Methodology

Primary sources, one link per number, a date on every row.

Where the data comes from

We read each sandbox’s own pricing page, documentation, API reference and GitHub repository, in that order. Every record lists its sources with the date we accessed them, and every number in the table links to the page it came from. A record needs at least three sourced fields beyond its name and summary to be listed.

What counts as an agent sandbox here

An environment an AI agent operates the way a person would: a cloud browser it drives over CDP, Playwright or MCP, or a full desktop (Linux, Windows or macOS) it drives with screenshots, mouse and keyboard. Sandboxes that only execute code are left to sandboxproviders.com and e2balternatives.com; where a code-sandbox vendor also sells a desktop or browser (E2B, Daytona, Hopx), only that product is listed here. Agent products that use a browser but do not sell the browser itself are left out.

Prices

Price per hour uses the lowest published usage rate on any self-serve plan, before plan fees. The basis names the required tier, conversion and traffic exclusions or inclusions. Credit prices are converted only when both unit rates are published. A resource-priced desktop names its published configuration. AgentCore’s full-utilization example is excluded from the minimum-price column. BrowserCat’s subscription comparison excludes optional USDC packs. Bandwidth-only products carry no hourly price.

Models, tools and hosted environments

Google Agent Platform Computer Use provisions hosted browser containers; its preview announcement is dated May 26, 2026. ADK’s computer-use toolset takes a BaseComputer implementation and documents Playwright setup. We count the hosted environment separately from the framework. The former Project Mariner page redirects to DeepMind’s home; it supplies no separately rentable browser offer for this comparison.

OpenAI’s Agents API documents an OpenAI-hosted browser. The Agents SDK / Responses computer-use path also supports developer-supplied drivers and partner environments. CUA/Operator model or consumer-agent access is not counted as an extra infrastructure product.

Anthropic’s Docker reference environment requires your own hosting and a tool loop; it is labelled as a reference environment. Microsoft Foundry Browser Automation uses Playwright Workspaces, so those share one infrastructure row. Azure’s computer-use model tool requires your application to execute actions in your sandbox. Windows 365 for Agents is a separate Cloud PC product.

Solari and AgentBay each have distinct browser and desktop products, listed separately. Counts describe environments, not unique companies.

Limits and features

Max session and Concurrency are the highest values on a self-serve plan; enterprise “custom” tiers are left out. Feature flags (stealth, CAPTCHA solving, live view, recording, CDP, MCP, computer-use API) are set to yes only where a vendor page states the feature, and to no only where a page states it is not offered. An empty cell means we found no statement either way.

How we verify

Each row shows the date we last checked it. When a sandbox does not publish a figure, the cell stays empty.

Corrections

Vendors and readers can send corrections to hello@agentsandboxlist.com with a public source. We update the row and its verified date. Featured placement is paid and labelled; it never changes a row’s data or its position in the sorted table.

Reuse

The dataset is free to reuse under CC BY 4.0 with a link to agentsandboxlist.com. Download it as CSV or JSON.

Hourly rates and calculation basis

Pricing method

Usage rates exclude plan fees unless stated. AgentCore is a resource example. Anchor is a calculator input. Read the basis before comparing.

