Overview

Browser-Use vs Skyvern: DOM Selector vs Vision LLM Browser Agent Comparison

Compare Browser-Use (DOM route) and Skyvern (vision route) two major browser Agent frameworks across technical route, performance, success rate, and use cases.

Projects Compared

browser-use

Python · MIT

105.8k ★

browser-use enables browser automation for agents, allowing LLMs to understand pages and perform complex web interactions.

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Skyvern

Python · AGPL-3.0

22.5k ★

Skyvern is an agent platform for browser task automation, using page understanding and action planning to complete complex web workflows such as forms and back-office tasks.

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Feature Comparison

Best for browser-useSkyvern
Technical route DOM-first: based on accessibility tree, lets LLM output CSS/XPath selectors, fast and low cost Vision-first: based on screenshots lets LLM output coordinates and operations, no DOM parsing needed, can handle any rendered page
Speed and cost Single task 10-30 seconds, single cost $0.01-0.05 (gpt-4o + accessibility tree) Single task 30-120 seconds, single cost $0.10-0.30 (gpt-4o vision + multiple screenshots)
Anti-bot and stability Good for modern SPAs, anti-bot strict sites (Cloudflare, Akamai) need extra configuration Pure vision route more robust against anti-bot, but high cost, legacy systems can be automated without API
Best for Enterprise internal tools, R&D self-use SaaS integration, SPA automation, batch data collection Government/financial legacy systems, CAPTCHA strict sites, internal Web apps without exposed APIs

GitHub Stats

Metric browser-useSkyvern
Stars 105.8k22.5k
Forks 11.6k2.1k
Language PythonPython
License MITAGPL-3.0
Last commit July 20, 2026July 21, 2026

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