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20 Skyvern alternatives

Skyvern: Open-source AI browser agent that automates web workflows with vision LLMs instead of brittle selectors, as a no-code builder, a Playwright SDK or a cloud service. 20 apps do similar work, most sharing Open Source, Browser Automation and Self-Hosted, ranked by how much they have in common with Skyvern.

Why look for a Skyvern alternative? Skyvern's free plan comes with paid upgrades; 6 alternatives below are free outright. Several also cover Agents, Automation and Computer Use, which Skyvern's listing does not mention.

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Skyvern vs. the top 5 alternatives

AppPricingFree planCategoryCompared with Skyvern
SkyvernFreemiumYesAutomation & WorkflowsThe app these are compared with
AirtopFreemiumYesAutomation & WorkflowsAlso covers Browser and No-Code
RindlerSubscriptionNoAutomation & WorkflowsNo free plan; Also covers API and Computer Use
FirecrawlFreemiumYesData & AnalyticsAlso covers API and RAG
AutoGPTFreemiumYesAutomation & WorkflowsAlso covers Agents and Integrations
BrowserOS NeoFreeYesAutomation & WorkflowsFree to use; Also covers Browser and Desktop App

All 20 Skyvern alternatives

  1. Cloud browser automation for AI agents: describe a workflow in plain English and Airtop compiles it into a deterministic agent that logs in, browses and acts at scale.

    vs Skyvern: Also covers Browser and No-Code

    Shared with Skyvern: Browser Automation, Data Extraction

  2. Rindler signs in to the web portals your team already uses and finishes the task you describe in a sentence — pulling records, downloading invoices, checking statuses, submitting forms.

    vs Skyvern: No free plan · Also covers API and Computer Use

    Shared with Skyvern: Browser Automation, Data Extraction

  3. Turn any website into clean markdown or structured JSON — crawling, JavaScript rendering, and extraction in one API.

    vs Skyvern: Also covers API and RAG

    Shared with Skyvern: Data Extraction, Open Source, Self-Hosted

  4. AI agent platform where a coordinator called Otto runs AI "Experts" and scheduled workflows, available in the cloud or self-hosted.

    vs Skyvern: Also covers Agents and Integrations

    Shared with Skyvern: Self-Hosted, Workflow

  5. Felafax, Inc.

    Free, open-source desktop browser that coding agents such as Claude Code, Codex and Cursor drive using your real logged-in accounts.

    vs Skyvern: Free to use · Also covers Browser and Desktop App

    Shared with Skyvern: Browser Automation, Open Source

  6. ByteDance

    ByteDance's open-source desktop app that lets the UI-TARS vision-language model operate your computer and browser with mouse and keyboard.

    vs Skyvern: Free to use · Also covers Computer Use and Desktop App

    Shared with Skyvern: Browser Automation, Open Source

  7. The open-source library that lets AI agents actually use websites — clicking, typing, and reading like a person.

    vs Skyvern: Also covers Browser and Computer Use

    Shared with Skyvern: Browser Automation, Open Source

  8. Open-source, self-hosted control plane that runs teams of AI agents like a company, with org charts, tasks, budgets and approvals.

    vs Skyvern: Free to use · Also covers Agents and Coding Agent

    Shared with Skyvern: Open Source, Self-Hosted

  9. Open-source, self-hostable managed agent platform: run durable AI agents on any model and any machine through one API, CLI and SDK.

    vs Skyvern: Also covers Agents and API

    Shared with Skyvern: Open Source, Self-Hosted

  10. IBM (DataStax)

    Open-source, MIT-licensed visual builder for AI agents, RAG apps and MCP servers, maintained by IBM's DataStax and extensible in Python.

    vs Skyvern: Free to use · Also covers Agents and MCP

    Shared with Skyvern: Open Source, Self-Hosted

  11. HKUDS

    Open-source, self-hosted personal AI agent you run yourself — browser UI, terminal or your chat apps, with memory, MCP tools and scheduled automations.

    vs Skyvern: Free to use · Also covers Agents and Local-First

    Shared with Skyvern: Open Source, Self-Hosted

  12. Describe the data you want in plain English and BrowserAct builds a reusable scraper that runs in a real browser, with proxies and CAPTCHA handled.

    vs Skyvern: Also covers Automation and No-Code

    Shared with Skyvern: Browser Automation, Data Extraction

  13. A marketplace of thousands of ready-made scrapers and automation tools, plus the cloud to run your own.

    vs Skyvern: Also covers API and Automation

    Shared with Skyvern: Browser Automation, Data Extraction

  14. An Apache-2.0 TypeScript framework for building AI agents — workflows, memory, RAG and evals — with a local studio and an agentic software factory on top.

    vs Skyvern: Also covers Agents and Coding Agent

    Shared with Skyvern: Open Source, Workflow

  15. pungme

    An open-source Mac app that gives Claude Code a real browser, a live iOS Simulator and its own git worktree per chat.

    vs Skyvern: Free to use · Also covers Coding Agent and Desktop App

    Shared with Skyvern: Browser Automation, Open Source

  16. Construct

    Cloud AI employee with its own Linux desktop that runs multi-step work across Gmail, Notion, Linear, GitHub and Slack.

    vs Skyvern: No free plan · Also covers Agent Memory and Automation

    Shared with Skyvern: Workflow

  17. Retool

    Retool's AI layer: generate internal apps from prompts on live company data, plus AI workflows and hourly-billed agents with enterprise controls.

    vs Skyvern: Also covers Agents and App Builder

    Shared with Skyvern: Workflow

  18. Watches how your team actually works, learns a back-office process from one screenshare, and ships a governed agent that replays every decision it makes.

    vs Skyvern: Also covers Automation and Browser Extension

    Shared with Skyvern: Workflow

  19. A marketplace of ready-to-run AI apps, agents and workflows — copy someone else's setup, run it as an app, publish your own and earn when it runs.

    vs Skyvern: Also covers Automation and Marketplace

    Shared with Skyvern: Workflow

  20. Manus AI

    A general autonomous AI agent that executes multi-step tasks end to end in its own cloud environment.

    vs Skyvern: Also covers Computer Use and Deep Research

    Shared with Skyvern: Browser Automation