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Hosted browsers for automation and browsing agents. Each row comes from that provider's own documentation, checked on the date shown; follow a name for the full comparison and its sources. "Not documented" means their public docs don't say.

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Cloud browser providers compared: Sandboxer and 20 providers
ProviderIsolationPause and resume with memoryLongest sessionBilling4 vCPU / 8 GB per hourChecked
SandboxermicroVMYesNo limit on paid plansPer second, flat rate per size$0.036today
Anchor Browserbrowser instanceNot documentedNot documentedusage: $0.09/h browser, $8/GB proxy, $0.01/AI step; plus monthly plan credits—2026-10-24
Browser Use (cloud)browser instanceNot documentedNot documentedper browser hour, rounded up to whole minutes (1-minute minimum); credits, no subscription—2026-10-24
Browserbasebrowser instanceNot documented15 min on Free; other plans not listedbrowser hours included per plan, then overage—2026-10-24
BrowserCloudcontainerNot documentedNot documentedNot documented—2026-10-24
Browserlessbrowser instanceNot documented2 min Free, 15 min Prototyping, 30 min Starter, 60 min Scaleunits of up to 30 s per connection—2026-10-24
CloudCruiseVM per runNot documentedNot documentedper automation hour$3.002026-10-24
Cloudflare Browser Run (Browser Rendering)browser instanceNot documented60 s idle timeout; keep_alive up to 20 minper browser hour plus concurrency$0.0902026-10-24
Firecrawlbrowser sandboxNot documentedup to 1 h (ttl 30-3600 s, default 10 min)credits per browser minute$0.122026-10-24
GoLogin Cloud Browserbrowser profileNot documentedno limit on paid plansmonthly plan with browser hours; extra hours$0.0902026-10-24
Hyperbeamvirtual computer (Chrome browser, embeddable)Not documentedNot documentedper participant-minute$0.422026-10-24
Hyperbrowserbrowser instanceNot documentedNot documentedcredits: 100 credits per browser hour ($0.10/h); proxy $10/GB—2026-10-24
Kernel (onkernel)browser instancePartlyNot documentedper second—2026-10-24
Lightpanda Cloudbrowser instanceNot documentedNot documentedmonthly plan with browser hours$0.0802026-10-24
Nottebrowser instanceNot documented15 min Free, 120 min Developer, 300 min Startupper browser hour via monthly credits—2026-10-24
Remote Browserbrowser instanceNot documentedidle timeout configurable; max not statedNot documented—2026-10-24
Scrapeless (Scraping Browser)browser instanceNot documentedNot documentedper browser hour plus proxy GB—2026-10-24
Scrapfly Cloud Browserbrowser instanceNot documentedconfigurableper active minute plus bandwidth—2026-10-24
Steelbrowser instanceNot documented15 min Launch, 1 h Scale, 24 h Enterpriseper browser hour plus usage—2026-10-24
Surfskybrowser instanceNot documentedNot documentedpay as you go or monthly plans with browser-hour credit—2026-10-24
ZenRows (Scraping Browser)browser instanceNot documented15 minutescredits: 5 credits/min browser time, 25,000 credits/GB bandwidth—2026-10-24

Prices are list prices for one 4 vCPU, 8 GB machine-hour where the provider sells one, before credits, plans and storage; each comparison page shows the arithmetic. Names are trademarks of their owners; Sandboxer is not affiliated with them.

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