Agentic Index
Airtop vs Kernel (2026)
Two cloud browser platforms for agents that solve adjacent problems.
Airtop compiles plain English workflows into deterministic agents that run on schedules or triggers, self heal broken runs, persist authenticated profiles and support live human takeover, documenting 10 of 14. Kernel is browsers as a service with millisecond spin ups, persistent session state, live take control views and replays, any framework support plus an MCP server and an agent runtime that turns agents into HTTPS endpoints, with a free tier, at 8. Airtop gives you the agent; Kernel gives you the substrate to run yours on.
Choose Airtop if
- You want workflows described in plain English rather than written in code.
- Self healing on broken runs is the operational property that makes this survivable.
- Documented coverage is broader and scheduled and triggered runs are how you work.
Choose Kernel if
- You already have agents and need infrastructure, not another agent builder.
- Millisecond spin ups matter because your workload is bursty.
- Turning agents into HTTPS endpoints fits the architecture you are building.
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