---
title: Anchor Browser
slug: anchor-browser
url: "https://toolweight.com/tools/anchor-browser"
homepage: "https://anchorbrowser.io"
categories: browser-automation-apis
last_verified: 2026-11-07
dataset_version: 0738be72
license: CC-BY-4.0
---

# Anchor Browser

> Cloud browsers built around authenticated sessions and human takeover

- Premise: the hard part of agent browsing is authentication, not evasion
- Persistent identity profiles, Chrome extension support so password managers work, and a live view for human 2FA takeover
- CDP, Playwright, stealth and proxies are present but secondary to that story

## Identity

|  |  |
| --- | --- |
| Name | Anchor Browser |
| Company | Anchor Browser |
| One-liner | Cloud browsers built around authenticated sessions and human takeover |
| Site | https://anchorbrowser.io |
| Docs | https://docs.anchorbrowser.io |
| Founded | 2024 |
| Funding | Seed |
| Open source | No |
| Compared in | 1 |

## Where it is compared

### [Browser APIs](https://toolweight.com/compare/browser-automation-apis)
Ranked **#2 of 14** on default weights.
| Field | Value | Confidence | Verified | Source | Note | Permalink |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Anti-bot pass rate | - | Unknown | - | - | Panel not yet run. | https://toolweight.com/compare/browser-automation-apis#anchor-browser--antibot_success |
| Stealth mode | ● | Vendor-claimed | 2026-11-06 | https://docs.anchorbrowser.io/essentials/stealth | - | https://toolweight.com/compare/browser-automation-apis#anchor-browser--stealth_mode |
| CAPTCHA solving | ● | Inferred | - | - | - | https://toolweight.com/compare/browser-automation-apis#anchor-browser--captcha_solving |
| Residential proxy | metered-extra | Inferred | - | - | Proxy egress available from the vendor and billed separately. | https://toolweight.com/compare/browser-automation-apis#anchor-browser--residential_proxy |
| Cold start | - | Unknown | - | - | - | https://toolweight.com/compare/browser-automation-apis#anchor-browser--cold_start |
| CDP endpoint | ● | Vendor-claimed | 2026-07-01 | https://docs.anchorbrowser.io | - | https://toolweight.com/compare/browser-automation-apis#anchor-browser--cdp_endpoint |
| Playwright | ● | Vendor-claimed | 2026-07-01 | https://docs.anchorbrowser.io/integrations/open-source/playwright | - | https://toolweight.com/compare/browser-automation-apis#anchor-browser--playwright_support |
| Puppeteer | ● | Vendor-claimed | 2026-07-01 | https://docs.anchorbrowser.io/integrations/open-source/puppeteer | - | https://toolweight.com/compare/browser-automation-apis#anchor-browser--puppeteer_support |
| Session persistence | ● | Vendor-claimed | 2026-07-01 | https://docs.anchorbrowser.io/essentials/managed-authentication | Identity profiles are the core product, not a feature flag. | https://toolweight.com/compare/browser-automation-apis#anchor-browser--session_persistence |
| Live view | ● | Vendor-claimed | 2026-07-01 | https://docs.anchorbrowser.io/advanced/browser-live-view | - | https://toolweight.com/compare/browser-automation-apis#anchor-browser--live_view |
| Session replay | ● | Inferred | - | - | - | https://toolweight.com/compare/browser-automation-apis#anchor-browser--session_replay |
| Max concurrency | 200 sessions | Vendor-claimed | 2026-11-06 | https://www.anchorbrowser.io/pricing | - | https://toolweight.com/compare/browser-automation-apis#anchor-browser--concurrency_ceiling |
| File downloads | ● | Inferred | - | - | - | https://toolweight.com/compare/browser-automation-apis#anchor-browser--file_downloads |
| Chrome extensions | ● | Vendor-claimed | 2026-11-07 | https://docs.anchorbrowser.io/advanced/extensions | - | https://toolweight.com/compare/browser-automation-apis#anchor-browser--extension_support |
| Browser regions | - | Unknown | - | - | - | https://toolweight.com/compare/browser-automation-apis#anchor-browser--regions |
| Agent API | ◐ | Inferred | - | - | Task-style endpoints exist but the browser, not the agent loop, is the product. | https://toolweight.com/compare/browser-automation-apis#anchor-browser--computer_use_api |
| MCP server | ● | Inferred | - | - | - | https://toolweight.com/compare/browser-automation-apis#anchor-browser--mcp_server |
| Human handoff | ● | Vendor-claimed | 2026-07-01 | https://docs.anchorbrowser.io/agentic-browser-control/human-in-the-loop | Designed around a human clearing 2FA mid-session and handing control back. | https://toolweight.com/compare/browser-automation-apis#anchor-browser--human_handoff |
| Pricing model | per-hour | Inferred | - | - | - | https://toolweight.com/compare/browser-automation-apis#anchor-browser--pricing_model |
| Per browser-hour | $0.05/browser-hour | Vendor-claimed | 2026-11-07 | https://docs.anchorbrowser.io/pricing | - | https://toolweight.com/compare/browser-automation-apis#anchor-browser--price_per_hour |
| Free tier | ● | Inferred | - | - | - | https://toolweight.com/compare/browser-automation-apis#anchor-browser--free_tier |
| GitHub stars | - | Unknown | - | - | - | https://toolweight.com/compare/browser-automation-apis#anchor-browser--github_stars |
| Funding stage | seed | Community-reported | - | - | - | https://toolweight.com/compare/browser-automation-apis#anchor-browser--funding_stage |
| Open-source core | ○ | Inferred | - | - | - | https://toolweight.com/compare/browser-automation-apis#anchor-browser--open_source_core |
| Positioning | Cloud browser that keeps your agent logged in | Inferred | - | - | - | https://toolweight.com/compare/browser-automation-apis#anchor-browser--positioning |
| Launched | 2024 | Inferred | - | - | - | https://toolweight.com/compare/browser-automation-apis#anchor-browser--launch_year |

