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Alternatives to Steel

8 Browser & Computer Use tools you could use instead. Each one shares a way to connect with Steel and overlaps on what it does. Strongest match first.

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Alternatives · 8

  1. Browserbase

    API

    Managed headless browser infrastructure for AI agents. Run Playwright or Puppeteer at scale with built-in proxies…

    Verifiedby Browserbase · Browser & Computer Use · 5 skills · API Key

    Why Both offer API. In common: cookies, headless browser, proxy.

  2. Browserless

    API · MCP · CLI

    Runs hosted or self-hosted headless browsers for agents and scripts, with REST APIs for screenshots, PDFs, and…

    Verifiedby Browserless · Browser & Computer Use · 4 skills · API Key

    Why Both offer API. In common: headless browser, rest, web.

  3. Moli

    CLI · API

    Fetches, extracts, and automates web pages in an open-source Rust headless browser that outputs Markdown or semantic…

    Verifiedby Lexmount · Browser & Computer Use · 5 skills · No auth

    Why Both offer API. In common: headless browser, web, automation.

  4. Kitesurf

    API

    Agent-first browser from Cloudflare that runs pages inside V8 isolates, giving agents fast, cheap, sandboxed web…

    VerifiedOfficialby Cloudflare · Browser & Computer Use · API Key

    Why Both offer API. In common: headless browser, web.

  5. Browser Use

    API · CLI · MCP

    Open-source Python library for AI browser automation. Control any website with natural language; cloud adds stealth…

    VerifiedFeaturedby Browser Use · Browser & Computer Use · 5 skills · API Key

    Why Both offer API. In common: browser automation, web.

  6. Scrapling

    API

    High-performance Python web scraping library with anti-bot bypass, async support, and smart element auto-matching…

    Verifiedby Scrapling OSS · Browser & Computer Use · 5 skills · No auth

    Why Both offer API. In common: bypass, browser, web.

  7. Crawl4AI

    API · CLI · MCP

    Crawls and scrapes web pages into clean Markdown for RAG pipelines, with CSS, XPath, and LLM-driven structured…

    Verifiedby UncleCode · Browser & Computer Use, Research & Knowledge · 5 skills · No auth

    Why Both offer API. In common: proxy, browser sessions, web.

  8. Skyvern

    API

    Automates browser-based workflows using computer vision and LLMs — handles logins, form fills, CAPTCHA solving, and…

    Verifiedby Skyvern AI · Browser & Computer Use · API Key

    Why Both offer API. In common: browser automation.