Browser automation (cloud) for AI agents
5 APIs compared on price, free tier, MCP support and real usage. Prices from the vendors' pricing pages, checked Oct 9, 2026.
Free to start
4 of 5
Browserbase, Browser Use Cloud, Steel
Official MCP server
5 of 5
plug straight into Claude Code, Cursor and others
| API | Free | Price | SDK downloads / wk | GitHub stars | MCP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Browserbase Cloud headless browsers plus search, fetch and runtime APIs for browser agents (makers of Stagehand). |
1 browser hour, 3 concurrent browsers, 1,000... | Free plan · paid from $20/mo | 3.3M | 25.6K | MCP |
| Browser Use Cloud Hosted browsers and browser agents from the open-source Browser Use framework. |
$1 free credit once per person (eligible... | Free plan then Browsers $0.02 per hour; residential proxy $5/GB; agents... |
2M | 117K | MCP |
| Hyperbrowser Cloud browsers, scraping/fetch API, sandboxes and computer-use agents for AI apps. |
— | 1 credit = $0.001; browser $0.10 per hour; proxy $10/GB;... | 152K | 23 | MCP |
| Steel Browser API for AI agents with sessions, stealth, CAPTCHA solving and an open-source self-host option. |
Launch plan $0/month with $30 of credits... | Free plan · paid from $250/mo | 104K | 7,759 | MCP |
| Anchor Browser Cloud browsers for computer-use agents with authentication, stealth and deterministic task caching. |
5 credits/month, up to 5 concurrent browsers | Free plan · paid from $50/mo | 45.9K | 2 | MCP |
Other categories
Web search APIs Scraping and crawling Code sandboxes Memory for agents Vector databases LLM gateways and routers Email sending Voice (speech-to-text Payments for agents Blockchain RPC and node providers DEX swap and liquidity APIs Crypto market and on-chain data 3D model generation Image generation APIs Sound effects and music generation Video generation APIs