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.
Alternatives

Browserbase
APIManaged headless browser infrastructure for AI agents. Run Playwright or Puppeteer at scale with built-in proxies…
Verifiedby Browserbase · Browser & Computer Use · 5 skills · API KeyWhy Both offer API. In common: cookies, headless browser, proxy.

Browserless
API · MCP · CLIRuns 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 KeyWhy Both offer API. In common: headless browser, rest, web.

Moli
CLI · APIFetches, 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 authWhy Both offer API. In common: headless browser, web, automation.

Kitesurf
APIAgent-first browser from Cloudflare that runs pages inside V8 isolates, giving agents fast, cheap, sandboxed web…
VerifiedOfficialby Cloudflare · Browser & Computer Use · API KeyWhy Both offer API. In common: headless browser, web.

Browser Use
API · CLI · MCPOpen-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 KeyWhy Both offer API. In common: browser automation, web.

Scrapling
APIHigh-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 authWhy Both offer API. In common: bypass, browser, web.

Crawl4AI
API · CLI · MCPCrawls 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 authWhy Both offer API. In common: proxy, browser sessions, web.

Skyvern
APIAutomates browser-based workflows using computer vision and LLMs — handles logins, form fills, CAPTCHA solving, and…
Verifiedby Skyvern AI · Browser & Computer Use · API KeyWhy Both offer API. In common: browser automation.