Browser Use vs Selenium
Browser Use
browser-use.com
Selenium
selenium.devSide by side
| Figure | Browser Use | Selenium |
|---|---|---|
| Price from | — | Free |
| Free plan | — | Yes |
| Free trial | — | — |
| Open source | Yes | Yes |
| Web | Yes | Yes |
| Windows | Yes | Yes |
| macOS | Yes | Yes |
| Linux | Yes | Yes |
| API | Yes | Yes |
| Self-hosted | Yes | Yes |
| Plans published | 4 | 1 |
| Spec score · Browser Automation Tools | 8.8 (#6) | 8.5 (#15) |
| Deployment | cloud, self hosted | Grid can run in Standalone, Hub and Node, or Distributed configurations; the downloads page also links to Docker and Kubernetes deployment resources. |
| Notable release | The July 17, 2026 changelog entry made the Browser Harness v4 agent API public and added cursor pagination and configurable per-run spend caps. | Selenium 4.51 was released on October 9, 2026 for JavaScript, Ruby, Python, .NET, Java and Grid. |
| Self-hosting | The open-source agent and browsers can run on the customer's own infrastructure, while cloud browsers and hosted agents are optional. | Users can run Selenium Server locally in standalone, hub-node or distributed Grid modes. |
| What it does | Browser Use provides AI agents that navigate real websites and a managed remote-browser infrastructure for developers. | Selenium is a collection of tools and libraries for controlling web browsers and automating web applications. |
Plans
Browser Use
- Browsers$0.02, paid once
- Browser Use AgentsPriced on request
- Browser agentsPriced on request
- EnterprisePriced on request
In their own words
Browser Use
Browser Use has no write-up on Specifiction yet; its figures are above.
Selenium
Selenium is a free suite of tools for automating web browsers, primarily to test web applications. WebDriver provides language bindings for controlling browsers locally or remotely, and is a W3C Recommendation. The main project supports.NET/C#, Ruby, Java, Python, and JavaScript. Selenium IDE is a browser add-on for recording and replaying interactions in Chrome, Firefox, and Edge. For distributed tests, Selenium Grid spreads work across machines and combinations of browsers and operating systems. Grid offers Standalone, Hub and Node, and Distributed configurations; Docker and Kubernetes deployment resources are also linked. Selenium Manager can discover, download, and cache browser releases and drivers. Documentation covers browser-specific functionality for Chrome, Edge, Firefox, Internet Explorer, and Safari, and names GitHub Actions and Jenkins as CI/CD examples. Selenium began in 2004 at ThoughtWorks in Chicago. Grid has no authentication by default, and the project advises restricting external access and placing it behind a secure network. The latest Opera driver functionality is not supported, and that driver is officially unsupported. Selenium costs nothing.