On-demand cloud browsers and sandboxes for AI agents and web scraping
Hyperbrowser is a cloud browser platform for developers running AI agents, web scraping and browser automation through an API.
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You create a session from the Python or Node.js SDK or a single REST call and get back a WebSocket endpoint; your Playwright, Puppeteer, Selenium or other CDP-compatible script then drives a real Chrome browser running in Hyperbrowser's cloud rather than on your own servers. Each session has its own cookies, storage and cache, a live view URL you can watch or embed in your own app (optionally view-only), and an rrweb replay recorded by default, with MP4 video as an option. Profiles save cookies and local storage so a later session starts already signed in, and sessions can be placed in US Central, US East, US West or Europe West, with Asia South on Enterprise and Select plans.
Common jobs have their own endpoints: Fetch and Scrape return a page as markdown, HTML, links, a screenshot or JSON; Crawl walks a site with page limits and include or exclude URL patterns; Extract fills a JSON schema from one or more URLs using an AI prompt; and Search returns titles, URLs and snippets for a query. For agent work, one call starts a hosted task on Browser Use, the vendor's open-source HyperAgent framework, or computer-use models from Anthropic, OpenAI, Google, Meta, xAI and Jev, with the option to bring your own model API keys. Anti-bot tooling covers stealth mode (Ultra Stealth on Enterprise), residential proxies targeted by country, state or city, dedicated static IPs, ad blocking and CAPTCHA solving, and an MCP server exposes scrape, extract and crawl as tools for AI assistants, alongside LangChain, LlamaIndex and Stagehand integrations.
The fit is developers building AI agents, scrapers and automated browser tests who would rather not run their own browser fleet. Pricing is credit-based at $0.001 per credit: a browser hour costs 100 credits ($0.10), proxy data 10,000 credits per GB ($10) and a basic page scrape 1 credit, while API calls themselves are free. The Free plan includes 5,000 credits, one concurrent browser and 7-day data retention with no credit card required; Startup is $30 per month for 30,000 credits and 25 concurrent browsers; Scale, marked most popular, is $100 per month for 100,000 credits and 100 concurrent browsers; both paid plans bill usage beyond the included credits. Enterprise is quote-based, lists 1,000+ concurrent browsers, Ultra Stealth mode, HIPAA/SOC 2 and 180+ day data retention, and comes with a 14-day trial.
Sandboxes extend the same account to code execution: isolated cloud VMs for agentic workflows that the vendor says start in under 50ms, launched from base images or your own Docker image, with persistent volumes, memory snapshots, interactive terminals, outbound network controls and the hx command-line tool. They are billed at $0.045 per vCPU-hour and $0.015 per GiB-hour of memory.
Pulls data from one or more URLs into a JSON schema you define, driven by a natural-language prompt.
Starts a Browser Use, HyperAgent or computer-use agent task on models from Anthropic, OpenAI, Google, Meta, xAI or Jev with one API call, optionally using your own model API keys.
Open-source framework that extends Playwright with natural-language page.ai(), page.perform() and page.extract() methods and caches actions so recorded runs replay without model calls.
Applies anti-detection fingerprinting to sessions to get past bot protection, with a stronger Ultra Stealth mode on Enterprise plans.
Detects and solves CAPTCHAs during a session on paid plans, can be toggled mid-session, and offers a manual evaluation call for Turnstile, Cloudflare challenge, reCAPTCHA, Amazon and AliExpress challenges.
Starts an isolated cloud Chrome session with one SDK or REST call and returns a WebSocket endpoint, with its own cookies, storage and cache.
Saves cookies, local storage, session storage and cache to a named profile that later sessions load, so logged-in state carries across runs.
Loads a URL in a cloud browser and returns markdown, HTML, links, a screenshot, structured JSON or a branding profile.
Runs a web search and returns result titles, URLs and snippets, with optional country targeting and filters such as file type or in-title terms.
Crawls a site from a starting URL with page limits and include or exclude URL patterns, returning content from each page.
Runs code in isolated cloud VMs that the vendor says start in under 50ms, from base or custom Docker images, with persistent volumes, memory snapshots and the hx CLI.
Routes sessions through managed residential proxies targeted by country (100+ supported), state or city, and can switch or disable the proxy on a running session.
Assigns dedicated, unshared IP addresses to sessions for allowlisted APIs and a consistent identity, allocated through a separate static IP plan.
Exposes scrape, structured extraction and crawl as Model Context Protocol tools that AI assistants such as Claude and Cursor can call.
Connects existing Playwright, Puppeteer, Selenium or other Chrome DevTools Protocol scripts to a cloud browser by swapping the local connection for the session endpoint.
