# Skyvern

Official pricing: https://www.skyvern.com/pricing  
Category: browser · Isolation: container

## Pricing regimes (raw)

- **Managed browser service** (resource)

## Features

Yes: fork/clone, browser, desktop GUI, computer-use API, browser automation API, anti-bot stealth, CAPTCHA solving, residential IPs, open internet, static egress IP, self-hosting, BYOC, open source, SOC 2, HIPAA, SSO, arm64, Python, Node.js, webhooks, audit logs, EU data residency, MCP server, snapshots on demand, hosted agent API (their own agent)

No: snapshots, memory snapshots, pause/resume, persistent disk, volumes, idle auto-stop, ≥24 h sessions, start from your own snapshot, your own Docker/OCI image, full VM (own kernel), Docker inside, nested virtualization, desktop control API, browser + desktop control, preinstalled agents, SSH, public IPv4, HTTPS preview URLs, egress allowlist, GPU, Windows, macOS, HTTP method/path egress rules, wake on request, live resize, live fork (no pause), memory fork, automatic snapshots, agent harness API, gVisor or VM (no shared kernel), 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/skyvern.json → feature_evidence

## Caveats

- Free 5,000 credits once; Hobby 30,000/month, Pro 150,000/month. Actions have variable credit use; no invariant credit-to-CPU-hour conversion. Enterprise enables custom code blocks and HIPAA; Pro SMS $10/number/month.
- No invented browser vCPU or memory allocation: normalized 4/8 rate remains null. Proxy traffic is not necessarily equivalent to sandbox egress.
- Null values mean unknown, not free/unlimited. No model-token cost, tax or unverified ancillary charge included.
- Native browser/device/task/credit prices with unknown CPU/RAM are deliberately non-priceable. Check regime before interpreting any partial resource estimate.

## How this provider charges


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

Open Source AI Agent to automate browser workflows via an API

## 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://www.skyvern.com/pricing |
| Free | Plan limits apply | Monthly fee; credits only as stated | fee=0; included usage=$0; concurrent=1; max session h=None | https://www.skyvern.com/pricing |
| Hobby | Plan limits apply | Monthly fee; credits only as stated | fee=29; included usage=$None; concurrent=10; max session h=None | https://www.skyvern.com/pricing |
| Pro | Plan limits apply | Monthly fee; credits only as stated | fee=149; included usage=$None; concurrent=25; max session h=None | https://www.skyvern.com/pricing |
| Enterprise | Plan limits apply | Monthly fee; credits only as stated | fee=None; included usage=$None; concurrent=100; max session h=None | https://www.skyvern.com/pricing |
| Retained disk / GiB-month | Lifecycle/scope must be checked | Native add-on | unverified, not $0 | https://www.skyvern.com/pricing |
| Snapshots / GiB-month | Lifecycle/scope must be checked | Native add-on | unverified, not $0 | https://www.skyvern.com/pricing |
| Egress / GiB | Lifecycle/scope must be checked | Native add-on | unverified, not $0 | https://www.skyvern.com/pricing |
| IPv4 / month | Lifecycle/scope must be checked | Native add-on | unverified, not $0 | https://www.skyvern.com/pricing |

## Verified billing facts and gotchas

1. Free 5,000 credits once; Hobby 30,000/month, Pro 150,000/month. Actions have variable credit use; no invariant credit-to-CPU-hour conversion. Enterprise enables custom code blocks and HIPAA; Pro SMS $10/number/month.
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": null
}
```

## 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. Native plan/runtime billing is documented above; no honest general-VM monthly total can be calculated.

## Sources and coverage

- https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/skyvern
- https://www.skyvern.com/pricing
- https://www.skyvern.com/
- https://www.skyvern.com/docs
- https://www.skyvern.com/llms.txt

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.