OpenAI launched ChatGPT agent with Operator's web-browsing abilities on 17 Jul 2025, then discontinued the standalone Operator agent and absorbed its features into ChatGPT, as TechCrunch noted on 15 Sep 2026.
OpenAI Operator performs tasks on websites — filling forms, buying items, and booking appointments autonomously.
How OpenAI Operator compares with its closest alternatives
3 of the 5 closest alternatives have a free plan; OpenAI Operator did not. Only Browserbase Stagehand lists a starting price, $20 a month. 4 of the 5 offer an API, as OpenAI Operator did. OpenAI Operator offered a web app. Of the 4 alternatives with platforms on record, 3 offer a web app. OpenAI Operator was founded in 2024; the alternatives were founded between 2023 and 2024, 4 of them earlier. OpenAI Operator was based in San Francisco, United States; 3 of its 5 alternatives are in the United States too, and the others in France and Switzerland.
Market position · Agents
How OpenAI Operator compares in Agents
OpenAI Operator had high opportunity before it shut down. Across Agents, the average opportunity score is 72.6 and the average saturation score 31.5. FalcoScan rates OpenAI Operator's own market position as open. 179 of the 423 operating Agents tools have hot momentum, and FalcoScan has recorded 15 shutdowns in the category.
OpenAI Operator compared with its closest alternatives
Product
Opportunity
Saturation
Pricing
Pricing from
Free plan
API
Platforms
Momentum
OpenAI OperatorFounded 2024 · San Francisco, United States
High
Open
Paid
—
No
Yes
Web
Declining
Manus AI AgentFounded 2023 · San Francisco, United States
No. OpenAI Operator shut down in 2025, according to techcrunch.com. OpenAI launched ChatGPT agent with Operator's web-browsing abilities on 17 Jul 2025, then discontinued the standalone Operator agent and absorbed its features into ChatGPT, as TechCrunch noted on 15 Sep 2026.
What are the best alternatives to OpenAI Operator?
The closest alternatives to OpenAI Operator that are still running, matched on the AI capabilities, uses and audience they share, are Manus AI Agent, MultiOn Web Agent, Twin Labs Browser, Browser Use Open, and Browserbase Stagehand.
Where was OpenAI Operator based?
OpenAI Operator was headquartered in San Francisco, United States.