on annual billing, which is the middle of this category, and that buys 12,000 credits for the year and 5 websites. Pay month to month and it's $48. Professional, for 10 websites, is $69. Extra websites are a paid add-on on both. | CPrototyping is $25 a month on annual billing, between the cheaper quarter ($10) and the dearer quarter ($29) of automation tools. |
| Free plan and trial | CFree gives you 50 credits a month, which is 500 rows, across 2 websites, with monitoring no more often than hourly. Credits don't carry over. It's enough to watch one page, and you'll feel the edges on the first real job. | CA free plan with no card: 1k units a month, 2 concurrent browsers and 2-minute sessions. Bigger jobs will outgrow it. |
| Features | CIt covers web data: AI that proposes the columns, robots you train by recording clicks, deep scraping into detail pages, change monitoring and 250+ ready-made robots. That's a narrower job than the platforms here, and sites needing special proxies cost 2 to 10 credits a run. | BHosted browsers, BrowserQL, session replays, proxies, captcha solving and a self-hosting option. Nothing in the listing shows a gap in the core work. |
| Ease of use | CNo store rating on record. Pasting an address and letting the AI propose columns takes little setup, but there's an extension to install for recorded robots, and credits to work out, where one covers 10 rows or a screenshot. | DYou drive it with code through Playwright, Puppeteer or its own query language, so it needs programming. |
| Platforms and integrations | BA web app plus a browser extension for recording robots. Results sync to Google Sheets or Airtable, flow through Zapier, Make, Pabbly Connect and webhooks, land in Amazon S3, or come out of a REST API. | BWeb service that works with Playwright and Puppeteer. No desktop or phone app. |
| Best for | watching websites and pulling their data into a sheet | hosted headless browsers for developers |
The GPA is the average of the five grades: an A is 4 points, an F is none. The full reasons are on each tool's page: Browse AI and Browserless. How we grade
Price against what you get
Browse AI starts at $19 a month and scores 2.3 out of 4 on features, ease of use and platforms. Browserless starts at $25 a month and scores 2.3.
They score the same, and Browse AI starts $6 a month lower. Of the other automation tools on the chart, 8 score higher than Browse AI for less, and 13 score higher than Browserless for less.
Features, ease of use and platforms, averaged
What paid plans start at, a month (each step along is roughly double) →
- The best score at each price
- Has a free plan
- No free plan
Where they differ
- Browserless is open source and self-hostable, according to its own site.
- Browse AI also covers no-code.
- Browserless also covers screenshots.
At a glance
| Browse AI | Browserless | |
|---|---|---|
| Pricing | Free plan | Free plan |
| Starts at | $19 / month, billed annually, for 12,000 credits a year; $48 billed monthly | $25 per month, billed annually |
| Free plan | 50 credits a month, 2 websites, 3 users and unlimited robots, with monitoring no more often than hourly. One credit extracts 10 rows or captures a screenshot. | Free plan, no card required: 1k units a month, 2 concurrent browsers and a 2-minute maximum session. |
| Free trial | None listed | None listed |
| Web | ||
| Browser extension | ||
| Made by | Browse AI Inc. | Browserless |
| Price read from | browse.ai | browserless.io |
| Checked | Oct 5, 2026 | Nov 12, 2026 |
Worth knowing
Browse AI
- The Free plan has 50 credits a month. Unused credits reset at the end of each billing cycle and do not carry over.
- Annual Personal includes 12,000 credits a year, half of what the $48 monthly plan provides over twelve months.
- Sites marked Premium, which need special proxies, cost a minimum of 2 to 10 credits per run.
- Plans cap the number of websites at 2, 5 and 10; extra websites are a paid add-on on Personal and Professional.
Browserless
- A unit is up to 30 seconds of browser time, and longer sessions use another unit per 30 seconds.
- Residential proxies cost 6 units per MB, datacenter proxies 2 units per MB and each solved captcha 10 units.
- Listed prices are the annual-billing view; monthly billing is offered but its prices were not readable.
- The free plan has 1k units a month and 2-minute sessions, so larger jobs need a paid plan.
Key features
Browse AI
- AI web scraper
- Paste the address of a page and the AI reads it, extracts the data and proposes the columns. You review them, and can add a field by describing it in plain language.
- Recorded robots
- With the browser extension you record a task once: open a page, log in, click, fill in forms, extract data or take screenshots. The robot then repeats it with inputs you can change per run.
- Website monitoring
- A robot can re-check pages on a schedule and flag content or visual changes. The shortest interval is hourly on the Free plan and 5 minutes on Personal and Professional.
