--- title: Browser Use slug: browser-use url: "https://toolweight.com/tools/browser-use" homepage: "https://browser-use.com" categories: browser-automation-apis last_verified: 2026-11-07 dataset_version: 0738be72 license: CC-BY-4.0 --- # Browser Use > The open-source browser agent library, with stealth cloud browsers and a hosted agent API - Started as the MIT-licensed Python library that lets an LLM drive a browser, and is still where most people meet it - Browser Use Cloud sells the same thing three ways: raw stealth Chromium over CDP, a hosted agent API, and a rerunnable-script product - One credit balance covers browser time, proxy traffic and model tokens, with no subscription and concurrency unlocked by total spend ## Identity | | | | --- | --- | | Name | Browser Use | | Company | Browser Use | | One-liner | The open-source browser agent library, with stealth cloud browsers and a hosted agent API | | Site | https://browser-use.com | | Docs | https://docs.browser-use.com | | Repo | https://github.com/browser-use/browser-use | | Founded | 2024 | | Funding | Seed | | Open source | Yes | | Licence | MIT | | Compared in | 1 | ## Where it is compared ### [Browser APIs](https://toolweight.com/compare/browser-automation-apis) Ranked **#1 of 14** on default weights. | Field | Value | Confidence | Verified | Source | Note | Permalink | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Anti-bot pass rate | - | Unknown | - | - | - | https://toolweight.com/compare/browser-automation-apis#browser-use--antibot_success | | Stealth mode | ● | Vendor-claimed | 2026-11-07 | https://docs.browser-use.com/cloud/browser/stealth.md | - | https://toolweight.com/compare/browser-automation-apis#browser-use--stealth_mode | | CAPTCHA solving | ● | Vendor-claimed | 2026-11-07 | https://docs.browser-use.com/cloud/browser/stealth.md | - | https://toolweight.com/compare/browser-automation-apis#browser-use--captcha_solving | | Residential proxy | metered-extra | Vendor-claimed | 2026-11-07 | https://browser-use.com/pricing.md | - | https://toolweight.com/compare/browser-automation-apis#browser-use--residential_proxy | | Cold start | - | Unknown | - | - | - | https://toolweight.com/compare/browser-automation-apis#browser-use--cold_start | | CDP endpoint | ● | Vendor-claimed | 2026-11-07 | https://browser-use.com/pricing.md | - | https://toolweight.com/compare/browser-automation-apis#browser-use--cdp_endpoint | | Playwright | ● | Vendor-claimed | 2026-11-07 | https://browser-use.com/pricing.md | - | https://toolweight.com/compare/browser-automation-apis#browser-use--playwright_support | | Puppeteer | ● | Vendor-claimed | 2026-11-07 | https://browser-use.com/pricing.md | - | https://toolweight.com/compare/browser-automation-apis#browser-use--puppeteer_support | | Session persistence | ● | Vendor-claimed | 2026-11-07 | https://docs.browser-use.com/llms.txt | - | https://toolweight.com/compare/browser-automation-apis#browser-use--session_persistence | | Live view | ● | Vendor-claimed | 2026-11-07 | https://browser-use.com/pricing.md | - | https://toolweight.com/compare/browser-automation-apis#browser-use--live_view | | Session replay | ● | Vendor-claimed | 2026-11-07 | https://browser-use.com/pricing.md | - | https://toolweight.com/compare/browser-automation-apis#browser-use--session_replay | | Max concurrency | 1,000 sessions | Vendor-claimed | 2026-11-07 | https://browser-use.com/pricing.md | Self-serve ceiling by total paid; Enterprise is 1,000+. | https://toolweight.com/compare/browser-automation-apis#browser-use--concurrency_ceiling | | File downloads | ● | Vendor-claimed | 2026-11-07 | https://docs.browser-use.com/llms.txt | - | https://toolweight.com/compare/browser-automation-apis#browser-use--file_downloads | | Chrome extensions | ● | Vendor-claimed | 2026-11-07 | https://docs.browser-use.com/llms.txt | - | https://toolweight.com/compare/browser-automation-apis#browser-use--extension_support | | Browser regions | us-east, eu-central | Vendor-claimed | 2026-11-07 | https://docs.browser-use.com/cloud/eu-deployment.md | Frankfurt is documented; the US default region is not named, us-east is assumed. | https://toolweight.com/compare/browser-automation-apis#browser-use--regions | | Agent API | ● | Vendor-claimed | 2026-11-07 | https://docs.browser-use.com/llms.txt | - | https://toolweight.com/compare/browser-automation-apis#browser-use--computer_use_api | | MCP server | ● | Vendor-claimed | 2026-11-07 | https://docs.browser-use.com/llms.txt | - | https://toolweight.com/compare/browser-automation-apis#browser-use--mcp_server | | Human handoff | ● | Vendor-claimed | 2026-11-07 | https://docs.browser-use.com/llms.txt | - | https://toolweight.com/compare/browser-automation-apis#browser-use--human_handoff | | Pricing model | per-hour | Vendor-claimed | 2026-11-07 | https://browser-use.com/pricing.md | Credits are dollar-denominated; traffic is billed separately. | https://toolweight.com/compare/browser-automation-apis#browser-use--pricing_model | | Per browser-hour | $0.02/browser-hour | Vendor-claimed | 2026-11-07 | https://browser-use.com/pricing.md | - | https://toolweight.com/compare/browser-automation-apis#browser-use--price_per_hour | | Free tier | ● | Vendor-claimed | 2026-11-07 | https://browser-use.com/pricing.md | - | https://toolweight.com/compare/browser-automation-apis#browser-use--free_tier | | GitHub stars | 120,216 | Measured by Toolweight | 2026-11-07 | https://api.github.com/repos/browser-use/browser-use | Read from the GitHub API on 2026-11-07. | https://toolweight.com/compare/browser-automation-apis#browser-use--github_stars | | Funding stage | seed | Community-reported | 2026-11-07 | https://www.felicis.com/insight/investing-in-browser-use | $17M seed led by Felicis, March 2025. | https://toolweight.com/compare/browser-automation-apis#browser-use--funding_stage | | Open-source core | ● | Vendor-claimed | 2026-11-07 | https://api.github.com/repos/browser-use/browser-use | MIT-licensed library; the cloud is separate. | https://toolweight.com/compare/browser-automation-apis#browser-use--open_source_core | | Positioning | Open-source browser agent library with stealth cloud browsers and a hosted agent API | Inferred | 2026-11-07 | https://docs.browser-use.com/llms.txt | - | https://toolweight.com/compare/browser-automation-apis#browser-use--positioning | | Launched | 2024 | Measured by Toolweight | 2026-11-07 | https://api.github.com/repos/browser-use/browser-use | Repository creation date. | https://toolweight.com/compare/browser-automation-apis#browser-use--launch_year | **Verdict.** The cheapest hosted browser-hour here and the library most agents already import, with a shorter track record as infrastructure. ## Alternatives - [Airtop](https://toolweight.com/tools/airtop), Natural-language browser API, describe the page, skip the selectors - [Anchor Browser](https://toolweight.com/tools/anchor-browser), Cloud browsers built around authenticated sessions and human takeover - [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 - [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 ## Licence and attribution Data from Toolweight (https://toolweight.com), licensed CC-BY-4.0. - Licence: [CC-BY-4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) - Canonical HTML: https://toolweight.com/tools/browser-use - Machine-readable: https://toolweight.com/tools/browser-use.md · https://toolweight.com/api/v1 · https://toolweight.com/mcp - Toolweight takes no affiliate revenue and sells no placements.