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Browser Use vs Hatchet

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Browser Use

Automation Integration

Give Browser Use a natural-language task and receive completed work from a managed browser agent

From
Free
Rated
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Full reviewWebsite
Hatchet logo

Hatchet

Automation Integration

Postgres-backed distributed task queue and workflow engine for Python, TypeScript and Go

From
Free
Rated
-
Full reviewWebsite

The short version

  • Each has a real cost: Browser Use annual plans cost 10 months of fees but provide 12 months of credits (Dev: $290/year with $360 credits); Hatchet postgres as the queue backend simplifies operations but sets a throughput ceiling, and very high task rates require database tuning or partitioning work that a purpose-built queue would not demand.
  • Prices and features above were last checked on 31 August 2026.

Where they differ

Only the attributes on which Browser Use and Hatchet actually diverge.

Attributes where Browser Use and Hatchet differ
AttributeBrowser UseHatchet
Pricing modelsubscriptionPer month by task run count
PlatformsWebLinux, Docker, Kubernetes, Cloud

Identical on both: starting price (Free), free tier (Yes), user rating (Not yet rated), category (Automation Integration).

What each one covers

Drawn from each product's published feature list. An absence here means we hold no record of it - not that the product lacks it.

Only in Browser Use

Nothing recorded that Hatchet does not also cover.

Only in Hatchet

  • Postgres-backed queue
  • Durable execution
  • DAG workflows
  • Concurrency and fairness
  • Rate limiting
  • Cron and scheduling
  • Multi-language SDKs
  • Self-hosting

What people use each for

The jobs each tool is most often brought in to do.

Browser Use

  • Web automationnot Hatchet
  • Browser task automationnot Hatchet

Hatchet

  • An AI product running long agent pipelines that must survive worker restarts and resume mid-workflownot Browser Use
  • A team that outgrew Celery and wants concurrency keys, fairness and rate limiting without building themnot Browser Use
  • An engineering group that wants durable execution self-hosted with no datastore beyond the Postgres they already runnot Browser Use
  • A multi-tenant SaaS that needs one noisy customer's jobs not to starve everyone else'snot Browser Use

Where each one falls short

Documented limitations, not opinions. Every one is a constraint you would hit in normal use.

Browser Use

  • Annual plans cost 10 months of fees but provide 12 months of credits (Dev: $290/year with $360 credits)
  • Proxy costs extra: $4-5/GB managed residential proxy
  • Cloud browser sessions add $0.02/hour minimum 1 minute

Hatchet

  • Postgres as the queue backend simplifies operations but sets a throughput ceiling, and very high task rates require database tuning or partitioning work that a purpose-built queue would not demand.
  • Data retention on the managed tiers is three days on Team and seven on Scale, which is short for debugging intermittent failures and forces you to export run history elsewhere.
  • The step from the free tier to Team is 500 US dollars a month plus usage, which is a large increment for a small team that simply needs a production SLA.
  • Hatchet is a young company in a category with Temporal, Inngest and cloud-native alternatives already established, so ecosystem, hiring pool and third-party material are all thin.
  • Self-hosting the MIT engine is realistic but you then run the engine, its Postgres and its workers yourself, and the managed features such as audit logs and support are not part of that.

Pricing, plan by plan

Browser Use

Free
  • FreeFree
    • 10 agent tasks/month
    • 3 concurrent sessions
  • Dev$29/month
    • $29 monthly credits
    • 25 concurrent sessions
  • Business$299/month
    • $299 monthly credits
    • 200 concurrent sessions
  • Scaleup$999/month
    • $999 monthly credits
    • 500 concurrent sessions

Hatchet

Free
  • DeveloperFree
    • First 100,000 task runs included
    • $10 per million task runs after
    • No card required
  • Team$500/month
    • Usage billed on top of the base fee
    • 10 users and 5 tenants
    • 3 day data retention
  • Scale$1000/month
    • Unlimited users and tenants
    • 7 day data retention
    • Audit logs
  • Enterprise$undefined/year
    • 300 million plus runs a month
    • Latency guarantees and custom SLAs
    • SSO and audit logging

Which should you pick?

Choose Browser Use if

  • You want to start without paying.
Browser Use review

Choose Hatchet if

  • You need postgres-backed queue.
  • You want to start without paying.
  • You work on Linux, Docker, Kubernetes, Cloud.
  • You also want durable execution.
Hatchet review

Questions people ask

Is Browser Use or Hatchet better?
Neither clearly leads. Browser Use starts at Free and Hatchet at Free, and user ratings are close enough to be indistinguishable. Choose on capability and platform support.
Which is cheaper, Browser Use or Hatchet?
Browser Use starts at Free and Hatchet at Free.
Does Browser Use or Hatchet run on more platforms?
Browser Use runs on Web. Hatchet runs on Linux, Docker, Kubernetes, Cloud.
Can I use Browser Use for free?
Both have a free tier, so you can try either at no cost before committing.
What is Browser Use best used for?
Browser Use is most often used for web automation, browser task automation. Of those, web automation and browser task automation are not what Hatchet is typically brought in for.
What can Browser Use do that Hatchet cannot?
Hatchet covers Postgres-backed queue, Durable execution, DAG workflows, Concurrency and fairness.

Answered from the vendors’ own pages

Browser Use: How much does Browser Use's Dev plan cost?

The Dev plan costs $29 per month and includes $29 in monthly agent credits, 25 concurrent sessions, and browser automation capabilities.

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Hatchet: Is Hatchet open source?

Yes, the engine is MIT licensed and can be self-hosted, with a managed cloud offered alongside.

Browser Use: What is the cost of Browser Use's cloud browser sessions?

Cloud browser sessions cost $0.02 per browser-hour with a one-minute minimum, rounded up to the nearest minute.

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Hatchet: What does it cost?

Free for the first 100,000 task runs, then 10 US dollars per million. Team is 500 US dollars a month plus usage; Scale is 1,000.

Browser Use: Does Browser Use offer a free plan?

Browser Use's free plan includes 10 agent tasks per month and 3 concurrent sessions at no cost, available without payment information.

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Hatchet: Why Postgres as the queue?

So durable task state lives in a database your team already backs up, replicates and can inspect with SQL, instead of a second system.

Browser Use: How much do Browser Use's annual subscriptions save compared to monthly?

Annual subscriptions cost 10 months of fees: Dev costs $290/year with $360 credits, Business costs $2,990/year with $3,600 credits, and Scaleup costs $9,990/year with $12,000 credits.

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Hatchet: How does it compare with Temporal?

Lighter to adopt and operate, with a much smaller ecosystem and a lower throughput ceiling from the Postgres backend.

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