Provider benchmark

Browser Use

In the latest complete published run containing Browser Use, Browser Use recorded 87.9% protected-site bypass (#2 of 7), 2,722 ms median full round trip (#6 of 8), 7.8% infrastructure failure rate (tied at #5 of 8), and $0.02 / hr published browser price (#1 of 8). Rankings compare only providers with a measured value for that metric.

Latest complete run Oct 20, 2026 · 138 result rows · runner region US West · provider destination provider default · compared with 7 providers · 2 published runs from this origin

At a glance

How Browser Use compares

Each chart ranks the provider cohort from Browser Use's latest available run. Bar length represents the reported value; the selected provider is highlighted.

Stealth

Protected-site bypass rate

Mean bypass rate across protected targets at concurrency 1. Higher is better.

87.9%

#2 of 7

  1. 1Browserless
    93.7%
  2. 2Browser Use
    87.9%
  3. 3Kernel
    81.9%
  4. 4Anchor Browser
    81.0%
  5. 5Browserbase
    78.1%
  6. 6Steel
    75.9%
  7. 7Hyperbrowser
    73.7%
Browser UseOther providersFull chart →

Speed

Median full round trip

End-to-end time on baseline targets at concurrency 1. Lower is better.

2,722 ms

#6 of 8

  1. 1Browserless
    1,452 ms
  2. 2Browserbase
    1,604 ms
  3. 3Hyperbrowser
    1,615 ms
  4. 4Notte
    1,705 ms
  5. 5Kernel
    2,136 ms
  6. 6Browser Use
    2,722 ms
  7. 7Steel
    3,521 ms
  8. 8Anchor Browser
    4,266 ms
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Reliability

Infrastructure failure rate

Mean infrastructure failure rate on baseline targets. Lower is better.

7.8%

Tied #5 of 8

  1. 1Anchor Browser
    0.0%
  2. 2Steel
    1.6%
  3. 3Kernel
    3.3%
  4. 4Notte
    6.9%
  5. 5Browserbase
    7.8%
  6. 5Browser Use
    7.8%
  7. 7Hyperbrowser
    8.2%
  8. 8Browserless
    8.5%
Browser UseOther providersFull chart →

Price

Standard browser list price

Published price per browser hour, excluding stealth add-ons. Lower is better.

$0.02 / hr

#1 of 8

  1. 1Browser Use
    $0.02 / hr
  2. 2Anchor Browser
    $0.05 / hr
  3. 2Notte
    $0.05 / hr
  4. 4Kernel
    $0.06 / hr
  5. 5Hyperbrowser
    $0.10 / hr
  6. 5Steel
    $0.10 / hr
  7. 7Browserbase
    $0.12 / hr
  8. 8Browserless
    $0.15 / hr
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Run history

Browser Use performance over time

Trends use every published Track 1 run containing Browser Use, ordered from oldest to newest. Rankings are recalculated against the provider cohort present in each run.

Stealth

Protected-site bypass rate

Higher is better

87.9%

#2 of 7

Sep 4, 20262 measured runsOct 20, 2026 · Full chart →
  • Sep 4, 2026: 75.5%, #2 of 8
  • Oct 20, 2026: 87.9%, #2 of 7

Speed

Median full round trip

Lower is better

2,722 ms

#6 of 8

Sep 4, 20262 measured runsOct 20, 2026 · Full chart →
  • Sep 4, 2026: 2,587 ms, #5 of 8
  • Oct 20, 2026: 2,722 ms, #6 of 8

Reliability

Infrastructure failure rate

Lower is better

7.8%

Tied #5 of 8

Sep 4, 20262 measured runsOct 20, 2026 · Full chart →
  • Sep 4, 2026: 0.0%, Tied #1 of 8
  • Oct 20, 2026: 7.8%, Tied #5 of 8

Price

Standard browser list price

Lower is better

$0.02 / hr

#1 of 8

Sep 4, 20262 measured runsOct 20, 2026 · Full chart →
  • Sep 4, 2026: $0.02 / hr, #1 of 8
  • Oct 20, 2026: $0.02 / hr, #1 of 8

Competitive view

Browser Use vs. other browser providers

The current provider stays at the top for orientation; each metric carries its independent rank. Lower is better for speed, failure rate, and price. Higher is better for bypass rate.

