CompareDriver vs Browserbase→

The Browserbase alternative
for sites that block bots.

The same checkout on a bot-protected site, run on Browserbase and Driver at the same time. Watch the replay.

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Browserbase
tickets.example.com/checkout

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Request ID 8f2c1a9e44d0

Stopped at the bot check4.2 s
Driver
tickets.example.com/checkout

TIX

Secure checkout

Checkout

Friday, Oct 16 · Section 104, Row F, Seats 7 and 8

2 tickets$168.00
Fees$16.00
Total$184.00
Place order
Order placed11.8 s
0:12 / 0:15

Recorded replay. Same checkout, same site, both started at 14:02:07 UTC.

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  • Simplify Jobs
  • Checkr
  • Vinterior
  • Price2Spy
  • Massive
  • Hack VC
Replays

Six tasks,one
stopwatch.

Same script, same site, same minute. Times run from the first step to the last.

Same script, same minute

  • Browserbase
  • Driver

  • Ticket checkout

    Bot-protected ticketing

    Blocked

    11.8 s

  • County records search

    Court portal with CAPTCHA

    Blocked

    9.4 s

  • Change a flight

    Airline login and 2FA

    24.6 s

    17.2 s

  • Local price check

    Geo-fenced storefront

    Wrong region

    6.8 s

  • Marketplace scan

    Listings behind device checks

    13.9 s

    12.1 s

  • Job application

    Multi-step form

    Blocked

    19.5 s

Browserbase

2 of 6completed

Driver

6 of 6completed

Recorded runs from the same script, started at the same minute.

At a glance

Side by side,on
the facts.

From published plans and docs as of September 2026. Check their site for changes.

Driver
Browserbase
Hardware
Driver: Real devices we own
Browserbase: Cloud VMs in AWS
Browser
Driver: Real Chromium, no stealth patches
Browserbase: Chromium patched for stealth
Fingerprints
Driver: Real device signals
Browserbase: Generated in software
Network
Driver: ISP IPs, included
Browserbase: Proxies, billed extra
Proxy traffic
Driver: Included in $5 per GB
Browserbase: $10 to $12 per GB
You pay for
Driver: Traffic only
Browserbase: Browser hours plus proxy GB
First paid plan
Driver: $49/mo, all back as credits
Browserbase: $20/mo, 100 hours, 1 GB of proxy
Concurrency
Driver: 5 free, 30, 100
Browserbase: 3 free, 25, 100, 250+
Frameworks
Driver: Playwright, Puppeteer, Selenium, Stagehand
Browserbase: Playwright, Puppeteer, Selenium, Stagehand
Real hardware

Bot walls checkthe hardware. Ours is real.

Anti-bot scripts read the GPU, input and network. On our physical servers and phones every signal is genuine, so pages load without a challenge.

What the bot wall sees

Driver hardwareCloud VM
HardwarePhysical machineVirtual machine
GPUReal GPUSoftware render
InputReal input eventsSynthetic events
FingerprintConsistentMismatched
NetworkOwned IPv4Datacenter
PassedBlocked
Racks of physical servers and phones, and what an anti-bot script sees on Driver hardware versus a cloud VM.

  • Passes device checks

    Real GPUs and real input. Nothing to spoof.

  • No evasion code

    No stealth plugins or patches to maintain.

  • Owned network

    Traffic exits on our own IPv4 and transit.

  • Recorded sessions

    Every run is logged with machine and location.

Pricing

What youpay
to run a browser.

Browserbase charges for browser hours, then again for proxy traffic at $10 to $12 per GB. Driver charges $5 per GB with the browser included.

Driver

  • Proxy traffic

    ISP IPs, browser included

    $5/GB

  • Browser hours

    Not billed

    $0

  • Monthly plan

    Comes back as credits

    $0–129

  • 100 GB of browsing

    Browser and network included

    $500

Browserbase

  • Proxy traffic

    Billed on top of browser hours

    $10–12/GB

  • Browser hours

    After the hours in your plan

    $0.10–0.12

  • Monthly plan

    100–500 hours, 1–5 GB of proxy

    $20–99

  • 100 GB of browsing

    Startup plan plus proxy overage, before extra hours

    $1,049+

Switching

Switch inan
afternoon.

Driver uses CDP too. Change the connection URL, keep your scripts and run both side by side until you’re sure.

1import { chromium } from 'playwright';23const browser = await chromium.connectOverCDP(4  'wss://connect.driver.dev?apiKey=' + process.env.DRIVER_API_KEY5);6const page = await browser.newPage();7await page.goto('https://tickets.example.com');8await page.getByRole('button', { name: 'Checkout' }).click();

OUTPUT

$ npx tsx agent.ts

connected drv_8f2c1a · Chrome 129 · real GPU · residential IPv4

loaded tickets.example.com 1.2 s

done checkout reached 11.8 s

  • Same CDP protocol
  • Same scripts and selectors
  • Run both side by side