BlitzBrowser vs. Browserbase

BlitzBrowser vs. Browserbase

Looking for a Browserbase alternative? While Browserbase is a pioneer in headless browsers, their complex "unit-based" pricing and expensive proxy can quickly drain a budget.

BlitzBrowser was built for the AI Agent stack with persistent sessions and performant headful browsers at a fraction of the cost.

Comparison

Cost Efficiency

With Browserbase you pay per use, but you have a minimum billing period of 60 seconds per session. The residential proxy is starting at 12$/GB.

With BlitzBrowser you pay per use wihout any minimum requirement. You pay only for the duration of the connection to the browser and a flat price of 2$/GB for the premium residential proxy.

Example

Let's see the price difference between Browserbase and BlitzBrowser with an example. If you connect 10 000 times per month with an average duration of 90 seconds per connection and an average of 4 MB per connection

• 10 000 connections per month.
• Average duration per connection of 90 seconds.
• Average residential proxy usage of 4 MB per connection.

On Browserbase, you will pay 449$/month for the Developer plan. 90 seconds per connection is 250 hours (500 included) for 10 000 connections. 4 MB per connection is 40 GB (5 GB included) of proxy usage for 10 000 connections, which is 350$ in overage.

On BlitzBrowser, you will pay 102.50$/month. 90 seconds per connection is a total of 250 hours for 10 000 connections, which is 22.50$. 4 MB per connection is a total of 40 GB for 10 000 connections, which is 80$.

The cost difference between Browserbase and BlitzBrowser is big. For the same requirements, you can reduce your monthly bill by 77% by migrating to BlitzBrowser.

How to migrate to BlitzBrowser

Migrating your code from Browserbase to BlitzBrowser is easy. You just have to change the Chrome DevTools Protocol endpoint. It is 1 line of code for Puppeteer and Playwright.

import { chromium } from "playwright-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 chromium.connectOverCDP(session.connectUrl);

// Playwright
import { chromium } from 'playwright';

const browser = await chromium.connectOverCDP(
    `wss://cdp.blitzbrowser.com?accessKey=${process.env.BLITZBROWSER_ACCESS_KEY}`
);

// Puppeteer
import puppeteer from 'puppeteer';

const browser = await puppeteer.connect({
    browserWSEndpoint: `wss://cdp.blitzbrowser.com?accessKey=${process.env.BLITZBROWSER_ACCESS_KEY}`
});

Conclusion

77% monthly bill reduction by migrating from Browserbase to BlitzBrowser with a single line of code changed.