ProviderProtected bypassFull round tripFailure rateList price / hour
Browser Use87.9%#2 of 72,722 ms#6 of 87.8%Tied #5 of 8$0.02 / hr#1 of 8
Anchor Browser81.0%#4 of 74,266 ms#8 of 80.0%#1 of 8$0.05 / hrTied #2 of 8
Browserbase78.1%#5 of 71,604 ms#2 of 87.8%Tied #5 of 8$0.12 / hr#7 of 8
Browserless93.7%#1 of 71,452 ms#1 of 88.5%#8 of 8$0.15 / hr#8 of 8
Hyperbrowser73.7%#7 of 71,615 ms#3 of 88.2%#7 of 8$0.10 / hrTied #5 of 8
Kernel81.9%#3 of 72,136 ms#5 of 83.3%#3 of 8$0.06 / hr#4 of 8
Notte--Not ranked1,705 ms#4 of 86.9%#4 of 8$0.05 / hrTied #2 of 8
Steel75.9%#6 of 73,521 ms#7 of 81.6%#2 of 8$0.10 / hrTied #5 of 8

Stealth breakdown

Browser Use bypass rate by antibot vendor

Vendor-specific results reveal where a provider's stealth stack is strongest. Thin cells are shown as target counts rather than treated as broad conclusions.

Akamai

#4 of 8

95.6%

5 protected targets in this run

AWS WAF

Tied #2 of 7

77.8%

5 protected targets in this run

Cloudflare

Tied #3 of 7

80.0%

5 protected targets in this run

DataDome

Tied #2 of 7

80.0%

5 protected targets in this run

Kasada

#1 of 7

93.3%

5 protected targets in this run

PerimeterX (HUMAN)

#3 of 7

88.9%

5 protected targets in this run

Ticketmaster

Tied #1 of 7

100.0%

5 protected targets in this run

Latency by origin

Browser Use latency by region

Baseline targets at concurrency 1, measured from each runner origin in this version. Latency is a client-to-provider round trip, so origins are shown side by side, never ranked or averaged together.

US West

Oct 14, 2026
Median session ready
1,460 ms
Median full round trip
2,722 ms

Provider destination: provider default

EU West

Oct 16, 2026
Median session ready
1,674 ms
Median full round trip
2,971 ms

Provider destination: provider default

US East

Oct 15, 2026
Median session ready
553 ms
Median full round trip
1,316 ms

Provider destination: provider default

Commercial context

Browser Use pricing snapshot

Provider pricing source ↗

Published plan prices and concurrency ceilings from the benchmark pricing snapshot, last updated 2026-08-07. The benchmark ran on Dev.

PlanMonthly priceMaximum concurrency
Free$0 / month3
DevBenchmarked$29 / month25
Business$299 / month200
Scaleup$999 / month500
EnterpriseCustomNot published

Plan fees, included credits, and measured usage are separate concepts. The headline hourly rate is the normalized standard-browser list price and excludes stealth add-ons.

All benchmark scopes

Baseline and protected workloads, both isolated and under load. These are the aggregate cells behind the summary above.

Baseline · concurrency 1 (isolated)

Bypass rate
91.8%
Failure rate
7.8%
Completion
97.1%
Session ready
1,460 ms
Navigation
499 ms
Round trip
2,722 ms
Consistency σ
145 ms
Cost @10min
$0.003

n=9 per target · 34 targets

Baseline · concurrency 5 (under load)

Bypass rate
94.7%
Failure rate
5.3%
Completion
100.0%
Session ready
1,466 ms
Navigation
471 ms
Round trip
2,629 ms
Consistency σ
114 ms
Cost @10min
$0.003

n=5 per target · 34 targets

Protected · concurrency 1 (isolated)

Bypass rate
87.9%
Failure rate
3.2%
Completion
94.3%
Session ready
1,694 ms
Navigation
3,024 ms
Round trip
6,172 ms
Consistency σ
2,060 ms
Cost @10min
$0.018

n=9 per target · 35 targets

Protected · concurrency 5 (under load)

Bypass rate
86.9%
Failure rate
4.6%
Completion
94.3%
Session ready
1,698 ms
Navigation
2,843 ms
Round trip
5,757 ms
Consistency σ
1,246 ms
Cost @10min
$0.018

n=5 per target · 35 targets

Browser Use per-target results

Every target behind the aggregate figures, including failures and blocks. Nothing is silently removed from this table.

