The Browser Arena

Compare download speed, reliability, and cost through residential proxies across five countries.

Benchmark

Proxy Performance · Latest runs (dates and targets vary) · 66/80 successful

Value Score
Reliability0%
Latency100%
Cost0%
Latest provider results for Brazil as of Oct 12, 2026; each row shows its recorded run date. Ranked by value score.
#ProviderRunsReliability (%)Latency (ms)Cost/success ($)Value Score
1Anchor Browser10100.0%2,667$0.019600.911
2KERNEL10100.0%2,792$0.000170.907
3Notte10100.0%2,844$0.010490.905
4Steel1080.0%3,463Unknown0.885
5Hyperbrowser10100.0%3,504$0.010720.883
6Browser Use1080.0%3,978$0.005630.867
7Browserbase10100.0%7,040$0.026000.765
—LightpandaN/AN/AN/AN/AN/A
—Tilion100.0%N/AN/AN/A

History

Showing 3 run dates from the last month.

7-day rolling average

Daily medians ·

Anchor BrowserBrowser UseBrowserbaseHyperbrowserKERNELNotteSteelTilion

Results

Dots = samples · line = median · shape = estimated density.

Daily distribution

Latest provider runs · Successful downloads

Latest runs through Oct 12, 2026; run dates are shown per provider
Provider
0.0s7.5s15.0s22.5s30.0s
Median
Anchor Browser
2.67 s
KERNEL
2.79 s
Notte
2.84 s
Steel
3.46 s
Hyperbrowser
3.50 s
Browser Use
3.98 s
Browserbase
7.04 s
Tilion
No successful samples
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Table and distributions: latest provider runs up to Oct 12, 2026; run dates and target hosts may differ. History: recorded days with matching workloads within each provider. Click a history point to inspect runs available by that day. GET excludes creation and release. Estimated costs include failed attempts. Value scores are exploratory comparisons using the selected weights; dates and target hosts may differ.

Raw attempts & methodology

Ten attempts are exploratory; no tail percentile is inferred. Cost per success includes failed attempts. Prices are marginal usage estimates before subscriptions and credits. Browser-observed traffic excludes some billable overhead; provider meters are used when finalized. Unknown costs stay unknown.

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Anchor Browser

Infrastructure · Rates checked 2026-10-08Source 1

Estimated list-price usage before subscriptions and included credits.

Run date: · Target: refers-pottery-plasma-board.trycloudflare.com

Raw attempts for Anchor Browser
AttemptOutcomeExitGETBytesCostDetails
1successBR2710 ms1,048,576$0.01923Payload verifiedCreate 2783 ms · Connect 176 ms · Release 1326 ms · Traffic browser-observed
2successBR3195 ms1,048,576$0.01923Payload verifiedCreate 1987 ms · Connect 125 ms · Release 1177 ms · Traffic browser-observed
3successBR28958 ms1,048,576$0.01923Payload verifiedCreate 1243 ms · Connect 124 ms · Release 833 ms · Traffic browser-observed
4successBR2623 ms1,048,576$0.01923Payload verifiedCreate 1219 ms · Connect 190 ms · Release 904 ms · Traffic browser-observed
5successBR2503 ms1,048,576$0.01923Payload verifiedCreate 1438 ms · Connect 158 ms · Release 1175 ms · Traffic browser-observed
6successBR2567 ms1,048,576$0.01923Payload verifiedCreate 1394 ms · Connect 158 ms · Release 942 ms · Traffic browser-observed
7successBR2252 ms1,048,576$0.01923Payload verifiedCreate 1212 ms · Connect 125 ms · Release 1609 ms · Traffic browser-observed
8successBR9211 ms1,048,576$0.01923Payload verifiedCreate 2034 ms · Connect 177 ms · Release 1457 ms · Traffic browser-observed
9successBR2516 ms1,048,576$0.01923Payload verifiedCreate 1567 ms · Connect 146 ms · Release 937 ms · Traffic browser-observed
10successBR4520 ms1,048,576$0.02299Payload verifiedCreate 1708 ms · Connect 150 ms · Release 959 ms · Traffic browser-observed
KERNEL

Hobbyist; headless; unmetered managed proxies · Rates checked 2026-10-08Source 1Source 2

Estimated list-price usage before subscriptions and included credits.

