BrowserBox
Dev tools
remote browser isolation
SHOW HN2023
How HN took it
2 positive, 10 neutral or asking, 0 mixed, 13 critical, out of 25 comments about the project. Thread score -0.32.
Pricing: 0 for, 6 againstPerformance: 1 for, 2 againstDocs: 0 for, 3 againstExecution: 0 for, 1 againstIdea: 1 for, 0 against
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What HN said
What people liked
Much smoother than RDP for accessing remote accounts
From 1 comment
Great! I just started using it to access some sensitive accounts (Google/Facebook Ads Platform) on Azure instances. I travel a lot so always need to isolate my accounts in Cloud…
redareda9 on HN
Objections
Pricing is expensive compared with alternatives
From 2 comments
The README lists CloudFlare remote browsers as a similar tool, so I did a price comparison. BrowserBox looks like the more expensive option. I'm seeing $10,000 per user with a…
8organicbits on HNPlease check the pricing here: https://dosyago.com/ What are they smoking???
js4ever on HN
License changes from open source to commercial raise concerns
From 1 comment
Can you clarify the license history? It looks like this is formerly Open Source, but now uses a commercial license. I'm not a lawyer, but anyone who prefers Open Source software…
8organicbits on HN
Project is source-available, not open source
From 1 comment
That’s right. It’s source-available, not Open Source. I hope I make that clear in readme, it’s important.
graderjs on HN
Requests
Clearer feature comparison against alternatives
From 1 comment
The README lists CloudFlare remote browsers as a similar tool, so I did a price comparison. BrowserBox looks like the more expensive option. I'm seeing $10,000 per user with a…
8organicbits on HN
Working individual pricing page
From 1 comment
The readme points to individual.dosyago.com for individual pricing information, but that's not coming up for me...
bkyan on HN
Questions
Can it run on your own hardware
From 1 comment
Can you run S2 on your own hardware? That’s what this is for. Thanks for the pricing comparison! And the tips! I really appreciate that. I thought I made the pack of 50 seats…
graderjs on HN
Explain the license history
From 1 comment
Can you clarify the license history? It looks like this is formerly Open Source, but now uses a commercial license. I'm not a lawyer, but anyone who prefers Open Source software…
8organicbits on HN
Alternatives named
Cloudflare remote browser isolation
From 2 comments
The README lists CloudFlare remote browsers as a similar tool, so I did a price comparison. BrowserBox looks like the more expensive option. I'm seeing $10,000 per user with a…
8organicbits on HNCloudflare’s S2 browser isolation tech should get a solid nod here. S2 was a Seattle startup that figured out how to stream the DOM from a remote headless browser to the client,…
ttul on HN
Hyperbeam
From 1 comment
I have been following a company named Hyperbeam (mentioned in the link) and a few others that have browser in browser capabilities because here are use cases in XR where it comes…
jimmySixDOF on HN