Steel
Browser infrastructure for AI agents, with an API for cloud sessions, reusable browser state and live or recorded session inspection.
About Steel
Agent developers need browser sessions they can operate and debug without maintaining their own browser fleet.
Who it’s for
- Developers building browser agents
- Teams running browser automation in the cloud
When to consider it
Consider Steel when your agents need managed browser sessions with reusable state and session debugging.
Tradeoffs & limitations
- The Launch plan has no monthly subscription fee but charges for usage; its $30 credit allowance is a one-time grant valid for 90 days, with 10 concurrent sessions and a 15-minute maximum session time.
- Steel Browser, the self-hostable open-source core, is Apache-2.0 licensed on GitHub.
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Sources & review method
Documentation-based assessment · Oct 4, 2026 · Prepared with AI assistance; not a hands-on benchmark.
- Steel official website and pricing
- Steel pricing and limits
- Steel Browser on GitHub
- Steel maker organization
Checked by SOTA · AI-assisted documentation review. Selection advice is our assessment; verify current requirements for your deployment.
Import history & original evidence
Steel official website
Browser infrastructure for AI agents, with an API for cloud sessions, reusable browser state and live or recorded session inspection.
Based on official pages and announcements checked on 2026-10-04. No hands-on test, performance benchmark or popularity ranking is claimed.