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Drive a browser

Anchor Browser

Cloud Chromium browser service for AI agents, controlled over CDP or REST, with proxies, captcha solving, recordings and managed logins.

At a glance

Provider
Anchor
Category
Drive a browser
Type
Hosted browser
Pricing model
Usage-based per browser creation, browser hour, proxy GB and AI step; monthly plans with credits1
Free tier
$5 free credits a month, up to 5 concurrent browsers1
Authentication
API key in the anchor-api-key header; OAuth sign-in for the MCP server4
Connect via
REST API, CDP (Playwright, Puppeteer), hosted MCP servers, SDKs (npm, PyPI)3
Read from the provider's pages
2026-11-04
Pricing
  • Pricing model: Pay per use for browser sessions you drive yourself (creation, browser hour, proxy GB, AI steps); flat credits per Automation Task run; monthly plans with overage at $1.00 per credit
  • Free tier: $5 free credits a month; up to 5 concurrent browsers; 5 session creations per minute
  • Card required for free tier: Not published
Pricing in full →Tools
  • Official MCP server: Yes, remote
  • Address or package: https://api.anchorbrowser.io/v1/mcp (also /v1/mcp/browser, /v1/mcp/actions/{domain})
  • Tools listed in docs: About 25 tools on the main server (live tools/list returned 401 without credentials)
Tools in full →Authentication
  • Who creates the account: A person can sign up in the dashboard; an agent can get a key through Agent Access without a dashboard account
  • Where to get a key: https://app.anchorbrowser.io/api-keys
  • Other requirements: Agent Access keys: about $1 credit, sessions capped at 60 minutes; production use needs an account
Authentication in full →Setup
  • REST API: https://api.anchorbrowser.io
  • MCP server: https://api.anchorbrowser.io/v1/mcp
  • OpenAPI spec: Not published
Setup in full →Limits
  • Session creation: Per minute: Free 5, Starter 25, Team 50, Growth 100, Enterprise 200+; 429 with Retry-After when exceeded
  • Recordings list: US 200 per API key per minute; EU 50
Limits in full →Privacy
  • Data location: AWS us-east-2 (Ohio) by default; AWS eu-central-1 (Frankfurt) on Growth
  • Retention: Each browser runs in an ephemeral VM destroyed at session end; plan data retention is 7 days on Free and Starter
  • Used for training: Not published
Privacy in full →

Read from Anchor’s own pages on 2026-11-04. Every number links to the page a value came from. For agents, the same facts as markdown: /tools/drive-a-browser/anchor-browser.md