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HeadlessFleet vs Browserbase

Browserbase sells residential proxy data at $12 or $10 per GB. HeadlessFleet sends every session through a US mobile carrier and charges $1 per GB on every plan.

As of 2026-10-05.

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US mobile IPs
Verizon, AT&T and T-Mobile
Billed per second
Playwright over CDP

At a glance

$1 vs $12
Per GB, Starter overage vs Developer. Ours is US mobile; theirs is residential.
Sources: HeadlessFleet, Browserbase 1 2
25 GB vs 5 GB
Proxy data included at $99 a month, Growth vs Startup. Ours is US mobile; theirs is residential.
Sources: HeadlessFleet, Browserbase 1 2
$99 vs $299
Worked example B, 200 browser-hours and 25 GB at up to 50 concurrent. Growth vs Startup.
Sources: HeadlessFleet, Browserbase

Figures as of 2026-10-05. Worked examples are our arithmetic.

Choose HeadlessFleet if

You need US mobile-carrier IPs without a second proxy vendor. Browserbase’s managed proxies are residential.
You want a lower monthly bill. We cost less in all three worked examples, $50 against $248, $99 against $299 and $55 against $92.
You want long sessions on a free plan. Our Free plan runs them up to 6 hours; Browserbase Free stops at 15 minutes.
You want per-second billing. Browserbase bills per minute, with a 1-minute minimum per session.

As of 2026-10-05, with sources in the tables below.

What a month costs

Our arithmetic from list prices as of 2026-10-05. How we calculate

Monthly cost of three workloads at each vendor’s list prices, as of 2026-10-05. Our arithmetic.
Monthly usage	HeadlessFleet	Browserbase
A 100 browser-hours, 20 GB, up to 10 concurrent	$50Starter	$248Developer
B 200 browser-hours, 25 GB, up to 50 concurrent	$99Growth	$299Startup
C 300 browser-hours, 5 GB, up to 10 concurrent	$55Starter	$92Developer
Sources	source	source

Feature by feature

Published list prices and documented features, as of 2026-10-05. Browserbase’s managed proxy data is residential; ours is US mobile. “Not published” means the vendor’s public pages didn’t state it on 2026-10-05. Self-serve plans unless noted.
Feature	HeadlessFleet	Browserbase
Plans and price
Free plan	$0, no card: 20 browser-h and 10 GB mobile data a month; 5 concurrent; 6 h sessions source	$0: 1 browser-h; 3 concurrent; 15-min sessions; no proxy data source
Paid plans (concurrent browsers)	Starter $29 (10) · Growth $99 (50) · Scale custom source	Developer $20 (25) · Startup $99 (100) · Scale custom (250+) source
Included usage	Starter 40 h + 5 GB · Growth 200 h + 25 GB source	Developer 100 h + 1 GB · Startup 500 h + 5 GB source
Browser time	$0.10/h (Free, Starter) · $0.09/h (Growth) source	$0.12/h (Developer) · $0.10/h (Startup) source
How time is counted	Per second from ready to stop; queue and boot time free; idle billed (closes after 120 s idle by default) sources 1 2	Per minute; 1-minute minimum per session source
Network
Managed proxy type	US mobile carrier (Verizon, AT&T, T-Mobile), on every session source	Residential source
Managed proxy data	Included: 10 GB (Free), 5 GB (Starter), 25 GB (Growth). Then $1/GB on every plan source	Included: 1 GB (Developer), 5 GB (Startup). Then $12/GB · $10/GB source
Managed mobile-carrier IPs	Yes, on all plans source	Not published source
Bring your own proxy	No	HTTP/HTTPS (no SOCKS5), Developer and up sources 1 2
Exit locations	US only: by state; by city where available; by carrier where the provider reports it sources 1 2	200+ countries; US state and city, best effort source
Platform
Isolation	Own Firecracker microVM per session; destroyed when it stops; never reused source	“1 browser per VM”; VM killed and recreated after each session source
Where browsers run	One location: US central	us-west-2, us-east-1, eu-central-1, ap-southeast-1 source
Max session length	6 h (Free, Starter) · 12 h (Growth) · 24 h (Scale) source	15 min (Free) · 6 h (Developer, Startup) source
CAPTCHA solving	None	Automatic, Developer and up source
Fingerprint management	None	Basic stealth (Developer, Startup); Verified on Scale source
Live view	Yes, on headful sessions	Yes source
Session recording	None (CDP traffic and live view aren’t recorded) source	Replay and MP4 downloads source
Frameworks	Playwright over CDP · no Selenium	Playwright, Puppeteer, Selenium, Stagehand source
Official SDKs	Not yet published source	Node, Python source

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