Run date: · Target: refers-pottery-plasma-board.trycloudflare.com

Raw attempts for KERNEL
AttemptOutcomeExitGETBytesCostDetails
1successBR3565 ms1,048,576$0.00017Payload verifiedCreate 2787 ms · Connect 80 ms · Release 80 ms · Traffic browser-observed
2successBR6028 ms1,048,576$0.00023Payload verifiedCreate 3140 ms · Connect 69 ms · Release 118 ms · Traffic browser-observed
3successBR2601 ms1,048,576$0.00015Payload verifiedCreate 3119 ms · Connect 70 ms · Release 109 ms · Traffic browser-observed
4successBR9565 ms1,048,576$0.00027Payload verifiedCreate 2906 ms · Connect 91 ms · Release 80 ms · Traffic browser-observed
5successBR2290 ms1,048,576$0.00015Payload verifiedCreate 2897 ms · Connect 123 ms · Release 103 ms · Traffic browser-observed
6successBR1802 ms1,048,576$0.00015Payload verifiedCreate 3042 ms · Connect 35 ms · Release 114 ms · Traffic browser-observed
7successBR2012 ms1,048,576$0.00013Payload verifiedCreate 2872 ms · Connect 49 ms · Release 94 ms · Traffic browser-observed
8successBR2292 ms1,048,576$0.00013Payload verifiedCreate 2800 ms · Connect 120 ms · Release 141 ms · Traffic browser-observed
9successBR2983 ms1,048,576$0.00017Payload verifiedCreate 3195 ms · Connect 80 ms · Release 125 ms · Traffic browser-observed
10successBR3752 ms1,048,576$0.00018Payload verifiedCreate 3224 ms · Connect 71 ms · Release 85 ms · Traffic browser-observed
Notte

Listed usage · Rates checked 2026-10-08Source 1

Estimated list-price usage before subscriptions and included credits.

Run date: · Target: tba-eternal-holdem-answer.trycloudflare.com

Raw attempts for Notte
AttemptOutcomeExitGETBytesCostDetails
1successBR2166 ms1,048,576$0.01049Payload verifiedCreate 1390 ms · Connect 577 ms · Release 118 ms · Traffic browser-observed
2successBR3068 ms1,048,576$0.01049Payload verifiedCreate 1427 ms · Connect 637 ms · Release 187 ms · Traffic browser-observed
3successBR2155 ms1,048,576$0.01049Payload verifiedCreate 1844 ms · Connect 513 ms · Release 192 ms · Traffic browser-observed
4successBR2758 ms1,048,576$0.01049Payload verifiedCreate 1319 ms · Connect 524 ms · Release 213 ms · Traffic browser-observed
5successBR2300 ms1,048,576$0.01049Payload verifiedCreate 1900 ms · Connect 499 ms · Release 199 ms · Traffic browser-observed
6successBR2461 ms1,048,576$0.01049Payload verifiedCreate 1369 ms · Connect 508 ms · Release 132 ms · Traffic browser-observed
7successBR2948 ms1,048,576$0.01049Payload verifiedCreate 1264 ms · Connect 539 ms · Release 200 ms · Traffic browser-observed
8successBR4391 ms1,048,576$0.01049Payload verifiedCreate 1384 ms · Connect 542 ms · Release 176 ms · Traffic browser-observed
9successBR16109 ms1,048,576$0.01049Payload verifiedCreate 1292 ms · Connect 1506 ms · Release 199 ms · Traffic browser-observed
10successBR2930 ms1,048,576$0.01049Payload verifiedCreate 1382 ms · Connect 484 ms · Release 117 ms · Traffic browser-observed
Steel

Launch · Rates checked 2026-10-08Source 1

1 failed launch has no confirmed billable duration or charge. Known browser-time estimate: $0.015000; this is not the total run cost.

