Pick Notte if
developers who want a low browser-hour rate and will bring their own model keys.
Read the Notte pageNotte vs Steel
Our take
Pick Notte if developers who want a low browser-hour rate and will bring their own model keys. Pick Steel if agent authors who want a CDP endpoint with proxies and session replay. Skip Notte if people who want a hosted general agent (Manus) or a scrape-credit API (Firecrawl). Skip Steel if people who want a hosted general agent (Manus) or markdown-out scrape credits (Firecrawl).
Best for
Notte Give a coding agent a Notte skill and a cheap cloud browser
Steel Attach Playwright to a stealth cloud session
Free plan
Notte $0 · $10 credits once, no expiry. 5 concurrent browsers; 15-minute sessions
Steel $0 · /month + usage. $30 one-time credits (~300 browser hours). 10 concurrent; 15-minute sessions; 3 seats
Lowest paid
Notte Developer $20/mo
Steel Scale $250/mo
Next step up
Notte Startup $100/mo
Steel
Coding agent
Notte Claude Code (paid plans)
Steel CLI + agent skill
Watch out
Notte Free is $10 once
Steel Launch credits are one-time
Last checked
Notte 2026-10-22 · notte.cc/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