Computer Use Cloud

Run Computer Use in the cloud — one browser cloud for every AI agent stack.

Drop-in compatible with Anthropic Computer Use, Browser Use SDK, and Browserbase Session API. Per-active-second billing, ~10× cheaper for typical agent tasks. Free tier — 100 hours/month.

→ Live site (eventually): computeruse.run → GitHub org: github.com/computeruse-run → SDK + spec: github.com/computeruse-run/sdk

Status

This repo currently hosts the marketing site for computeruse.run. The SDK + runtime + engineering spec live in their own repo at github.com/computeruse-run/sdk. This repo ships:

File	What
index.html	Homepage. Use-case-first IA (5 cards: agent product backend, RPA, scraping, QA, individual dev), 3 compatibility modes (Claude CU / Browser Use+CDP / Browserbase Session API), 10-row comparison table across 5 competitors, 3-tier pricing, 8-Q FAQ. Dark Vercel/Cursor aesthetic.
vs/anthropic-computer-use.html	Comparison + migration guide vs the self-hosted Anthropic Computer Use path. "Brain vs body" framing.
vs/browser-use.html	Comparison vs Browser Use Cloud's 3-meter pricing. SDK stays, meters collapse.
vs/browserbase.html	Comparison + 30-min migration guide vs Browserbase. Per-active-second math spelled out.
marketing/hn-post.md	Show HN draft + 6 pre-written replies + launch timing + 10 backlink targets.
migrations/, functions/, sdk/	Archived. Schema + edge function from the prior cloudbrowser.live experiment, plus the now-mirrored SDK stub. Not active.

History

Three pivots happened in this repo:

1. cloudbrowser.live consumer demo (May 22-24) — public AI browser session, watch one AI browse with anonymous nudges. Reference commit 9441af1.
2. First computeruse.run rebuild (May 24) — generic developer-tool framing comparing only to Browserbase. Reference commit d2061cb.
3. Use-case-first IA (May 25, current) — 5 user-archetype cards, 3 compatibility modes (added Browser Use + plain Playwright/CDP), 5-way comparison table, $0.01 vs $0.10 standard task baseline.

The pivots were driven by Semrush keyword data showing "computer use" is the highest-volume head term in the category (1,900/mo, 4,940/mo cluster), and that use-case-first information architecture wins comparison/AEO traffic better than feature-first.

cloudbrowser.live stays in the user's name as a brand backup. To revive the consumer demo, check out commit 9441af1.

Deploy

No build step. Static HTML, Tailwind via CDN.

npx serve . -l 8080
# open http://localhost:8080

For production, host on any static CDN (Vercel / Netlify / Cloudflare Pages / S3+CloudFront).

DNS: point computeruse.run (already registered) at the static host. Plan to set up cloudbrowser.live → 301 → computeruse.run once the new site goes live, so any backlinks pointing at the old domain survive.

SEO / AEO targets (May 25, 2026 baseline)

Keyword	Volume / KD	Page
computer use	1,900 / high	/
computer use api	— / medium	/
claude computer use docs	140 / 32	future /docs/quickstart
computer use claude	110 / 27	/
browser use cloud alternative	— / low	/vs/browser-use.html
browser use pricing	— / low	/vs/browser-use.html
browserbase pricing	140 / 17	/vs/browserbase.html
browserbase alternative	— / medium	/vs/browserbase.html
anthropic computer use self host	— / low	/vs/anthropic-computer-use.html
what is computer use	90 / 35	/ (FAQ + JSON-LD)
what is the best ai app for iphone	260 / 21	future article (not yet built)

Schema deployed:

• / — Organization, WebSite, SoftwareApplication with 3 Offers, FAQPage (8 Qs)
• /vs/*.html — Article + FAQPage (5-7 Qs each)

Standard agent task baseline

Every "cost per task" claim across the site references the same scenario, so the comparisons are apples-to-apples:

10 minutes browser uptime · 30 LLM decision steps · 1 CAPTCHA solve · ~35% agent active

Roll-up:

• Self-built Playwright: ~$0.05 (excl. ops)
• Anthropic reference path: ~$0.20 (compute + ops)
• Browser Use Cloud: ~$0.15 (3 meters)
• Browserbase: ~$0.10
• Computer Use Cloud: ~$0.01

Pricing tiers (consistent across site, SDK README, and SPEC)

Plan	Price	Active hrs	Concurrency	Use case
Free	$0/mo	100	5	Individual dev, hackathon
Pro	$20/mo	500 (+$0.01/extra hr)	25	RPA, scraping, QA
Team	$200/mo	5,000	unlimited (fair use)	Product backend

Roadmap (marketing-side)

• Register github.com/computeruse-run org
• Push SDK stub to github.com/computeruse-run/sdk
• Engineering spec inside SDK repo (SPEC.md)
• Publish computeruse to PyPI (run twine upload per ~/git/sdk/PUBLISHING.md)
• Wire computeruse.run DNS at static host
• Drop a real OG image at /og.png (1200×630)
• Add sitemap.xml + robots.txt
• Publish HN Show post (see marketing/hn-post.md)
• Set up cloudbrowser.live → 301 → computeruse.run redirect
• Create stub github.com/computeruse-run/runtime repo (referenced in homepage footer)
• Set up Semrush position tracking for the keywords above
• Resolve the 5 marketing-vs-spec inconsistencies in ~/git/sdk/SPEC.md Appendix A

See also

• Engineering spec: ~/git/sdk/SPEC.md — the contract for everything claimed on this site
• SDK publish flow: ~/git/sdk/PUBLISHING.md