Browser Use alternatives
9 other cloud browsers compared on one normalised price. Normalised to the listed price per browser-hour on the most common paid tier. Vendors that bill in other units (GB-seconds, "units") show no per-hour figure rather than a guess. Proxy bandwidth is priced separately and shown in the notes.
| Vendor | Plan | Listed price (as on vendor page) | $/browser-hr | Free tier | Source | Status | Checked |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Notte | Usage | Browser sessions $0.01/hour; functions $0.05/hour; residential proxies $10/GB Developer $20/mo and Startup $100/mo plans include equal credits. | $0.01/hr | Free plan: $10 credits granted once | source | verified | 2026-10-19 |
| Browser Use | Cloud (usage) | Browsers $0.02/hour, residential proxy $5/GB Minute-billed per vendor page; no subscription needed. | $0.02/hr | Free credit on signup (amount not read) | source | verified | 2026-10-19 |
| Anchor Browser | Usage (per vendor calculator) | Browser duration at $0.09/hour; proxy $8.00/GB; $0.01 per session init Rate read from the vendor's own cost-calculator text on the pricing page. Plans: Starter $50/mo, Team $500/mo, Growth $2000/mo. | $0.09/hr | — | source | verified | 2026-10-19 |
| Browserbase | Startup ($99/mo) | $0.10/browser hr after 500 included hours; Developer: $0.12/hr after 100 hours Developer $20/mo, Startup $99/mo. Proxies $12/GB (Dev) or $10/GB (Startup). | $0.10/hr | Free plan $0/mo, 3 concurrent browsers, 1 browser hour | source | verified | 2026-10-19 |
| Steel | Launch (usage) | Browser hours $0.10 (Launch), $0.08 (Scale $250/mo) Scale plan $250/month includes $100 credits/month; proxy $10/GB Launch, $6/GB Scale. | $0.10/hr | Launch $0/mo with $30 credits one time, 10 concurrent sessions | source | verified | 2026-10-19 |
| Hyperbrowser | Pay as you go | Browser usage 100 credits/hour = $0.10/hour; proxy $10/GB | $0.10/hr | Free plan $0, 5,000 credits, 1 concurrent session | source | verified | 2026-10-19 |
| Kernel | Usage | $0.0000166667 per GB-second (no charge for idle time or proxies) Not comparable per hour: billed per GB-second and the browser's memory size was not stated on the page. = $0.06 per GB-hour. | — | Free $0/mo plus usage; $5/month free credits; first $5 usage free | source | verified | 2026-10-19 |
| Browserless | Free plan / overages | 20k units/month free; overage $0.0020 per unit (Prototyping 180k units; Starter 500k units at $0.0015) Billed in 'units'; the page does not say how many units equal one browser-hour, so no per-hour figure is given. | — | Free: 20k units/month, 15 min max session | source | verified | 2026-10-19 |
| Scrapybara | (not read) | no price read Pricing URL returned 404; no price read. | — | — | source | unverified | 2026-10-19 |
| Airtop | (not read) | no price read Pricing page rendered no price text; no price read. | — | — | source | unverified | 2026-10-19 |