# Browserbase

Browserbase is a tools & integrations option for building AI agents. Managed headless browsers with stealth and session replay, plus Stagehand.

## Facts

- Layer: Tools & integrations (What it touches)
- Vendor: Browserbase
- Licence: proprietary
- Pricing: freemium
- Self-hostable: no
- SDKs: ts, py
- Requires: `BROWSERBASE_API_KEY`, `BROWSERBASE_PROJECT_ID`
- Docs: https://www.browserbase.com/
- Last verified: 2026-08-21

## When to reach for it

- You are choosing a tools & integrations component — what it touches.
- You are happy to depend on a hosted service and would rather not operate this yourself.

## Alternatives in the tools & integrations layer

| Option | What it does | Licence | Self-host |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| MCP (Model Context Protocol) | The open protocol for exposing tools and data to agents. The default answer. | open source | yes |
| Composio | Managed auth and tool-calling for 250+ SaaS apps. | open source | no |
| Arcade | Tool-calling with per-user OAuth, so the agent acts as the user, not as root. | open source | yes |
| Playwright MCP | Drive a real local browser over MCP, using the accessibility tree. | open source | yes |
| Nango | Open-source integration platform — you own the OAuth and the sync logic. | open source | yes |

Head to head:

- https://newagent.build/compare/browserbase-vs-mcp
- https://newagent.build/compare/browserbase-vs-composio
- https://newagent.build/compare/browserbase-vs-arcade
- https://newagent.build/compare/browserbase-vs-playwright-mcp
- https://newagent.build/compare/browserbase-vs-nango

## Curated stacks using it

- Browser automation: Drives real web apps that have no API, on behalf of a specific signed-in user.

## Add it to a stack

```bash
curl -fsSL "https://newagent.build/api/stack?tools=browserbase&format=sh" | sh
```

## Machine interfaces

- `GET https://newagent.build/api/registry` — every component as JSON
- `GET https://newagent.build/api/vendors` — vendors, with the repo and releases feed to watch
- `GET https://newagent.build/api/advise?q=<plain english>` — recommended stack for a description
- `GET https://newagent.build/api/stack?<layer>=<id>&format=sh|json|md|yml|agents|env` — a stack as files
- `GET https://newagent.build/llms.txt` — the whole registry in one fetch

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