Headless browser API prices: distribution over 34 tracked plans
Beta: statistics over the plans Plan Finder tracks and has checked, not the whole market. At 200 browser hours a month, checked 2026-11-11 against the official pages.
What is tracked
13 providers, 13 products and 34 plans. 6 of 34 plans state a monthly cost at this volume; 2 cannot serve it and 26 give no cost for it; neither group is counted as cheap or expensive.
Monthly cost at 200 browser hours
| Min | 25th percentile | Median | 75th percentile | Max | Plans costed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| $4.00 | $19.25 | $21.05 | $29.53 | $99.00 | 6 of 34 |
min and max are the lowest and highest; p25, median and p75 are linear interpolation between the closest ranks (type 7), in USD rounded to cents.
| Min | 25th percentile | Median | 75th percentile | Max | Plans costed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| $0.02 | $0.10 | $0.11 | $0.15 | $0.50 | 6 of 34 |
min and max are the lowest and highest; p25, median and p75 are linear interpolation between the closest ranks (type 7), in USD rounded to cents.
The 3 cheapest plans
- Browser Use Pay as you go: $4.00 a month
- Lightpanda Builder: $19.00 a month
- Steel Launch: $20.00 a month
Free tier
10 of 34 plans have a free allowance that repeats every month; 5 do not; 19 are not stated on the official pages.
Conditions across 34 plans
| Condition | Yes | No | Not stated (unknown) | Of plans |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CAPTCHAs are solved by the vendor | 26 | 1 | 7 | 34 |
| Browser sessions are recorded | 27 | 0 | 7 | 34 |
| Browser profiles persist between sessions | 18 | 0 | 16 | 34 |
| Vendor proxy traffic is included in the plan fee | 29 | 0 | 5 | 34 |
| The provider publishes its own MCP server | 10 | 0 | 24 | 34 |
| The provider holds a SOC 2 report | 22 | 0 | 12 | 34 |
Unknown means the official pages do not say; it is not counted as no. Computed by code from the catalog with no model: each plan cost is the engine's monthly cost at the volume (search, no budget); condition counts are the engine's verdicts per plan (yes = met, no = not met, unknown = the official pages do not say); a provider counts as yes, no or unknown only when all its plans do, else mixed. The same input gives the same output.