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
| # | Provider | Runs | Reliability (%) | Latency (ms) | Cost/success ($) | Value Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Notte | 10 | 100.0% | 2,527 | $0.01049 | 0.916 |
| 2 |  KERNEL | 10 | 90.0% | 2,993 | Unknown | 0.900 |
| 3 |  Anchor Browser | 10 | 100.0% | 3,362 | $0.01923 | 0.888 |
| 4 |  Hyperbrowser | 10 | 100.0% | 4,124 | $0.01079 | 0.863 |
| 5 |  Browserbase | 10 | 90.0% | 4,208 | $0.02756 | 0.860 |
| 6 |  Browser Use | 10 | 90.0% | 4,951 | $0.00581 | 0.835 |
| 7 |  Steel | 10 | 90.0% | 5,478 | $0.01256 | 0.817 |
| — |  Lightpanda | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| — |  Tilion | 10 | 0.0% | N/A | N/A | N/A |
History
Showing 3 run dates from the last month.
7-day rolling average
Daily medians ·
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 providerTable 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.
Explore the data
Notte· Samples, failures & pricing
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
| Attempt | Outcome | Exit | GET | Bytes | Cost | Details |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | success | JP | 1651 ms | 1,048,576 | $0.01051 | Payload verifiedCreate 1394 ms · Connect 564 ms · Release 183 ms · Traffic browser-observed |
| 2 | success | JP | 4000 ms | 1,048,576 | $0.01049 | Payload verifiedCreate 1467 ms · Connect 511 ms · Release 180 ms · Traffic browser-observed |
| 3 | success | JP | 3080 ms | 1,048,576 | $0.01049 | Payload verifiedCreate 1334 ms · Connect 528 ms · Release 115 ms · Traffic browser-observed |
| 4 | success | JP | 2422 ms | 1,048,576 | $0.01049 | Payload verifiedCreate 1314 ms · Connect 490 ms · Release 215 ms · Traffic browser-observed |
| 5 | success | JP | 1892 ms | 1,048,576 | $0.01049 | Payload verifiedCreate 1725 ms · Connect 514 ms · Release 252 ms · Traffic browser-observed |
| 6 | success | JP | 6216 ms | 1,048,576 | $0.01049 | Payload verifiedCreate 1450 ms · Connect 519 ms · Release 181 ms · Traffic browser-observed |
| 7 | success | JP | 2631 ms | 1,048,576 | $0.01049 | Payload verifiedCreate 1371 ms · Connect 643 ms · Release 294 ms · Traffic browser-observed |
| 8 | success | JP | 2419 ms | 1,048,576 | $0.01049 | Payload verifiedCreate 1408 ms · Connect 766 ms · Release 122 ms · Traffic browser-observed |
| 9 | success | JP | 2339 ms | 1,048,576 | $0.01049 | Payload verifiedCreate 1429 ms · Connect 553 ms · Release 180 ms · Traffic browser-observed |
| 10 | success | JP | 3583 ms | 1,048,576 | $0.01049 | Payload verifiedCreate 1520 ms · Connect 541 ms · Release 186 ms · Traffic browser-observed |
KERNEL· Samples, failures & pricing
Hobbyist; headless; unmetered managed proxies · Rates checked 2026-10-08Source 1Source 2
1 failed launch has no confirmed billable duration or charge. Known browser-time estimate: $0.001950; this is not the total run cost.
