# Steel: what AI models say (September 2026)

Source: Memetik Index, https://www.memetik.ai/vendors/steel
Website: https://steel.dev

Steel was named in 17 of 50 AI answers across 1 category. Best position: Browser automation for agents, 34% answer share, ranked #9, named first in 0%.

## What Steel is

Steel is an open-source browser API for developers building browser automations. It is intended for teams creating AI agents, web scraping workflows, RPA, sales automation, QA processes, and customer-service agents. It offers a $0 per-month launch plan plus usage, a $250 per-month scale plan plus usage, and custom enterprise pricing plus usage.

Steel creates on-demand cloud browser sessions through an API. Developers can connect Puppeteer, Playwright or Selenium to these browsers, save and inject cookies and local storage, and use built-in CAPTCHA solving for automations. Its Session Viewer supports live or recorded session debugging.

Pricing: It offers a $0 per-month launch plan plus usage, a $250 per-month scale plan plus usage, and custom enterprise pricing plus usage.
(From Steel's own website, read 2026-09-02.)

## By category

| Category | Rank | Answer share | Named first | Models |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Browser automation for agents (https://www.memetik.ai/index/browser-agents) | #9 of 15 | 34% | 0% | Claude Opus 5, Claude, Claude Fable 5, Gemini, Gemini 3.5 Flash, Sonar Reasoning Pro |

## What the models said

> "Choose Steel or Browserbase if you already have your automation script written, but need a cloud-hosted environment that scales seamlessly and bypasses anti-bot walls."
> — Gemini 3.5 Flash, Browser automation for agents

> "Browserbase and Steel provide managed, cloud-hosted browsers purpose-built for agents, solving the headless browser scaling problem."
> — Claude Opus 5, Browser automation for agents

> "Infrastructure matured in 2026: tools like Browserbase and Steel provide managed, cloud-hosted browsers purpose-built for agents, solving the headless browser scaling problem."
> — Claude, Browser automation for agents

> "For scaling agents in production, use Browserbase or Steel."
> — Gemini, Browser automation for agents