Run date: · Target: refers-pottery-plasma-board.trycloudflare.com

Raw attempts for Steel
AttemptOutcomeExitGETBytesCostDetails
1successBR4583 ms1,048,576$0.01216Payload verifiedUsage: Provider usage unavailable or not finalized; browser bytes are a lower boundCreate 1241 ms · Connect 1832 ms · Release 594 ms · Traffic browser-observed
2successBR3767 ms1,048,576$0.01216Payload verifiedUsage: Provider usage unavailable or not finalized; browser bytes are a lower boundCreate 3138 ms · Connect 586 ms · Release 1937 ms · Traffic browser-observed
3successBR4441 ms1,048,576$0.01216Payload verifiedUsage: Provider usage unavailable or not finalized; browser bytes are a lower boundCreate 808 ms · Connect 1587 ms · Release 765 ms · Traffic browser-observed
4successBR2756 ms1,048,576$0.01216Payload verifiedUsage: Provider usage unavailable or not finalized; browser bytes are a lower boundCreate 913 ms · Connect 2885 ms · Release 318 ms · Traffic browser-observed
5successBR2791 ms1,048,576$0.01216Payload verifiedUsage: Provider usage unavailable or not finalized; browser bytes are a lower boundCreate 513 ms · Connect 1448 ms · Release 639 ms · Traffic browser-observed
6successBR3137 ms1,048,576$0.01216Payload verifiedUsage: Provider usage unavailable or not finalized; browser bytes are a lower boundCreate 867 ms · Connect 2757 ms · Release 212 ms · Traffic browser-observed
7failed——0Unknownsession_create: Connection error.Create — · Connect — · Release — · Traffic browser-observed
8failedBR11374 ms6,569$0.00175get: Error: GET HTTP 502Usage: Provider usage unavailable or not finalized; browser bytes are a lower boundTarget infrastructure: The temporary Cloudflare tunnel disconnected at 17:03:47 UTC and reconnected at 17:03:48 UTC during this HTTP 502 response. This failure may reflect target availability rather than the provider. Annotation added from tunnel logs; timings and outcome are unchanged.Create 824 ms · Connect 1540 ms · Release 211 ms · Traffic browser-observed
9successBR3160 ms1,048,576$0.01216Payload verifiedUsage: Provider usage unavailable or not finalized; browser bytes are a lower boundCreate 1666 ms · Connect 2440 ms · Release 363 ms · Traffic browser-observed
10successBR3925 ms1,048,576$0.01216Payload verifiedUsage: Provider usage unavailable or not finalized; browser bytes are a lower boundCreate 932 ms · Connect 1702 ms · Release 627 ms · Traffic browser-observed
Hyperbrowser

Listed credits · Rates checked 2026-10-08Source 1

Estimated list-price usage before subscriptions and included credits.

Run date: · Target: refers-pottery-plasma-board.trycloudflare.com

Raw attempts for Hyperbrowser
AttemptOutcomeExitGETBytesCostDetails
1successBR3377 ms1,048,576$0.01072Payload verifiedCreate 291 ms · Connect 149 ms · Release 347 ms · Traffic browser-observed
2successBR2318 ms1,048,576$0.01066Payload verifiedCreate 291 ms · Connect 167 ms · Release 303 ms · Traffic browser-observed
3successBR4621 ms1,048,576$0.01072Payload verifiedCreate 277 ms · Connect 157 ms · Release 322 ms · Traffic browser-observed
4successBR2509 ms1,048,576$0.01068Payload verifiedCreate 284 ms · Connect 149 ms · Release 313 ms · Traffic browser-observed
5successBR8497 ms1,048,576$0.01087Payload verifiedCreate 346 ms · Connect 398 ms · Release 319 ms · Traffic browser-observed
6successBR3729 ms1,048,576$0.01072Payload verifiedCreate 283 ms · Connect 180 ms · Release 316 ms · Traffic browser-observed
7successBR5010 ms1,048,576$0.01074Payload verifiedCreate 253 ms · Connect 145 ms · Release 326 ms · Traffic browser-observed
8successBR2608 ms1,048,576$0.01069Payload verifiedCreate 340 ms · Connect 174 ms · Release 323 ms · Traffic browser-observed
9successBR3631 ms1,048,576$0.01072Payload verifiedCreate 371 ms · Connect 162 ms · Release 330 ms · Traffic browser-observed
10successBR2263 ms1,048,576$0.01066Payload verifiedCreate 343 ms · Connect 150 ms · Release 296 ms · Traffic browser-observed
Browser Use

Listed usage · Rates checked 2026-10-08Source 1Source 2

Estimated list-price usage before subscriptions and included credits.

