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Stagehand

AI browser automation for developers

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★4.4ratingPricing · FreeHot
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Data updated 2 November 2026
Opportunity
High
Band
Saturation
Open
Band
Wrapper risk
Low
Band
Momentum
Hot
Market trend
Rating
4.4
of 5 · FalcoScan rating

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The Brief

What Stagehand does

Stagehand is an MIT-licensed SDK for browser agents, available in TypeScript, Python, and Go. It offers Playwright-style browser methods such as goto, click, locator, and screenshot, plus natural-language act, observe, and extract methods. Extract can return schema-validated data. Local runs require Chrome and can persist cookies in a user data directory. The SDK also runs on Browserbase, which adds verified mode, residential proxies, persistent contexts, session recordings, and a Model Gateway with optional caching. A hosted MCP server connects coding agents to a browser, and Search and Fetch tools retrieve web content without one. The page does not state a pricing model, only that a Browserbase API key is needed for that service.

How Stagehand compares with its closest alternatives

All 5 closest alternatives have a free plan, as Stagehand does. All 5 offer an API, as Stagehand does. Stagehand offers a command-line tool. Of the alternatives, none offers a command-line tool. Stagehand was founded in 2024; the alternatives were founded between 2017 and 2024, 4 of them earlier. Stagehand has no single headquarters on record; its alternatives with a known headquarters are in the United States.

Market position · Agents

How Stagehand compares in Agents

Stagehand has high opportunity and sits in the top third of 423 live Agents tools on FalcoScan. Across Agents, the average opportunity score is 72.6 and the average saturation score 31.5. FalcoScan rates Stagehand'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.

Stagehand compared with its closest alternatives
ProductOpportunitySaturationPricingPricing fromFree planAPIPlatformsMomentum
StagehandFounded 2024 · Remote-firstHighOpenFree—YesYesAPI, CLIHot
SkyvernFounded 2023 · San Francisco, United StatesHighOpenFreemium—YesYesWeb, APIHot
MagnitudeFounded 2024HighOpenFreemium—YesYesWeb, APIHot
BytebotFounded 2023ModerateContestedFreemium—YesYesWeb, APIStable
AgentOps MonitorFounded 2023 · San Francisco, United StatesHighOpenFreemium—YesYesWeb, APIRising
Botpress CommunityFounded 2017 · San Francisco, United StatesModerateContestedFreemium—YesYesWeb, APIRising

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What it ships with

Capabilities & who uses it

The capabilities Stagehand exposes to builders and the verticals it currently serves.

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Stagehand shows up when builders search for these

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Questions

Stagehand: common questions

Is Stagehand free?

Yes. FalcoScan lists Stagehand as free to use.

What are the best alternatives to Stagehand?

The closest alternatives to Stagehand that are still running, matched on the AI capabilities, uses and audience they share, are Skyvern, Magnitude, Bytebot, AgentOps Monitor, and Botpress Community.

Is Stagehand still running?

Yes. As of 2 November 2026, FalcoScan lists Stagehand as operating at github.com.

Where is Stagehand based?

Stagehand has no single headquarters: FalcoScan's records list it as a distributed, remote-first company.

Does Stagehand have an API?

Yes. Stagehand offers an API.

Who is Stagehand for?

Stagehand is built for developers.

How do I sign in to Stagehand?

Sign in on Stagehand's own website, github.com. FalcoScan reviews Stagehand but does not run its accounts, so logins, passwords and billing are handled by Stagehand directly.

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