Run date: · Target: refers-pottery-plasma-board.trycloudflare.com
| Attempt | Outcome | Exit | GET | Bytes | Cost | Details |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | success | JP | 2758 ms | 1,048,576 | $0.00022 | Payload verifiedCreate 4852 ms · Connect 122 ms · Release 126 ms · Traffic browser-observed |
| 2 | success | JP | 2993 ms | 1,048,576 | $0.00018 | Payload verifiedCreate 3817 ms · Connect 238 ms · Release 94 ms · Traffic browser-observed |
| 3 | success | JP | 7134 ms | 1,048,576 | $0.00027 | Payload verifiedCreate 3693 ms · Connect 71 ms · Release 112 ms · Traffic browser-observed |
| 4 | success | JP | 2713 ms | 1,048,576 | $0.00020 | Payload verifiedCreate 4149 ms · Connect 58 ms · Release 139 ms · Traffic browser-observed |
| 5 | success | JP | 7255 ms | 1,048,576 | $0.00027 | Payload verifiedCreate 3292 ms · Connect 130 ms · Release 107 ms · Traffic browser-observed |
| 6 | success | JP | 2459 ms | 1,048,576 | $0.00015 | Payload verifiedCreate 3078 ms · Connect 76 ms · Release 83 ms · Traffic browser-observed |
| 7 | success | JP | 4690 ms | 1,048,576 | $0.00023 | Payload verifiedCreate 4402 ms · Connect 75 ms · Release 140 ms · Traffic browser-observed |
| 8 | failed | — | — | 0 | Unknown | session_create: Request timed out.Create — · Connect — · Release — · Traffic browser-observed |
| 9 | success | JP | 2360 ms | 1,048,576 | $0.00018 | Payload verifiedCreate 3753 ms · Connect 129 ms · Release 114 ms · Traffic browser-observed |
| 10 | success | JP | 6310 ms | 1,048,576 | $0.00025 | Payload verifiedCreate 3458 ms · Connect 106 ms · Release 322 ms · Traffic browser-observed |
Anchor Browser· Samples, failures & pricing
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
| Attempt | Outcome | Exit | GET | Bytes | Cost | Details |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | success | JP | 2463 ms | 1,048,576 | $0.01923 | Payload verifiedCreate 1423 ms · Connect 138 ms · Release 1000 ms · Traffic browser-observed |
| 2 | success | JP | 3134 ms | 1,048,576 | $0.01923 | Payload verifiedCreate 1250 ms · Connect 129 ms · Release 997 ms · Traffic browser-observed |
| 3 | success | JP | 3048 ms | 1,048,576 | $0.01923 | Payload verifiedCreate 1586 ms · Connect 129 ms · Release 756 ms · Traffic browser-observed |
| 4 | success | JP | 2809 ms | 1,048,576 | $0.01923 | Payload verifiedCreate 1685 ms · Connect 257 ms · Release 903 ms · Traffic browser-observed |
| 5 | success | JP | 3414 ms | 1,048,576 | $0.01923 | Payload verifiedCreate 1174 ms · Connect 137 ms · Release 804 ms · Traffic browser-observed |
| 6 | success | JP | 3310 ms | 1,048,576 | $0.01923 | Payload verifiedCreate 1036 ms · Connect 142 ms · Release 812 ms · Traffic browser-observed |
| 7 | success | JP | 8751 ms | 1,048,576 | $0.01923 | Payload verifiedCreate 1954 ms · Connect 168 ms · Release 1037 ms · Traffic browser-observed |
| 8 | success | JP | 5889 ms | 1,048,576 | $0.01923 | Payload verifiedCreate 2624 ms · Connect 160 ms · Release 1326 ms · Traffic browser-observed |
| 9 | success | JP | 6256 ms | 1,048,576 | $0.01923 | Payload verifiedCreate 1214 ms · Connect 150 ms · Release 702 ms · Traffic browser-observed |
| 10 | success | JP | 5791 ms | 1,048,576 | $0.01923 | Payload verifiedCreate 1135 ms · Connect 135 ms · Release 2223 ms · Traffic browser-observed |
Hyperbrowser· Samples, failures & pricing
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
| Attempt | Outcome | Exit | GET | Bytes | Cost | Details |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | success | JP | 3686 ms | 1,048,576 | $0.01080 | Payload verifiedCreate 263 ms · Connect 603 ms · Release 354 ms · Traffic browser-observed |
| 2 | success | JP | 3926 ms | 1,048,576 | $0.01074 | Payload verifiedCreate 255 ms · Connect 158 ms · Release 321 ms · Traffic browser-observed |
| 3 | success | JP | 5688 ms | 1,048,576 | $0.01077 | Payload verifiedCreate 270 ms · Connect 152 ms · Release 315 ms · Traffic browser-observed |
| 4 | success | JP | 6979 ms | 1,048,576 | $0.01083 | Payload verifiedCreate 261 ms · Connect 163 ms · Release 326 ms · Traffic browser-observed |
| 5 | success | JP | 3870 ms | 1,048,576 | $0.01077 | Payload verifiedCreate 277 ms · Connect 136 ms · Release 310 ms · Traffic browser-observed |
| 6 | success | JP | 3938 ms | 1,048,576 | $0.01072 | Payload verifiedCreate 280 ms · Connect 163 ms · Release 218 ms · Traffic browser-observed |
| 7 | success | JP | 3091 ms | 1,048,576 | $0.01074 | Payload verifiedCreate 307 ms · Connect 164 ms · Release 330 ms · Traffic browser-observed |
| 8 | success | JP | 7268 ms | 1,048,576 | $0.01088 | Payload verifiedCreate 337 ms · Connect 156 ms · Release 321 ms · Traffic browser-observed |
| 9 | success | JP | 4310 ms | 1,048,576 | $0.01077 | Payload verifiedCreate 272 ms · Connect 139 ms · Release 324 ms · Traffic browser-observed |
| 10 | success | JP | 7298 ms | 1,048,576 | $0.01085 | Payload verifiedCreate 310 ms · Connect 151 ms · Release 311 ms · Traffic browser-observed |