Run date: · Target: refers-pottery-plasma-board.trycloudflare.com

Raw attempts for Browser Use
AttemptOutcomeExitGETBytesCostDetails
1successBR4612 ms1,048,576$0.00522Payload verifiedCreate 294 ms · Connect 193 ms · Release 76 ms · Traffic browser-observed
2successBR2587 ms1,048,576$0.00522Payload verifiedCreate 235 ms · Connect 211 ms · Release 74 ms · Traffic browser-observed
3successBR4444 ms1,048,576$0.00522Payload verifiedCreate 227 ms · Connect 243 ms · Release 89 ms · Traffic browser-observed
4successBR5049 ms1,048,576$0.00522Payload verifiedCreate 217 ms · Connect 106 ms · Release 166 ms · Traffic browser-observed
5successBR9469 ms1,048,576$0.00522Payload verifiedCreate 236 ms · Connect 183 ms · Release 79 ms · Traffic browser-observed
6successBR3513 ms1,048,576$0.00522Payload verifiedCreate 257 ms · Connect 191 ms · Release 91 ms · Traffic browser-observed
7successBR2509 ms1,048,576$0.00522Payload verifiedCreate 393 ms · Connect 116 ms · Release 214 ms · Traffic browser-observed
8successBR2526 ms1,048,576$0.00522Payload verifiedCreate 180 ms · Connect 226 ms · Release 86 ms · Traffic browser-observed
9failedBR1162 ms5,989$0.00189get: Error: GET HTTP 530Target infrastructure: The temporary Cloudflare tunnel lost its connection at 17:31:35 UTC, failed to reconnect at 17:32:00 UTC, and reconnected at 17:32:26 UTC. This attempt overlapped that target outage; its failure may reflect target availability rather than the provider. Annotation added from tunnel logs; timings and outcome are unchanged.Create 175 ms · Connect 109 ms · Release 75 ms · Traffic browser-observed
10failedBR1156 ms5,987$0.00141get: Error: GET HTTP 530Target infrastructure: The temporary Cloudflare tunnel lost its connection at 17:31:35 UTC, failed to reconnect at 17:32:00 UTC, and reconnected at 17:32:26 UTC. This attempt overlapped that target outage; its failure may reflect target availability rather than the provider. Annotation added from tunnel logs; timings and outcome are unchanged.Create 154 ms · Connect 207 ms · Release 79 ms · Traffic browser-observed
Browserbase

Developer list rates; account plan unconfirmed · Rates checked 2026-10-11Source 1Source 2Source 3

Re-estimated on 2026-10-11 using finalized Browserbase session proxyBytes and Developer list rates ($0.12/hour, $12/GB). Browser time uses recorded creation-to-release wall time with a one-minute minimum; traffic is conservatively rounded up in MB with a 1 MB minimum. The account plan is unconfirmed; subscriptions and included allowances are excluded. Original measurements and pricing are preserved; this is not an invoice.

Run date: · Target: refers-pottery-plasma-board.trycloudflare.com

Raw attempts for Browserbase
AttemptOutcomeExitGETBytesCostDetails
1successBR9285 ms1,048,576$0.02600Payload verifiedOriginal usage read: Provider usage unavailable or not finalized; browser bytes are a lower boundCreate 250 ms · Connect 1720 ms · Release 249 ms · Traffic providerReconciled 2026-10-11 · Original estimate: Unknown
2successBR6514 ms1,048,576$0.02600Payload verifiedOriginal usage read: Provider usage unavailable or not finalized; browser bytes are a lower boundCreate 271 ms · Connect 1254 ms · Release 276 ms · Traffic providerReconciled 2026-10-11 · Original estimate: Unknown
3successBR2697 ms1,048,576$0.02600Payload verifiedOriginal usage read: Provider usage unavailable or not finalized; browser bytes are a lower boundCreate 262 ms · Connect 1700 ms · Release 266 ms · Traffic providerReconciled 2026-10-11 · Original estimate: Unknown
4successBR8517 ms1,048,576$0.02600Payload verifiedOriginal usage read: Provider usage unavailable or not finalized; browser bytes are a lower boundCreate 276 ms · Connect 1731 ms · Release 269 ms · Traffic providerReconciled 2026-10-11 · Original estimate: Unknown
5successBR7475 ms1,048,576$0.02600Payload verifiedOriginal usage read: Provider usage unavailable or not finalized; browser bytes are a lower boundCreate 246 ms · Connect 1196 ms · Release 267 ms · Traffic providerReconciled 2026-10-11 · Original estimate: Unknown
6successBR3372 ms1,048,576$0.02600Payload verifiedOriginal usage read: Provider usage unavailable or not finalized; browser bytes are a lower boundCreate 143 ms · Connect 1541 ms · Release 237 ms · Traffic providerReconciled 2026-10-11 · Original estimate: Unknown
7successBR4327 ms1,048,576$0.02600Payload verifiedOriginal usage read: Provider usage unavailable or not finalized; browser bytes are a lower boundCreate 115 ms · Connect 1760 ms · Release 247 ms · Traffic providerReconciled 2026-10-11 · Original estimate: Unknown
8successBR8165 ms1,048,576$0.02600Payload verifiedOriginal usage read: Provider usage unavailable or not finalized; browser bytes are a lower boundCreate 254 ms · Connect 1698 ms · Release 254 ms · Traffic providerReconciled 2026-10-11 · Original estimate: Unknown
9successBR8957 ms1,048,576$0.02600Payload verifiedOriginal usage read: Provider usage unavailable or not finalized; browser bytes are a lower boundCreate 272 ms · Connect 1107 ms · Release 244 ms · Traffic providerReconciled 2026-10-11 · Original estimate: Unknown
10successBR6605 ms1,048,576$0.02600Payload verifiedOriginal usage read: Provider usage unavailable or not finalized; browser bytes are a lower boundCreate 286 ms · Connect 1299 ms · Release 227 ms · Traffic providerReconciled 2026-10-11 · Original estimate: Unknown
Lightpanda

Pricing not configured · Rates checked —

Estimated list-price usage before subscriptions and included credits.

