# Browserbase alternative Browser pages and sessions, paid per call. Let your agent read pages that need a real browser, or start a browser session, from one TaskFuel balance. Compare what each provider costs. JoinMassive and Notte were each tested once on the same page. Notte sessions and the Cloudflare crawl are priced here and were not run. Provider in the worked example: JoinMassive. Price shown for this route: 1.25¢ per page. ## Compare Browserbase alternatives. TaskFuel provides JoinMassive, Notte and Cloudflare, listed below. A direct Browserbase account is included for context. We publish this comparison and sell access through TaskFuel. Browser API options, billing and trade-offs. Prices as of 30 October 2026. | Option | Price and billing | Strength | Good to know | Available through TaskFuel | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Browserbase (Direct provider account) | $20 / month. Monthly plan with included browser hours. Developer plan: 100 browser hours, then $0.12 per hour. Free plan: 1 browser hour a month. | Cloud browsers your agent drives, billed by the browser hour. | Developer plan from $20 a month. Free plan: 1 browser hour a month. | No | | JoinMassive (Rendered page) | $0.0125 / page. Per request from your TaskFuel balance. One rendered page as Markdown. | A page fetched with JavaScript rendering, returned as Markdown or HTML. | Reads a page. It does not click, type or hold a session. | Yes | | Notte (Page scrape) | $0.01 / page. Per request from your TaskFuel balance. One page as Markdown, no session to manage. | A page read as Markdown with no session to manage. | Reads a page. Clicks and forms need a session. | Yes | | Notte (Browser session) | $0.015 / session. Per request from your TaskFuel balance. Starts one browser session. Actions in it are separate calls. | A browser session your agent can observe and act on, page by page. | Starting a session is priced here. Each action is a separate call. Not run in our test. | Yes | | Cloudflare (Crawl job) | $0.1 / crawl. Per request from your TaskFuel balance. One crawl job of up to 25 pages. | Crawls up to 25 pages from a start URL, with JavaScript rendering optional. | Starts a job and returns a token to poll. Not run in our test. | Yes | - [Browserbase: provider reference](https://www.browserbase.com/pricing). Checked 2026-10-30. - [JoinMassive: provider reference](https://docs.joinmassive.com). Checked 2026-10-30. - [Notte: provider reference](https://docs.notte.cc). Checked 2026-10-30. - [Notte: provider reference](https://docs.notte.cc). Checked 2026-10-30. - [Cloudflare: provider reference](https://developers.cloudflare.com/browser-rendering/). Checked 2026-10-30. ## What it can do ### Read a rendered page JoinMassive runs the page’s JavaScript before returning it as Markdown. Our test returned all 10 quotes. Price: $0.0125 / page. ### Read a page without a session Notte returns a page as Markdown from a single call. Our test returned all 10 quotes again. Price: $0.01 / page. ### Start a browser session A session your agent can observe and act on. Actions in it are separate calls with their own prices. Price: $0.015 / session. ## A real example Tested on 2026-10-30 through JoinMassive. We read quotes.toscrape.com/js, a public practice page whose quotes are added by JavaScript. JoinMassive returned the rendered page as Markdown with all 10 quotes. Your agent asked: Read the quotes page that JavaScript builds, as Markdown Returned in this test: - Rendering: JavaScript run before the page was returned - First quote: Albert Einstein: “The world as we have created it is a process of our thinking.” - Quotes returned: All 10, each with author and tags - Format: Markdown - Second provider: Notte returned the same 10 quotes for 1¢ Charged in this test: $0.0125. One public page, read once by two providers. No clicks or sign-in. ## Try the API request Use your TaskFuel API key as TASKFUEL_API_KEY in your terminal or server. Keep it out of browser code. ### 1. Check the price This request checks the price without paying. These are the exact inputs of the JoinMassive read. The page’s quotes are added by JavaScript. ```sh curl --fail-with-body https://app.taskfuel.ai/v1/call \ -H "Authorization: Bearer $TASKFUEL_API_KEY" \ -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \ --data-binary @- <<'TASKFUEL_REQUEST' { "url": "https://mpp.orthogonal.com/joinmassive/browser?url=https%3A%2F%2Fquotes.toscrape.com%2Fjs%2F&format=markdown", "method": "GET", "dryRun": true } TASKFUEL_REQUEST ``` ### 2. Run the request Review amount_usd in the quote. To pay and run, change dryRun to false and add maxAmountUsd with that approved amount inside the same JSON object. Keep the inputs unchanged; this limit applies to one call. ### 3. Read the result Read the response body: the page as Markdown. Only url and format were sent; JoinMassive also documents device, speed and anti-bot settings. [Setup and API reference](https://taskfuel.ai/docs/) · [Job polling and timeout recovery](https://app.taskfuel.ai/using.md) ## Connect your agent Read the [setup guide](https://taskfuel.ai/docs/setup/) and choose the connection your agent supports. Use one TaskFuel account and prepaid balance. Inspect the provider and request quote before a paid call, then review the returned response and recorded charge. ## When to use it ### Read pages a plain fetch cannot. Ask your agent to read a page whose content is added by JavaScript, and get it back as Markdown. ### Try a second provider on the same page. In our test JoinMassive and Notte each returned all 10 quotes, for 1.25¢ and 1¢. ### Get every item on a JavaScript page. Both providers returned all 10 quotes on the page, with authors and tags, as Markdown an agent can read. ## Questions ### Do I need a Browserbase account? No. Your agent pays from your TaskFuel balance, so there is nothing else to sign up for. ### What does a browser read cost? Our JoinMassive read cost $0.0125 and the Notte read $0.01 on 30 October 2026. Browserbase’s Developer plan is $20 a month with 100 browser hours, as published that day. Your agent shows the price for your own request before it pays. ### Can it click buttons and fill forms? A browser session can. Our tests covered page reads, and sessions are priced per call. ### Does it get past sites that block bots? JoinMassive lists anti-bot and CAPTCHA handling in its documentation. Our read used an open practice page, so neither was exercised. ## Related tool guides - [Compare ScraperAPI alternatives for reading JavaScript pages](https://taskfuel.ai/tools/scraperapi-alternative/) - [Compare Oxylabs alternatives for scraping pages](https://taskfuel.ai/tools/oxylabs-alternative/) - [Compare Firecrawl alternatives for extracting pages](https://taskfuel.ai/tools/firecrawl-alternative/) - [Read a complete single-page extraction example](https://taskfuel.ai/tools/extract-webpage/) ## Reference - [Read this guide on the website](https://taskfuel.ai/tools/browserbase-alternative/). - [Browse providers and capabilities](https://taskfuel.ai/catalog/). - [Pricing](https://taskfuel.ai/pricing/). - [Agent instructions](https://taskfuel.ai/llms.txt).