TargetSet / antibotConc.nRound trip medianBypassStatusError
wikipedia-web-browserbaseline192,558 ms100%ok
wikipedia-web-browserbaseline552,744 ms100%ok
httpbin-htmlbaseline192,265 ms100%ok
httpbin-htmlbaseline552,395 ms100%ok
mdn-array-mapbaseline192,722 ms100%ok
mdn-array-mapbaseline552,622 ms100%ok
github-react-repobaseline193,946 ms100%ok
github-react-repobaseline553,696 ms100%ok
nasa-historybaseline193,013 ms100%ok
nasa-historybaseline553,137 ms100%ok
herokuapp-testing-indexbaseline19--0%infra failureNavigation timeout of 30000 ms exceeded
herokuapp-testing-indexbaseline552,483 ms60%infra failureNavigation timeout of 30000 ms exceeded
books-toscrape-catalogbaseline192,497 ms100%ok
books-toscrape-catalogbaseline552,473 ms100%ok
quotes-toscrape-homebaseline192,228 ms100%ok
quotes-toscrape-homebaseline552,245 ms100%ok
wikipedia-python-languagebaseline192,744 ms100%ok
wikipedia-python-languagebaseline552,634 ms100%ok
wikipedia-artificial-intelligencebaseline193,006 ms100%ok
wikipedia-artificial-intelligencebaseline553,251 ms100%ok
python-docs-tutorialbaseline192,552 ms100%ok
python-docs-tutorialbaseline552,452 ms100%ok
mdn-css-guidebaseline192,471 ms100%ok
mdn-css-guidebaseline552,624 ms100%ok
github-vscode-repobaseline193,431 ms100%ok
github-vscode-repobaseline553,752 ms100%ok
wikipedia-world-wide-webbaseline192,830 ms89%infra failure
wikipedia-world-wide-webbaseline552,776 ms100%ok
w3c-html52-specbaseline192,553 ms100%ok
w3c-html52-specbaseline552,723 ms100%ok
ietf-rfc2616baseline197,480 ms100%ok
ietf-rfc2616baseline556,247 ms100%ok
gutenberg-pride-and-prejudicebaseline192,684 ms100%ok
gutenberg-pride-and-prejudicebaseline552,599 ms100%ok
python-org-homebaseline192,372 ms100%ok
python-org-homebaseline552,499 ms100%ok
httpbin-jsonbaseline192,159 ms100%ok
httpbin-jsonbaseline552,314 ms100%ok
usa-gov-homebaseline192,419 ms100%ok
usa-gov-homebaseline552,534 ms100%ok
loc-gov-homebaseline192,931 ms100%ok
loc-gov-homebaseline553,004 ms100%ok
wikipedia-history-of-internetbaseline192,789 ms100%ok
wikipedia-history-of-internetbaseline552,950 ms100%ok
gnu-bash-manualbaseline193,096 ms100%ok
gnu-bash-manualbaseline552,889 ms100%ok
rfc-editor-http-specbaseline194,716 ms100%ok
rfc-editor-http-specbaseline554,629 ms100%ok
herokuapp-tablesbaseline192,648 ms22%infra failureNavigation timeout of 30000 ms exceeded
herokuapp-tablesbaseline552,306 ms40%infra failureNavigation timeout of 30000 ms exceeded
herokuapp-dynamic-contentbaseline1917.3s22%infra failureNavigation timeout of 30000 ms exceeded
herokuapp-dynamic-contentbaseline552,527 ms20%infra failureNavigation timeout of 30000 ms exceeded
playwright-todomvc-demobaseline192,244 ms100%ok
playwright-todomvc-demobaseline552,412 ms100%ok
saucedemo-loginbaseline192,390 ms100%ok
saucedemo-loginbaseline552,389 ms100%ok
httpbin-forms-postbaseline192,198 ms100%ok
httpbin-forms-postbaseline552,150 ms100%ok
wikipedia-climate-changebaseline193,111 ms89%blocked
wikipedia-climate-changebaseline553,268 ms100%ok
wikipedia-renewable-energybaseline192,896 ms100%ok
wikipedia-renewable-energybaseline553,300 ms100%blockedexpected content absent after 30000ms: "Renewable energy"
wikipedia-machine-learningbaseline192,859 ms100%ok
wikipedia-machine-learningbaseline553,285 ms100%blockedexpected content absent after 30000ms: "Machine learning"
