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Cloud Scraping Browsers Comparison
Feature and cost breakdown across cloud browser sandbox providers for scraping
A comparison framework evaluating five cloud browser providers for running high-volume, automated scraping fleets. It benchmarks boat.dev against Browserbase, Browser Use, Steel, and Hyperbrowser based on concurrency pricing, session limits, anti-bot capabilities, and infrastructure features like persistent storage and VM access.
The framework
Per month: boat.dev $90, Browserbase $537, Browser Use $198, Steel $540, Hyperbrowser $366. 100 browsers at once from: $20 plan / $99 plan / by spend / $250 plan / $100 plan. Longest session: no limit / 6h / 4h / 24h / 12h. Robust to anti-bots: all ✓. Residential IPs: boat.dev –, others ✓. Headful Chrome on desktop: boat.dev ✓, others –. Pause a session, resume later: boat.dev ✓, others –. Fork a running session: boat.dev ✓, Hyperbrowser ✓. Computer-use API: all except Browserbase. Whole machine (SSH, Docker): boat.dev only. Files kept between runs: boat.dev ✓, Browser Use ✓. Regions: EU / US,EU,Asia / US,EU / US / US,EU,Asia.
What it's for
- Choose a cost-effective cloud browser provider for large-scale web scraping
- Identify browser sandbox platforms that support session pausing, forking, or full VM access
- Estimate monthly cloud browser costs for running concurrent AI agent sessions
Key points
- Pricing benchmarks calculated for 100k monthly sessions (3 minutes each, 50 concurrent)
- Concurrency entry tiers and pricing comparison across all 5 providers
- Feature comparison covering session durability, pause/resume, and session forking
- Infrastructure access checklist including headful Chrome, SSH, Docker, and persistent files
- Network feature breakdown comparing regional coverage and residential proxy availability
Pricing
Free
Details
- Type
- Framework
- Category
- Development
- Topic
- Web Scraping
- Open source
- No
- Platforms
- Web
- For
- Developers and data engineers building web scrapers and AI agent browser workflows
- Alternative to
- Browserbase, Browser Use, Steel, Hyperbrowser
- Tags
- web scraping, cloud browsers, browser automation, sandboxes, benchmarking
Why it was saved
- @AniC_dev: Full transcription of the quoted chart — feature checklist and pricing baseline for choosing a scraping browser.
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