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Browser Use

by Browser UseYC W25San Francisco, California, United StatesNo ratings yet

Cloud browsers and browser agents for web automation tasks.

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Tool type
Browser agents and cloud browser infrastructure
Made for
Developers and teams automating web tasks
Runs on
Cloud API, SDKs and local open-source library
Cloud browsers and agents run on Browser Use infrastructure; the open-source library runs locally.
Last checked
29 Oct 2026
3 product sources

What it does

Browser Use takes a natural-language task, such as finding a story or pulling data from a site, and returns a result after an agent drives a browser to complete it. It also provides cloud browser sessions that your own Playwright or Puppeteer code can connect to over CDP. Cloud browsers are billed by the minute, with residential proxy traffic billed separately.

People use it for logins, forms, shopping, data extraction and travel booking on sites that block standard headless browsers. The company says its cloud browser gets past bot checks, reporting 90.5% success versus 3.0% for headless Chrome across 200 visits to 100 bot-protected sites in its own test. An open-source MIT-licensed library is also available for running agents locally.

It suits developers and teams building browser automation or agent workflows who are comfortable with API keys and SDKs. Access requires an account and API key, and usage is metered with credits that do not expire. Browser sessions and proxy traffic are billed separately from model tokens, and the benchmark figures come from the vendor's own tests.

What it can do

  • Runs natural-language browser tasks through the Browser Use Agents service
  • Launches cloud browsers that can be controlled over CDP by Playwright or Puppeteer
  • Routes browser traffic through residential or direct proxies
  • Offers model access through an API with cached and standard token pricing
  • Provides an MIT-licensed open-source library for local browser agents
  • Supports concurrent sessions that scale with total paid amount

Works with

  • Playwright
  • Puppeteer
  • Chrome DevTools Protocol (CDP)
  • Claude Code, Codex and Cursor (via the separate open-source Browser Harness)

Example workflows

Run a natural-language web task
Input: a task such as 'Find the top Hacker News story'. Steps: create a run through the Python or TypeScript SDK, then wait for completion. Output: the result text returned by the run.
Drive a cloud browser with your own code
Input: an API key and a Playwright script. Steps: start a cloud browser via the API, connect Playwright over CDP, perform actions, then stop the session. Output: whatever data or page state your script collects, with session time billed per minute.

Before you choose

  • Browser sessions are billed by the minute (rounded up, 1-minute minimum), and residential proxy traffic costs $5/GB by default, so costs depend on session length and traffic routing.
  • Model usage is priced as provider rate plus 20%, and cached rates apply, so token-heavy tasks can cost more than the browser time alone.
  • Performance figures and bot-bypass rates are vendor-reported and based on the company's own benchmarks and tests.

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Get started

Sign up with Google, GitHub or Microsoft to receive a free credit, then export your API key.

  1. Create an account at cloud.browser-use.com and copy your API key.
  2. Export the key as BROWSER_USE_API_KEY and optionally test it with a curl request to the browsers endpoint.
  3. Install the browser-use-sdk and playwright packages for Python, or browser-use-sdk and playwright-core for TypeScript.
Create account and get API key

Plans and prices

Prices in USD

Browser sessions are $0.02/hour; residential proxy $5/GB or $0.20/GB direct. Web agents add 20% on model token rates. Minimum top-up $5. Legacy subscriptions exist but no subscription plans are offered.

Cloud browser$0.02 per hourPlus $5 per GB residential proxy; $0.20/GB direct or own proxy.
  • Metered by the minute
  • Residential proxy on by default
Web agentsUsage-basedUse the product's rate table at https://browser-use.com/pricing for exact per-model token rates.
  • Model plus 20% fee
  • Browser time and traffic billed extra

Source: browser-use.com/pricing, checked 29 Oct 2026. Prices can change; check before you buy.

Sources for this overview

Product pages, documentation, and pricing checked 29 Oct 2026. Each source supports part of the overview; availability and prices can change.

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