- Deep scraping
- A robot can extract a list and then visit each item's detail page for more fields, so one run covers many pages.
- Prebuilt robots
- More than 250 ready-made robots extract data from popular websites without recording anything or installing the extension.
- Spreadsheets, integrations and API
- Results sync to Google Sheets or Airtable, flow through Zapier, Make, Pabbly Connect and webhooks, land in Amazon S3, or are served through a REST API.
Browserless
- Hosted headless browsers
- Remote Chrome, WebKit and Firefox sessions that connect to existing Playwright or Puppeteer scripts by changing the endpoint.
- BrowserQL
- A query language and editor for describing browser tasks, available on every plan including Free.
- APIs for common jobs
- REST endpoints for PDFs, screenshots and downloads, along with a search API and an MCP server for AI agents.
- Sessions and replays
- Session reconnects, persisted sessions, replays and log search, with retention that grows from 1 day on Free to 90 days on Scale.
- Proxies and captcha solving
- Residential and datacenter proxies and automatic captcha solving are metered in units; bring-your-own proxies start on Prototyping.
- Self-hosting
- Open-source and private Docker versions can be self-hosted, and Enterprise adds a commercial license with Kubernetes and GPU options.
Plans
Browse AI
Free$0
50 credits a month, 2 websites, 3 users, unlimited robots and basic email support.
Personal$19
per month, billed annually, with 12,000 credits a year
5 websites, 3 users and basic email support. 24,000 credits a year is $38 a month. Billed monthly it is $48 with 2,000 credits a month.
Professional$69
per month, billed annually, with 60,000 credits a year
10 websites, 10 users and priority email support. Billed monthly it is $87 with 5,000 credits a month. Larger credit tiers cost more.
PremiumFrom $500
per month, billed annually
600,000+ credits a year with custom limits, managed onboarding and setup, data transformations and a dedicated account manager.
Browserless
Free$0
1k units a month, 2 concurrent browsers, 2-minute sessions and BrowserQL. Includes captcha solving and Chrome extensions.
Prototyping$25
per month, billed annually
20k units a month, 10 concurrent browsers (+5 on annual billing), 15-minute sessions, overage at $0.0020 per unit.
Starter$140
per month, billed annually
180k units a month, 40 concurrent browsers (+10 on annual billing), 30-minute sessions, overage at $0.0017 per unit.
Scale$350
per month, billed annually
500k units a month, 100 concurrent browsers (+20 on annual billing), 60-minute sessions, overage at $0.0015 per unit.
EnterpriseCustom
Private deployments or licensed self-hosting, SSO, user roles, GPU infrastructure and a dedicated account manager.
Ways to pay less
Browse AI
- Annual discount
20% discount for paying annually
Browse AI's pricing FAQ gives a 20% discount for pre-paying a year, with the year's credits granted upfront. Compare credit allowances, as they differ from monthly plans.
- Startups
Startup program: extra 20% off annual plans
Startups that apply and are approved get an additional 20% off Browse AI's annual plans.
- Nonprofit
Nonprofit and education discounts on request
The pricing FAQ says additional discounts exist for nonprofits and educational institutions, arranged by contacting Browse AI.
Browserless
- Annual discount
Save 30% with annual billing
The pricing page says annual billing saves 30% and adds concurrency on the Prototyping, Starter and Scale plans.
Common questions
Which is cheaper, Browse AI or Browserless?
As of Nov 12, 2026, Browse AI is cheaper to start with: $19 a month, against $25 a month for Browserless. Browse AI starts at $19 / month, billed annually, for 12,000 credits a year; $48 billed monthly, and Browserless starts at $25 per month, billed annually.
Which has a free plan, Browse AI or Browserless?
As of Nov 12, 2026, both Browse AI and Browserless have a free plan.
Which platforms do Browse AI and Browserless run on?
As of Nov 12, 2026, only Browse AI lists a browser extension. Both list a web app. A platform missing from a listing is one its maker's pages did not mention.
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How this page was made
- The verdict at the top follows a fixed rule. When both tools are in the same category and either is in our top three for it, the verdict follows that ranking: the higher-placed tool is our pick. The top three weigh who each tool suits as well as its grades, so a pick can go against the GPA. Otherwise the page does not pick one and says which grades higher: the higher GPA first; on a tie, the one with a free plan, then the one that starts cheaper in dollars a month, counted the same way for both; if they are still level, what the choice depends on.
- The grades are our own, from each tool’s review or report card. The GPA is their average.
- Prices, plans and platforms come from each tool’s listing. The table above says where each price was read and when.
- The differences and the answers to the questions are worked out from those listings.