Browserbase vs E2B (2026): which should you pick?
As of Nov 12, 2026, Browserbase grades higher than E2B: 2.2 against 1.8 out of 4.0.
Checked Nov 12, 2026 · graded Nov 12, 2026 by ToolGPA
Browserbase grades higher on value for money and features. They get the same grade on the free plan, ease of use and platforms.
Price, platforms and features side by side. The table says where each price was read and when.
Browserbase
Cloud browsers and APIs for agents that use the web
Which one is for you
Pick Browserbase if
- Fits if you run browser agents in code and need hosted browsers
- Works for a developer who wants sessions observed and replayed
Look elsewhere if
- Tight if you stay on Free: 1 browser hour, 15-minute sessions and 7-day retention
- Watch out: usage past the allowance is billed at the plan's rate, so the bill grows with hours and proxies
- Not for you if you need on-prem, which the FAQ says it does not offer
- Skip it if you need HIPAA or SSO on a self-serve plan
Pick E2B if
- Fits if you build agents that run code and need an isolated place to run it
- Works for a developer who wants a $100 credit before paying
Look elsewhere if
- Pricey if you move to Pro: $150 a month before any sandbox usage
- Watch out: a default 2 vCPU sandbox is billed at $0.000028 a second and memory separately
- Tight if you scale: 600 or 1,100 concurrent sandboxes add $500 or $1,000 a month
- Not for you if you need a free allowance that renews, as the $100 credit does not
- Skip it if you want a no-code product, as it is used through SDK and API
How we grade them
| 2.2GPABrowserbaseFair | 1.8GPAE2BWeak | |
|---|---|---|
| Value for money | CDeveloper is $20 a month for 25 concurrent browsers, about the category's middle, with hours, proxies and calls billed past the allowance. | DPro is $150 a month plus usage by the second, far above the $52 where the dearest tenth begins. |
| Free plan and trial | CFree is 3 concurrent browsers and 1 browser hour, with 15-minute sessions and no captcha solving. | CHobby is a one-time $100 credit with no card, and credits do not renew, so it is a trial and not a free plan. |
| Features | BCloud browsers, search and fetch, agent identity, a model gateway and observability; HIPAA and SSO are enterprise only. | CSandboxes, snapshots, pause, bring-your-own-cloud and MCP tools, though Hobby caps sessions at 1 hour and 10 concurrent sandboxes. |
| Ease of use | DNo store rating on record. It is used through an SDK and code, with sessions and proxies to configure. | DNo store rating on record. It is used through the SDK and API, with a console beside it. |
| Platforms and integrations | BWeb only, with six integrations and APIs; no desktop or phone app. | BWeb only, with six integrations, Python and JavaScript SDKs and bring-your-own-cloud. |
| Best for | cloud browsers for AI agents | secure sandboxes for running AI-written code |
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: Browserbase and E2B. How we grade
Price against what you get
Browserbase starts at $20 a month and scores 2.3 out of 4 on features, ease of use and platforms. E2B starts at $150 a month and scores 2.0.
Browserbase scores higher and starts $130 a month lower. Of the other AI agents on the chart, 13 score higher than Browserbase for less, and 55 score higher than E2B 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
- E2B is open source, according to its own site.
- Browserbase also covers workflow automation.
At a glance
| Browserbase | E2B | |
|---|---|---|
| Pricing | Free plan | Free trial |
| Starts at | $20 per month | $150 per month, plus per-second sandbox usage |
| Free plan | 3 concurrent browsers, 1 browser hour, 3 agent runs, 1,000 search and 1,000 fetch calls, and $5 in model tokens. | None |
| Free trial | None listed | Free Hobby tier with a one-time $100 usage credit, no credit card required. Credits do not renew. |
| Web | ||
| Made by | Browserbase | FoundryLabs, inc. (E2B) |
| Price read from | browserbase.com | e2b.dev |
| Checked | Nov 12, 2026 | Nov 12, 2026 |
Worth knowing
Browserbase
- Plans scale past included usage at the plan's rate, so the bill grows with browser hours, proxies and API calls.