Browserbase· Samples, failures & pricing
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
| Attempt | Outcome | Exit | GET | Bytes | Cost | Details |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | success | JP | 4568 ms | 1,048,576 | $0.02600 | Payload verifiedOriginal usage read: Provider usage unavailable or not finalized; browser bytes are a lower boundCreate 265 ms · Connect 1177 ms · Release 258 ms · Traffic providerReconciled 2026-10-11 · Original estimate: Unknown |
| 2 | success | JP | 3471 ms | 1,048,576 | $0.02600 | Payload verifiedOriginal usage read: Provider usage unavailable or not finalized; browser bytes are a lower boundCreate 299 ms · Connect 1633 ms · Release 262 ms · Traffic providerReconciled 2026-10-11 · Original estimate: Unknown |
| 3 | success | JP | 4389 ms | 1,048,576 | $0.02600 | Payload verifiedOriginal usage read: Provider usage unavailable or not finalized; browser bytes are a lower boundCreate 273 ms · Connect 1251 ms · Release 237 ms · Traffic providerReconciled 2026-10-11 · Original estimate: Unknown |
| 4 | success | JP | 3623 ms | 1,048,576 | $0.02600 | Payload verifiedOriginal usage read: Provider usage unavailable or not finalized; browser bytes are a lower boundCreate 271 ms · Connect 1207 ms · Release 237 ms · Traffic providerReconciled 2026-10-11 · Original estimate: Unknown |
| 5 | success | JP | 3721 ms | 1,048,576 | $0.02600 | Payload verifiedOriginal usage read: Provider usage unavailable or not finalized; browser bytes are a lower boundCreate 275 ms · Connect 1239 ms · Release 265 ms · Traffic providerReconciled 2026-10-11 · Original estimate: Unknown |
| 6 | success | JP | 2980 ms | 1,048,576 | $0.02600 | Payload verifiedOriginal usage read: Provider usage unavailable or not finalized; browser bytes are a lower boundCreate 334 ms · Connect 1213 ms · Release 250 ms · Traffic providerReconciled 2026-10-11 · Original estimate: Unknown |
| 7 | failed | JP | — | 74,233 | $0.01400 | get: GET timed outOriginal usage read: Provider usage unavailable or not finalized; browser bytes are a lower boundCreate 136 ms · Connect 1167 ms · Release 245 ms · Traffic providerReconciled 2026-10-11 · Original estimate: Unknown |
| 8 | success | JP | 12453 ms | 1,048,576 | $0.02600 | Payload verifiedOriginal usage read: Provider usage unavailable or not finalized; browser bytes are a lower boundCreate 141 ms · Connect 1350 ms · Release 219 ms · Traffic providerReconciled 2026-10-11 · Original estimate: Unknown |
| 9 | success | JP | 4208 ms | 1,048,576 | $0.02600 | Payload verifiedOriginal usage read: Provider usage unavailable or not finalized; browser bytes are a lower boundCreate 273 ms · Connect 1433 ms · Release 254 ms · Traffic providerReconciled 2026-10-11 · Original estimate: Unknown |
| 10 | success | JP | 28754 ms | 1,048,576 | $0.02600 | Payload verifiedOriginal usage read: Provider usage unavailable or not finalized; browser bytes are a lower boundCreate 252 ms · Connect 1172 ms · Release 245 ms · Traffic providerReconciled 2026-10-11 · Original estimate: Unknown |
Browser Use· Samples, failures & pricing
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
| Attempt | Outcome | Exit | GET | Bytes | Cost | Details |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | success | JP | 6145 ms | 1,048,576 | $0.00522 | Payload verifiedCreate 228 ms · Connect 195 ms · Release 82 ms · Traffic browser-observed |
| 2 | success | JP | 5403 ms | 1,048,576 | $0.00522 | Payload verifiedCreate 239 ms · Connect 211 ms · Release 80 ms · Traffic browser-observed |
| 3 | success | JP | 4316 ms | 1,048,576 | $0.00522 | Payload verifiedCreate 251 ms · Connect 120 ms · Release 89 ms · Traffic browser-observed |
| 4 | failed | JP | — | 990,592 | $0.00495 | get: GET timed outCreate 646 ms · Connect 164 ms · Release 97 ms · Traffic browser-observed |
| 5 | success | JP | 14521 ms | 1,048,576 | $0.00555 | Payload verifiedCreate 49678 ms · Connect 200 ms · Release 78 ms · Traffic browser-observed |
| 6 | success | JP | 3264 ms | 1,048,576 | $0.00522 | Payload verifiedCreate 260 ms · Connect 182 ms · Release 89 ms · Traffic browser-observed |
| 7 | success | JP | 6541 ms | 1,048,576 | $0.00522 | Payload verifiedCreate 181 ms · Connect 206 ms · Release 95 ms · Traffic browser-observed |
| 8 | success | JP | 4951 ms | 1,048,576 | $0.00522 | Payload verifiedCreate 179 ms · Connect 227 ms · Release 98 ms · Traffic browser-observed |
| 9 | success | JP | 4078 ms | 1,048,576 | $0.00522 | Payload verifiedCreate 179 ms · Connect 114 ms · Release 84 ms · Traffic browser-observed |
| 10 | success | JP | 3331 ms | 1,048,576 | $0.00522 | Payload verifiedCreate 199 ms · Connect 116 ms · Release 96 ms · Traffic browser-observed |
Steel· Samples, failures & pricing
Launch · Rates checked 2026-10-08Source 1
Estimated list-price usage before subscriptions and included credits.