**Verdict.** The best answer when your agent's blocker is a login wall rather than a bot wall.

## Alternatives

- [Airtop](https://toolweight.com/tools/airtop), Natural-language browser API, describe the page, skip the selectors
- [Apify](https://toolweight.com/tools/apify), Actor platform for scraping and agents, with Crawlee as the open-source core
- [Bright Data Browser API](https://toolweight.com/tools/bright-data-browser-api), CDP browsers on a 70M+ residential IP network with challenge handling built in
- [Browser Use](https://toolweight.com/tools/browser-use), The open-source browser agent library, with stealth cloud browsers and a hosted agent API
- [Browserbase](https://toolweight.com/tools/browserbase), Managed headless browsers for AI agents, with Stagehand as the SDK
- [Browserless](https://toolweight.com/tools/browserless), Self-hostable headless Chrome service; BrowserQL for bot-heavy sites
- [Cloudflare Browser Rendering](https://toolweight.com/tools/cloudflare-browser-rendering), Puppeteer and Playwright bindings for Workers, plus REST render endpoints
- [Hyperbrowser](https://toolweight.com/tools/hyperbrowser), Agent-first browsers with hosted scrape, crawl and CUA endpoints
- [Kernel](https://toolweight.com/tools/kernel), Fast-starting browsers plus a runtime for deploying browser agents
- [Self-hosted Playwright](https://toolweight.com/tools/playwright-self-hosted), The baseline: run Chromium in your own container and own everything
- [ScrapingBee](https://toolweight.com/tools/scrapingbee), One-call HTML API with JavaScript rendering and premium proxy tiers
- [Steel.dev](https://toolweight.com/tools/steel-dev), Open-source browser API for AI agents, hosted or self-run

## Logo & brand colours

SVG files: https://toolweight.com/teams/anchor-browser/logo.svg and https://toolweight.com/teams/anchor-browser/mono.svg. JSON: https://toolweight.com/api/v1/brands/anchor-browser.

| Hex | oklch |
| --- | --- |
| #000000 | oklch(0.0% 0.000 0.0) |

## Licence and attribution

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- Licence: [CC-BY-4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)
- Canonical HTML: https://toolweight.com/tools/anchor-browser
- Machine-readable: https://toolweight.com/tools/anchor-browser.md · https://toolweight.com/api/v1 · https://toolweight.com/mcp
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