Browserbase Adds Free AI Model Access With $5 Token Credit
What happened
Between the Apr 6, 2026 and Apr 13, 2026 captures of Browserbase's pricing page, Pulse recorded 3 changes: Model Gateway added to Developer, Startup, and Scale plans with pay-as-you-go market pricing for AI model access; Models feature added to Free plan with $5 in tokens included for AI model access via new Model Gateway; Scale plan now displays specific infrastructure minimums: 500+ browser hours, 10,000+ Search/Fetch calls, 5+ GB proxies; previously shown as Custom/Usage-based. Pulse files it as a packaging change (feature added, package change) with an upward direction. Pulse's latest capture (Oct 19, 2026) lists Developer at $20 and Startup at $99.
It lands 13 days after Browserbase's previous change, "Browserbase Drops GB-Second Usage Billing From Developer and Startup Plans" (Apr 1, 2026). Before that Pulse recorded "Browserbase adds free Search, Fetch, and Functions APIs across all plans" (Apr 11, 2026), "Added Fetch API with 1,000 calls included to Developer plan, with usage-based pricing: $1/1k call" (Mar 16, 2026) and "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, Scale · FeatureAddedNo Model GatewayModel Gateway
- — · FeatureAddedNo Models featureModels feature
- Scale · PackagingPackage change
Scale plan now displays specific infrastructure minimums: 500+ browser hours, 10,000+ Search/Fetch calls, 5+ GB proxies; previously shown as Custom/Usage-based
| Plan | Field | Before | After | Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Developer, Startup, Scale | Feature | No Model Gateway | Model Gateway | Added |
| — | Feature | No Models feature | Models feature | Added |
| Scale | Packaging | Scale plan now displays specific infrastructure minimums: 500+ browser hours, 10,000+ Search/Fetch calls, 5+ GB proxies; previously shown as Custom/Usage-based | Package change | |
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 Apr 6, 2026 and Apr 13, 2026; the change is marked near the top of the page, where Model Gateway 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
- Apr 13, 2026packagingBrowserbase Adds Free AI Model Access With $5 Token Credit · this change
- 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
- 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 April 2026?
No list-price increase was recorded between Apr 6, 2026 and Apr 13, 2026. The change Pulse detected was a packaging change: feature added, package change.
What changed on Browserbase's pricing page between Apr 6, 2026 and Apr 13, 2026?
Developer, Startup, Scale feature: No Model Gateway → Model Gateway, added; feature: No Models feature → Models feature, added; Scale plan now displays specific infrastructure minimums: 500+ browser hours, 10,000+ Search/Fetch calls, 5+ GB proxies; previously shown as Custom/Usage-based. Pulse compared the captures it took on Apr 6, 2026 and Apr 13, 2026; the before/after table above lists each item as written on the page.
How often does Browserbase change its pricing?
Pulse recorded 4 other pricing-page changes for Browserbase in the 90 days before this one; the previous change was "Browserbase Drops GB-Second Usage Billing From Developer and Startup Plans" on Apr 1, 2026; Browserbase has been tracked since 2024-12-07.