AgentWeb vs Browser Use: verified actions vs browser agents

By Andrey Marey, Founder of AgentWeb | Published: | Updated: | Facts checked October 22, 2026

AgentWeb (https://www.agentweb.us) is web infrastructure for AI agents. Your agent calls verified actions on real sites and gets back a clear done or failed, with a receipt, at $0.05 per completed action and nothing charged when an action fails. Browser Use gives your agent a browser, either as an open-source library, a cloud browser or a hosted agent that clicks through pages for you. If the job is to finish real tasks on real sites and prove they finished, AgentWeb is built for exactly that.

Key Takeaways

  • Different jobs. AgentWeb gives your agent ready-made actions on mapped sites (log in, search, book, order, submit). Browser Use gives your agent a browser to steer, or runs an AI agent that steers one for you.
  • You pay for finished work on AgentWeb. $0.05 per completed action, failed actions refunded, no subscription. Browser Use bills browser time by the minute, proxy traffic and model tokens plus a 20% fee, and its pricing page does not offer refunds for failed runs.
  • Logins work differently. On AgentWeb, the user connects once on a hosted sign-in page and the agent never sees credentials. Browser Use's docs recommend a saved browser profile or a human entering the 2FA code through a live view.
  • Completion is reported, not guessed. Every completed AgentWeb action returns a structured result and a receipt. A Browser Use agent returns its output and messages, and deciding whether the business task really happened is up to you.
  • Coverage. AgentWeb's public map library listed 1,734 mapped domains and 8,386 actions on October 22, 2026, with new maps on request. Browser Use can try any site a browser can open, with an AI model doing the work each time.

The short version

AgentWeb is web infrastructure for AI agents. Your agent does not drive a browser. It calls a verified action, fills in the inputs and gets back a result and a receipt.

Browser Use is a browser agent. An AI model looks at pages and clicks, types and scrolls until it thinks the task is done. You can run it yourself as open-source code, or pay Browser Use to host the browser and the agent.

If your agent needs to finish real tasks on real sites, and you want to pay only when they finish, start with AgentWeb.

What AgentWeb is

AgentWeb is an action index for the web. It maps real websites ahead of time as typed actions. Each action has declared inputs, scoped permissions and a verification step. Your agent calls an action through MCP or the REST API, and AgentWeb returns structured data plus a verification receipt.

There is no page-by-page loop for your agent to run. The agent is the brain; AgentWeb is the hands.

Three things come with every action:

  • Account connection. When an action needs the user's account on the target site, the user signs in once through a hosted connection page. Credentials are vaulted and never exposed to the agent.
  • Billing by outcome. $0.05 per completed action. Failed actions are refunded. Retries can be deduplicated with an Idempotency-Key header, so a retried request is not run twice.
  • Proof. Every completed action returns a receipt, and the dashboard shows per-session receipts.

Setup is one command in Claude Code. Codex, Cursor, Windsurf and any other MCP client can add the same server URL.

Coverage grows map by map. On October 22, 2026, the public map library listed 1,734 mapped domains with 8,386 actions in total. If a site your agent needs is missing, you can request the map. AgentWeb tells agents to report the gap or request the map rather than quietly falling back to browsing, so failures stay visible.

What Browser Use is

Browser Use (https://browser-use.com) comes in three forms:

  • An open-source browser agent. A Python library, MIT licensed, with about 119,000 GitHub stars in October 2026. You run it with your own model and your own browser.
  • Browser Infrastructure. Cloud browsers with stealth, CAPTCHA solving and residential proxies, which you drive over CDP with Playwright, Puppeteer or the browser-use library.
  • Browser Use Agents. A hosted agent API. You send a task in plain language, and Browser Use's agent runs it in a cloud browser with the model you choose.

It also offers an MCP server that starts hosted agent sessions, so tools like Claude Code and Cursor can hand a browsing task to Browser Use.

The core model is an AI reading pages and acting on them, one step at a time. That works on almost any site, and it also means every run pays for model reasoning and browser time, and every run can go a different way.