Streams each running session to a URL you can open or embed in an iframe, with an optional view-only mode that blocks interaction.
Records sessions as rrweb replays of DOM changes and interactions by default, with optional MP4 video recording.
For individuals getting started with browser automation
For small teams needing more concurrency and stealth features, plus additional usage
For scaling teams needing higher concurrency and premium proxies, plus additional usage
For high-scale operations needing unlimited credits, custom rate limits, and compliance; custom pricing via demo
Credit-metered cloud Chrome for agent builders, priced like infrastructure not software.
“Hyperbrowser rents you isolated Chrome sessions over CDP, plus scrape, crawl, extract and sandbox endpoints on one key. The pricing is granular enough to model, which is the real signal here.”
$0.001 a credit, a browser hour at 100 credits, a scrape at 1. That's not marketing math, that's a vendor who wants you doing unit economics before you commit. Free plan gives 5,000 credits and one concurrent browser, Startup is $30 for 25 concurrent, Scale is $100 for 100. Clean ladder.
The actual product: Playwright, Puppeteer, Selenium scripts point at a WebSocket endpoint instead of a local browser. Stealth mode, residential proxies by city, auto CAPTCHA solving, persistent login profiles. HyperAgent and hosted computer-use agents on Anthropic, OpenAI, Google models mean this isn't just a scraping proxy with a new label.
Tradeoff: Enterprise is the only tier with HIPAA/SOC 2 and Ultra Stealth, so anything regulated means a sales call and an unknown number. Fine for a dev team prototyping agents. Riskier if compliance is the reason you're buying.
Bundling scrape, crawl, extract, hosted agents and sandboxes under one key and one credit system is broader than a single-purpose scraping API.
SOC 2/HIPAA gated behind Enterprise with no listed price, so a compliance-heavy buyer inherits a negotiation, not a rate card.
One API call swaps into existing Playwright/Puppeteer code; free tier with 5,000 credits lets you test before paying.
Fits a company actually building agents or scrapers, not just cutting cost on existing scraping infra.
Docs, API reference, changelog and a granular pricing page all point to active build-out, not a thin wrapper.
Developer teams building AI agents or scrapers who want cloud browser infrastructure without running their own fleet.
Skip it if your workload is regulated and you need SOC 2 or HIPAA terms locked in before you can even test.
A sane CDP endpoint that hides a credit-metering layer you'll need to model before you scale it.
“Hyperbrowser is a thin, well-shaped wrapper around a problem every agent team eventually builds badly in-house: disposable Chrome at scale. The architecture is sound; the question is what you're actually buying versus what you're renting by the hour.”
Architecturally this is the right call: session isolation per request, WebSocket handoff over CDP, and the choice to not reinvent Playwright's API surface. That's a team that understood the integration tax was the real risk, not the browser automation itself. Sandboxes sharing the same account and billed separately at $0.045/vCPU-hour is a sign of someone thinking about agent infra as a platform, not a point tool.
The constraint is the credit abstraction sitting over genuinely heterogeneous resources — browser hours, proxy GB, CAPTCHA solves, sandbox vCPU-time all collapse into one unit at $0.001 each. That's fine for a demo. At 100 concurrent browsers on the $100/month Scale tier, your FinOps model needs real instrumentation, not a dashboard glance.
Three-year view: swapping CDP endpoints later is cheap since your Playwright code doesn't change, so lock-in is shallow at the automation layer. The actual dependency is the hosted agent orchestration — Browser Use, HyperAgent, computer-use models — which is where your agent logic starts living on their infra, not yours.
Credit-based pricing from $0.001 undercuts rolling your own browser fleet, though Asia South being Enterprise-only caps where you can run it today.
CDP-native design means it drops into existing Playwright/Puppeteer codebases rather than demanding a rewrite around a proprietary SDK.
MCP server plus LangChain, LlamaIndex and Stagehand integrations mean it slots into an agent stack without custom glue code.
Automation code stays portable, but hosted agent orchestration and profile-based session state create real migration friction later.
Supporting Browser Use, HyperAgent and five model vendors' computer-use agents under one API call is deeper than a scrape-and-render wrapper.
Teams already running Playwright or Puppeteer agents who want to stop operating their own headless Chrome fleet.
Skip it if you need predictable fixed infra costs rather than a metered credit system across five different resource types.
Credit math is honest. Three-year scale math takes a spreadsheet.
“Free to $30 to $100 is a clean public ladder. The real cost lives in credit burn rate, not the sticker.”
$30/month buys 30,000 credits. $100/month buys 100,000. A browser hour runs 100 credits, $0.10. Cheap in isolation. At scale, with proxy data at $10/GB and CAPTCHA solves layered in, a team doing heavy crawling can blow through the Scale tier's 100,000 credits inside a few weeks. Overage bills at the same $0.001 rate, so nothing's hidden — but nothing's capped either.