SandboxUSD per hourBasis and required plan
Steel$0.08Vendor-stated $0.08/browser-hour on Scale ($250/mo + usage, $100 monthly usage credits). Launch $0/mo + $0.10/h. Proxy traffic and CAPTCHA extra; stealth Enterprise-only.Vendor source
Hyperbrowser$0.10$0.10/h = 100 credits/h × ($1 ÷ 1,000 credits). Same unit rate on Free, Startup and Scale; Startup $30/mo. Proxy traffic and agent steps extra.Vendor source
Anchor Browser$0.09Calculator input: $0.09/browser-hour, not a rate inferred from the displayed monthly total. Proxy input $8/GB; per-step fees extra. Displayed totals do not reconcile with line-item formulas; confirm a quote. Starter $50/mo uses credit-based task billing.Vendor source
Browserless$0.18$0.18/h = (3,600 s ÷ 30 s/unit) × $0.0015/unit on Scale ($350/mo billed annually). Prototyping: 120 × $0.0020 = $0.24/h. Browser time only; reconnects restart unit rounding; proxy and CAPTCHA units extra.Vendor source
Kernel$0.06$0.06000012/h ≈ $0.06/h = 3,600 × $0.0000166667/s for headless. Headful: 3,600 × $0.0001333336 ≈ $0.48/h; headful + GPU: 3,600 × $0.0008000016 ≈ $2.88/h. Standby not billed; monthly fees separate.Vendor source
Browser Use Cloud$0.02Vendor-stated $0.02/browser-hour, no subscription. Home-IP proxy $5/GB; direct or your own proxy traffic $0.20/GB. Agent/model calls extra.Vendor source
Notte$0.01Vendor-stated $0.01/browser-hour, rounded by billing policy. Browser functions use a separate $0.05/h meter; residential proxies $10/GB and LLM tokens extra. Developer $20/mo.Vendor source
Amazon Bedrock AgentCore BrowserResource exampleExample only: $0.1273/h = 1 vCPU × $0.0895/vCPU-hour + 4 GB × $0.00945/GB-hour at full utilization. The 1 vCPU / 4 GB allocation is from Browser quotas. CPU metered by actual use; not a minimum or flat session rate.Vendor source · Allocation source
BrowserCat$0.21$0.21/h = (3,600 s ÷ 30 s/credit) × $0.00175/credit on Business ($50/mo). Hobby: 120 × $0.0025 = $0.30/h. Optional $300 USDC Scale pack: 120 × $0.0015 = $0.18/h; pack rate excluded from subscription comparison.Vendor source
Windows 365 for Agents$0.40US: $0.40/Cloud PC-hour; runtime within each hourly window rounds up to a full hour. Always-available adds $5/PC-month. Geography affects pricing.Vendor source
TinyFish TinyBrowser$0.12$0.12/h = 60 minutes × $0.002/browser-minute. No subscription or monthly minimum; residential proxy routing and anti-bot protection included. Billed by the minute.Vendor source
Solari Browsers$0.07Vendor-stated $0.07/browser-hour on Professional ($200/mo with $200 usage credits). Starter: $20/mo + $0.10/h; Free: $0.15/h. Proxy and CAPTCHA extra. Sales-only Team and Enterprise excluded.Vendor source
Solari Desktops$0.0599$0.0599/h = 1 vCPU × $0.0245 + 2 GB × $0.0077 + $0.02 live-screen/hour on Professional ($200/mo). 1 vCPU / 2 GB is the small size on Solari's pricing page; desktops take 1 to 8 vCPU. The default 2 vCPU / 2 GB desktop is $0.0844/h.Vendor source

Field definitions

30 fields
Environment
What the agent gets: a cloud browser (headless or headful), a full Linux desktop, a Windows desktop, a macOS VM, or a choice of several operating systems.
OS / engine options
Browser engines or operating systems the vendor names (e.g. Chromium, Firefox, Ubuntu, Windows 11, macOS).
Deployment
Managed cloud service, self-hosted software, or both.
Billing basis
What the meter counts: browser- or session-hours, per-minute, compute resources (vCPU/GiB), credits, bandwidth (GB), per request, a flat seat subscription, or free open-source software.
Price per hour $/session-hr
Lowest published usage rate on any self-serve plan, before plan fees, proxies and bandwidth unless the basis includes them. Conversions name their formula and tier. Resource-priced desktops name a published configuration; resource examples without a minimum stay empty.
Hourly price basis
Published rate, formula, plan and exclusions. Resource examples are not minimum or flat session rates.
Paid plan from $/mo
Cheapest published paid plan per month. 0 means pure pay-as-you-go with no plan fee.
Free tier
A free plan, free hours or signup credits without a sales call.
Free tier detail
What the free plan or credit includes, as the vendor states it.
Max session h
Longest single session the vendor allows on its top self-serve plan, in hours (minutes divided by 60).
Session limit detail
Session limits as the vendor states them, per plan where it differs.
Concurrency sessions
Most concurrent sessions published on a self-serve plan (enterprise 'custom' excluded).
Stealth
Anti-bot-detection or fingerprint management built in.
CAPTCHA solving
Automatic CAPTCHA solving built in.
Proxies
Managed residential or datacenter proxies included or sold as an add-on.
Live view
A live view or embeddable stream of the session, for watching or human takeover.
Recording
Session recording or replay.
Persistent profiles
Saved browser profiles, contexts, cookies or disk state that survive between sessions.
CDP
Connect over the Chrome DevTools Protocol (WebSocket URL).
Playwright
Documented Playwright support.
MCP server
An official MCP server for the product.
Computer-use API
Screenshot plus mouse and keyboard actions exposed as an API, for computer-use models (OpenAI CUA, Claude computer use, Gemini computer use).
SDKs
Official SDK languages.
Open source
Core runtime published under an open-source licence.
Licence
Open-source licence of the core runtime.
SOC 2
SOC 2 attestation the vendor states for this product (hyperscalers: the cloud's own report covers the service).
HIPAA
HIPAA compliance or a BAA available, as the vendor states.
Regions
Regions the vendor names for sessions.
Self-host
Can run on your own infrastructure.
Product status
Vendor-stated preview status or reference-environment scope; empty means not established.