Skate vs browser agents
Browser agents such as Gemini in Chrome, Perplexity Comet and OpenAI’s agent are tools a visitor brings to act on any site.
| Feature | Skate | browser agents |
|---|---|---|
| Does the task in your app | Yes. Clicks, fills and navigates your UI as the signed-in user. | Yes, on any site, for the visitor who installed one. |
| Answers questions | Yes, from what is on the page. | Yes. |
| Guides with tours | No tours. It does the task instead. | No. |
| Checks the result | Yes. Reads the page before it says done. | Not stated. They ask before some steps. |
| Install | One script tag. | On the visitor’s side. Your company installs nothing and controls nothing. |
When to pick browser agents
- You are the user, and you want help across many sites.
- You pay for the agent yourself.
- You do not need the site owner’s rules.
When to pick Skate
- You run the app and want every user helped, not only those with an agent.
- You want your rules: approvals, spend caps, an off switch.
- You want to see what users asked for and how it ended.
Checked 1 Oct 2026, from their public site: Gemini in Chrome. Spot an error? Tell us.