Comparison
Panes vs. Hyperbrowser
Hyperbrowser is built squarely for AI agents: quick session spin-up, scraping endpoints, and agent task APIs. It iterates fast and prices aggressively. Panes shares the agent-native thesis but anchors it in platform governance — every agent call is permission-checked against your tenant, and credentials are ephemeral by design.
| Dimension | Panes | Hyperbrowser |
|---|---|---|
| Isolation model | Isolated Chromium per session on Omega compute | Isolated browser sessions per request |
| Agent tooling | MCP server + POST /api/agent/invoke gated by panes.agent.invoke and instance permissions | MCP server, agent task endpoints, scrape APIs |
| Credential security | Short-lived term credentials, never stored | API keys with session connect URLs |
| Tenancy | Org / project / workspace scoping via Keystone | Team-level API keys |
| Pricing model | Per-second sessions with included minutes | Credit-based plans with hour bundles |
| Console | Live table, ⌘K palette, screenshots, DevTools, credential minting | Session dashboard with logs |
Honest take
When to choose Panes — and when to choose Hyperbrowser
Different tools win different workloads. Here's our candid read.
Choose Panes when
- You need every agent action gated by real platform permissions.
- Ephemeral credentials matter — nothing long-lived to leak into agent context.
- You want billing and entitlements in the same ledger as the rest of your stack.
- Your team works in the console daily — table, palette, DevTools are production-grade.
Choose Hyperbrowser when
- You want built-in scrape/extract endpoints that return parsed content, not a browser.
- You're optimizing for the lowest per-hour list price on bundled credits.
- You want their one-shot agent task API instead of operating sessions yourself.
Migration
Switching to Panes
Already on Hyperbrowser? The move is mostly mechanical.
Map session creation to panes_create with url, viewport, and headless inputs.
Swap connect URLs for minted term credentials (panes_term).
Move scrape-style jobs to your own Playwright code against live sessions — full control, same browser.
Try both. Keep the one that fits.
Panes has a real free tier — launch a session and compare for yourself.
Comparison reflects public information as of June 2026. Spot an inaccuracy? Tell us and we'll fix it.