1. Browserbase
Browserbase, Inc · San Francisco · AI infrastructure tools · 4.4/5
Headless browser infrastructure for AI agents and automation, running scalable cloud browsers through an API
Free plan
Free plan available
AI infrastructure tools · Alternatives
Best Steel alternatives in India (2026)
Steel is an ai infrastructure tools product from Steel, Beaverton, priced at Free plan with a free plan. We compared 20 alternatives on published price, free plan, platforms and made-in-India support: 17 have a free plan, 0 are built in India.
Quick answer
The closest alternatives to Steel are Browserbase (Free plan), Arthur (Free plan), E2B (Free plan), Fiddler AI (Free plan) and Mastra (Free plan). Browserbase is the top-ranked option with a free plan.
Steel alternatives compared
Ranked by how closely each product matches Steel's category, pricing model, platforms and business size, then by rating. Prices exclude GST.
| # | Software | Starting price | Free plan | Platforms | Made in India | Rating | Compare |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | Steel (current) | Free plan | Yes | Web | No | 4.2/5 | — |
| 1 | Browserbase | Free plan | Yes | Web | No | 4.4/5 | |
| 2 |  Arthur | Free plan | Yes | Web | No | 4.4/5 | |
| 3 |  E2B | Free plan | Yes | Web | No | 4.3/5 | |
| 4 |  Fiddler AI | Free plan | Yes | Web | No | 4.3/5 | |
| 5 |  Mastra | Free plan | Yes | Web | No | 4.3/5 | |
| 6 |  Galileo AI | Free plan | Yes | Web | No | 4.3/5 | |
| 7 |  FriendliAI | Free plan | Yes | Web | No | 4.3/5 | |
| 8 |  Alluxio | Free plan | Yes | Web | No | 4.2/5 | |
| 9 |  Not Diamond | Free plan | Yes | Web | No | 4.2/5 | |
| 10 |  Novita AI | Free plan | Yes | Web | No | 4.2/5 | |
| 11 |  Dapto | Free plan | Yes | Web | No | 4.2/5 | |
| 12 |  Zep | Free plan | Yes | Web | No | 4.2/5 | |
| 13 |  Cognee | Free plan | Yes | Web | No | 4.5/5 | |
| 14 |  AgentPrizm | Free plan | Yes | Web | No | 4.3/5 | |
| 15 |  Tavily | Paid plans | No | Web | No | 4.2/5 | |
| 16 |  Firecrawl | Free plan | Yes | Web | No | 4.4/5 | |
| 17 |  Daytona | Paid plans | No | Web | No | 4.1/5 | |
| 18 |  Agentic Fabriq | Free plan | Yes | Web | No | 4.2/5 | |
| 19 |  deepset | Free plan | Yes | Web | No | 4.3/5 | |
| 20 |  Featherless | Paid plans | No | Web | No | 3.9/5 |
Top 10 Steel alternatives in detail
2. Arthur
Arthur · AI infrastructure tools · 4.4/5
AI governance and monitoring platform to measure, evaluate and secure enterprise machine learning and LLM applications
Free plan
Free plan available
3. E2B
FoundryLabs, Inc · San Francisco · AI infrastructure tools · 4.3/5
Secure cloud sandboxes for AI agents to run code, browse and use tools in isolated environments
Free plan
Free plan available
4. Fiddler AI
Fiddler AI · AI infrastructure tools · 4.3/5
AI observability platform to monitor, evaluate and govern machine learning models and LLM applications
Free plan
Free plan available
5. Mastra
Mastra · San Francisco · AI infrastructure tools · 4.3/5
TypeScript framework and cloud for building, deploying and observing AI agents.
Free plan
Free plan available
6. Galileo AI
Galileo AI · AI infrastructure tools · 4.3/5
AI evaluation and observability platform to test, monitor and protect generative AI apps and agents
Free plan
Free plan available
7. FriendliAI
FriendliAI Corp · Redwood City · AI infrastructure tools · 4.3/5
Inference cloud for deploying and scaling open-weight AI models in production with fast serving
Free plan
Free plan available
8. Alluxio
Alluxio · AI infrastructure tools · 4.2/5
Distributed data caching layer that speeds up large-scale AI and analytics workloads
Free plan
Free plan available
9. Not Diamond
Not Diamond, Inc · San Francisco · AI infrastructure tools · 4.2/5
AI model router that sends each request to the best LLM to cut costs while keeping output quality
Free plan
Free plan available
10. Novita AI
Novita AI · AI infrastructure tools · 4.2/5
AI cloud offering model APIs, agent sandboxes and GPU instances for developers and startups
Free plan
Free plan available
Steel alternatives by what you need
How to choose a Steel alternative
- Keep the model provider swappable. A gateway or abstraction layer costs little now and saves a rewrite when pricing or quality shifts.
- Instrument evaluation before you scale. Teams that ship without tracing cannot tell whether a prompt change helped or hurt.
- Model the unit economics at real volume. Token pricing that looks trivial in testing becomes the dominant cost at production traffic.
Steel alternatives — FAQs
What is the best alternative to Steel in 2026?+
The closest matches to Steel on App Advisor are Browserbase (Free plan), Arthur (Free plan), E2B (Free plan). They are ranked by how closely their category, pricing model, platforms and target business size match Steel, then by rating. The best choice depends on your team size and budget.
Is there a free alternative to Steel?+
Yes. 17 of the 20 alternatives listed have a free plan or are free: Browserbase (Free plan), Arthur (Free plan), E2B (Free plan). Free plans usually cap users, records or transactions, so check the limits against your monthly volume.
Steel vs Browserbase: which is better?+
Browserbase is the closest match to Steel in our catalogue. Compare them side by side before you book a demo.
How were these Steel alternatives chosen?+
Every product listed sits in ai infrastructure tools or a category Steel also covers, and Steel's own products are excluded. Prices, free plans and platforms come from each vendor's official website. App Advisor does not sell any of this software.
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