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

Canonical: https://theagenticweekly.com/what-is/browser-use · Last verified: 2026-10-25 · Published: 2026-10-25 · Author: Agentic Weekly (operated independently from Texas, US) · Evidence: 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.

> 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.

## 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

Table: Browser Use facts (vendor pages and GitHub, 2026-10-25)

|  | Browser Use |
|---|---|
| Vendor | Browser Use |
| License | MIT |
| Platforms | Python library and cloud API |
| Pricing model | Pay as you go |
| Free tier | Free starting credit; no subscription |
| GitHub | browser-use/browser-use: 119,131 stars, last push Oct 24, 2026 (GitHub API, Oct 25, 2026) |
| Latest release we saw | 0.13.13 on Oct 15, 2026 |
| Evidence | Reported 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

- [Browser Use](https://browser-use.com/) (fetched 2026-10-25)
- [Browser Use repository (GitHub)](https://github.com/browser-use/browser-use) (fetched 2026-10-25)

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## Changelog

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

## How to cite

Agentic Weekly, "What is Browser Use? Facts, license and pricing (Oct 2026)", last updated 2026-10-25, https://theagenticweekly.com/what-is/browser-use