# rtrvr.ai review (2026): is the free plan enough? > Browser agent for Chrome and cloud, with an ad-supported free mode Checked Nov 13, 2026 ยท graded Nov 13, 2026 by ToolGPA. rtrvr.ai, sold as Retriever AI, is a browser agent that works on the page you have open in Chrome or in cloud browsers it runs for you. It can scrape data, fill forms and run scheduled tasks, and is also reachable through an API, MCP, a CLI and WhatsApp on paid plans. - **Category:** AI Agents - **Made by:** Retriever AI - **Website:** https://rtrvr.ai - **Runs on:** Browser extension, Web - **Who should skip it:** Skip it if you object to sponsored cards, since ad-free runs need a paid plan and credits. - **Facts last checked:** Nov 13, 2026 ## Pricing As of Nov 13, 2026, rtrvr.ai has a free plan, and paid plans start at $9.99 per month (billed monthly). - **Pricing model:** Free plan - **Free plan:** Free Mode: supported AI models and cloud browser time at no cost, with sponsored cards and a daily fair-use allowance; one daily schedule. - **Free trial:** None listed. | Plan | Price | What you get | | --- | --- | --- | | Free | $0 | Free Mode with sponsored cards, a renewing daily allowance, 100 one-time welcome credits and one schedule a day or less often. | | Starter | $9.99 per month, billed monthly | 1,000 credits each month, every reasoning level in Free Mode, more schedules, triggers, API, MCP and WhatsApp access. | | Pro | $29.99 per month, billed monthly | 3,000 credits each month with 1 seat included; extra seats $9.99 each. | | Team | $99.99 per month, billed monthly | 10,000 credits each month, 3 seats included (extra seats $9.99) and Private Mode with zero data retention. | | Scale | $499.99 per month, billed monthly | 50,000 credits each month, 10 seats included (extra seats $9.99) and Private Mode, for cloud and API workloads. | Read from https://rtrvr.ai/pricing on Nov 13, 2026. Prices change, so confirm with rtrvr.ai before buying. ## Ways to pay less - **Annual billing: 2 months free** (Annual discount): The pricing page has a Monthly/Annual toggle labeled 2 months free for annual billing; annual prices were not shown in the page text. Source: https://rtrvr.ai/pricing ## Key features - **Chrome extension and cloud browsers:** Run tasks on the page you are signed into in Chrome, or in cloud browsers that keep working after you leave. - **Scraping and enrichment:** Pull listings or profiles into a sheet. Enrichment costs 0.25 credits per returned record, and live scraping 0.15 credits per successful record. - **Schedules and triggers:** Paid plans run schedules as often as every few minutes and respond to webhooks or page changes, with no tab open. - **API, MCP, CLI and WhatsApp:** The agent can be called from code, an MCP client such as Claude, a terminal or WhatsApp. Cloud API calls need a paid plan. - **Choice of AI model:** Use rtrvr credits, ChatGPT, Claude, your own API key or a local model. Your own provider avoids model-credit charges. ## Good for - People scraping data or filling forms from signed-in browser sessions - Sales teams enriching leads and automating outreach steps - Developers who want to call a browser agent from an API or MCP ## Worth knowing - The free plan shows sponsored cards with results; ad-free runs need a paid plan and credits. - Cloud API calls, cloud MCP tools and WhatsApp tasks are not on the free plan. - One credit equals one cent, and a cloud browser uses about 60 credits an hour; unused monthly credits do not roll over. ## ToolGPA grades **GPA: 2.8 out of 4**, graded Nov 13, 2026. rtrvr is a Chrome extension and cloud browser that does web tasks, scraping and scheduled runs. Free Mode shows sponsored cards with results, and ad-free runs and cloud API calls need paid credits. Unused monthly credits do not roll over. - **Value for money: A.** $9.99 a month, under 60% of the category's cheaper quarter of $19. Credits cost a cent each and a cloud browser burns about 60 an hour. - **Free plan and trial: B.** Free Mode covers supported models and cloud browser time with a daily fair-use allowance and one daily schedule, shown with sponsored cards. - **Features: C.** Extension and cloud browsers, scraping and enrichment, schedules, API, MCP, CLI and WhatsApp. Cloud API calls, MCP tools and WhatsApp tasks are not on Free. - **Ease of use: C.** No store rating on record. You set up tasks and schedules, and may connect keys or an API. - **Platforms and integrations: B.** Chrome extension and web, with Claude, Codex, Slack, WhatsApp and Google Sheets listed. No desktop or phone app. These are ToolGPA's own grades. Graded from this listing, whose facts were read from Retriever AI'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 - rtrvr.ai's GPA of 2.8 is higher than 160 of the 178 other AI agents we grade, and level with 10. - It stands best on value for money (A, above 161 of 178) and worst on features (C, above 2). - Its paid plans start at $9.99 a month, against a middle price of $25 for the category: 2 of the 98 others that charge start lower. - On features, ease of use and platforms it scores 2.3 out of 4. 1 tool scores higher and costs 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 rtrvr.ai 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. It is one of the better ones too: its GPA of 2.8 is higher than 160 of the 178 other AI agents we grade. It costs $119.88 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. - You could not: A web browser. A judgement by ToolGPA from this listing, by rules that are the same for every tool. Nothing was built to test it. ## Works with Chrome, Claude, Codex, Slack, WhatsApp, Google Sheets **Tags:** AI agents, Workflow automation, Public API, Web browser ## Alternatives - [Browser Use](https://toolgpa.com/tools/browser-use): Browser agents and cloud browsers for AI apps. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/browser-use-vs-rtrvr) - [Browserbase](https://toolgpa.com/tools/browserbase): Cloud browsers and APIs for agents that use the web. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/browserbase-vs-rtrvr) - [Airtop](https://toolgpa.com/tools/airtop): AI agents that automate web, app and API workflows from a chat. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/airtop-vs-rtrvr) - [Fellou](https://toolgpa.com/tools/fellou): Browser with built-in agents for research and web tasks. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/fellou-vs-rtrvr) - [Bardeen](https://toolgpa.com/tools/bardeen): Lead scraping, enrichment and qualification with AI agents. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/bardeen-vs-rtrvr) ## Sources The prices, plans, platforms and features above were read from these pages on Nov 13, 2026: - https://rtrvr.ai/pricing - https://rtrvr.ai Page: https://toolgpa.com/tools/rtrvr Listed by ToolGPA (toolgpa.com).