Anchor Browser

What it is for

Anchor Browser is hosted Chromium plus prompt tasks for agents: the official docs still (see the cover: Get your API key, Node.js agentTask sample, Live Playground in the nav) is the getting-started surface. Use it when the job is run a natural-language web task on a managed browser, not when you need a general chat workbench.

It is not open source as a product. Free includes $5 credits/month. Starter is the first public paid card.

What makes it unique: the cover is Anchor’s own docs with a live agentTask snippet — not the homepage CRT/hero.

Key features

• agentTask snippet — Node/Python “Go to example.com and return the page title” on the docs home (cover).
• Live Playground — linked from the docs nav; app playground is sign-in.
• Task runs — 0.1 credits ($0.10) per successful automation task.
• Infrastructure meter — browser create $0.01; browser hour $0.05; Anchor proxy $8/GB.
• OmniConnect auth — managed identities for logged-in sessions on paid cards.

Who it's for

Best fit: teams automating SaaS portals who will pay $0.10/successful task or infrastructure.

Poor fit: people who want a hosted general agent (Manus) or a local MIT SDK only (Stagehand).

Pricing

Verified 2026-10-22 (Asia/Shanghai) from docs.anchorbrowser.io/pricing and the homepage plan cards on anchorbrowser.io. Re-check before you buy.

• Free — $5 credits/month. Up to 5 concurrent; 5 sessions/minute.
• Starter — $50/month. 50 credits; +$1.00/credit overage; 25 concurrent; authenticated browsers; captcha bypass.
• Team (homepage card) — $500/month. 500 credits; 50 concurrent.
• Growth — $2,000/month. 2,000 credits; 200 concurrent; SOC2 / ISO27001 / GDPR.
• Enterprise — custom (500+ concurrent; BAA/HIPAA; on-prem).

A failed task run does not pay the $0.10 task fee; infrastructure still bills. You pay the higher of the task fee or infrastructure cost.

Limitations / costs

• Playground in the app is a login wall. Use the docs snippet and Live Playground link.
• $0.10 is the task floor. A long proxied hour bills infrastructure instead.
• Free is $5 credits/month. That is tens of task runs, not a farm.
• Homepage and docs plan names differ (Team vs Growth). Cite both; do not invent a third.

Alternatives

• Steel — Launch $0 + $30 credits; OSS runtime.
• Hyperbrowser — Startup $30 credit wallet.
• Browserbase — Developer $20 with 100 included hours.

Official tutorial

Written path: Introduction plus Pricing and Playground.

Website

https://anchorbrowser.io

Source

Catalog row curated for AI Tools Nav. Cover is the official docs Introduction (agentTask + Get your API key). Dollars checked on docs.anchorbrowser.io/pricing (Free $5 credits; Starter $50; Growth $2,000) and the homepage Team card ($500).

Last verified

2026-10-22 (Asia/Shanghai) editorial check.