Anchor Browser vs Browser Use (2026): which should you pick?
As of Nov 13, 2026, Browser Use grades higher than Anchor Browser: 2.6 against 1.8 out of 4.0.
Checked Nov 12, 2026 and Nov 13, 2026 · graded Nov 12, 2026 and Nov 13, 2026 by ToolGPA
Browser Use grades higher on value for money, the free plan and platforms. They get the same grade on features and ease of use.
Price, platforms and features side by side. The table says where each price was read and when.
Anchor Browser
Cloud browsers and authentication for computer-use agents
Browser Use
Browser agents and cloud browsers for AI apps
Which one is for you
Pick Anchor Browser if
- Fits if your agents must stay logged in to sites that have no API
- Works for teams that want a browser task kept as repeatable code
Look elsewhere if
- Tight if you stay free: 5 credits a month and 5 concurrent browsers
- Pricey if you need the full stealth browser, which sits on the $2,000 a month Growth plan
- Skip it if you want to host browsers yourself, as that is Enterprise only
- Watch out: the pricing page's structured data lists a $20 Starter and 25 free browsers, which contradicts the visible cards
- Watch out: past included credits every paid plan charges $1.00 a credit
Pick Browser Use if
- Fits if you are a developer who wants browser agents with a free harness
- Works for someone who prefers pay as you go to a subscription
Look elsewhere if
- Not for you if you want a no-code app, as it is built around an API key and docs
- Watch out: costs follow use at $0.02 a browser hour and $5 a GB on home-IP proxies
- Tight if you scale: concurrency starts at 10 and is 50 after $100 paid
- Watch out: the default model rate is $0.12 per million input tokens, and other models cost more
How we grade them
| 1.8GPAAnchor BrowserWeak | 2.6GPABrowser UseGood | |
|---|---|---|
| Value for money | CStarter is $50 a month, the start of the category's dearer quarter, with extra credits at $1.00 each. Team is $500. | AThe open-source harness is free to run in your own Chrome, and the cloud has no subscription, only a $5 top-up that never expires. |
| Free plan and trial | CThe free plan gives 5 credits a month, 5 concurrent browsers and 500 sessions. Authenticated browsers and CAPTCHA bypass need paid. | BThe harness is free and open source for Claude Code and Codex, and each cloud person gets a one-time $1 credit. |
| Features | CHosted browsers, logins, a VPN and task caching. Custom proxy and 30-day retention need Team, and full stealth Chromium needs the $2,000 Growth plan. | CWeb agents, stealth browsers and a choice of models, but concurrency starts at 10 and unlocks by total paid. |
| Ease of use | DNo rating on record. It is used through an SDK, MCP or automation tools, so it takes code or wiring. | DNo store rating on record. The page lists an API key and docs, not a no-code app. |
| Platforms and integrations | CCloud web service with MCP, and no desktop or phone app. Self-hosting only comes with Enterprise bring-your-own-cloud. | BWeb only, with three integrations, an API and an open-source harness; no desktop or phone app. |
| Best for | hosted browsers for agent logins | web agents and cloud browsers for developers |
The GPA is the average of the five grades: an A is 4 points, an F is none. The full reasons are on each tool's page: Anchor Browser and Browser Use. How we grade
Where they differ
- Browser Use is open source, according to its own site.
- Anchor Browser also covers workflow automation.
At a glance
| Anchor Browser | Browser Use | |
|---|---|---|
| Pricing | Free plan | Free plan |
| Starts at | $50 per month | $5 minimum top-up, used as you go |
| Free plan | 5 credits a month, up to 5 concurrent browsers and 500 browser sessions, with an embedded browser agent. | Browser Harness is free and open source (MIT); on the cloud, each person gets a one-time $1 signup credit that never expires. |
| Free trial | None listed | None listed |
| Web | ||
| Made by | Anchor | Browser Use |
| Price read from | anchorbrowser.io | browser-use.com |
| Checked | Nov 13, 2026 | Nov 12, 2026 |
Worth knowing
Anchor Browser
- Usage past included credits is $1.00 per credit on every paid plan; the calculator on the page uses $0.09 per browser hour, $8 per GB of proxy and $0.01 per AI step.
- The page's structured data lists a $20 Starter plan and 25 free browsers, conflicting with the visible cards ($50, 5 browsers), which are recorded here.
