Kitesurf

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Cloudflare browser runtime built specifically for AI agents

Overview

About Kitesurf

This summary uses submitted and public product material. Only source-mapped claims are documentation reviewed.

Kitesurf is Cloudflare’s stateless browser engine for AI agents. It runs in V8 isolates and exposes browser controls through Browser Run without requiring a full Chromium process.

So agents can…

  • Render pages and extract machine-readable HTML
  • Take screenshots and inspect DOM or network state
  • Run isolated browser sessions through CDP-compatible tooling

Listing decision

Why Kitesurf is listed

Kitesurf provides a hosted browser execution surface that agents and automation clients control; it enables agent browsing but does not plan or act as an autonomous agent itself.

Before you choose

Fit and limitations

Best for

Bursty, stateless agent tasks such as compatible-page HTML extraction, screenshots, PDFs, and short isolated browser sessions where Chromium fidelity is unnecessary.

Known limitations

The beta does not yet support video, WebGL, real-TLS bot-challenge handshakes, or long-lived authenticated sessions with persistent state, and it is not intended for pixel-perfect Chromium rendering.

Sources

Sources and verification

First-party unless marked otherwise. Each link supports only its adjacent claim.

  1. Cloudflare Kitesurf documentation

    Cloudflare documents Kitesurf as a stateless Browser Run engine for agents, available through Quick Actions, a CDP endpoint, and MCP-compatible CDP tooling.

    official documentation · accessed Sep 3, 2026
  2. Cloudflare Browser Run pricing

    Browser Run is available on Free and Paid Workers plans and charges based on browser hours and, for browser sessions, concurrent browsers.

    official pricing · accessed Sep 3, 2026

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