Kernel

Interesting Browserbase alternative with transparent per-second rates. Trial against your session mix.

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Interesting Browserbase alternative with transparent per-second rates. Trial against your session mix. Strengths: Fine-grained per-second browser pricing; Pools + Playwright exec; Agent-oriented APIs.

Overall

7.3

curated_estimate

confidence: high · as of 2026-09-14

Capability fit

7.6

Price / performance

8.0

Latency / reliability

7.2

Developer & agent DX

8.2

Privacy / data retention

7.0

Lock-in risk (higher = worse)

4.5

Maturity / track record

5.8

Lock-in risk: higher = more lock-in (worse). Overall already inverts this dimension.

Sources: Kernel pricing docs: https://www.kernel.sh/docs/info/pricing · Kernel: https://www.kernel.sh · Kernel docs: https://www.kernel.sh/docs

Interesting Browserbase alternative with transparent per-second rates. Trial against your session mix.

Strengths

· Fine-grained per-second browser pricing
· Pools + Playwright exec
· Agent-oriented APIs

Weaknesses

· Newer brand
· Need to model concurrency costs
· Competes with Browserbase

Pricing notes

As of 2026-09-14 (kernel.sh/docs): Developer Free+$5 credits (5 concurrent); Hobbyist $30+$10 credits (10 conc); Start-Up $200+$50 credits (150 conc); Enterprise custom. Usage: headless $0.0000166667/s (~$0.06/hr), headful $0.0001333336/s (~$0.48/hr), GPU headful $0.0008000016/s (~$2.88/hr), app invocation $0.0000666668/s. Standby/idle pool time is free; proxies not billed. HIPAA on Enterprise.

Regions: global, usLast reviewed: 2026-09-14Status: active

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