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What is Browser Use? Facts, license and pricing (Oct 2026)

Browser Use is open-source library that lets AI agents drive a browser, with a pay-as-you-go cloud browser starting at $0.02 an hour. License: MIT. Its GitHub repository (browser-use/browser-use) had 119,131 stars on Oct 25, 2026. Facts were read from official pages on Oct 25, 2026 and are Reported, not Tested.

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Evidence: Reported. Everything here was read from Browser Use's own pages and the public GitHub API on 2026-10-25 (America/Chicago). We have not run Browser Use for this page, so it says nothing about quality or speed.

What Browser Use is

Browser Use's site describes a cloud browser for AI agents with browsers priced at $0.02 an hour and a free credit to start; there is no subscription and credits never expire. The open-source repository is MIT-licensed with release 0.13.13 on Oct 15, 2026.

We list Browser Use under Agent building.

Browser Use key facts

Browser Use facts (vendor pages and GitHub, 2026-10-25)
FeatureBrowser Use
VendorBrowser Use
LicenseMIT
PlatformsPython library and cloud API
Pricing modelPay as you go
Free tierFree starting credit; no subscription
GitHubbrowser-use/browser-use: 119,131 stars, last push Oct 24, 2026 (GitHub API, Oct 25, 2026)
Latest release we saw0.13.13 on Oct 15, 2026
EvidenceReported from vendor pages

Who Browser Use is for

  • Good for: Developers building browser-driving agents.
  • Skip if: You need a simple scraper (consider Firecrawl).

How to start with Browser Use

  1. pip install browser-use and run the quickstart, or create a cloud key.

Browser Use alternatives

  • Firecrawl: Web data API: search, scrape and crawl for AI agents.
  • Playwright MCP: Microsoft's MCP server that lets agents drive a browser with Playwright.
  • OpenHands: Open-source AI coding agent platform you can start locally, automate with workflows and run with any model.

What we did not verify

  • Task success rates (not tested).
  • Output quality, speed and reliability of Browser Use: we have not run it for this page.

FAQ

What is Browser Use?

Browser Use's site describes a cloud browser for AI agents with browsers priced at $0.02 an hour and a free credit to start; there is no subscription and credits never expire. The open-source repository is MIT-licensed with release 0.13.13 on Oct 15, 2026.

What license is Browser Use under?

MIT. Read from the project's own pages on Oct 25, 2026.

Is Browser Use free?

Free starting credit; no subscription. Checked Oct 25, 2026; prices change, so confirm on the vendor's page.

Sources

Page history

  • : First published from official pages read on 2026-10-25.

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