rootmode vs Steerpane

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rootmode compared with Steerpane
Detail	rootmode	Steerpane
What it does	AI without the middleman	Remote browsers for AI agents with persistent profiles, live view and human takeover
Stage	Not given	Startup
Founded	Not given	Not given
Based in	Not given	Not given
Pricing model	Free	Not given
Pricing	Not given	Hobby: Free (1 concurrent browser, 2 browser hours/month); Developer: $20/month (2 concurrent browsers, 20 hours/month, $0.18/hour extras); Pro: $49/month (5 concurrent browsers, 50 hours/month, $0.15/hour extras); Scale: $299/month (15 concurrent browsers, 500 hours/month, $0.12/hour extras); Enter
Key features	Competitive pricing through operator competition Works offline on own machine Open source software Cross-platform support	Persistent logged-in profiles Live view with human takeover MCP, REST and CDP access Screenshot, PDF, crawl and extract APIs Recordings and replay Automatic CAPTCHA solving Credentials vault with TOTP Webhooks
What makes it different	Truly decentralized: no company in the middle, peer-to-peer directly Significantly cheaper through operator competition Survives indefinitely without central service	One-click human takeover of browser sessions Available over MCP, REST and CDP protocols Live view and dashboard takeover included in all plans
Free plan	Not given	Not given
Open source	Not given	Not given
Platforms	Not given	Not given
Public API	Not given	Not given
Community votes	0	0
DR (Domain Rating by Ahrefs)	Not checked yet −1 (down) since last check	Not checked yet no change since last check
Trust Flow (Majestic)	1	0
Citation Flow (Majestic)	20	0
Referring domains (Majestic)	13	0

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