# Bright Data Browser API

Official pricing: https://brightdata.com/pricing/scraping-browser  
Category: browser · Isolation: not published

## Pricing regimes (raw)

- **Bandwidth-billed browser** (sizes): Bandwidth-billed browser ? vCPU/? GiB $0/h

## Features

Yes: idle auto-stop, browser, computer-use API, browser automation API, anti-bot stealth, CAPTCHA solving, residential IPs, open internet, SOC 2, SSO, Python, Node.js, MCP server

No: snapshots, memory snapshots, fork/clone, pause/resume, persistent disk, volumes, ≥24 h sessions, start from your own snapshot, your own Docker/OCI image, Docker inside, nested virtualization, desktop GUI, desktop control API, browser + desktop control, preinstalled agents, SSH, public IPv4, HTTPS preview URLs, egress allowlist, static egress IP, self-hosting, BYOC, open source, HIPAA, GPU, arm64, Windows, macOS, HTTP method/path egress rules, wake on request, live resize, live fork (no pause), memory fork, EU data residency, automatic snapshots, snapshots on demand, agent harness API, hosted agent API (their own agent), inbound access rules, firewall inside (nftables), secret proxy, secret proxy for any API, extra volumes, shared volumes

Unknown: everything else. Evidence (source + quote) per feature: https://battleships.dev/data/providers/bright-data-browser.json → feature_evidence

## Caveats

- Storage, snapshot GiB-month and public IPv4 prices are not published in the reviewed sources; null is not free.
- No guaranteed vCPU allocation published; browser-hour is not a verified 4-vCPU/8-GiB VM equivalent. The sizes card keeps unknown hardware null; do not coerce it to zero or auto-rank against resource-guaranteed VMs.
- Browser RAM is not published unless a specific mode overrides it.
- Rendered currency widgets returned empty prices; exact USD recovered from public data-usd and data-tiers attributes in saved HTML. These are primary-page values, not guessed from the headline from-$5/GB.
- Network meters browser/proxy traffic, not necessarily customer-facing VM egress. Plans have different GB pricing; strict engine cannot couple mode-specific network rates with package allowances. Card network remains null, and GB tariffs stay in raw/regime data.
- Unlimited concurrency is a marketing entitlement, not verified load testing. Session lifetime/profile retention, CPU/RAM, resolution and separate recording prices remain unverified.
- First-deposit match: Bright Data matches a first deposit dollar-for-dollar up to $500; matched credits expire after 90 days and need >= $5/month usage. Not modelled.

## How this provider charges


As of 2026-09-28. USD unless explicitly stated; public list prices unless a row is marked promotion, historical, or quote-only.

## Regime table

| Regime | When it applies | How billed | Numbers / terms | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| PAYG | No monthly commitment | Network GB | $8/GB | https://brightdata.com/pricing/scraping-browser |
| Committed Scale | Slider tiers | Monthly package + selected GB rate | $499/71 GB/$7; $999/166 GB/$6; $1,999/399 GB/$5 | https://brightdata.com/pricing/scraping-browser |
| Bundled capabilities | Browser API | Included in bandwidth | Proxies, CAPTCHA, fingerprinting, retries, JS and managed browser | https://brightdata.com/pricing/scraping-browser |
| First deposit match | Promotion | Conditional credit | Match up to $500 on initial deposit ≥$500; not permanent list discount | https://brightdata.com/pricing/scraping-browser |
| Free tier | Account plan | Monthly fee / commitment | $0; concurrency unpublished/custom; 5,000 credits/month; page says 1 GB included/month; no card. | https://brightdata.com/pricing/scraping-browser |
| Pay as you go | Account plan | Monthly fee / commitment | $0; concurrency unpublished/custom; $8/GB, no monthly commitment, unlimited concurrent sessions. | https://brightdata.com/pricing/scraping-browser |
| Scale $499 | Account plan | Monthly fee / commitment | $499; concurrency unpublished/custom; 71 GB included; $7/GB rate in page slider data. | https://brightdata.com/pricing/scraping-browser |
| Scale $999 | Account plan | Monthly fee / commitment | $999; concurrency unpublished/custom; 166 GB included; $6/GB rate. | https://brightdata.com/pricing/scraping-browser |
| Scale $1999 | Account plan | Monthly fee / commitment | $1999; concurrency unpublished/custom; 399 GB included; $5/GB rate. | https://brightdata.com/pricing/scraping-browser |
| Enterprise | Account plan | Monthly fee / commitment | Quote / unknown; concurrency unpublished/custom; Custom package, SLA, SSO, audit logs. | https://brightdata.com/pricing/scraping-browser |

## Gotchas

- Rendered currency widgets returned empty prices; exact USD recovered from public data-usd and data-tiers attributes in saved HTML. These are primary-page values, not guessed from the headline from-$5/GB.

- Network meters browser/proxy traffic, not necessarily customer-facing VM egress. Plans have different GB pricing; strict engine cannot couple mode-specific network rates with package allowances. Card network remains null, and GB tariffs stay in raw/regime data.

- Unlimited concurrency is a marketing entitlement, not verified load testing. Session lifetime/profile retention, CPU/RAM, resolution and separate recording prices remain unverified.

- Storage, snapshot GiB-month and public IPv4 prices are not published in the reviewed sources; null is not free.

- No guaranteed vCPU allocation published; browser-hour is not a verified 4-vCPU/8-GiB VM equivalent. The sizes card keeps unknown hardware null; do not coerce it to zero or auto-rank against resource-guaranteed VMs.

- Browser RAM is not published unless a specific mode overrides it.

## Browser and desktop dimensions

```json
{
  "hour_usd": 0,
  "included_hours": null,
  "proxy_residential_gb_usd": 8,
  "proxy_datacenter_gb_usd": null,
  "captcha_solve_usd": 0,
  "stealth_surcharge_usd": 0,
  "recording_storage_gib_month_usd": null,
  "recording_retention": null,
  "persistent_profiles": null,
  "resolution": null,
  "gpu_desktops": null,
  "os_options": [],
  "browsers": [
    "Headful Chromium exposed through automation APIs"
  ]
}
```

## Worked example

Requested: 4 vCPU / 8 GiB; 50 concurrent × 8 hours/day × 22 days = **8,800 runtime hours**, 1,100 eight-hour starts if recreated daily; 30% CPU; 50 GiB-month snapshots; 100 GiB egress.

For 100 GB of billed Browser API traffic (not generic VM egress), PAYG **$800** before any confirmed free allowance. The $499 package with 71 GB included and $7/GB overage would cost **$702**; $999 package costs $999 within its 166 GB allowance. Treat overage arithmetic as conditional on package rules at checkout. 8,800 hours itself has no separate advertised meter; it does not establish 4/8 capacity or 50 GiB snapshots.

## Sources

- https://brightdata.com/pricing/scraping-browser

- https://docs.brightdata.com/llms.txt

- https://docs.brightdata.com/scraping-automation/scraping-browser/introduction