Browsers & Computer Use
10 browsers & computer use tools you can use instead of Cloudbrowser, 4 of them open source. Summaries come from each vendor's own site. Links checked Nov 8, 2026.
Persistent Chrome cloud browsers for AI agents: each browser keeps its saved profile and login state across pause and resume, connects to Playwright or other tools over CDP, and can be forked into copies or watched in a live view, managed through a REST API and Go CLI.
At a glance
| Tool | What it does | Open source | Head to head |
|---|---|---|---|
| Anchor Browser | Infrastructure for computer-use agents that automate web tasks at scale. | No | Cloudbrowser vs Anchor Browser |
| Browser Use | Open-source browser agent library plus hosted remote browsers for AI agents. | Yes | Cloudbrowser vs Browser Use |
| Browserbase | Hosted headless browsers for agents, with session control and an MCP server. | No | Cloudbrowser vs Browserbase |
| Browserless | Cloud browser automation platform: connect Puppeteer, Playwright or Selenium to managed headless browsers, or use BrowserQL, REST APIs and an MCP server for scraping, screenshots, PDFs and AI-driven browsing. Self-hosting available, with a paid license for commercial use. | No | Cloudbrowser vs Browserless |
| Hyperbrowser | Cloud Chrome sessions, isolated sandboxes, and web data APIs for agents. | No | Cloudbrowser vs Hyperbrowser |
| Kernel | Browser infrastructure for web agents with reusable sessions and fast spin-up. | No | Cloudbrowser vs Kernel |
| Lightpanda | Open-source headless browser written from scratch in Zig for automation, crawling and AI agents: runs JavaScript without graphical rendering, works with Puppeteer and Playwright over CDP, with a hosted cloud option. | Yes | Cloudbrowser vs Lightpanda |
| Pickle Browser | Local browser that opens real pages for agents, shows its work on your machine, and needs no account. | No | Not compared yet |
| Stagehand | SDK for browser agents with a Playwright-style API and self-healing selectors. | Yes | Not compared yet |
| Steel | Open-source browser API for running fleets of cloud browsers for agents. | Yes | Not compared yet |
Browsers & Computer Use
Infrastructure for computer-use agents that automate web tasks at scale.
Open-source browser agent library plus hosted remote browsers for AI agents.
Hosted headless browsers for agents, with session control and an MCP server.
Cloud browser automation platform: connect Puppeteer, Playwright or Selenium to managed headless browsers, or use BrowserQL, REST APIs and an MCP server for scraping, screenshots, PDFs and AI-driven browsing. Self-hosting available, with a paid license for commercial use.
Cloud Chrome sessions, isolated sandboxes, and web data APIs for agents.
Browser infrastructure for web agents with reusable sessions and fast spin-up.
Open-source headless browser written from scratch in Zig for automation, crawling and AI agents: runs JavaScript without graphical rendering, works with Puppeteer and Playwright over CDP, with a hosted cloud option.
Local browser that opens real pages for agents, shows its work on your machine, and needs no account.
SDK for browser agents with a Playwright-style API and self-healing selectors.
Open-source browser API for running fleets of cloud browsers for agents.
FAQ
Agent Stack Directory lists 10 other browsers & computer use tools: Anchor Browser, Browser Use, Browserbase, Browserless, Hyperbrowser, Kernel, Lightpanda, Pickle Browser, Stagehand, Steel.
Yes. Among the alternatives we list, these are marked open source: Browser Use, Lightpanda, Stagehand, Steel.
Persistent Chrome cloud browsers for AI agents: each browser keeps its saved profile and login state across pause and resume, connects to Playwright or other tools over CDP, and can be forked into copies or watched in a live view, managed through a REST API and Go CLI. (Summary based on cloudbrowser.tv, link checked 2026-11-08.)