- Authenticated browsers and CAPTCHA bypass start at Starter; custom proxy and 30-day retention at Team; SOC 2 reporting at Growth.
- Anchor's browsers are cloud-only unless you take the Enterprise plan with bring-your-own-cloud.
Browser Use
- Costs follow use: $0.02 per browser hour, $5/GB on home-IP proxies and $0.20/GB direct.
- The default agent model rate is $0.12 per million input tokens and $0.60 output; other models cost more.
- Concurrency unlocks by total paid: 10 at the start, 50 after $100, 250 after $1,000.
- Aimed at developers: the page lists an API key and docs, not a no-code app.
Key features
Anchor Browser
- Anchor Chromium
- A Chromium fork the vendor says is recognized as human, with Web-Bot-Auth verification and parallel browsers.
- OmniConnect authentication
- Handles onboarding, management and use of the logins an agent needs to act on behalf of a user.
- Planned deterministic tasks
- An agent turns a plain-language task into a browser workload and falls back to AI at runtime only when needed; a web action cache keeps workflows as code.
- Built-in VPN
- An enterprise VPN offered as a network backbone that does not rely on third-party proxies.
- Flexible deployment
- Used through an SDK, MCP or automation platforms; bring-your-own-cloud and on-premises deployment are listed for Enterprise.
Browser Use
- Web agents
- Send a task and get JSON back. The pricing page lists a median task at $0.006 on the default model.
- Stealth cloud browsers
- Cloud browsers with CAPTCHA solving included and home-IP proxies, billed per browser hour plus traffic.
- Browser Harness
- A free, MIT-licensed tool that gives coding agents such as Claude Code and Codex control of your own Chrome.
- Choice of models
- Agents run on the vendor's BU models or models from OpenAI, Anthropic and others; bring your own key at provider cost plus 0.2x.
- Enterprise deployment
- US or EU cloud regions, on-prem browsers and agents through sales, and SOC 2 Type II with HIPAA and zero data retention available.
Plans
Anchor Browser
Free$0
5 credits a month, up to 5 concurrent browsers, up to 500 sessions and an embedded browser agent.
Starter$50
per month
50 credits, then $1.00 per extra credit; 25 concurrent browsers, authenticated browsers, automated CAPTCHA bypass and any geolocation.
Team$500
per month
500 credits, then $1.00 per extra credit; 50 concurrent browsers, Cloudflare-verified agents, custom proxy and 30-day data retention.
Growth$2000
per month
2,000 credits, then $1.00 per extra credit; 200 concurrent browsers, SOC 2 Type 2, ISO 27001 and GDPR, and the full stealth Anchor Chromium.
EnterpriseCustom
500+ concurrent browsers, SSO, RBAC, BAA and HIPAA, custom regions, bring your own cloud or on-premises, and a dedicated Slack channel.
Browser Use
Browser Harness$0
Open-source (MIT) harness for Claude Code and Codex; run it yourself in your own Chrome at no charge.
Pay as you go$5
one-time top-up, used as you go
No subscription: credits from $5 (1 credit = $1) that never expire; up to 1,000 browsers at once.
EnterpriseCustom
Concurrency past 1,000, annual credit pools, custom SLAs, HIPAA, EU data residency and on-prem deployment.
Common questions
Which is cheaper, Anchor Browser or Browser Use?
As of Nov 13, 2026, Anchor Browser starts at $50 per month, and Browser Use starts at $5 minimum top-up, used as you go.
Which has a free plan, Anchor Browser or Browser Use?
As of Nov 13, 2026, both Anchor Browser and Browser Use have a free plan.
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How this page was made
- The verdict at the top follows a fixed rule. When both tools are in the same category and either is in our top three for it, the verdict follows that ranking: the higher-placed tool is our pick. The top three weigh who each tool suits as well as its grades, so a pick can go against the GPA. Otherwise the page does not pick one and says which grades higher: the higher GPA first; on a tie, the one with a free plan, then the one that starts cheaper in dollars a month, counted the same way for both; if they are still level, what the choice depends on.
- The grades are our own, from each tool’s review or report card. The GPA is their average.
- Prices, plans and platforms come from each tool’s listing. The table above says where each price was read and when.
- The differences and the answers to the questions are worked out from those listings.