Compare Hyperbrowser and Steel free tiers side by side. Pricing, limits, change history, and risk assessment for developers.

Hyperbrowser vs Steel

Side-by-side free tier comparison. Catalogue dates here run to 2026-09-27.

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Verdict

Steel has no ongoing free tier; what it offers is a credit grant that runs out ("Free Credits"). We are not publishing a free-tier verdict for Hyperbrowser. Tier "Pay-per-use" is usage-billed from the first request. When we last read the page we cite for Hyperbrowser, on 2026-11-09, we found a change we could not reconcile with the terms we publish for it. We are not comparing the two pricing histories.

A verdict here is not a fixed property of the vendor. A one-off pricing event demotes a vendor while its recorded date falls in the last 180 days and then lapses on its own, with nothing about the vendor having changed; a standing condition — a free tier withdrawn and not restored, a product retired — does not lapse with time. A badge carrying a date states the record it rests on; a badge with no date rests on no record in force.

Hyperbrowser

Risk
CategoryBrowser Automation
TierPay-per-use
Verified2026-08-17
Last read2026-11-09
Changes0 recorded
Pay-per-use cloud browser sessions for AI agents — x402 micropayments, no API key needed. Headless Chrome instances with full browser automation, screenshot capture, and page interaction. Built for agent workflows.

Steel

Riskstable
CategoryBrowser Automation
TierFree Credits
Verified2026-09-27
Last read2026-11-13
Changes0 recorded
Cloud browser API for AI agents. The Launch plan is $0 a month plus usage and comes with a one-time $30 credit, valid for 90 days, which Steel puts at about 300 browser hours at $0.10 an hour. Launch allows 10 concurrent sessions, 15-minute sessions, 60 requests a minute and 7-day data retention; CAPTCHA solving and Steel's proxies need a $10 deposit first. Scale is $250 a month plus usage, with $100 of credit each month.

Pricing Change History

Hyperbrowser

No recorded pricing changes for Hyperbrowser.

Steel

No recorded pricing changes for Steel.

Watch Both Vendors for Pricing Changes

We do not push notifications. Every change we record is readable the moment it lands, and the JSON answer carries an ETag — send it back as If-None-Match and an unchanged answer costs one 304.

curl https://agentdeals.dev/api/changes?vendor=Hyperbrowser curl https://agentdeals.dev/pricing-changes/feed.xml?vendor=Hyperbrowser curl https://agentdeals.dev/api/changes?vendor=Steel curl https://agentdeals.dev/pricing-changes/feed.xml?vendor=Steel

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