digitalocean-node-tutorialbaseline193,363 ms100%ok
digitalocean-node-tutorialbaseline553,153 ms100%ok
mdn-http-guidebaseline192,529 ms100%ok
mdn-http-guidebaseline552,600 ms100%ok
crawlora-4af6d9e28447e229protected / Akamai196,172 ms78%infra failure
crawlora-4af6d9e28447e229protected / Akamai554,405 ms80%infra failure
crawlora-96fdbcc342349078protected / Akamai1911.5s100%ok
crawlora-96fdbcc342349078protected / Akamai5513.8s80%infra failureNavigation timeout of 30000 ms exceeded
crawlora-522e6e87f81731b7protected / Akamai194,870 ms100%ok
crawlora-522e6e87f81731b7protected / Akamai554,254 ms100%ok
crawlora-848813c5938350ebprotected / Akamai196,761 ms100%infra failureNavigation timeout of 30000 ms exceeded
crawlora-848813c5938350ebprotected / Akamai555,757 ms100%ok
crawlora-akamai-b55e223dc7protected / Akamai196,198 ms100%ok
crawlora-akamai-b55e223dc7protected / Akamai555,577 ms100%ok
emag-productprotected / AWS WAF19--0%blockedexpected content absent after 30000ms: "Telefon mobil Apple iPhone 17, 256GB, 5G, Black"
emag-productprotected / AWS WAF55--0%blockedexpected content absent after 30000ms: "Telefon mobil Apple iPhone 17, 256GB, 5G, Black"
databricks-careersprotected / AWS WAF193,778 ms100%ok
databricks-careersprotected / AWS WAF553,867 ms100%ok
stubhub-eventprotected / AWS WAF195,248 ms89%blocked
stubhub-eventprotected / AWS WAF556,773 ms100%blockedexpected content absent after 30000ms: "Taylor Swift"
trustpilot-reviewprotected / AWS WAF197,530 ms100%ok
trustpilot-reviewprotected / AWS WAF556,775 ms100%ok
realtor-searchprotected / AWS WAF195,697 ms100%ok
realtor-searchprotected / AWS WAF555,594 ms100%ok
crawlora-cloudflare-6d93bdb2fdprotected / Cloudflare196,340 ms100%ok
crawlora-cloudflare-6d93bdb2fdprotected / Cloudflare555,500 ms100%infra failureNavigation timeout of 30000 ms exceeded
crawlora-bd5f1035551ca84bprotected / Cloudflare19--0%blockedexpected content absent after 30000ms: "Get to Know Anamanaguchi: The Musical Group Responsible For the Final Scott Pilgrim Video Game’s Soundtrack – as well as the Next One"
crawlora-bd5f1035551ca84bprotected / Cloudflare55--0%blockedexpected content absent after 30000ms: "Get to Know Anamanaguchi: The Musical Group Responsible For the Final Scott Pilgrim Video Game’s Soundtrack – as well as the Next One"
crawlora-cloudflare-7ce257c485protected / Cloudflare193,602 ms100%ok
crawlora-cloudflare-7ce257c485protected / Cloudflare554,200 ms100%ok
crawlora-cloudflare-f4306a9a9fprotected / Cloudflare195,549 ms100%ok
crawlora-cloudflare-f4306a9a9fprotected / Cloudflare555,248 ms100%ok
crawlora-d72f47451524b574protected / Cloudflare196,155 ms100%ok
crawlora-d72f47451524b574protected / Cloudflare555,182 ms100%ok
crawlora-a1976cd6d2069fc7protected / DataDome1918.9s22%blocked
crawlora-a1976cd6d2069fc7protected / DataDome5510.8s40%blockedexpected content absent after 30000ms: "Location ski et snowboard en ligne - Intersport-rent"
crawlora-datadome-59fec99220protected / DataDome198,759 ms89%infra failure
crawlora-datadome-59fec99220protected / DataDome5513.0s60%blocked
crawlora-datadome-69c2c51b56protected / DataDome194,595 ms100%ok
crawlora-datadome-69c2c51b56protected / DataDome553,921 ms100%ok
crawlora-ec206db3837a624dprotected / DataDome196,071 ms100%ok
