Alternatives to Skyvern

4 editor-selected alternatives · Skyvern overview →

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Browser Use

85/100open sourcefreemiumexplicit relation

Browser Use is an open-source AI agent framework with 99K+ GitHub stars enabling LLMs to control web browsers via natural language. Y Combinator-backed, it lets agents navigate sites, fill forms, extract data, and complete multi-step tasks autonomously. Built on Playwright with vision-based element detection, multi-tab management, cookie persistence, and self-correcting actions. Supports OpenAI, Anthropic, and local models with a simple Python API for building custom browser agents.

Browser Use is open-source under the MIT license for self-hosting with BYOK LLM keys. The managed Browser Use Cloud service provides a free tier (3 concurrent sessions, 10 tasks), a Dev plan at $29/month ($29 credits, 25 sessions, stealth browsing), a Business plan at $299/month (200 sessions), and custom Enterprise tiers.Review →

Stagehand

85/100open sourceexplicit relation

Stagehand is an open-source browser-agent SDK from Browserbase that combines deterministic browser automation with AI primitives such as act(), extract(), observe(), and agent(). Instead of relying only on brittle selectors, developers can use natural-language actions, Zod-backed structured extraction, page observation, action caching, and Browserbase cloud-browser infrastructure for production web automation.

100% free and open-source (MIT License, $0 software cost). Users bring their own LLM API keys (OpenAI, Anthropic, etc.) for token usage. Runs locally on Playwright/Chromium for free, with optional integration to Browserbase managed cloud browser infrastructure (Free tier with 1 hr/mo, Developer at $20/mo, Startup at $99/mo, and Custom enterprise plans).Review →

Steel

open sourcefreemiumexplicit relation

Steel is an open-source browser API purpose-built for AI agents, providing managed headless browser sessions with anti-bot bypass, proxy rotation, CAPTCHA solving, and session persistence. It handles the infrastructure layer that browser automation agents like Browser Use and Stagehand run on top of. Self-hostable or available as a cloud service. Over 6,000 GitHub stars.

Open-source browser sandbox (Apache-2.0) with $0 self-hosted deployment. Steel Cloud offers a Free tier with 100 browser hours/month ($30 starting credits). Paid usage is metered at ~$0.08/browser hour, with CAPTCHA solving starting at $1/1k solves and residential proxy bandwidth from $6/GB. Enterprise plans provide dedicated infrastructure, custom concurrency limits, and 24/7 SLA.

Intuned Agent

82/100freemiumexplicit relation

Intuned is a code-first browser automation platform that turns natural language prompts into production-ready Playwright code, deploys it, and self-heals it when target sites change. Supports TypeScript and Python with Anthropic Computer Use, OpenAI CUA, Stagehand, Browser-Use, and Gemini Computer Use integrations. Built-in stealth, captcha solving, auth session management, and scheduled runs with concurrency control. No vendor lock-in—you own the code.

Freemium browser agent and automation platform. Free tier ($0/mo) includes 3 compute hours, 5 API machines, and 10 job runs/mo. Paid plans start at Developer ($25/mo for 100 compute hrs, $0.12/hr overage) and Startup ($120/mo for 500 compute hrs, $0.10/hr overage), with custom Enterprise plans featuring dedicated concurrency and custom SLAs.Review →

Open-source Skyvern alternatives

Browser Use, Stagehand, Steel — see all open-source developer tools.

Free Skyvern alternatives

Browser Use, Steel, Intuned Agent offer a free plan or free tier.

More Testing & QA tools

same category, not editor-selected alternatives — see how Skyvern compares →

Grok BotGrok Bot is SpaceXAI's beta workspace for persistent AI teammates that use apps, websites, files, terminals, plugins, and MCP on a user-scoped cloud computer. Bots can learn routines, coordinate in parallel, and, when enabled by team policy, launch Cursor Cloud Agents that work on code in isolated environments and return pull requests and verification artifacts.MCP InspectorMCP Inspector is the official interactive developer tool from the Model Context Protocol team for testing, debugging, and validating MCP servers. It provides a visual interface to inspect available tools, test transport configurations, export configs for different clients, and verify protocol compliance during MCP server development.PlaywrightCross-browser E2E testing framework by Microsoft supporting Chromium, Firefox, and WebKit with one API. Features auto-waiting, tracing with timeline/screenshots/DOM snapshots, codegen for recording tests, and parallel execution. Component testing for React, Vue, Svelte. Built-in API testing, network mocking, and mobile emulation. Known for reliability and speed vs Selenium/Cypress. 70K+ GitHub stars, rapidly becoming the E2E standard.LatitudeLatitude is an agent observability platform for teams that need to inspect LLM traces, conversations, issues, and evaluation feedback in one workflow. Its public repo and docs position it as a Sentry-style monitor for AI agents, with semantic search, issue detection, annotations, MCP-assisted fixes, and cloud or self-hosted deployment paths for production debugging.JudgevalJudgeval is the open-source post-building layer for AI agents from Judgment Labs, providing OpenTelemetry-based tracing, hosted and custom evaluation scorers, and online behavior monitoring for LLM-powered applications. Instrument any function with a single decorator, score live production traffic against faithfulness and instruction-adherence checks, and feed real-world failures back into reinforcement learning or supervised fine-tuning loops.DeepEvalDeepEval is an Apache-2.0 Python framework for evaluating LLM apps, RAG systems, agents, MCP workflows, and safety behavior with repeatable test cases. It works locally and in CI/CD, then connects to Confident AI for hosted reports, observability, red teaming, and governance when teams need shared evidence instead of ad-hoc prompt reviews and manual QA.Mem0Mem0 is an open-source intelligent memory layer for AI agents with 51K+ GitHub stars providing persistent, adaptive memory across sessions. It manages working, short-term, and long-term memory types, enabling personalized AI experiences that improve over time. Features automatic memory extraction from conversations, semantic search over stored memories, multi-format support, and integration with 100+ frameworks. Simple API for adding memory to any LLM-powered application or agent.chrome-devtools-mcpchrome-devtools-mcp is the Chrome DevTools team's official MCP server that lets coding agents control and inspect a live Chrome browser with first-party Chrome DevTools Protocol fidelity. It exposes Network inspection, Performance traces, Lighthouse audits, console output, and structured DOM snapshots as typed MCP tools, so agents can debug real pages and ship reliable web performance investigations without resorting to brittle DOM scraping.reviewdogreviewdog is an open-source automated code review tool that integrates any linter or static analysis tool with GitHub, GitLab, Bitbucket, and Gitea pull requests. Parses output in errorformat, Checkstyle XML, SARIF, and JSON formats to post inline review comments on changed lines only. Works with GitHub Actions, Travis CI, CircleCI, GitLab CI, and Jenkins. Supports 40+ languages through universal linter adapter architecture.

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FAQ

Which Skyvern alternative is listed first?

Browser Use is first in the editor-selected list of 4 Skyvern alternatives and carries an editorial review score of 85/100. The stored order is editorial; review scores do not determine membership or position.

Are there open-source Skyvern alternatives?

Yes — Browser Use, Stagehand, Steel are open source.

Are there free Skyvern alternatives?

Yes — Browser Use, Steel, Intuned Agent offer a free plan or free tier.