# Browser Use Run browser agents as a Python library or hosted service. The product family also offers a CLI for existing agents and standalone browser infrastructure. Canonical profile: https://agenten-kompass.mmeierhoff.chatgpt.site/en/agents/browser-use/ Editor: [Michael Meierhoff](https://agenten-kompass.mmeierhoff.chatgpt.site/en/about/) Sources reviewed: 2026-10-09 Basis: provider documentation. Examples are editorial suggestions, not hands-on product tests. ## Overview The Python library runs a browser agent; the hosted Agent API runs both agent and browser. The separate Browser API provides browser infrastructure for your own agent code. The CLI extends existing agents. - Provider: Browser Use - Product family: Browser Use - Profile type: Browser agent library and cloud services - Environment: Local Python runtime with a browser, or hosted agents and browsers through a cloud API - Connections: Model providers, Browser Use CLI, Chrome, Playwright, Puppeteer and CDP - Setup: Install the local library and browser or set up cloud access; configure a model and required website logins - Pricing model: Cloud billing charges browser time and proxy traffic. Browser Use Agents adds 20 percent to model costs; the local MIT library has a separate cost structure. ## Operation & oversight Based on public provider documentation. Assessments are editorial inferences from the stated properties. Actual time requirements and reliability have not been measured. Deployment covered: Browser Use Cloud: sessions and persistent profiles Sources reviewed: 2026-10-10 ### Files and work state Documented with conditions: A session can run several tasks sequentially. Durable file retention remains open in the reviewed session reference. Evidence: https://github.com/browser-use/browser-use/blob/main/skills/cloud/references/sessions.md ### Authentication Documented with conditions: Profiles preserve cookies and local browser state across sessions. State is saved on sessions.stop(); parallel sessions start from a snapshot. Evidence: https://github.com/browser-use/browser-use/blob/main/skills/cloud/references/sessions.md ### Starting further runs Documented: Tasks start through the SDK and can reuse an existing session. Evidence: https://github.com/browser-use/browser-use/blob/main/skills/cloud/references/sessions.md ### Human intervention Open in reviewed sources: The reviewed session reference does not establish a mandatory per-action approval mechanism. Evidence: https://github.com/browser-use/browser-use/blob/main/skills/cloud/references/sessions.md ### Detecting errors Documented: A live URL enables monitoring of the running session. Evidence: https://github.com/browser-use/browser-use/blob/main/skills/cloud/references/sessions.md ### Recovering from errors Open in reviewed sources: General automatic recovery after interruptions remains open in the reviewed reference. Evidence: https://github.com/browser-use/browser-use/blob/main/skills/cloud/references/sessions.md ### Editorial assessment Profile maintenance and clean session shutdown are relevant operational tasks. Stored cookies alone do not establish indefinitely valid authentication. ## Provider Browser Use, Inc. provides an open Python agent library plus hosted agents and browser infrastructure. Cloud billing separates model costs, the agent markup, browser time and proxy traffic. - Operator: Browser Use, Inc. - Organization: Company - Website: https://browser-use.com/ - Reviewed: 2026-10-09 - Repository: https://github.com/browser-use/browser-use - GitHub-Stars: 117341 (2026-10-09) - License: MIT - Provider source: https://browser-use.com/privacy - Provider source: https://browser-use.com/pricing - Provider source: https://api.github.com/repos/browser-use/browser-use ## Prices and included usage Pricing checked: 2026-10-09 Cloud billing charges browser time and proxy traffic. Browser Use Agents adds 20 percent to model costs; the local MIT library has a separate cost structure. ### Python-Bibliothek USD 0 software license Local agent runtime; your own browser operation and model access. Price source: https://github.com/browser-use/browser-use ### Cloud Browsers USD 0.02/hour + traffic Browser infrastructure only; residential proxy USD 5/GB. Price source: https://browser-use.com/pricing ### Cloud Agents Model costs + 20%; browser time and traffic extra Hosted agent execution; individual model rates are listed on the pricing page. Price source: https://browser-use.com/pricing Self-hosting adds infrastructure and, where applicable, model costs. OpenAI's price list is one example of separately billed model access: https://developers.openai.com/api/docs/pricing Cloud credits do not expire; the pricing page describes pay-as-you-go billing without a subscription. Pricing details: https://browser-use.com/pricing ## Key features ### Run a browser agent in Python The library accepts a task and model and runs the agent through Python code. Source: https://docs.browser-use.com/open-source/quickstart ### Assign work to a hosted agent through an API The cloud API starts an agent run and returns the result and generated files. Source: https://docs.browser-use.com/cloud/which-product ### Extend existing agents through the CLI The CLI gives existing agents access to local Chrome or a cloud browser. Source: https://docs.browser-use.com/cloud/which-product ### Use browser infrastructure separately The Browser API provides a cloud browser that your own code controls through CDP. Source: https://docs.browser-use.com/cloud/quickstart ### Choose browser configuration Browser instances can be configured with options such as a visible window, viewport and proxy settings. Source: https://docs.browser-use.com/open-source/customize/browser/basics ### Copy selected logins Profile Sync copies selected cookies from local Chrome to a cloud profile. Source: https://docs.browser-use.com/cloud/which-product ## Requirements and limits ### Set up the local runtime and model access Requirement: The guide installs a Python environment, the library and Chromium. The chosen model provider requires appropriate credentials. Source: https://docs.browser-use.com/open-source/quickstart ### Sync cloud profiles explicitly Requirement: Profile Sync copies selected Chrome cookies into a cloud profile. The transfer is started explicitly and does not subsequently happen automatically. Source: https://docs.browser-use.com/cloud/which-product ### Stop cloud browsers explicitly Limitation: Disconnecting a CDP connection does not stop the managed browser. The cloud API requires a separate stop call. Source: https://docs.browser-use.com/cloud/quickstart ### Prepare the cloud connection Requirement: The CLI requires sign-in before its first cloud connection. Profile Sync is run explicitly for selected accounts. Source: https://docs.browser-use.com/cloud/which-product ## Example workflows ### Compare public offers - Your input: Selected public URLs, comparison criteria and table format. - Possible result: A browser run with a comparison table and references. - What to check: Check prices, details and references directly on the pages. ### Run your own browser workflow in the cloud - Your input: Your own Playwright workflow, cloud access and a bounded test dataset. - Possible result: Your own workflow on a cloud browser connected through CDP. - What to check: Check the result, session permissions and successful stop call. ## Context Agent runtime, model and browser are selected separately. Cloud profiles receive selected cookies through explicit sync; browser time and proxy traffic cost extra beyond the agent model. Official repository, product map, local and cloud guides, and pricing page reviewed on 9 October 2026. The Agent API and browser-only infrastructure are separate offerings. Examples are editorial; no browser runs were performed here. ## Sources - https://github.com/browser-use/browser-use - https://docs.browser-use.com/open-source/quickstart - https://docs.browser-use.com/cloud/quickstart - https://docs.browser-use.com/cloud/which-product - https://docs.browser-use.com/open-source/customize/browser/basics - https://browser-use.com/pricing - https://api.github.com/repos/browser-use/browser-use [Sources and method](https://agenten-kompass.mmeierhoff.chatgpt.site/en/sources/)