Yes, BrowserStack has a permanent free tier alongside its paid plans. The free plan includes unlimited users and 5,000 free monthly screenshots for visual testing, 1 month of build history, and 24x7 email support. FreeTier.co estimates the free tier at about $75/mo.
About
BrowserStack is a cloud testing platform for web and mobile applications. It provides access to real desktop browsers and real iOS and Android devices for manual testing, automation, visual testing, accessibility testing, and test reporting.
The pricing page shows multiple free offerings with concrete limits, including a Freelancer Plan with 100 minutes of Live or App Live, Percy Free with 5,000 monthly screenshots, App Percy Free with 1,000 monthly screenshots and 100 minutes of infrastructure, Accessibility Free with up to 5 pages, Test Management Free with unlimited test cases and test runs, and other free plans such as Requestly Free and Testing Toolkit Free. The platform is aimed at teams that need browser/device coverage, debugging tools, and workflow integrations rather than a single-purpose tool.
- Real desktop browsers and mobile devices
- Manual, automation, visual, and accessibility testing
- Free plans with usage caps
- Test reporting and debugging logs
- CI/CD, Jira, Slack, and GitHub integrations
- Perpetual free tiers across multiple products
Free Tier Value
This free tier is genuinely usable: it includes unlimited users, 5,000 monthly screenshots, a month of build history, and support, so it is far more than a token demo. Compared with the cheapest paid Percy-style plan starting at about $150/month, that looks like roughly half the value, so about $75/month; the cap keeps it below the paid tiers, and a credit card is not clearly waived on the page.
What's included in the free tier
Verified
- Unlimited users and 5,000 free monthly screenshots for visual testing
- Cross-browser support on Chrome, Firefox, Edge, and Safari
- Percy Visual Engine for computer-vision-based visual diffs
- Automatic browser upgrades to the latest browser versions
- Grouped snapshots by test case names
- Responsive visual testing with customizable widths
- 1 month of build history
- 24x7 email support
See BrowserStack pricing for current limits.
Paid plans
Team
- users
- 5
- devices
- 3500+ browser combinations
- Test on 3500+ real desktop & mobile browser combinations
- Access real device features
- Test on multiple devices
- Collaborative debugging with Mobile DevTools
- Bookmarks and integrations with Jira, Slack, GitHub and more
- Network condition testing
- Localization testing with IP and GPS geolocation from 100+ countries
- Access team test history and relaunch sessions
Team Pro
- users
- 10
- devices
- 3500+ browser combinations
- Test on 3500+ real desktop & mobile browser combinations
- Access real device features
- Test on multiple devices
- Collaborative debugging with Mobile DevTools
- Test on 4 devices simultaneously in one tab
- Synced interactions between devices
- Payments and 2FA testing with SIM-enabled devices
- Screenreader testing with VoiceOver, TalkBack, and NVDA
Team Ultimate
- users
- 5
- products
- 15
- AI powered toolkit of 15 products for manual testing
- Live (Team Pro) included
- Bug Capture (Team) included
- Requestly Pro included
- Accessibility Workflow Analyzer included
- Common Workflow Automation included
- Visual Overlay included
- Other tools such as Responsive Tester, Network Simulator, Geolocation Testing, Cookie Manager, Cache Manager, and JSON Formatter
Test & Monitor
- users
- 5 users
- pages
- 500 pages
- Configure users and unique pages to monitor
- Website Scanner monitoring included
- Accessibility monitoring included
- Built for teams and larger usage
- Annual billing saves up to 25%
- Contact sales for large teams
Pricing extracted from BrowserStack's pricing page. Always verify current pricing before committing.
Common questions
Is BrowserStack free forever?
Yes. BrowserStack has a permanent free tier alongside its paid plans, though the allowance typically resets each month.
What happens when you exceed BrowserStack's free tier?
You move to a paid plan. BrowserStack's cheapest paid plan is Team at $150 / month.
What is BrowserStack's free tier worth?
BrowserStack's free tier is worth about $75 per month. That maps to an FTV score of 64/100. The FTV score is explained at freetier.co/ftv.
