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Browser Use vs Cua: catalog facts
Browser Use	Cua
Freemium The core library is free and open source under MIT; a separate hosted cloud service is…	Free The open-source project is free to use.
Windows, macOS, Linux, Command line	Self-hosted, Command line
MIT licensed and self-hostable for full control over agent browsing Widely adopted with a large, active GitHub community	Sandboxed virtual machines keep agents away from your own desktop Supports fleets across several operating systems
Requires your own LLM API access to power the agent's decisions Automation reliability depends on the structure of the target website	Aimed at developers, not end users Requires your own AI model access and setup work
Self-hosted, Downloadable app	Downloadable app, Self-hosted
Open source	Open source
License: MIT	License not stated
Not stated if an account is needed	Not stated if an account is needed
Not stated if it works offline	Not stated if it works offline
Official website Full listing and sources Checked September 22, 2026	Official website Full listing and sources Checked September 26, 2026

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