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browser-use vs Stagehand

browser-use or Stagehand? Their plans monthly and yearly, the capabilities their makers state, security and latest updates, side by side — read from the makers' own pages.

In short

  • Both: Choice of models, API, Official SDKs, Builds agents and workflows
  • Only browser-use states: Command line, Self-hosted, No code retained, Runs models for you
  • Only Stagehand states: Traces and evaluates

browser-use

Open-source browser agent framework for automating websites through Python, TypeScript, a CLI, or Browser Use Cloud.

Plans

Browsers

  • $0.02 / hour
  • For your own agents and automation
  • Browser billing rounded up to whole minutes; 1-minute minimum
  • Browser time + traffic

Enterprise

Price on request

  • For teams running at scale
  • Custom concurrency
  • Custom SLAs
  • Custom data policy
  • HIPAA support and zero data retention

Prices checked 2026-09-25 on the maker’s page.

Capabilities

  • Command line — “CLI : Automate your own browser tasks.” source
  • Choice of models — “Run the Browser Use agent locally from Python, with your choice of model and a local or cloud browser:” source
  • Self-hosted — “You can also host the Python library and browsers on your own infrastructure.” source
  • No code retained — “Custom data policy HIPAA support and zero data retention.” source
  • API — “Fully Hosted Cloud : Send tasks through the API and let Browser Use run the agent, browser, and infrastructure.” source
  • Official SDKs — “Cloud SDK Integrate Browser Use Cloud into your application.” source
  • Runs models for you — “Custom model API Use our model with your own agent.” source
  • Builds agents and workflows — “Run the open source Browser Use agent locally from your own code.” source

Latest updates

  • 0.13.10 (0.13.10)

    Upgraded dependencies, migrated to MCP Python SDK 2.1.1, and report unknown MCP tool calls as application errors.

  • 0.13.9 (0.13.9)

    Restored bu-2-0 as the default ChatBrowserUse model and changed the DeepSeek default to deepseek-v4-flash.

  • 0.13.8 (0.13.8)

    Updated Cerebras model IDs and default, and added recovery for Anthropic tool arguments serialized as text.

About browser-use

Stagehand

Open-source SDK for building browser agents that act, observe, extract data, and run workflows using natural-language instructions.

Plans

Free Plan

Free

  • 3 concurrent browsers
  • 1 browser hour
  • 3 Agent runs included
  • 1,000 Search calls
  • 1,000 Fetch calls
  • 15 minutes /session

Developer Plan

  • $20/mo
  • then $0.12/browser hr
  • Then $12/GB
  • 25 concurrent browsers
  • 100 browser hours
  • 15 Agent runs included
  • 1,000 Search calls
  • 1,000 Fetch calls
  • 1 GB of proxies

Startup Plan

  • $99/mo
  • then $0.10/browser hr
  • then $10/GB
  • 100 concurrent browsers
  • 500 browser hours
  • 50 Agent runs included
  • 1,000 Search calls
  • 10,000 Fetch calls
  • 5 GB of proxies

Scale Plan

Price on request

  • 250+ concurrent browsers
  • 500+ browser hours
  • Custom Agent runs
  • 10,000+ Search calls; usage-based
  • 10,000+ Fetch calls; usage-based
  • HIPAA (BAA) & DPA; SSO available

Prices checked 2026-09-25 on the maker’s page.

Capabilities

  • Choice of models — “Stagehand supports all major model providers — including OpenAI, Anthropic, and Google Gemini — via the Vercel AI SDK.” source
  • API — “Perform browser actions from a plain-English instruction. Click, fill, navigate, scroll.” source
  • Official SDKs — “Stagehand is an open source SDK that uses AI to make your browser agents resilient, readable, and production-ready.” source
  • Builds agents and workflows — “Use agent when you need multi-step workflows executed autonomously, like navigating a complex checkout flow.” source
  • Traces and evaluates — “session replay, prompt observability” source

Security

  • SOC 2 Type II — “SOC 2 Type 2 Report - 2026” source
  • SOC 2 — “SOC 2 Type 2 Report - 2026” source
  • HIPAA — “HIPAA Compliance Policy” source

Latest updates

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