Browser Use vs H Company (2026): which should you pick?
As of Nov 13, 2026, Browser Use grades higher than H Company: 2.6 against 2.2 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. They get the same grade on the free plan, features, ease of use and platforms.
Price, platforms and features side by side. The table says where each price was read and when.
Browser Use
Browser agents and cloud browsers for AI apps
H Company
Computer-use agents and models, sold by session plans
Which one is for you
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
Pick H Company if
- Fits if you build agents that drive a browser or desktop through an API
- Works for developers who want open weights as well as a hosted option
Look elsewhere if
- Watch out: session counts are approximate and vary with task complexity and model
- Pricey if you go over: Builder and Startup top-ups cost model cost plus 20%
- Skip it if you want no-code, as the tools are an API, models and a CLI
- Tight if you need the Startup plan at $200 a month for more volume
How we grade them
| 2.6GPABrowser UseGood | 2.2GPAH CompanyFair | |
|---|---|---|
| Value for money | 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. | CBuilder is $20 a month, between the category's $19 cheaper quarter and $24 middle. Top-ups cost model cost plus 20%. |
| Free plan and trial | BThe harness is free and open source for Claude Code and Codex, and each cloud person gets a one-time $1 credit. | BA free plan with 3 concurrent agents and about 60 sessions a month, with model cost covered. Enough to build with. |
| Features | CWeb agents, stealth browsers and a choice of models, but concurrency starts at 10 and unlocks by total paid. | CAgents API, Models API, open weights, HoloTab and HoloDesktop CLI and enterprise deployment. Per-token Models API rates were not readable. |
| Ease of use | DNo store rating on record. The page lists an API key and docs, not a no-code app. | DNo store rating on record. It is built around APIs, a command line tool and model weights you wire in yourself. |
| Platforms and integrations | BWeb only, with three integrations, an API and an open-source harness; no desktop or phone app. | BWeb and a browser extension, with Hugging Face, the OpenAI SDK and MCP listed. No phone app. |
| Best for | web agents and cloud browsers for developers | computer-use agents API and models |
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: Browser Use and H Company. How we grade
Where they differ
- Browser Use is open source, according to its own site.
- H Company also covers workflow automation.
At a glance
| Browser Use | H Company | |
|---|---|---|
| Pricing | Free plan | Free plan |
| Starts at | $5 minimum top-up, used as you go | $20 per month (Builder plan) |
| Free plan | Browser Harness is free and open source (MIT); on the cloud, each person gets a one-time $1 signup credit that never expires. | Up to 3 concurrent agents and about 60 sessions a month, with model cost free and a datacenter proxy. |
| Free trial | None listed | None listed |
| Web | ||
| Browser extension | ||
| Made by | Browser Use | H Company |
| Price read from | browser-use.com | hcompany.ai |
| Checked | Nov 12, 2026 | Nov 13, 2026 |
Worth knowing
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.
H Company
- Session counts are approximate; the page says they vary with task complexity and models used.
- Past the included amount, Builder and Startup top-ups cost model cost plus 20%.
- Per-token Models API rates were not readable on the pricing page text and are not listed here.
Key features
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.
H Company
- Agents API
- Agents work in a cloud-hosted browser or on a desktop without needing site APIs, and are reachable through an API, SDK, MCP server or CLI.
- Models API
- An OpenAI-compatible API for the Holo multimodal models, taking text and image input, so you can run your own agent loop.
- Open weights
- Holo model checkpoints can be downloaded from Hugging Face and run on your own hardware.
- HoloTab and HoloDesktop CLI
- HoloTab is an AI browser companion on the Chrome Web Store, and the HoloDesktop CLI runs the agent on-device.
- Enterprise deployment
- Forward deployed engineers build custom agents on a customer's existing systems. The site lists SOC 2 Type II, ISO 27001 and GDPR compliance.
Plans
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.
H Company
Free$0
per month
Up to 3 concurrent agents, about 60 sessions a month, free model cost under a token fair-usage cap and a datacenter proxy.
Builder$20
per month
Up to 10 concurrent agents, about 1,000 sessions a month, first $20 at model cost, then top-ups at model cost plus 20%.
Startup$200
per month
Up to 100 concurrent agents, about 10,000 sessions a month, first $200 at model cost, then top-ups at model cost plus 20%.
EnterpriseCustom
No concurrency cap, custom sessions, negotiated model pricing, best rate limits, early model access and workflow orchestration.
Common questions
Which is cheaper, Browser Use or H Company?
As of Nov 13, 2026, Browser Use starts at $5 minimum top-up, used as you go, and H Company starts at $20 per month (Builder plan).
Which has a free plan, Browser Use or H Company?
As of Nov 13, 2026, both Browser Use and H Company have a free plan.
Which platforms do Browser Use and H Company run on?
As of Nov 13, 2026, only H Company lists a browser extension. Both list a web app. A platform missing from a listing is one its maker's pages did not mention.
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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.