Browserbase: new Model Gateway added across all plans
What happened
Between the Mar 30, 2026 and Jun 29, 2026 captures of Browserbase's pricing page, Pulse recorded one change: Model Gateway (API access to major AI models via Stagehand, unified billing) added to Free, Developer, Startup, and Scale plans; Free plan includes $5 in tokens, paid plans billed pay-as-you-go at market price. In detail: Added a new 'Model Gateway' capability across all plans, giving API access to major AI models via Stagehand with unified billing. Free plan includes $5 in model tokens; Developer, Startup, and Scale plans are billed pay-as-you-go at market price. Pulse files it as a product change (feature added) with an upward direction. Pulse's latest capture (Oct 19, 2026) lists Developer at $20 and Startup at $99.
It lands 80 days after Browserbase's previous change, "Browserbase Adds Free AI Model Access With $5 Token Credit" (Apr 13, 2026). Before that Pulse recorded "Browserbase adds free Search, Fetch, and Functions APIs across all plans" (Apr 11, 2026). Browserbase has been tracked since 2024-12-07.
In the same window Cypress.io and Apify 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, Scale · FeatureAdded
BeforeNo 'Model Gateway' capability
After'Model Gateway' capability
| Plan | Field | Before | After | Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Developer, Startup, Scale | Feature | No 'Model Gateway' capability | 'Model Gateway' capability | Added |
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 Mar 30, 2026 and Jun 29, 2026; the change is marked near the top of the page, where 'Model Gateway' capability now appears.
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Browserbase, the last 90 days
Full history- Oct 19, 2026packagingBrowserbase swaps flat $7 search rate for per-provider pricing from $1/1k
- Jul 2, 2026improvedBrowserbase: new Model Gateway added across all plans · this change
- Apr 13, 2026packagingBrowserbase Adds Free AI Model Access With $5 Token Credit
- Apr 11, 2026packagingBrowserbase adds free Search, Fetch, and Functions APIs across all plans
Across Software Development & Testing in the same window
All Software Development & Testing changes- Cypress.ioJul 2Cypress.io: Enterprise plan discloses 1.8M test results/year (was Custom)
- ApifyJul 2Apify: Compute unit pricing cut across all plans + Actor RAM doubled
- ApifyJun 29Apify doubles Actor RAM limits across all tiers to 512 GB max
- Cypress.ioMay 25Cypress.io rebrands Enterprise plan's Roadmap Portal to Enterprise Roadmap
- Cypress.ioMay 18Cypress.io sets Enterprise test results cap at 1.8M per year
Questions about this change
Did Browserbase raise prices in June 2026?
No list-price increase was recorded between Mar 30, 2026 and Jun 29, 2026. The change Pulse detected was a product change: feature added.
What changed on Browserbase's pricing page between Mar 30, 2026 and Jun 29, 2026?
Developer, Startup, Scale feature: No 'Model Gateway' capability → 'Model Gateway' capability, added. Pulse compared the captures it took on Mar 30, 2026 and Jun 29, 2026; the before/after table above lists each item as written on the page.
How often does Browserbase change its pricing?
Pulse recorded 2 other pricing-page changes for Browserbase in the 90 days before this one; the previous change was "Browserbase Adds Free AI Model Access With $5 Token Credit" on Apr 13, 2026; Browserbase has been tracked since 2024-12-07.