Free plan has no credit card requirement. That's a real zero-friction trial, not a 14-day clock. Enterprise is quote-only for HIPAA/SOC 2, Ultra Stealth and 1,000+ concurrent browsers — fine for regulated buyers, but it means your compliance tier has no visible ceiling.
Sandboxes add a second meter: $0.045/vCPU-hour, $0.015/GiB-hour. Two usage-based line items on one invoice. Procurement will want a consolidated forecast before signing, not after.
No-card free plan and self-serve paid tiers up to $100/month mean most teams skip a sales call entirely.
Monthly plans with no stated minimum term imply easy exit, though I couldn't find auto-renewal or cancellation terms spelled out.
All four tiers and per-credit rates are posted; only Enterprise hides behind a quote.
Per-credit pricing on scrape, crawl and browser hours lets you cost a single job precisely, once you know your mix.
Credit, proxy and sandbox costs stack across three separate meters, making a stable year-3 number hard to pin down.
Teams that can meter their own credit burn and want transparent usage pricing without a sales call.
Avoid if you need a fixed monthly cost you can forecast without tracking per-job credit consumption.
Swap one connection string and your Playwright suite runs in their Chrome fleet, not yours.
“Hyperbrowser's CDP handoff means existing automation scripts barely change. The deeper endpoints — crawl, extract, hosted agents — are where the real integration decisions live.”
First API call gets you a WebSocket endpoint and a live view URL. That's a fast loop for debugging — watching a scrape fail in real time beats grepping logs after the fact. rrweb replay by default is the right call; MP4 as an opt-in keeps storage sane.
The fight starts once you're past Scrape and Fetch and into Crawl or Extract. Extract's JSON schema plus natural-language prompt is powerful but non-deterministic by nature — your test suite now needs tolerance for AI output drift, not just network flakiness. HyperAgent's page.ai()/page.perform()/page.extract() layered on Playwright is a nice idea, but it's a new mental model on top of one you already know, and the caching-for-replay trick only pays off once you've written the run once.
MCP server support for Claude and Cursor is a good sign someone on the team actually ships agent tooling, not just browser infra. Static IPs sit behind a separate plan, which is one more thing to provision before a stable-identity workflow actually works end to end.
CDP endpoint swap is real and low-friction; Extract's AI-driven schema fill adds output variability you'll need to handle in tests.
Docs and API reference cover SDK and REST paths with concrete endpoint behavior; I couldn't find deep troubleshooting guides for CAPTCHA edge cases.
Static IPs sit behind a separate plan and CAPTCHA solving sometimes needs proxies toggled on too — two extra provisioning steps before things 'just work.'
HyperAgent's page.ai()/page.perform()/page.extract() and bring-your-own-model-key option give room to go deep past the basic scrape/crawl calls.
Playwright/Puppeteer/Selenium scripts connect unmodified via WebSocket, the cleanest adoption path in the stack.
Engineers who already have Playwright or Puppeteer scripts and want cloud execution without managing a browser fleet.
Avoid if you need fully deterministic extraction without reviewing AI-generated JSON schema output.
A dev tool, not a product, and it mostly knows it
“Hyperbrowser is built for scripts to talk to, not humans to click around. Judged as a daily API dependency rather than a UI, it holds up fine.”
There isn't really a day-3 feel here because there isn't much UI to live in. You're mostly in your own code, hitting an endpoint, reading a live view URL when something breaks. That live view plus the default rrweb replay is the one place I can imagine someone actually opening a browser tab to check on a running session, and it's a decent one.
Onboarding is a free plan with 5,000 credits, no card, one concurrent browser. That's a real try-before-you-buy, not a locked demo. But "welcome" for this category means good docs and clear error messages when a CAPTCHA fails or a proxy drops, and I can't judge that from a pricing page.
Mobile parity doesn't apply in the normal sense, you're not running Playwright from your phone. Learning curve is gentle if you already know Playwright or Puppeteer, steeper if you want HyperAgent's page.ai() abstraction, which is a second thing to learn on top of the first.
Live view, iframe embedding and rrweb replay by default suggest real attention to the debugging loop, which is the daily-use moment for this category.
The CDP handoff keeps the first hour short, but the HyperAgent page.ai()/perform()/extract() layer and separate sandbox vCPU billing add real surface area by month three.
This is an API and SDK product for developers, so mobile isn't the natural surface and the evidence is silent on any companion app.
A no-card free plan with 5,000 credits and a drop-in CDP endpoint for existing Playwright or Puppeteer code is about as low-friction as this category gets.
