OpenAdaptBrowser agents, alone or with OpenAdapt
Browser agents such as Browser Use let a model work through a web task, and Workflow Use turns a recording into a workflow with an agent as fallback. They're quick for web tasks. With OpenAdapt, a run becomes a program with no model on repeats that reads the record back where it can, and it also covers desktop screens.
Updated 2026-10-18
At a glance
| Browser agents | OpenAdapt | |
|---|---|---|
| Best fit | Web tasks, prototypes and read-heavy work | Repeated entries into a system with no usable API, where a wrong save matters |
| Who builds it | A developer or analyst, from a URL or one recording | We build it with you from a demonstration |
| How a normal run works | A model drives the browser; Workflow Use replays steps and falls back to an agent | A program learned from a demonstration repeats the same steps (tested on open-source systems) |
| AI model calls on a normal run | Each run starts an agent and uses model tokens | 0 in every recorded OpenAdapt run (measured) |
| Proof the record saved | The session that acted reports completion | Reads the saved record back, where your system allows a second read (tested) |
| When it isn't sure | The model re-reasons the step | Stops and asks a person; never retries a save it couldn't confirm (tested) |
| Where it runs | Your own browser, or Browser Use Cloud | A computer you control; MIT-licensed engine |
| Citrix and remote desktop | Desktop and remote desktop are outside their published scope | Remote desktop tested, including a real Windows 11 computer (3 of 3) |
| Published price | Managed sessions listed at $0.02 a browser-hour, plus model tokens | Free to run locally. Team $499 a month. Healthcare and enterprise qualification sprints from $15k. The engine is free. |
Where browser agents are stronger
- Quick setup for web tasks: start from a URL, or turn one recording into a workflow file.
- Browser Use reports 97% on 300 Online-Mind2Web tasks in its own benchmark.
- Managed browser sessions, if you don't want to run browsers yourself.
- Active open-source projects that change quickly.
What OpenAdapt adds
- It reads the saved record back another way, where your system allows a second read, and says so when it can't.
- It stops on a mismatch or a look-alike record instead of guessing, and never retries a save it couldn't confirm.
- It runs on a computer you control, and the engine is MIT-licensed open source.
- Every recorded OpenAdapt run made 0 AI model calls.
Workflow Use describes itself as in very early development and not recommended for production; check its README for the current status.
Questions
Is a browser agent the same as a computer-use agent?
Close: both have a model drive the screen. See OpenAdapt vs AI computer-use agents for our measured results.
Related: AI computer-use agents · Coverage look-ups · How it works · All comparisons
Sources
- Browser Use documentation (docs.browser-use.com), rerunnable scripts and V3 browser sessions, read for this page in August 2026; Browser Use, Online-Mind2Web benchmark post (browser-use.com); Workflow Use README (github.com/browser-use/workflow-use), read for this page in August 2026.
See it on your process
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