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Browser Use vs Claude in Chrome

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Browser Use is an open-source Python library, command line and MCP server for building browser agents, with a paid cloud for running many browsers at once.

Claude in Chrome is Anthropic’s Chrome extension that lets Claude read, click and type in your own signed-in Chrome, on a paid Claude plan. Claude Code can use it with claude --chrome.

The short answer

Pick Browser Use
  • if you build your own browser agents in Python
  • if you run many browser sessions in the cloud, with proxies
  • if you want Claude Code or Codex to use your running Chrome through its command line
Pick Claude in Chrome
  • if you pay for Claude and want it to work in the Chrome you already use
  • if you test web apps from Claude Code in a real, signed-in browser
  • if you want Claude to repeat browser chores on a schedule
Or Yabours
  • if you already pay for Claude or ChatGPT and want it to work in your signed-in tabs
  • if you want Claude Code, Codex or Cursor to drive a real browser over MCP

At a glance

Browser Use and Claude in Chrome, with Yab beside them for a Mac.

Browser Use vs Claude in Chrome
WhatBrowser UseClaude in ChromeYab
Made byBrowser UseAnthropicSerafim Korablev
StatusUpdatedUpdatedUpdated
Runs onMac, Windows and LinuxMac, Windows and LinuxMac
PriceLibrary free (MIT); cloud pay as you go, from $0.02 per browser hourNeeds a paid Claude plan: Pro $20/month, Max from $100/month, Team or EnterpriseFree; its AI runs on your own Claude or ChatGPT plan
DrivesYour running Chrome, a local browser or cloud browsersYour own ChromeYab itself, a browser on your Mac
Your sign-insBrowser Use’s command line attaches to your running Chrome, with your sign-ins.Claude in Chrome works in your own signed-in Chrome.Yab is the browser you sign in to, so agents work with your sign-ins.
Works withClaude Code, Codex and Cursor through its command line, and any MCP clientClaude Code (claude --chrome) and Claude’s own appsyab mcp and the yab command, for Claude Code, Codex, Cursor and any MCP client
Open sourceYesNoNo

Checked October 9, 2026 on each maker’s own pages, linked under Sources. Prices are per month, in US dollars.

Where they differ

What separates them, area by area. Where one plainly has more, it says who; where it comes down to taste, it says so.

What it drivesa matter of taste

Browser Use is an open-source agent that drives your running Chrome, a local browser or cloud browsers, on your OpenAI or Anthropic key, its own model or a local one. Claude reads pages, clicks, types and fills forms in your own Chrome, signed in as you, in tab groups it makes for each task.

Your sign-insa matter of taste

Browser Use’s command line attaches to your running Chrome, with your sign-ins. Claude in Chrome works in your own signed-in Chrome.

Which agents can use itBrowser Use leads

Browser Use works with Claude Code, Codex and Cursor through its command line, and any MCP client. Claude in Chrome works with Claude Code (claude --chrome) and Claude’s own apps.

PriceBrowser Use leads

Browser Use: Library free (MIT); cloud pay as you go, from $0.02 per browser hour. Claude in Chrome: Needs a paid Claude plan: Pro $20/month, Max from $100/month, Team or Enterprise.

Where it runseven

Both run on Mac, Windows and Linux.

What their pages don’t lead with

Real limits, from the makers’ own words and our own use.

Browser Use

  • The library is free; models and cloud browsers cost money
  • Telemetry is on by default and can include task text and addresses
  • Reusing your real Chrome profile can mean quitting Chrome first

Claude in Chrome

  • Needs a paid Claude plan, from Pro at $20 a month
  • Chrome only, by Anthropic’s help center, and no phones
  • Stops at sign-in pages and captchas for you to handle
  • Claude Code can’t use it when signed in with an API key, Bedrock, Vertex or Foundry

Yab, honestly

  • Mac only: macOS 15.4 or later, no Windows, iPhone or Android
  • New: first released in September 2026
  • Its AI needs a Claude or ChatGPT plan; ChatGPT’s free plan may work with low limits
  • WebKit, as in Safari: a site tested only in Chrome can misbehave
  • Closed source

What changed lately

  • December 18, 2025Claude in Chrome: Beta opened to all paid plans (Pro, Max, Team, Enterprise)
  • November 24, 2025Claude in Chrome: Beta opened to all Max subscribers, with scheduled tasks
  • August 26, 2025Claude in Chrome: Launched as a research preview for 1,000 Max plan users
  • March 23, 2025Browser Use: Raised a $17M seed round led by Felicis

Questions

Is Browser Use free?

Yes, with limits on its AI. Library free (MIT); cloud pay as you go, from $0.02 per browser hour.

Is Claude in Chrome free?

No. Needs a paid Claude plan: Pro $20/month, Max from $100/month, Team or Enterprise.

Which one works in my signed-in browser, Browser Use or Claude in Chrome?

Browser Use’s command line attaches to your running Chrome, with your sign-ins. Claude in Chrome works in your own signed-in Chrome.

Do Browser Use and Claude in Chrome run on Windows?

Yes, both. Browser Use runs on Mac, Windows and Linux; Claude in Chrome on Mac, Windows and Linux.

Is there a third option on a Mac?

Yab, Yet Another Browser, is a free Mac browser that Claude Code, Codex and any MCP client can drive through yab mcp, in your own signed-in profile, with Send, Pay and Delete held for your yes. It has an agent of its own too, on your Claude or ChatGPT plan. It is Mac only, and new.

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Sources, read October 9, 2026. Something out of date? Write to hello@serafimlabs.io and we fix it.

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