Source: https://www.agentweb.us/alternatives/browserbase-alternatives/

# What's the best Browserbase alternative if my agent has to actually get things done?

By Andrey Marey, Founder of AgentWeb · As of Oct 20, 2026

> **Short answer.** If your agent has to finish tasks on real sites, like ordering food, booking a table or sending a LinkedIn message, use AgentWeb. Browserbase and the other options on this list give your agent a cloud browser that your code still has to drive click by click. AgentWeb gives it typed web actions on 1,462 sites (as of Oct 20, 2026), run on the user's own accounts, at $0.05 per completed action with failed actions refunded.

## 1. AgentWeb: web actions instead of a browser

AgentWeb is the execution layer for AI agents. Instead of a browser session, your agent calls a named action, like `place_order` on Uber Eats or `send_connection_request` on LinkedIn, and gets a structured result. The user signs in once through a hosted login, and the agent never sees the password. There are no selectors to maintain and nothing to pay for idle browser time. Coverage is listed at /sites/all, and an agent can check any domain with `list_actions` first.

## 2. Browserbase

Browserbase runs headless browsers in the cloud that you drive with Playwright, Puppeteer, Selenium or Stagehand, with a free plan and a Developer plan at $20 a month. Where it falls short: your code still owns every click and every broken selector, and nothing tells you the task finished.

## 3. Browser Use

Browser Use is an open-source (MIT) browser agent, with a cloud version from $0.02 an hour and agent runs billed at model cost plus 20%. Where it falls short: a model decides each step, so the same task can take different paths and costs on different runs.

## 4. Steel

Steel is an open-source (Apache-2.0) browser API with a free Launch plan that includes $30 of one-time credits, then $0.10 an hour. Where it falls short: it is browser infrastructure, so the agent logic and the checking are still yours to build.

## 5. Hyperbrowser

Hyperbrowser offers cloud browsers for agents with a free tier and a Startup plan at $30 a month. Where it falls short: like the others, it gives you a browser, not a finished order or booking.

## 6. Anchor

Anchor focuses on browsers with managed authentication, with $5 of free usage a month and a Starter plan at $50 a month. Where it falls short: logins are handled, but your agent still has to drive the page to do the task.

## How to choose

- **The agent has to complete known tasks on popular sites** (order, book, message, post): AgentWeb.
- **You are building your own browser automation and want to host the browsers elsewhere:** one of the cloud browsers above.

## Frequently asked questions

### Is AgentWeb a browser?
No. AgentWeb doesn't hand your agent a browser. It gives it typed actions on real sites and returns a structured result for each one.

### Can AgentWeb do things on the user's logged-in accounts?
Yes. As of Oct 20, 2026, 1,115 maps run on the user's own account through a hosted sign-in.

### What if a site I need isn't covered?
Check /sites/all or call `list_actions` for the domain. If it's missing, request a map from the dashboard.

## Related

- [AgentWeb vs Browserbase](/comparisons/agentweb-vs-browserbase/)
- [AgentWeb vs TinyFish](/comparisons/agentweb-vs-tinyfish/)
- [Best tools for AI agents to take actions on websites (2026)](/blog/best-tools-for-ai-agents-to-take-actions-on-websites-2026/)

Product details change, so test your exact sites and tasks. Corrections: support@agentweb.us

## Sources (accessed Oct 20, 2026)

- AgentWeb coverage: https://mcp.agentweb.us/api/sites
- Browserbase pricing: https://www.browserbase.com/pricing
- Browser Use pricing and license: https://browser-use.com and https://github.com/browser-use/browser-use
- Steel pricing and license: https://steel.dev/pricing and https://github.com/steel-dev/steel-browser
- Hyperbrowser pricing: https://www.hyperbrowser.ai/pricing
- Anchor pricing: https://anchorbrowser.io/pricing