Browserless vs UiPath (2026): which should you pick?
As of Nov 12, 2026, UiPath grades higher than Browserless: 2.6 against 2.2 out of 4.0.
Checked Oct 5, 2026 and Nov 12, 2026 · graded Oct 10, 2026 and Nov 12, 2026 by ToolGPA
Browserless grades higher on value for money. UiPath grades higher on the free plan, features and ease of use. They get the same grade on platforms.
Price, platforms and features side by side. The table says where each price was read and when.
Browserless
Hosted headless browsers for scraping and automation
UiPath
Enterprise platform for RPA, AI agents and process orchestration
Which one is for you
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
Pick UiPath if
- Fits if your company runs on old desktop apps, since the robots work the screens like a person would
- Works for IT teams that have to host it themselves, which Standard and Enterprise allow
Look elsewhere if
- Skip it if you just want two web apps to talk to each other, as that's a job for Zapier or n8n
- Not for you if you want to see a price first, because Standard and Enterprise are quoted by sales
- Tight if you're on Basic, with 2 robots, 1 tenant, European hosting only and unattended RPA as an add-on
- Watch out: the pricing page says Basic is changing soon and doesn't say what its $25 is charged per
- Pricey if you want self-healing automation, an extra on Standard, or live process monitoring, which needs Enterprise
How we grade them
| 2.2GPABrowserlessFair | 2.6GPAUiPathGood | |
|---|---|---|
| Value for money | CPrototyping is $25 a month on annual billing, between the cheaper quarter ($10) and the dearer quarter ($29) of automation tools. | DBasic is $25 a month, the top of this category's range, and for that you get 2 robots, 1 tenant and European hosting only, with unattended RPA as an add-on. Everything people actually come to UiPath for, agents, document processing, Maestro, waits on Standard, and Standard's price comes from a sales call. |
| Free plan and trial | CA free plan with no card: 1k units a month, 2 concurrent browsers and 2-minute sessions. Bigger jobs will outgrow it. | BCommunity is free forever: you build and run real automations in Studio, with Maestro Automate and Maestro Orchestrate, and ask the forum when you're stuck. One person could live on it. The listing doesn't print its limits, so how far it stretches we can't say. |
| Features | BHosted browsers, BrowserQL, session replays, proxies, captcha solving and a self-hosting option. Nothing in the listing shows a gap in the core work. | ARobots that work screens on Windows and Mac, Citrix and legacy systems included, then AI agents, document processing, process mining, and Maestro modeling a process in BPMN across robots, agents and people. A Healing Agent patches broken automations at runtime, at extra cost on Standard. |
| Ease of use | DYou drive it with code through Playwright, Puppeteer or its own query language, so it needs programming. | CNo rating on record, and this is a platform rather than an app. Robots, Studio, tenants, BPMN models: all of it wants learning before a single thing runs. Autopilot turning a plain-English prompt into a workflow is the one shortcut on offer. |
| Platforms and integrations | BWeb service that works with Playwright and Puppeteer. No desktop or phone app. | BStudio Web in a browser, desktop across Windows, Mac and Linux, and your own Kubernetes or Linux machines on Standard and Enterprise. It hooks up to Citrix, CyberArk, Azure Key Vault and coding assistants. No phone apps on the listing at all. |
| Best for | hosted headless browsers for developers | robots that work old desktop apps for big companies |
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: Browserless and UiPath. How we grade
Price against what you get
Browserless starts at $25 a month and scores 2.3 out of 4 on features, ease of use and platforms. UiPath starts at $25 a month and scores 3.0.
UiPath scores higher for the same starting price. Of the other automation tools on the chart, 13 score higher than Browserless for less, and none scores higher than UiPath 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, according to its own site.
- Browserless also covers screenshots.
- UiPath also covers AI agents.
At a glance
| Browserless | UiPath | |
|---|---|---|
| Pricing | Free plan | Free plan |
| Starts at | $25 per month, billed annually | $25 per month (Basic plan; billing basis not stated) |
| Free plan | Free plan, no card required: 1k units a month, 2 concurrent browsers and a 2-minute maximum session. | Community plan, free forever: build and run automations with UiPath Studio, Maestro Automate and Maestro Orchestrate, with support from the community forum. |
| Free trial | None listed | 60-day free trial of the Standard plan |
| Web | ||
| macOS | ||
| Windows | ||
| Linux | ||
| Made by | Browserless | UiPath |
| Price read from | browserless.io | uipath.com |
| Checked | Nov 12, 2026 | Oct 5, 2026 |
Worth knowing
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.
UiPath
- Standard and Enterprise prices are not published; both are quoted by UiPath's sales team.
- Basic is capped at 5 Basic, 5 Plus and 1 Pro user, 2 robots and 1 tenant, and is hosted only in UiPath's European region.
- The pricing page says Basic is evolving and an updated plan is coming soon, and it does not state what the $25 starting price is charged per.
- Self-healing automation is an extra purchase on Standard, and live process monitoring, simulation and customer-managed encryption keys need Enterprise.
Key features
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.
UiPath
- UI automation with robots
- Robots work with screens and data the way a person would, using AI Computer Vision and selectors on Windows and macOS, and reach legacy systems and virtual environments such as Citrix.
- Studio and Studio Web
- Automations are built low-code or code-first. Studio Web creates and edits them in the browser, and the desktop experience works across Windows, macOS and Linux.
- Agents and Maestro
- Agents handle variable work that fixed rules cannot. Maestro models a process in BPMN and orchestrates agents, robots, API workflows and human tasks within it.
- Autopilot and Healing Agent
- Autopilot turns natural-language prompts into workflows, code and expressions. Healing Agent suggests fixes for broken automations and repairs UI issues at runtime.
- Document processing and mining
- From the Standard plan, UiPath classifies and extracts data from documents and communications, and offers Process Mining, Task Mining and Automation Hub.
- Cloud, dedicated or self-hosted
- Automation Cloud is the SaaS version. Standard and Enterprise can instead be self-hosted on your own Kubernetes or Linux machines, and Enterprise can buy a dedicated cloud.
Plans
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.
UiPath
Community$0
Free forever. Build and run automations with UiPath Studio, Maestro Automate and Maestro Orchestrate, with help from the community forum.
BasicFrom $25
per month; the page does not say what the price is per
Basic personal automations for up to 5 Basic, 5 Plus and 1 Pro user and 2 robots, hosted in the European region, with Bronze Support. Unattended RPA is an add-on.
StandardCustom
Adds agents, document processing, Maestro orchestration, governance controls and your own identity provider, with no limits on scale. Starts with a 60-day free trial.
EnterpriseCustom
Adds self-healing UI automation, live process monitoring and simulation, your own encryption keys and credential vaults, and multi-region hosting.
Ways to pay less
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.
UiPath
No public discounts listed.
Common questions
Which is cheaper, Browserless or UiPath?
As of Nov 12, 2026, they start at the same price. Browserless starts at $25 per month, billed annually, and UiPath starts at $25 per month (Basic plan; billing basis not stated).
Which has a free plan, Browserless or UiPath?
As of Nov 12, 2026, both Browserless and UiPath have a free plan.
Which platforms do Browserless and UiPath run on?
As of Nov 12, 2026, only UiPath lists macOS, Windows and Linux apps. 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.