Steel.dev

Pick Steel when you need to self-host browsers or hate SaaS lock-in. Browserbase wins on polish.

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Pick Steel when you need to self-host browsers or hate SaaS lock-in. Browserbase wins on polish. Strengths: Self-hostable browser infra; Agent-focused API; Escape hatch from pure SaaS.

Overall

8.3

curated_estimate

confidence: high · as of 2026-09-14

Capability fit

8.6

Price / performance

8.5

Latency / reliability

8.0

Developer & agent DX

8.6

Privacy / data retention

8.5

Lock-in risk (higher = worse)

2.5

Maturity / track record

7.2

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

Sources: Steel pricing/limits: https://docs.steel.dev/overview/pricinglimits · Steel.dev: https://steel.dev · Steel docs: https://docs.steel.dev · Steel GitHub: https://github.com/steel-dev/steel-browser

Pick Steel when you need to self-host browsers or hate SaaS lock-in. Browserbase wins on polish.

Strengths

· Self-hostable browser infra
· Agent-focused API
· Escape hatch from pure SaaS

Weaknesses

· Ecosystem smaller than Browserbase
· You own ops if self-hosting
· Stealth arms race ongoing

Pricing notes

As of 2026-09-14 (docs.steel.dev/overview/pricinglimits): Launch **$0 + usage** ($30 one-time free credits/90d); Scale **$250 + usage** ($100 credits/mo); Enterprise custom. Browser hours Launch **$0.10/hr** / Scale **$0.08/hr** (per-minute round-up). Proxy $10/$6 per GB; CAPTCHA $3/$1 per 1k; Browser tools (/scrape,/screenshot,/pdf) $5/1k. Concurrent sessions 10 / 100 / 1000+. Max session 15m / 1h / 24h. OSS self-host escape hatch (steel-browser). Legacy Starter/Developer/Pro still for existing customers.

Regions: globalLast reviewed: 2026-09-14Status: active

Sourced pricing

Contract status unit_mismatch · unit_mismatch. Single normalized $/1M: null. Machine list: /api/pricing?provider=steel-dev

Launch browser hours · usd_per_browser_hour · $0.1 · unit_mismatch · normalized null
Scale browser hours · usd_per_browser_hour · $0.08 · unit_mismatch · normalized null
Scale plan · usd_per_month · $250 · unit_mismatch · normalized null
Launch proxy bandwidth · usd_per_gb · $10 · unit_mismatch · normalized null
Scale proxy bandwidth · usd_per_gb · $6 · unit_mismatch · normalized null
Launch CAPTCHA solves · usd_per_1k_solves · $3 · unit_mismatch · normalized null
Scale CAPTCHA solves · usd_per_1k_solves · $1 · unit_mismatch · normalized null
Browser tools · usd_per_1k_calls · $5 · unit_mismatch · normalized null
Scale dedicated IP · usd_per_ip_month · $5 · unit_mismatch · normalized null

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