Hyperbrowser

What it is for

Hyperbrowser is hosted browsers, sandboxes, and web APIs for agents: the official docs still (see the cover: Introduction, Browsers / Sandboxes / API reference nav, Quickstart / Playground cards) is the getting-started surface. Use it when the job is rent a stealth Chromium plus a fetch/search meter, not when you need a general chat agent.

It is not open source as a product. SDKs are public. Free is $0 with 5,000 credits. Startup is the first public paid card.

What makes it unique: the cover is Hyperbrowser’s own docs with Browsers / Sandboxes / Playground in the chrome — not a gateway poster.

Key features

• Docs hub — Introduction plus Quickstart, Browser Sessions, and Playground cards (cover).
• Browser sessions — 100 credits/hour ($0.10/hour); proxy 10,000 credits/GB ($10/GB).
• Web API — Fetch 1 credit/page; Search 5 credits/query; JSON add-on +5.
• Agents — HyperAgent / Browser Use 20 credits/step ($0.02/step).
• Sandboxes — vCPU $0.045/vCPU-hour; memory $0.015/GiB-hour.

Who it's for

Best fit: teams that want one credit wallet across browsers, fetch, and hosted agents.

Poor fit: people who only need a local Playwright driver (Stagehand) or a general agent workbench (Manus).

Pricing

Verified 2026-10-22 (Asia/Shanghai) from the live cards on hyperbrowser.ai/pricing and docs pricing. 1,000 credits = $1. Re-check before you buy.

• Free — $0. 5,000 credits; 1 concurrent session; 7-day retention.
• Startup — $30/month. 30,000 credits; 25 concurrent; 30-day retention; CAPTCHA; basic stealth.
• Scale — $100/month. 100 concurrent; premium residential proxies.
• Enterprise — custom (1,000+ concurrent; ultra stealth; 180+ day retention).

Unused plan credits do not roll over. Purchased credits expire after 12 months.

Limitations / costs

• Free is 5,000 credits. At $0.10/hour that is about 50 browser hours.
• Agent steps stack on browser time. HyperAgent is $0.02/step plus the session.
• Proxies are $10/GB. A chatty crawl moves the meter fast.
• Plan credits reset. Buy-side credits last 12 months.

Alternatives

• Browserbase — Developer $20 with 100 included hours.
• Steel — Launch $0 + $30 credits; OSS runtime.
• Kernel — usage browsers; Hobbyist $30.

Official tutorial

Written path: Introduction plus Live View and Pricing. Official channel: HyperbrowserAI.

Website

https://www.hyperbrowser.ai

Repository

https://github.com/hyperbrowserai/node-sdk

Source

Catalog row curated for AI Tools Nav. Cover is the official Introduction docs (Browsers / Sandboxes / Playground cards). Dollars checked on hyperbrowser.ai/pricing (Free 5,000 credits; Startup $30; Scale $100).

Last verified

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