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Stagehand vs Browser Use: catalog facts
Stagehand	Browser Use
Free Free and open source under the MIT license.	Freemium The core library is free and open source under MIT; a separate hosted cloud service is…
Windows, macOS, Linux, Command line	Windows, macOS, Linux, Command line
Familiar Playwright-style API lowers the learning curve Persists sessions so logins do not need to be repeated	MIT licensed and self-hostable for full control over agent browsing Widely adopted with a large, active GitHub community
Local runs require Chrome to be installed Best used alongside an LLM and browser infrastructure you provide	Requires your own LLM API access to power the agent's decisions Automation reliability depends on the structure of the target website
Downloadable app, Self-hosted	Self-hosted, Downloadable app
Open source	Open source
License: MIT	License: MIT
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 22, 2026

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