Run date: · Target: refers-pottery-plasma-board.trycloudflare.com
| Attempt | Outcome | Exit | GET | Bytes | Cost | Details |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | success | JP | 5020 ms | 1,048,576 | $0.01216 | Payload verifiedUsage: Provider usage unavailable or not finalized; browser bytes are a lower boundCreate 955 ms · Connect 4261 ms · Release 842 ms · Traffic browser-observed |
| 2 | success | JP | 3778 ms | 1,048,576 | $0.01216 | Payload verifiedUsage: Provider usage unavailable or not finalized; browser bytes are a lower boundCreate 1130 ms · Connect 3194 ms · Release 749 ms · Traffic browser-observed |
| 3 | success | JP | 3665 ms | 1,048,576 | $0.01216 | Payload verifiedUsage: Provider usage unavailable or not finalized; browser bytes are a lower boundCreate 1624 ms · Connect 2077 ms · Release 447 ms · Traffic browser-observed |
| 4 | success | JP | 26852 ms | 1,048,576 | $0.01216 | Payload verifiedUsage: Provider usage unavailable or not finalized; browser bytes are a lower boundCreate 3118 ms · Connect 2500 ms · Release 700 ms · Traffic browser-observed |
| 5 | success | JP | 9576 ms | 1,048,576 | $0.01216 | Payload verifiedUsage: Provider usage unavailable or not finalized; browser bytes are a lower boundCreate 1320 ms · Connect 1766 ms · Release 263 ms · Traffic browser-observed |
| 6 | success | JP | 22076 ms | 1,048,576 | $0.01216 | Payload verifiedUsage: Provider usage unavailable or not finalized; browser bytes are a lower boundCreate 801 ms · Connect 2786 ms · Release 340 ms · Traffic browser-observed |
| 7 | success | JP | 5478 ms | 1,048,576 | $0.01216 | Payload verifiedUsage: Provider usage unavailable or not finalized; browser bytes are a lower boundCreate 1058 ms · Connect 3669 ms · Release 503 ms · Traffic browser-observed |
| 8 | success | JP | 4738 ms | 1,048,576 | $0.01285 | Payload verifiedCreate 855 ms · Connect 2118 ms · Release 523 ms · Traffic provider |
| 9 | success | JP | 6129 ms | 1,048,576 | $0.01216 | Payload verifiedUsage: Provider usage unavailable or not finalized; browser bytes are a lower boundCreate 1028 ms · Connect 3025 ms · Release 502 ms · Traffic browser-observed |
| 10 | failed | JP | 2116 ms | 5,987 | $0.00294 | get: Error: GET HTTP 530Usage: Provider usage unavailable or not finalized; browser bytes are a lower boundTarget 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 888 ms · Connect 3562 ms · Release 229 ms · Traffic browser-observed |
Lightpanda· Samples, failures & pricing
Pricing not configured · Rates checked —
Estimated list-price usage before subscriptions and included credits.
Run date: · Target: burning-hop-purchased-trying.trycloudflare.com
| Attempt | Outcome | Exit | GET | Bytes | Cost | Details |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | unsupported | — | — | 0 | Unknown | proxy_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· Samples, failures & pricing
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
| Attempt | Outcome | Exit | GET | Bytes | Cost | Details |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | failed | — | — | 0 | $0.00040 | session_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 |
| 2 | failed | — | — | 0 | $0.00040 | session_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 |
| 3 | failed | — | — | 0 | $0.00040 | session_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 |
| 4 | failed | — | — | 0 | $0.00040 | session_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 |
| 5 | failed | — | — | 0 | $0.00040 | session_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 |
| 6 | failed | — | — | 0 | $0.00040 | session_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 |
| 7 | failed | — | — | 0 | $0.00040 | session_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 |
| 8 | failed | — | — | 0 | $0.00040 | session_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 |
| 9 | failed | — | — | 0 | $0.00040 | session_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 |
| 10 | failed | — | — | 0 | $0.00040 | session_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 |
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.