- Free has no captcha solving and stops sessions at 15 minutes.
- HIPAA (BAA) and SSO are listed for enterprise customers, not the self-serve plans.
- The FAQ says it does not offer on-prem deployment; hybrid setups come through consulting.
E2B
- Usage is billed separately from the plan: for example a default 2 vCPU sandbox costs $0.000028 per second and 4 GiB of memory $0.000018 per second.
- The free Hobby tier is a one-time $100 credit, not a renewing allowance, and caps sessions at 1 hour and 10 concurrent sandboxes.
- Going from 100 to 600 or 1,100 concurrent sandboxes adds $500 or $1,000 a month on top of Pro.
- It is infrastructure for developers: there is a web console but the product is used through the SDK and API.
Key features
Browserbase
- Cloud browsers
- Fleets of headless browsers that agents control through Playwright, Puppeteer, Selenium or Stagehand.
- Search and Fetch APIs
- Search returns relevant sites from one query; Fetch returns pages as HTML, JSON or markdown for agents.
- Agent identity
- Captcha solving on paid plans, plus stealth mode (basic on Developer and Startup, advanced on Scale).
- Runtime and model gateway
- Browserbase Functions run deployed agents on its servers, and one API key reaches major models through Stagehand.
- Observability
- Session recordings, logs and prompts for debugging an agent, with data kept 7 to 30+ days by plan.
E2B
- Isolated sandbox per session
- Each agent session gets its own microVM with a shell, filesystem, network and an optional browser or desktop.
- Snapshots and pause
- Sandboxes start from a snapshot, and a sandbox can be paused and resumed from the same state.
- Python and JavaScript SDKs
- The sandbox is created and controlled from code with the e2b package for Python or npm.
- Bring your own cloud
- The same SDK works on E2B Cloud in the US, EU and APAC or inside your own AWS, GCP or Azure account.
- MCP tools inside the sandbox
- The site says more than 200 MCP servers can be called from inside a sandbox, and secrets are scoped per sandbox.
- Per-second usage billing
- Running sandboxes are charged by the second for vCPUs and memory, so cost follows run time and size.
Plans
Browserbase
Free$0
3 concurrent browsers, 1 browser hour, 15-minute sessions and 7-day data retention; no captcha solving.
Developer$20
per month
25 concurrent browsers, 100 browser hours then $0.12/hour, 1 GB of proxies then $12/GB, captcha solving.
Startup$99
per month
100 concurrent browsers, 500 browser hours then $0.10/hour, 5 GB of proxies then $10/GB.
ScaleCustom
250+ concurrent browsers, usage-based hours and proxies, advanced stealth mode and verified agents.
E2B
Hobby$0
One-time $100 usage credit, sessions up to 1 hour, 10 concurrent sandboxes and the default sandbox CPU and RAM. Usage is charged against the credit.
Pro$150
per month, plus usage billed by the second
Sessions up to 24 hours, 100 concurrent sandboxes (expandable to 1,100 with add-ons at +$500 and +$1,000 a month) and custom sandbox CPU and RAM.
EnterpriseCustom
Committed usage, custom billing, multi-day sessions, bring-your-own-cloud. The page says it starts at a $2,000 monthly commit.
Ways to pay less
Browserbase
No public discounts listed.
E2B
- Startups
$20,000 in credits and Pro for early-stage startups
A one-time $20,000 in credits plus the Pro tier for startups under three years old that have raised less than $5M.
Common questions
Which is cheaper, Browserbase or E2B?
As of Nov 12, 2026, Browserbase is cheaper to start with: $20 a month, against $150 a month for E2B. Browserbase starts at $20 per month, and E2B starts at $150 per month, plus per-second sandbox usage.
Which has a free plan, Browserbase or E2B?
As of Nov 12, 2026, only Browserbase has a free plan. E2B does not, though it has a free trial.
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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.