Browserbase

Headless browser infrastructure for AI agents and automated web tasks

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What is Browserbase?

Browserbase runs headless browsers in the cloud for agents and automations that need to use the web. Instead of a script that fetches HTML, it provides a real browser session that can log in, click, scroll and wait for content to load, with stealth handling for sites that block automation, session recording for debugging, and a live view so you can watch what an agent is doing. It integrates with common browser automation libraries and agent frameworks, which makes it the infrastructure layer under scraping pipelines, form-filling workflows and web-using assistants.

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Key features

Managed headless browser sessions with a live debugging view
Session recording and replay for diagnosing failures
Stealth and proxy handling for sites that block automation
Contexts that persist cookies, logins and storage between runs
Integration with common browser automation libraries
Scales concurrent sessions without managing your own fleet

Pros & cons

Strengths

Removes the burden of running and patching browser fleets
Session replay makes agent failures debuggable
Live view is genuinely useful when an agent gets stuck

Watch out for

Adds a per-session cost on top of model calls
Stealth reduces blocks but cannot guarantee access
Overkill if your automation only needs plain HTTP requests

Best for & use cases

agent web access, scraping at scale, form filling and authenticated automation

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FAQ

Why not just fetch the HTML?

Many sites render content with JavaScript, require a login or block plain requests. A real browser session handles those cases, at the cost of a heavier and slower connection.

Does it bypass bot protection?

It improves reliability with stealth settings and proxies, but no service can promise access to every site. Some publishers block automation outright, and their terms still apply.

What does session recording give me?

A replay of everything the agent did: pages loaded, elements clicked, console errors. It is usually the quickest way to work out why an automation failed at step seven.