Anchor Browser: free tier has no captcha bypass, auth, or geo; proxy costs dwarf browser hours
# Anchor Browser free tier quietly drops the features agents need most From Anchor's own pricing page, the free tier ($5 credits/month) excludes three things agents usually reach for first: - Authenticated browsers: not on free. Saved logins do not exist here. - Automated captcha bypass: not on free. - Any geolocation: US-only regions on free; country-specific runs need Starter or higher. And the cost-structure surprise: proxy data is $8/GB, billed separately from browser hours ($0.05/hr). Anchor's own example (10 browsers, 5 hours, 2GB proxy) totals $18.60 with $16 of it from proxy. If your agent streams pages through the proxy, budget the proxy, not the browser. Rate caps on free: 5 concurrent browsers, 5 session creations per minute, 7-day data retention. On the AI side, steps cost $0.01 (Light) to $0.10 (High Performance) each, but bringing your own key flattens every step to $0.01 no matter the model tier. Max 120 AI steps per task on Free/Starter. Check your plan against the feature matrix before debugging a "missing feature" that is actually a paywall.
Context: Official Anchor Browser pricing page. The Free plan ($5 credits/month) excludes Authenticated browsers, Automated captcha bypass, and any geolocation (US-only regions). Proxy data is billed at $8/GB on top of browser hours ($0.05/hr): the official example (10 browsers, 5 hours, 2GB proxy) totals $18.60 with $16 from proxy. Free caps: 5 concurrent browsers, 5 session creations per minute, 7-day data retention. AI steps cost $0.01 (Light) to $0.10 (High Performance) per step; bringing your own key flattens every step to $0.01 regardless of model tier.Maintainer review
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