Session isolation, persistent profiles and recorded replays point to a thought-out failure path, but I couldn't verify error messaging or uptime from what I saw.
Developers who already write Playwright or Puppeteer scripts and want someone else to run the browser fleet.
Avoid if you need a visual, point-and-click product rather than something you drive entirely through code.
Browser-as-a-service for agents: real stack, but you're renting someone else's infra layer.
“Playwright/Puppeteer compatibility over CDP is the safety net here. The deeper you go into hosted agents and sandboxes, the more you're building on Hyperbrowser's abstractions, not your own.”
Browserless did cloud Chrome sessions years ago. Browserbase is doing it now. Hyperbrowser's pitch — one API key for scrape, crawl, agents, and sandboxes — is the consolidation play every infra vendor tries eventually. Sometimes it sticks. Sometimes it's five products wearing a trenchcoat.
The CDP handoff is the real differentiator and it's not new, it's just done cleanly: your Playwright script barely changes. That's good exit insurance for the browser layer. HyperAgent and the hosted computer-use agents are a different story — page.ai() and page.perform() are Hyperbrowser's syntax, not Playwright's, and that's logic you'd rewrite elsewhere.
Sandboxes at $0.045/vCPU-hour bolted onto a browser product is ambitious scope for what reads as a focused team. HIPAA and SOC 2 sitting Enterprise-only, quote-priced, means the compliance story is unverifiable at the $30 and $100 tiers most people actually buy.
Cloud browser sessions are a known category; the sandbox bundling and multi-model agent hosting are the real wedge, not the browser part itself.
Standard CDP endpoint means Playwright/Selenium code ports easily; HyperAgent's custom methods and hosted agent logic do not.
Docs, API reference and a changelog page suggest active maintenance; I couldn't confirm uptime history or incident response beyond what's listed.
Claims like sub-50ms sandbox starts are specific enough to check, which is more honest than vague superlatives — but unverified from outside.
Named endpoints (Scrape, Crawl, Extract, Search) with concrete limits back the core claim; agent orchestration claims are harder to independently verify.
Teams already writing Playwright or Puppeteer scrapers who want to offload browser infrastructure without rewriting automation logic.
Avoid if you need HIPAA or SOC 2 guarantees without an Enterprise sales call.
Common questions answered by our AI research team
Hyperbrowser has a free plan with 5,000 credits, then Startup at $30 per month and Scale at $100 per month, plus quote-based Enterprise pricing. Usage beyond the included credits is billed at $0.001 per credit, so a browser hour costs $0.10.
Yes. Each session returns a WebSocket endpoint that Playwright, Puppeteer, Selenium or any Chrome DevTools Protocol library can connect to, so an existing script runs on a cloud browser by swapping its connection URL.
Yes, on paid plans. With CAPTCHA solving enabled, sessions detect and solve challenges automatically, and solving can be switched on or off mid-session. Some sites also need proxies turned on for it to work reliably.
Hyperbrowser hosts Browser Use, its open-source HyperAgent framework and computer-use agents built on models from Anthropic, OpenAI, Google, Meta, xAI and Jev. Each task starts with one API call, and you can pass your own model API keys.
HIPAA and SOC 2 are listed as Enterprise plan features. Hyperbrowser says its security program is aligned with the SOC 2 Trust Services Criteria and backed by third-party assessments, annual penetration tests and encryption at rest and in transit.
Who Hyperbrowser competes with, and how each one differs
Cloud browser infrastructure for AI agents and scraping in the same on-demand-session category; the higher-profile, more heavily-funded incumbent, with broader listed integrations into AI agent frameworks like LangChain and CrewAI.
Open-source-first browser API for AI agents (steel.dev) that developers can self-host, competing with Hyperbrowser's managed, credit-billed service on control versus convenience.
Targets authenticated browser sessions for logging into and acting inside existing SaaS apps on a user's behalf — a narrower vertical-workflow angle than Hyperbrowser's general-purpose browser-infrastructure API.
An open-source Python framework connecting LLMs directly to a browser via natural-language actions — a framework-first alternative to Hyperbrowser's managed-infrastructure-first approach.
Managed browser infrastructure aimed at enterprise AI-agent authentication and session workflows, overlapping with Hyperbrowser on the infrastructure layer but leaning further into enterprise session/identity handling.
An established headless-Chrome-as-a-service provider that predates the AI-agent wave and serves a broader scraping/testing/QA audience, competing with Hyperbrowser mainly on raw browser hosting rather than agent-specific tooling.
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AvailableHyperbrowser is a cloud browser infrastructure provider based in San Francisco that gives AI agents and automation scripts on-demand, API-controlled browser sessions with built-in proxy rotation and CAPTCHA solving.
