Pick Hyperbrowser if
teams that want one credit wallet across browsers, fetch, and hosted agents.
Read the Hyperbrowser pageHyperbrowser vs Steel
Our take
Pick Hyperbrowser if teams that want one credit wallet across browsers, fetch, and hosted agents. Pick Steel if agent authors who want a CDP endpoint with proxies and session replay. Skip Hyperbrowser if people who only need a local Playwright driver (Stagehand) or a general agent workbench (Manus). Skip Steel if people who want a hosted general agent (Manus) or markdown-out scrape credits (Firecrawl).
Hyperbrowser
**hosted browsers
Steel
open-source browser API for agents
Best for
Hyperbrowser Rent a stealth Chromium plus a fetch/search meter
Steel Attach Playwright to a stealth cloud session
Free plan
Hyperbrowser $0 · 5,000 credits; 1 concurrent session; 7-day retention
Steel $0 · /month + usage. $30 one-time credits (~300 browser hours). 10 concurrent; 15-minute sessions; 3 seats
Lowest paid
Hyperbrowser Startup $30/mo
Steel Scale $250/mo
Next step up
Hyperbrowser Scale $100/mo
Steel
Coding agent
Hyperbrowser Agents
Steel CLI + agent skill
Runs where
Hyperbrowser Hosted
Steel
Watch out
Hyperbrowser Free is 5,000 credits
Steel Launch credits are one-time
Last checked
Hyperbrowser 2026-10-22 · hyperbrowser.ai/pricing
Steel 2026-10-22 · steel.dev/pricing
Which one, then?
Pick Steel if
agent authors who want a CDP endpoint with proxies and session replay.
Read the Steel page