Best Browser Automation Tools in 2026
40 browser automation tools ranked on what their makers publish — plans and prices, free tiers, platforms and the facts on their own pages.
40ranked
18free plans on this page
$20/molowest paid tier
3 Oct 2026last checked
#1 Cypress Top pick · 9.2 Free plan · $67/mo
#2 WebdriverIO Runner-up · 8.7 Free plan · Free
#3 Selenium Also great · 8.6 Free plan · Free
- Free planFree trial LinuxmacOSWebWindows
- Free plan
- Yes
- Paid from
- 67 /mo
RecognisedDocumentedFree planFree trialPlatforms$67/mofirst paid tier About CypressVisit site - Free plan AndroidextensioniOSLinuxmacOSWebWindows
- Free plan
- Yes
RecognisedDocumentedFree planFree trialPlatforms - Free plan LinuxmacOSself-hostedWebWindows
- Free plan
- Yes
RecognisedDocumentedFree planFree trialPlatforms - Free plan LinuxmacOSself-hostedWebWindows
- Free plan
- Yes
RecognisedDocumentedFree planFree trialPlatforms - Free plan AndroidiOSLinuxmacOSWebWindows
- Free plan
- Yes
RecognisedDocumentedFree planFree trialPlatforms - Free planFree trial Web
- Free plan
- Yes
- Language support
- multiple
- Cloud execution
- Yes
- Self-hosted option
- Yes
RecognisedDocumentedFree planFree trialPlatforms - Free planOpen source Web
- Free plan
- Yes
- Paid from
- 25 /mo
- Browser engines
- multiple
- Language support
- multiple
- Cloud execution
- Yes
- Self-hosted option
- Yes
RecognisedDocumentedFree planFree trialPlatforms$25/mofirst paid tier About BrowserlessVisit site - Free plan Web
- Free plan
- Yes
- Paid from
- 29 /mo
RecognisedDocumentedFree planFree trialPlatforms - Free plan apiWeb
- Free plan
- Yes
- Paid from
- 20 /mo
- Browser engines
- one
- Language support
- multiple
- Cloud execution
- Yes
- Self-hosted option
- No
RecognisedDocumentedFree planFree trialPlatforms$20/mofirst paid tier About BrowserbaseVisit site - Free plan WindowsmacOSLinux
- Free plan
- Yes
RecognisedDocumentedFree planFree trialPlatforms - Free plan LinuxmacOSWindows
- Free plan
- Yes
- Browser engines
- multiple
- Language support
- multiple
- Cloud execution
- No
- Self-hosted option
- Yes
RecognisedDocumentedFree planFree trialPlatforms - Free plan Web
- Free plan
- Yes
- Browser engines
- one
- Language support
- multiple
- Cloud execution
- Yes
- Self-hosted option
- No
RecognisedDocumentedFree planFree trialPlatforms - Free planOpen source apiself-hostedWeb
- Free plan
- Yes
- Paid from
- 250 /mo
- Browser engines
- one
- Language support
- multiple
- Cloud execution
- Yes
- Self-hosted option
- Yes
RecognisedDocumentedFree planFree trialPlatforms$250/mofirst paid tier About SteelVisit site - Web
- Browser engines
- multiple
- Language support
- javascript
- Cloud execution
- Yes
RecognisedDocumentedFree planFree trialPlatforms - Free planFree trial apimacOSWindows
- Free plan
- Yes
- Paid from
- 69 /mo
- Cloud execution
- Yes
- Self-hosted option
- No
RecognisedDocumentedFree planFree trialPlatforms$69/mofirst paid tier About OctoparseVisit site - Free plan LinuxmacOSWindows
- Free plan
- Yes
- Browser engines
- multiple
- Language support
- javascript
- Cloud execution
- No
- Self-hosted option
- Yes
RecognisedDocumentedFree planFree trialPlatforms - Web
- Free plan
- No
- Paid from
- 59 /mo
RecognisedDocumentedFree planFree trialPlatforms$59/mofirst paid tier About BrowserStack AutomateVisit site - WindowsmacOSLinux
- Browser engines
- multiple
- Language support
- multiple
- Self-hosted option
- Yes
RecognisedDocumentedFree planFree trialPlatforms - WindowsmacOSLinux
- Browser engines
- multiple
- Language support
- python
- Self-hosted option
- Yes
RecognisedDocumentedFree planFree trialPlatforms - Free plan Web
- Free plan
- Yes
- Language support
- multiple
- Cloud execution
- Yes
- Self-hosted option
- Yes
RecognisedDocumentedFree planFree trialPlatforms - Free plan Web
- Free plan
- Yes
- Paid from
- 25 /mo
- Cloud execution
- Yes
RecognisedDocumentedFree planFree trialPlatforms - Web
- Free plan
- No
- Paid from
- 20 /mo
RecognisedDocumentedFree planFree trialPlatforms - Web
- Browser engines
- multiple
- Language support
- multiple
- Self-hosted option
- Yes
RecognisedDocumentedFree planFree trialPlatforms - WindowsmacOSLinux
- Browser engines
- multiple
- Language support
- javascript
- Self-hosted option
- Yes
RecognisedDocumentedFree planFree trialPlatforms - Free plan WindowsmacOSLinux
- Free plan
- Yes
- Browser engines
- multiple
- Self-hosted option
- Yes
RecognisedDocumentedFree planFree trialPlatformsFree About RodVisit site
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Questions about this list
Which browser automation tool is ranked first on The Geeks Club?
Cypress is ranked #1 of 40 with a score of 9.2. WebdriverIO is second and Selenium third.
How many of these have a free plan?
18 of the 25 on this page publish a free plan on their own pricing pages.
Which is the cheapest paid option?
On this page, Browserbase has the lowest first paid tier we found: $20/mo.
How is this list ranked?
Ranked on how quickly a newcomer can get going: documentation depth, a free tier or trial, and the platforms it runs on. Paid placements never change a rank.
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