Side-by-side comparison

AgentWeb Browser Use
What your agent gets Verified, typed actions on real sites, ready to call A cloud browser to drive, or a hosted AI agent that drives one
How a task runs One action call with declared inputs An AI model steps through pages until it decides the task is done
Failed work Refunded, not billed Browser minutes, traffic and model tokens used are billed; no refund for failed runs is published
Proof of completion Structured result plus receipt per action Agent output, messages and a live view; judging task success is up to you
Logins User connects once through hosted sign-in; credentials vaulted, never shown to the agent Saved browser profiles keep cookies and login state; log in once, or sync a local login
2FA Handled by the user during the hosted sign-in, not by the agent Docs recommend a saved profile or a human entering the code through the live view
CAPTCHAs and bot walls Not something your agent drives; actions run at the network level against maintained maps Automatic CAPTCHA solving, stealth browser and residential proxies; docs say solving is not guaranteed
Pricing unit $0.05 per completed action $0.02 per browser hour, $5 per GB residential proxy, model tokens plus 20%
Entry price $25 credit block (500 actions), credits never expire $1 free credit for eligible signups; $5 minimum top-up; credits never expire
How it connects MCP server or REST API; one command in Claude Code Python library, SDKs, CDP, REST API and an MCP server
Site coverage 1,734 mapped domains, 8,386 actions (Oct 22, 2026); new maps on request Any site a browser can reach, with results depending on the model and the run
Concurrency Not published per plan 10 sessions to start, rising to 50, 250, 500 and 1,000 as total payments grow
Enterprise Performance SLA, custom maps for private software, dedicated support Enterprise sales; SOC 2 Type II, HIPAA and zero data retention listed

How they handle the hard parts

Doing the same task twice the same way

A browser agent decides what to click each time it runs. Browser Use publishes its own benchmarks, and its homepage reports 82% for its agent on its hardest internal suite. That is a strong score, and it also shows the nature of the approach: the result depends on the model, the page and the run.

An AgentWeb action is the same call every time. It either completes and returns a receipt, or fails and costs nothing. Keeping the map working when a site changes is AgentWeb's job.

Logins and two-factor authentication

AgentWeb moves the login out of the agent's path. When an action needs the user's account, the agent starts a connection and shows the user a link. The user signs in on a hosted page, including any 2FA step. After that, the agent calls actions with scoped permission and never handles a password or a cookie.

AgentWeb also keeps access and approval separate. A connected account proves access. It does not mean the user approved a specific order or amount, so agents are expected to show the inputs and get approval before a paid or irreversible action.

On Browser Use, a profile stores cookies and login state, and the docs suggest one profile per end user. For 2FA, the docs name two reliable options: reuse a logged-in profile while the site's cookies stay valid, or stop the run at the 2FA screen and have a person type the code through the live view, while the kept-open browser time is billed. Your product needs that human step, and your code needs to notice when cookies expire.

CAPTCHAs and bot walls

Browser Use puts real work into this. Its browser has a stealth layer, residential proxies on by default, and automatic CAPTCHA solving. Its docs are clear that solving is not guaranteed and point to the live preview for a human to take over.

With AgentWeb, your agent is not clicking through pages and meeting challenges along the way. Actions run at the network level against maps AgentWeb maintains.

Proving the task finished

AgentWeb returns a structured result and a receipt for every completed action. Completion is something the action reports, not something your agent infers from what a page looked like.

A Browser Use run returns the agent's output, its messages and a cost breakdown. Whether the order was placed or the form accepted is still a check you write.

Who AgentWeb is for

  • The task is behind a user's login. Account connection is part of the product, and the agent never touches credentials.
  • The task has to finish, not just start. Logging in, searching, booking, ordering, submitting and tracking on supported sites, with a receipt you can audit.
  • You want predictable cost. $0.05 per completed action, refunds on failure, no model tokens burned on clicking through pages.
  • Your agent already speaks MCP. One command adds the server, and the agent calls actions directly.
  • You run AgentWeb inside your own product. Enterprise adds custom volume pricing, a performance SLA, custom maps for private software and dedicated support.

Browser Use fits teams that want an open-source browser agent to run and modify themselves, or a hosted agent for open-ended browsing on sites no one has mapped.

Pricing compared

All figures come from each vendor's own pages, checked October 22, 2026.

