Browserbase adds free Search, Fetch, and Functions APIs across all plans
What happened
Between the Dec 29, 2025 and Mar 30, 2026 captures of Browserbase's pricing page, Pulse recorded 3 changes: Search API (1,000 calls/month included, $7/1k overage) and Fetch API (1,000 calls for Free/Developer, 10,000 for Startup) added to all plans. Browserbase Functions (code execution) added free across all plans; Per-GB-second compute pricing metric removed from Developer ($0.0000167/GB-second) and Startup ($0.00001389/GB-second) plan cards. This compute billing dimension is no longer displayed; Free plan concurrent browser limit increased from 1 to 3. Confirmed in both plan card and comparison table. Pulse files it as a packaging change (feature added, metric change, limit increase) with an upward direction. Pulse's latest capture (Oct 19, 2026) lists Developer at $20 and Startup at $99.
It lands 26 days after Browserbase's previous change, "Added Fetch API with 1,000 calls included to Developer plan, with usage-based pricing: $1/1k call" (Mar 16, 2026). Before that Pulse recorded "Browserbase launches free Code Execution for all plans" (Feb 16, 2026). Browserbase has been tracked since 2024-12-07.
In the same window Apify and Cypress.io also changed their Software Development & Testing pricing pages. Those moves are listed further down, and the Pulse Agent can compare them side by side.
- Developer, Startup · FeatureAddedNo freefree
- Developer, Startup · Pricing modelMetric change
Per-GB-second compute pricing metric removed from Developer ($0.0000167/GB-second) and Startup ($0.00001389/GB-second) plan cards. This compute billing dimension is no longer displayed.
- — · Limit+200%13
| Plan | Field | Before | After | Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Developer, Startup | Feature | No free | free | Added |
| Developer, Startup | Pricing model | Per-GB-second compute pricing metric removed from Developer ($0.0000167/GB-second) and Startup ($0.00001389/GB-second) plan cards. This compute billing dimension is no longer displayed. | Metric change | |
| — | Limit | 1 | 3 | +200% |
Values as written on Browserbase's public pricing page in the two captures Pulse compared; where the page states no number, the cells give the wording before and after.
Evidence
The two captures Pulse comparedFull-page captures of Browserbase's pricing page (browserbase.com) from Dec 29, 2025 and Mar 30, 2026; the change is marked near the top of the page, where free now appears.
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Browserbase, the last 90 days
Full history- Jul 2, 2026improvedBrowserbase: new Model Gateway added across all plans
- Apr 13, 2026packagingBrowserbase Adds Free AI Model Access With $5 Token Credit
- Apr 1, 2026packagingBrowserbase Drops GB-Second Usage Billing From Developer and Startup Plans
- Apr 11, 2026packagingBrowserbase adds free Search, Fetch, and Functions APIs across all plans · this change
- Mar 16, 2026improvedAdded Fetch API with 1,000 calls included to Developer plan, with usage-based pricing: $1/1k call...
- Feb 16, 2026improvedBrowserbase launches free Code Execution for all plans
Across Software Development & Testing in the same window
All Software Development & Testing changes- ApifyApr 11Apify cuts Starter plan price to $29/month with matched credits
- Cypress.ioApr 1Cypress.io Opens Cloud MCP to Starter Plan for AI-Powered Testing
- ApifyApr 8Apify cuts Starter plan price by $10 to $29/month
- Cypress.ioApr 1Cypress.io clarifies prompt quotas are now measured per user per hour
- Cypress.ioMar 10Cypress.io Launches Free Smart Recommendations for Test Generation
Questions about this change
Did Browserbase raise prices in March 2026?
No list-price increase was recorded between Dec 29, 2025 and Mar 30, 2026. The change Pulse detected was a packaging change: feature added, metric change, limit increase.
What changed on Browserbase's pricing page between Dec 29, 2025 and Mar 30, 2026?
Developer, Startup feature: No free → free, added; Per-GB-second compute pricing metric removed from Developer ($0.0000167/GB-second) and Startup ($0.00001389/GB-second) plan cards. This compute billing dimension is no longer displayed; limit: 1 → 3 (+200%). Pulse compared the captures it took on Dec 29, 2025 and Mar 30, 2026; the before/after table above lists each item as written on the page.
How often does Browserbase change its pricing?
Pulse recorded 3 other pricing-page changes for Browserbase in the 90 days before this one; the previous change was "Added Fetch API with 1,000 calls included to Developer plan, with usage-based pricing: $1/1k call..." on Mar 16, 2026; Browserbase has been tracked since 2024-12-07.