# Opensteer

Official pricing: https://opensteer.com/pricing  
Category: browser · Isolation: not published

## Pricing regimes (raw)

- **Browser / computer runtime (per hour)** (sizes): browser runtime ? vCPU/? GiB $0.2/h; computer runtime ? vCPU/? GiB $0.2/h

## Features

Yes: persistent disk, ≥24 h sessions, browser, desktop GUI, computer-use API, browser automation API, browser + desktop control, preinstalled agents, self-hosting, open source, Python, scheduled runs (cron), agent harness API, hosted agent API (their own agent)

No: snapshots, memory snapshots, fork/clone, pause/resume, volumes, idle auto-stop, start from your own snapshot, your own Docker/OCI image, Docker inside, nested virtualization, anti-bot stealth, CAPTCHA solving, SSH, public IPv4, HTTPS preview URLs, BYOC, GPU, arm64, Windows, macOS, Node.js, wake on request, live resize, live fork (no pause), memory fork, MCP server, automatic snapshots, snapshots on demand, inbound access rules, firewall inside (nftables), secret proxy, secret proxy for any API, extra volumes, shared volumes

Unknown: everything else. Evidence (source + quote) per feature: https://battleships.dev/data/providers/opensteer.json → feature_evidence

## Caveats

- Priced as $0.20 per browser- or computer-runtime hour with no published machine size; the workload vCPU/RAM is not guaranteed. Platform credits offset runtime; model credits do not.
- Browser and computer runtime each $0.20/h. Model and platform credits are distinct; $5/$25/$100 model credits must not offset compute. BYO Claude/ChatGPT subscription agent claim does not establish free underlying 4/8 VM.
- Null values mean unknown, not free/unlimited. No model-token cost, tax or unverified ancillary charge included.

## How this provider charges


YC: Summer 2023; directory status **Active**. Research scope: public-product-researched. Source: https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/opensteer

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## Regime table

| Regime | When it applies | How billed | Numbers | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Managed browser service | Session tariff cannot be normalized to 4 vCPU/8 GiB without guaranteed resource specifications. | resource; CPU alloc, memory alloc | Unknown or native-unit billing; see facts below | https://opensteer.com/pricing |
| Developer | Plan limits apply | Monthly fee; credits only as stated | fee=0; included usage=$5; concurrent=None; max session h=None | https://opensteer.com/pricing |
| Starter | Plan limits apply | Monthly fee; credits only as stated | fee=50; included usage=$50; concurrent=None; max session h=None | https://opensteer.com/pricing |
| Business | Plan limits apply | Monthly fee; credits only as stated | fee=200; included usage=$200; concurrent=None; max session h=None | https://opensteer.com/pricing |
| Retained disk / GiB-month | Lifecycle/scope must be checked | Native add-on | unverified, not $0 | https://opensteer.com/pricing |
| Snapshots / GiB-month | Lifecycle/scope must be checked | Native add-on | unverified, not $0 | https://opensteer.com/pricing |
| Egress / GiB | Lifecycle/scope must be checked | Native add-on | unverified, not $0 | https://opensteer.com/pricing |
| IPv4 / month | Lifecycle/scope must be checked | Native add-on | unverified, not $0 | https://opensteer.com/pricing |

## Verified billing facts and gotchas

1. Browser and computer runtime each $0.20/h. Model and platform credits are distinct; $5/$25/$100 model credits must not offset compute. BYO Claude/ChatGPT subscription agent claim does not establish free underlying 4/8 VM.
2. No invented browser vCPU or memory allocation: normalized 4/8 rate remains null. Proxy traffic is not necessarily equivalent to sandbox egress.

Native pricing (not coerced into incompatible engine units):
```json
{
  "browser_hour_usd": 0.2
}
```

## Worked example

Requested: 4 vCPU/8 GiB, 50 simultaneous × 8 h/day × 22 days = **8,800 instance-hours**, 30% CPU; 50 GiB snapshots and 100 GiB egress. A month is 730 hours only when explicitly used in rate conversion.

A 4-vCPU/8-GiB VM is not established by the browser offering. For 8,800 browser-hours only, native usage is $1,760.00 before plan credits, proxy data, model costs and session/concurrency restrictions.

## Sources and coverage

- https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/opensteer
- https://opensteer.com/pricing
- https://opensteer.com/

Page captures and documentation indexes/bundles are in `raw/`; provider JSON lists the evidence paths. HN query results were captured separately as `<id>--hn.txt`; they are discovery leads, not current tariff authority. Downloaded docs do not imply every feature was verified; unsupported assertions remain null.