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FBrowser Use vs Skyvern
Pricing, features, platforms and who each one suits — side by side.
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Choose Browser Use if…
- you're in its core audience: developers, ai agent builders
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Choose Skyvern if…
- you're in its core audience: developers, operations teams
Side by side
Feature Browser Use Skyvern
Pricing modelFreemiumFreemium
Starting price—$29/mo
Free plan
Free trial
API
Open source
Trains AI on your contentYesYes
Data retentionKept as long as necessary; ZDR projects on enterprise; personal data destroyed within 90 days of termination—
Security and complianceSOC 2 Type II, HIPAA, GDPRSOC 2 Type II, HIPAA
Updates, last 90 days3—
GitHub stars119.3K—
CAPTCHA solving—
Built-in proxies
Structured JSON output—
Login & 2FA
Session replay
MCP server—
No-code integrations—
PlatformsWeb, API, Self-hostedWeb, API, Self-hosted
CategoryBrowser Agents & ScrapingBrowser Agents & Scraping
CompanyBrowser Use Inc.Ikonomos Inc.
Based in—United States
Founded——
Part of——
Key features
B Browser Use
- Browser agents that complete web tasks
- Cloud browsers accessed through Playwright or Puppeteer over CDP
- CAPTCHA solving and anti-detect browsers
- Residential proxies or your own proxy
- MCP server and browsers for coding agents
- Open-source MIT library and Browser Harness
- BU 2.0 custom model API
- On-prem deployment option
S Skyvern
- Vision and LLM-based website navigation without selectors
- Built-in CAPTCHA solving
- 2FA and TOTP login support
- Proxies with country, state or zip targeting
- Data extraction to JSON or CSV schemas
- Document download, parsing and routing
- Python and TypeScript SDKs, MCP support
- Integrations with Zapier, Make, Clay, n8n, Workato
Plans and prices
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Browser Use
Free credit$1 one-time
Cloud browsers$0.02/hour
Browser agentsModel cost + 20%
BU 2.0 model API$0.60 input / $3.50 output per 1M tokens
On-premCustom
Skyvern
Free$0
Hobby$29/mo
Pro$149/mo
EnterpriseCustom
Strengths and limitations
Browser Use
- Core library is open source under the MIT license
- $1 free credit with no card required
- No subscription, and credits never expire
- Lists SOC 2 Type II, HIPAA compliance and zero data retention
- Usage-based billing makes costs harder to predict
- Free accounts are limited to 10 concurrent sessions
- Minimum top-up is $5
- On-prem pricing requires contacting sales
Skyvern
- Open source and self-hostable via Docker
- Free plan with 5,000 credits, no credit card required
- CAPTCHA and 2FA handling built in
- SDKs for Python and TypeScript
- Free plan limited to 1 concurrent run
- 2FA/TOTP and residential proxies require the $149 Pro plan
- HIPAA compliance and SOC-2 report only on Enterprise
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