Drive a browser
Steel
Open-source cloud browser API that runs remote Chrome sessions for agents, with proxies, CAPTCHA solving, profiles and scraping endpoints.
Billing
- Pricing model
- Pay as you go on metered usage; Launch $0 a month, Scale $250 a month, Enterprise custom1
- Free tier
- Launch: $30 in one-time usage credits, valid for 90 days1
- Card required for free tier
- Not published
- Minimum spend
- None stated for Launch; Scale is $250 a month plus usage1
- Billing period
- Browser time billed by the minute, rounded up; Scale includes $100 of credits each month1
- Verification for proxies and CAPTCHA on Launch
- $10 paid balance; free credits do not count1
Prices
Prices are per browser-hour as listed; no conversion needed. Enterprise rates are custom.
| Meter | Launch | Scale |
|---|---|---|
| Browser hour (billed per minute, rounded up) | $0.10 | $0.08 |
| Proxy bandwidth | $10/GB | $6/GB |
| CAPTCHA solves | $3 per 1,000 | $1 per 1,000 |
Browser tools (/scrape, /screenshot, /pdf) | $5 per 1,000 | $5 per 1,000 |
| Dedicated IP | Not available | $5 per IP per month |
Source1Pricing and limits
Plans
| Plan | Monthly price | Included usage credits |
|---|---|---|
| Launch | $0 + usage | $30 one time |
| Scale | $250 + usage | $100 each month |
| Enterprise | Custom + usage | Custom |
Source1Pricing and limits
Pay per call
- x402 price
- $0.01 in USDC per request, no account or API key8
Read from Nen Labs, Inc.’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/steel.md