# Anchor Browser review (2026): is the free plan enough? > Cloud browsers and authentication for computer-use agents Checked Nov 13, 2026 ยท graded Nov 13, 2026 by ToolGPA. Anchor Browser runs hosted Chromium instances that AI agents use to complete tasks on websites that have no API. It adds managed authentication for logged-in sessions (OmniConnect), an enterprise VPN, and an agent that plans a browser task and keeps it as cached deterministic code. It can be used through an SDK, MCP or automation platforms. - **Category:** AI Agents - **Made by:** Anchor - **Website:** https://anchorbrowser.io - **Runs on:** Web - **Who should skip it:** Tight if you stay free: 5 credits a month and 5 concurrent browsers. - **Facts last checked:** Nov 13, 2026 ## Pricing As of Nov 13, 2026, Anchor Browser has a free plan, and paid plans start at $50 per month. - **Pricing model:** Free plan - **Free plan:** 5 credits a month, up to 5 concurrent browsers and 500 browser sessions, with an embedded browser agent. - **Free trial:** None listed. | Plan | Price | What you get | | --- | --- | --- | | 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. | | Enterprise | Custom | 500+ concurrent browsers, SSO, RBAC, BAA and HIPAA, custom regions, bring your own cloud or on-premises, and a dedicated Slack channel. | Read from https://anchorbrowser.io on Nov 13, 2026. Prices change, so confirm with Anchor Browser before buying. ## Key features - **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. ## Good for - Developers automating sites that have no API - Products whose agents must act inside users' logged-in accounts - Regulated teams that need HIPAA, SSO or on-premises options ## Worth knowing - 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. ## ToolGPA grades **GPA: 1.8 out of 4**, graded Nov 13, 2026. Anchor Browser runs hosted Chromium for agents, with managed logins, a VPN and a mode that turns a browser task into cached code. The free plan is small and the first paid step is $50 a month, then $1.00 for each credit beyond the allowance. - **Value for money: C.** Starter is $50 a month, the start of the category's dearer quarter, with extra credits at $1.00 each. Team is $500. - **Free plan and trial: C.** The free plan gives 5 credits a month, 5 concurrent browsers and 500 sessions. Authenticated browsers and CAPTCHA bypass need paid. - **Features: C.** Hosted 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. - **Ease of use: D.** No rating on record. It is used through an SDK, MCP or automation tools, so it takes code or wiring. - **Platforms and integrations: C.** Cloud web service with MCP, and no desktop or phone app. Self-hosting only comes with Enterprise bring-your-own-cloud. These are ToolGPA's own grades. Graded from this listing, whose facts were read from Anchor's own pages on 13 November 2026. Not based on using the product, and shorter than our full reviews. ## Where it stands among AI agents - Anchor Browser's GPA of 1.8 is higher than 30 of the 178 other AI agents we grade, and level with 33. - It stands best on free plan and trial (C, above 64 of 178) and worst on ease of use (D, above 0). - Its paid plans start at $50 a month, against a middle price of $25 for the category: 73 of the 98 others that charge start lower. - On features, ease of use and platforms it scores 1.7 out of 4. 78 tools score higher and cost less. The category's chart of price against score: https://toolgpa.com/charts/ai-agents ## Keep it, or make your own? **Keep it.** To replace Anchor Browser you would be making an AI agent, with the models and the safeguards behind it. That is not a weekend's work, with an AI app builder or without one. That makes this kind of software worth paying for, not this one in particular: 115 of the 178 other AI agents grade higher. It costs $600 a year. - You could not: An AI agent, with the models and the safeguards behind it. - You could not: Connections to other products, each kept working as those products change. A judgement by ToolGPA from this listing, by rules that are the same for every tool. Nothing was built to test it. ## Works with MCP **Tags:** AI agents, Public API, Workflow automation ## Alternatives - [Browserbase](https://toolgpa.com/tools/browserbase): Cloud browsers and APIs for agents that use the web. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/anchor-browser-vs-browserbase) - [Hyperbrowser](https://toolgpa.com/tools/hyperbrowser): Cloud browsers, sandboxes and web APIs for AI agents. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/anchor-browser-vs-hyperbrowser) - [Kernel](https://toolgpa.com/tools/kernel): Cloud browser infrastructure for web agents and automations. 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