crawlora-ec206db3837a624dprotected / DataDome556,176 ms100%ok
crawlora-fd666cb3c7f58f39protected / DataDome199,812 ms89%blocked
crawlora-fd666cb3c7f58f39protected / DataDome5511.0s80%infra failure
footlocker-shoesprotected / Kasada196,189 ms100%ok
footlocker-shoesprotected / Kasada556,173 ms100%ok
manual-kasada-nike-home-20261008protected / Kasada195,985 ms78%infra failure
manual-kasada-nike-home-20261008protected / Kasada555,028 ms100%infra failureNavigation timeout of 30000 ms exceeded
crawlora-kasada-14227b626aprotected / Kasada198,108 ms89%infra failure
crawlora-kasada-14227b626aprotected / Kasada557,495 ms100%infra failureNavigation timeout of 30000 ms exceeded
canadagoose-productprotected / Kasada196,473 ms100%ok
canadagoose-productprotected / Kasada555,697 ms100%ok
hyatt-loyaltyprotected / Kasada197,201 ms100%ok
hyatt-loyaltyprotected / Kasada558,195 ms80%blocked
carters-productprotected / PerimeterX (HUMAN)195,643 ms100%ok
carters-productprotected / PerimeterX (HUMAN)554,853 ms80%infra failure
crawlora-perimeterx-12c1f65366protected / PerimeterX (HUMAN)199,926 ms78%blocked
crawlora-perimeterx-12c1f65366protected / PerimeterX (HUMAN)5514.6s100%ok
crawlora-caf6514faec5506dprotected / PerimeterX (HUMAN)198,221 ms100%ok
crawlora-caf6514faec5506dprotected / PerimeterX (HUMAN)557,728 ms80%infra failure
crawlora-perimeterx-3c052f6696protected / PerimeterX (HUMAN)1914.2s89%infra failure
crawlora-perimeterx-3c052f6696protected / PerimeterX (HUMAN)5511.9s60%infra failure
crawlora-9db1252cddcb2d16protected / PerimeterX (HUMAN)197,770 ms78%infra failure
crawlora-9db1252cddcb2d16protected / PerimeterX (HUMAN)556,057 ms100%blockedexpected content absent after 30000ms: "WGN Radio 720 | Chicago News and Talk | wgnradio.com"
ticketmaster-eventprotected / Ticketmaster195,460 ms100%ok
ticketmaster-eventprotected / Ticketmaster555,784 ms100%ok
ticketmaster-coldplayprotected / Ticketmaster195,068 ms100%ok
ticketmaster-coldplayprotected / Ticketmaster557,721 ms100%ok
ticketmaster-ed-sheeranprotected / Ticketmaster194,836 ms100%ok
ticketmaster-ed-sheeranprotected / Ticketmaster554,813 ms100%ok
ticketmaster-drakeprotected / Ticketmaster195,115 ms100%ok
ticketmaster-drakeprotected / Ticketmaster555,219 ms100%blockedexpected content absent after 30000ms: "Drake"
ticketmaster-beyonceprotected / Ticketmaster195,032 ms100%ok
ticketmaster-beyonceprotected / Ticketmaster555,700 ms100%ok

Results: track1-2026-10-us-west.jsonl

Frequently asked questions

About Browser Use

How well does Browser Use bypass protected sites?

Browser Use achieved a mean bypass rate of 87.9% across the protected targets at concurrency 1 and ranks #2 of 7 among providers with measured results.

How fast is Browser Use?

Browser Use's median full round trip was 2,722 ms on baseline targets at concurrency 1; it ranks #6 of 8 for this lower-is-better metric.

How reliable is Browser Use?

Browser Use's mean infrastructure failure rate was 7.8% on baseline targets, where it is tied at #5 of 8. Antibot blocks are tracked separately and do not count as infrastructure failures.

How much does Browser Use cost?

Browser Use's published standard browser price is $0.02 / hr on the benchmarked plan, where it ranks #1 of 8 by price. This base rate excludes residential proxy bandwidth and CAPTCHA-solving add-ons.