Run date: · Target: burning-hop-purchased-trying.trycloudflare.com

Raw attempts for Lightpanda
AttemptOutcomeExitGETBytesCostDetails
1unsupported——0Unknownproxy_support: Lightpanda's built-in proxies are datacenter proxies; country-targeted residential proxies require a separately configured account proxyCreate — · Connect — · Release — · Traffic browser-observed
Tilion

Published browser rate; inferred credit-based usage estimate · Rates checked 2026-10-11Source 1Source 2

Re-estimated on 2026-10-11. Estimated from Tilion's published $0.03/browser-hour and the configured account's 150 credits/hour: $0.0002/credit, $0.20/GB at 1 credit/MB, and $0.0004/session at 2 credits/session. Traffic uses decimal MB rounded up. Failed launches are budgeted as one session fee with no additional unobserved runtime or traffic. Subscriptions and included credits are excluded; this is an inferred usage estimate, not an invoice. Browser-observed traffic is a lower bound; original measurements and pricing are preserved.

Run date: · Target: burning-hop-purchased-trying.trycloudflare.com

Raw attempts for Tilion
AttemptOutcomeExitGETBytesCostDetails
1failed——0$0.00040session_create: tilion create 502: {"detail":{"error":"session_launch_failed","message":"could not start a browser session; please retry"}}Create — · Connect — · Release — · Traffic browser-observedReconciled 2026-10-11 · Original estimate: Unknown
2failedUS—0$0.00063country_verification: Expected exit country BR, observed USCreate 2345 ms · Connect 78 ms · Release 58 ms · Traffic browser-observedReconciled 2026-10-11 · Original estimate: Unknown
3failed——0$0.00040session_create: tilion create 502: {"detail":{"error":"session_launch_failed","message":"could not start a browser session; please retry"}}Create — · Connect — · Release — · Traffic browser-observedReconciled 2026-10-11 · Original estimate: Unknown
4failedUS—0$0.00063country_verification: Expected exit country BR, observed USCreate 1603 ms · Connect 128 ms · Release 21 ms · Traffic browser-observedReconciled 2026-10-11 · Original estimate: Unknown
5failed——0$0.00040session_create: tilion create 502: {"detail":{"error":"session_launch_failed","message":"could not start a browser session; please retry"}}Create — · Connect — · Release — · Traffic browser-observedReconciled 2026-10-11 · Original estimate: Unknown
6failedUS—0$0.00062country_verification: Expected exit country BR, observed USCreate 1003 ms · Connect 113 ms · Release 8 ms · Traffic browser-observedReconciled 2026-10-11 · Original estimate: Unknown
7failed——0$0.00040session_create: tilion create 502: {"detail":{"error":"session_launch_failed","message":"could not start a browser session; please retry"}}Create — · Connect — · Release — · Traffic browser-observedReconciled 2026-10-11 · Original estimate: Unknown
8failedUS—0$0.00062country_verification: Expected exit country BR, observed USCreate 1124 ms · Connect 141 ms · Release 21 ms · Traffic browser-observedReconciled 2026-10-11 · Original estimate: Unknown
9failed——0$0.00040session_create: tilion create 502: {"detail":{"error":"session_launch_failed","message":"could not start a browser session; please retry"}}Create — · Connect — · Release — · Traffic browser-observedReconciled 2026-10-11 · Original estimate: Unknown
10failedUS—0$0.00063country_verification: Expected exit country BR, observed USCreate 1509 ms · Connect 142 ms · Release 18 ms · Traffic browser-observedReconciled 2026-10-11 · Original estimate: Unknown

What this measures

Recorded: · UTC

The browser → residential proxy → target path. Each sample uses a fresh session and verifies country before the GET. Country verification uses a separate destination; residential routing can change between destinations. Browser region and origin routing affect the result. The table shows each provider's latest suite up to the selected UTC day. Dates and target hosts may differ; each row retains its own samples and pricing. The charts show recorded daily results and compare matching workloads within each provider.

A recorded failure coincided with an outage of the benchmark target's temporary tunnel. It remains in the attempt count; see the annotated sample for details before attributing it to a provider.