AgentWeb

  • Pay as you go: $0.05 per completed action.
  • Credit blocks: $25 for 500 actions, $50 for 1,000, $100 for 2,000. Credits never expire.
  • No subscription and no monthly minimum.
  • Failed actions are refunded.
  • Reading pages is free up to 20 reads an hour per account, then priced like an action.
  • Enterprise: custom pricing, performance SLA, custom maps for private software and dedicated support.

Browser Use

Item Price
Cloud browser $0.02 per hour, rounded up to whole minutes, 1-minute minimum
Residential proxy $5 per GB, on by default; $0.20 per GB direct or with your own proxy
Hosted agents Model tokens at published rates plus a 20% fee, plus browser time and traffic
Bring your own model key Pay your model provider directly; Browser Use charges orchestration plus browser and traffic
Free credit $1 once per person for eligible signups
Minimum top-up $5; purchased credits never expire; no subscription plans offered

What this means for a real bill

Do not convert one meter into the other. They measure different things.

AgentWeb's $0.05 is the price of a finished action, and failures cost nothing.

On Browser Use, the browser itself is cheap. Most of the cost of a hosted agent run is the model doing the clicking. Browser Use's own pricing page shows benchmark costs per task ranging from about $0.06 to about $8.87 depending on the model, and notes those figures leave out browser hosting and some other costs. A failed run still uses tokens, minutes and traffic.

On both products, your own agent's model costs for planning are separate.

Try AgentWeb on the task your agent fails most often today, and count what a finished task costs you. If you want help picking that first task, book a discovery call.

Frequently asked questions

What is AgentWeb?

AgentWeb (https://www.agentweb.us) is web infrastructure for AI agents. Instead of driving a browser, your agent calls verified actions on real sites through MCP or a REST API and gets back a clear done or failed with a receipt. It listed 1,734 mapped domains and 8,386 actions on October 22, 2026, at $0.05 per completed action, with failed actions refunded.

Is AgentWeb a Browser Use alternative?

Yes, for tasks on mapped sites. Instead of an AI model clicking through pages, your agent calls an action and gets a result and a receipt. If a site your agent needs is not mapped yet, you can request the map.

What is the difference between AgentWeb and Browser Use?

Browser Use is a browser agent: an AI model reads pages and clicks until it thinks the task is done. AgentWeb maps sites ahead of time as verified actions, so your agent makes one call with declared inputs and gets a reported result. Browser Use reaches more sites; AgentWeb finishes mapped tasks the same way every time and bills only finished work.

Which is cheaper, AgentWeb or Browser Use?

AgentWeb charges $0.05 per completed action and refunds failures. Browser Use's browser time is cheap at $0.02 an hour, but hosted agent runs also pay for model tokens plus a 20% fee and proxy traffic, and failed runs are not refunded. For repeated tasks on mapped sites, AgentWeb's cost is fixed and known before the run.

How do AgentWeb and Browser Use handle logins and 2FA?

On AgentWeb, the user signs in once on a hosted page, including any 2FA step, and the agent then acts with scoped permission without seeing credentials. On Browser Use, you save login state in a browser profile; for 2FA its docs recommend reusing a logged-in profile or having a person enter the code through the live view.

Do I pay for failed tasks?

On AgentWeb, no. Failed actions are refunded. On Browser Use, a run uses browser minutes, traffic and model tokens whether or not it succeeds, and its pricing page does not offer refunds for failed runs.

Is Browser Use open source?

Yes. The browser-use Python library is MIT licensed and had about 119,000 GitHub stars in October 2026. Browser Use Cloud, its hosted browsers and agent API, is a paid service. AgentWeb is a hosted service you reach over MCP or REST.

Can I use AgentWeb and Browser Use together?

Yes. Some teams call AgentWeb actions for the tasks that must finish reliably on mapped sites, and keep a browser agent for open-ended browsing elsewhere. AgentWeb's guidance is to report or request a missing map rather than hide a fallback, so you always know which path ran.

Talk it through

If you are building an agent that has to get real work done on the web, bring the task and the sites. I will tell you straight whether AgentWeb covers it today, and if a site is missing, how to get it mapped. Book a call with me.

AgentWeb is not affiliated with Browser Use. Product details change, so test your exact sites and tasks before you commit. For corrections, email support@agentweb.us.

Sources (accessed October 22, 2026)

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