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BrowserStack pricing
BrowserStack publishes 10 tiers. Below is each one, what it adds over the tier beneath it, and where the ladder stops being worth climbing for most people.
As of 29 August 2026, BrowserStack pricing is $12.5/month across 10 published tiers. Figures are the vendor's list prices as recorded on this page's last check; the vendor's site is the final word.
- Entry price
- $12.5/month
- Model
- Subscription
- Tiers
- 10
- Free tier
- Not on record
BrowserStack plans, side by side
Every published tier in ascending order of price, with the number of features each one lists. An absence here means the record does not itemise it, not that the tier lacks it.
| Plan | Price | Features listed | Step up from the tier below |
|---|---|---|---|
| Freelancer | $12.5/month | 3 | Entry tier |
| Desktop | $29/month | 3 | +$16.5/month, 3 more features |
| Desktop & Mobile | $39/month | 3 | +$10/month, 2 more features |
| Automate Chrome | $59/month | 2 | +$20/month, 2 more features |
| Automate Desktop | $99/month | 2 | +$40/month, 1 more feature |
| Team | $150/month | 3 | +$51/month, 3 more features |
| Automate Standard | $175/month | 2 | +$25/month, 2 more features |
| Automate Pro | $225/month | 3 | +$50/month, 3 more features |
| Team Pro | $249/month | 4 | +$24/month, 4 more features |
| Team Ultimate | $375/month | 3 | +$126/month, 3 more features |
What each tier adds
The set difference between each tier's feature list and the one beneath it. Where a tier lists nothing new, the vendor has either stopped repeating the inherited list or the tier raises limits rather than adding capability, the record does not distinguish the two, so this page does not either.
Freelancer
$12.5/monthThe entry tier. It covers 100 minutes monthly, 1 user, desktop testing.
Desktop
$29/monthOver Freelancer, this tier adds:
- Unlimited testing minutes
- Individual plan
- 3000+ desktop browsers
Desktop & Mobile
$39/monthOver Desktop, this tier adds:
- 3000+ desktop and 30000+ mobile device combinations
- Marked as Best Value
Automate Chrome
$59/monthOver Desktop & Mobile, this tier adds:
- Test automation for Chrome
- 1 parallel
Automate Desktop
$99/monthOver Automate Chrome, this tier adds:
- 3000+ browsers
Team
$150/monthOver Automate Desktop, this tier adds:
- 5+ users
- Unlimited testing minutes
- Multi-device testing
Automate Standard
$175/monthOver Team, this tier adds:
- 1 parallel
- Desktop and mobile testing
Automate Pro
$225/monthOver Automate Standard, this tier adds:
- SIM card testing
- Real device performance testing
- AI agents for self-healing and failure analysis
Team Pro
$249/monthOver Automate Pro, this tier adds:
- 5+ users
- Multi-device simultaneous testing (4 devices)
- SIM-enabled device testing
- Apple Pay and Google Pay testing
Team Ultimate
$375/monthOver Team Pro, this tier adds:
- 3-5 users
- 15-product toolkit included
- All testing features
How that compares in Testing
Too few testing tools in this directory publish a starting price to quote a meaningful median, so the table below is a like-for-like list rather than a ranking.
| Tool | Entry price | Model | Rated | Head to head |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BrowserStack (this page) | $12.5/month | subscription | - | |
| Jest | Free | Open source, no licence fee | - | vs BrowserStack |
| Cucumber | Free | Open source, no licence fee | - | vs BrowserStack |
| Percy | Free | Freemium, paid tiers by screenshot volume | - | vs BrowserStack |
| Detox | Free | Open source, no licence fee | - | vs BrowserStack |
| Appium | Free | Open source, no licence fee | - | vs BrowserStack |
| PractiTest | On request | Per user per month, yearly minimum on Corporate tier | - | vs BrowserStack |
Ratings are aggregated from third-party sources and imported with each catalogue entry, they are not reviews hosted on Softwr. How each figure is used is set out on the BrowserStack badges page.
Before you pay for BrowserStack
Three things this page cannot tell you, and all three change the bill. The record carries a price and a billing period but not the unit - per-seat and flat-rate pricing are indistinguishable in this data, so a five-person team may be looking at five times the figure above. It carries no annual rate, so any discount for paying yearly is not something this page can quote. And it carries no trial length.
What it can tell you is the shape of the ladder: 10 tiers between $12.5/month and $375/month, with the jump itemised above. With no free tier on record, the cheapest way to answer the rest is to compare BrowserStack against the tools that do have one before committing.
BrowserStack runs on not recorded. The full record is on the BrowserStack review, and the rest of the category is under best testing tools.
BrowserStack pricing questions
- How much does BrowserStack cost?
- BrowserStack publishes 10 tiers, from $12.5/month for Freelancer up to $375/month for Team Ultimate. The cheapest paid tier is $12.5/month.
- Does BrowserStack have a free plan?
- Not on the record we hold: BrowserStack is listed as subscription. Whether a free trial is offered is not something this record captures, so check the vendor's site.
- What is the difference between Freelancer and Desktop on BrowserStack?
- Desktop costs $29/month against $12.5/month, and adds unlimited testing minutes, individual plan, 3000+ desktop browsers.
- Is the Team Ultimate plan on BrowserStack worth it?
- That depends entirely on whether you need what it adds, which on the published record is 3-5 users, 15-product toolkit included, all testing features. It costs $375/month against $12.5/month for Freelancer. Softwr has not used either tier, so this page can tell you what changes, not whether it is worth the difference to you.
- Which testing tools can I use without paying?
- 6 of the 8 testing tools listed alongside BrowserStack have a free tier: Jest, Cucumber, Percy, Detox, Appium.
- What am I actually paying for with BrowserStack?
- The record we hold does not itemise what each tier includes beyond the plan names and prices. The BrowserStack review carries whatever feature detail is available.
- Does BrowserStack charge per user?
- The record carries a price and a billing period for each of its 10 tiers, but not the unit that price is charged in. Per-seat and flat-rate billing look identical in this data, so check the vendor's page before budgeting for a team.
- Are these BrowserStack prices current?
- They are what the catalogue entry holds, refreshed when the entry is. Vendors change pricing without notice and nobody at Softwr re-verifies each tier by hand, so treat this as a structured summary and the vendor's own pricing page as the authority.
- What should I compare BrowserStack against before paying?
- The closest testing tools in this directory are Jest, Cucumber, Percy, Detox. Each has a side-by-side comparison with BrowserStack covering price, platforms and features.