Free · Agents & automation · 5 of 7 tools · updated Oct 17, 2026
Free AI tools for browser / computer-use agent
Browser Use is the strongest tool for browser / computer-use agent you can use without paying, at 97/100. What you get for nothing: Free; hosted cloud usage-based. 5 of the 7 tools tracked for this job have a free tier, an open-source licence, or are free outright. It is also the top-ranked tool for this job overall, free or not.
Same evidence score as the ranking — GitHub stars, Hacker News mentions, release activity, free access — recomputed nightly, never sold. See all 7 tools for browser / computer-use agent.
Top 3
evidence / 100
+ Extracts interactive elements into a compact DOM representation so agents click reliably with cheap models.
− Flaky on sites with heavy anti-bot protection and sensitive to model choice.
+ Uses the accessibility tree instead of screenshots, so it is fast and works with non-vision models.
− It is a tool, not an agent; you still need an MCP client to drive it.
+ Vision-based approach survives layout changes that break selector-based scripts.
− Slow and token-hungry on long multi-page forms.
All 5, side by side
| Tool | Score | Pricing | What you get free | Platforms |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Browser Use | 97 | Open source | Free; hosted cloud usage-based | cli, api, mac, windows, linux |
| Playwright MCP | 90 | Open source | Free | cli, mac, windows, linux |
| Skyvern | 86 | Open source | Self-host free; cloud usage-based | web, api, linux |
 Stagehand | 72 | Open source | Free; Browserbase hosting paid | cli, api |
 Browserbase | 21 | Free tier | no limits published | api, web |
A free tier counts, and so does an open-source licence you can self-host — both are in the table, so a tool that is only free for a trial is not here.
Head to head: Browser Use vs Playwright MCP Browser Use vs Skyvern Playwright MCP vs Skyvern