Axiom.ai vs Skyvern

Axiom.ai

• Scraping website data into a spreadsheet without writing code
• Repetitive data entry and form filling in web apps
• Developers who want hosted Chrome for Playwright or Puppeteer scripts

Skyvern

• Operations teams collecting invoices or reports from vendor portals that have no API
• Developers replacing selector-based Selenium or Playwright scripts
• Teams that need to self-host browser automation

Axiom.ai

• There is no free plan: new accounts get 2 hours of runtime once, and unused monthly runtime does not carry over.
• Starter leaves out webhooks, the API, scheduling and run recording; those start on Pro at $50 a month.
• Each cloud run is capped by plan, from 1 hour on Starter to 12 hours on Ultimate. Desktop runs have no time limit.
• The no-code builder is a Chrome extension, and team accounts are limited to the Ultimate plan.

Skyvern

• The cloud Free plan is 5,000 credits, about 170 actions, and the pricing page does not show it renewing each month.
• 2FA and TOTP support, team workspaces, residential proxies and state or city targeting start on Pro at $149 a month.
• Custom code blocks, human-in-the-loop steps and HIPAA compliance are listed only under Enterprise.
• The self-hosted edition is AGPL-3.0 and needs your own LLM provider; proxies, anti-bot measures and CAPTCHA solving are described as part of Skyvern Cloud.

Axiom.ai

No-code bot builder in Chrome

Bots are built inside a Chrome extension by adding steps from a searchable library and configuring them on the page. A selector tool lets you point at an element instead of writing CSS or XPath.

Scraping, actions and logic

Steps scrape data you point at, click, type, pick from dropdowns and download files. Logic, filters and custom JavaScript are available on every plan.

Cloud or desktop runs

The cloud runner adds schedules, concurrency and run recording by plan. The desktop app for macOS, Windows and Linux runs bots in your own Chrome with no concurrency or time limit.

Three APIs for developers

The Chrome API connects Playwright or Puppeteer scripts to cloud Chrome, the Step API performs single actions such as a scrape, and the Orchestrate API triggers saved bots over REST.

Claude skill and MCP server

A Claude Code skill guides Claude through building a bot, and an MCP server gives Claude Desktop, Cursor and other MCP clients access to the browser and the APIs.

Sheets, webhooks and AI steps

Bots read from and write to Google Sheets and Excel. Pro and higher plans add webhooks, Zapier and Make. AI steps call models such as ChatGPT or Claude using your own API key.

Skyvern

Vision-based browser agents

Agents combine computer vision with LLM reasoning to read a page, so a workflow keeps working after a site changes its layout. Each run has a summary of the actions taken and why.

Several ways to build a workflow

Describe the task to a copilot in plain English, upload a written procedure, record yourself doing it in a browser, or assemble blocks in a visual editor.

Logins, 2FA and CAPTCHAs

A credential vault stores passwords and 2FA codes without exposing them to the LLM, and connects to 1Password and Bitwarden. Runs can pass TOTP prompts and solve CAPTCHAs.

Structured data extraction

Data pulled from a site is returned in a schema you define, as JSON or CSV, and documents can be downloaded from portals that sit behind a login.

Proxies and geo-targeting

Cloud runs go through datacenter or residential proxies, with targeting by country on the lower plans and by state or city on Pro and Enterprise.

API, SDKs and MCP

Workflows can be triggered through a REST API, Python and TypeScript SDKs or webhooks, and Skyvern can act as a tool for MCP-compatible clients such as Claude and Cursor.

Axiom.ai

• Starter$15

  per month

  5 hours of monthly runtime, 1 cloud bot at a time and a 1-hour limit per cloud run. No webhooks, API, scheduler or run recording.

• Pro$50

  per month

  30 hours of monthly runtime, daily cloud scheduling, webhooks and API, Zapier and Make integrations, run recording and a 2-hour cloud run limit.

• Pro Max$150

  per month

  100 hours of monthly runtime, 2 concurrent cloud bots, hourly cloud scheduling, a 3-hour cloud run limit and a Slack support channel.

• Ultimate$250

  per month

  250 hours of monthly runtime, 20 concurrent cloud bots, a 12-hour cloud run limit, team accounts and priority support.

Skyvern

• Open source (self-hosted)$0

  The AGPL-3.0 project from GitHub, installed with pip or Docker Compose and run on your own machine or server with your own LLM provider.

• Free$0

  Skyvern Cloud with 5,000 credits (about 170 actions), 1 concurrent run, datacenter proxies, webhooks and community support.

• Hobby$29

  per month

  30,000 credits a month (about 1,200 actions), 10 concurrent runs, a basic CAPTCHA solver, stored credentials and email support.

• Pro$149

  per month

  150,000 credits a month (about 6,200 actions), 25 concurrent runs, team workspaces, 2FA and TOTP support, residential proxies and priority support.

• EnterpriseCustom

  Custom credits, 100 concurrent runs, HIPAA compliance, a SOC 2 report, custom code blocks, human-in-the-loop steps and a dedicated Slack channel.