Cua

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  "agent_id": "cua",
  "name": "Cua",
  "url": "https://cua.ai/",
  "logo": "https://agentery.com/logos/CP-RTYYWG-256.png",
  "niche": "agent-runtime-platform",
  "category": "developer-tools-infra",
  "short_summary": "provides cloud/local desktop sandboxes and fleets for running, training, evaluating, and generating data for computer-use AI agents across Linux, Windows, macO…",
  "task_performed": "provides cloud/local desktop sandboxes and fleets for running, training, evaluating, and generating data for computer-use AI agents across Linux, Windows, macOS, and Android",
  "inputs_accepted": [
    "API/SDK calls (Python",
    "TypeScript)",
    "CLI commands",
    "MCP server commands",
    "task/eval definitions"
  ],
  "outputs_produced": [
    "booted VMs/sandboxes",
    "snapshots",
    "parallel rollouts",
    "verified trajectory datasets",
    "eval scores",
    "reproduced failures"
  ],
  "integrations_available": [
    "MCP",
    "CLI",
    "Python SDK",
    "TypeScript SDK",
    "Claude Code",
    "Codex",
    "BYOC",
    "Virtualization.framework"
  ],
  "protocols_or_interfaces": [
    "MCP",
    "SDK"
  ],
  "industry_fit": [
    "developer tools / AI agent infrastructure"
  ],
  "autonomy_level": "infrastructure",
  "human_approval_needed": "unclear",
  "pricing_model": "freemium",
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    "observed": true,
    "billing": "freemium",
    "source_kind": "vendor",
    "currency": "USD",
    "lowest_monthly_usd": 15,
    "monthly_usd": 15,
    "headline": "Free plan; paid from $15/mo; $15/mo equivalent billed annually",
    "commercial": {
      "entry_offer": {
        "line": "Pro",
        "monthly_native": 15,
        "monthly_usd": 15,
        "commitment": "monthly",
        "basis": "$15/month",
        "billing_verified": true
      },
      "annual_option": {
        "line": "Pro (annual billing)",
        "monthly_equivalent_native": 15,
        "total_native": 180
      },
      "currency": "USD",
      "lines": [
        {
          "name": "Free",
          "price": "$0",
          "kind": "free",
          "billed": "monthly"
        },
        {
          "name": "Pro",
          "price": "$15 a month",
          "kind": "base_subscription",
          "billed": "monthly"
        },
        {
          "name": "Pro (annual billing)",
          "price": "$15/mo billed yearly",
          "kind": "base_subscription",
          "billed": "annually"
        },
        {
          "name": "Teams",
          "price": "$25 per seat a month",
          "kind": "base_subscription",
          "unit": "seat",
          "billed": "monthly"
        },
        {
          "name": "Teams (annual billing)",
          "price": "$25/mo billed yearly",
          "kind": "base_subscription",
          "billed": "annually"
        }
      ]
    },
    "summary": "Free plan; paid from $15/mo; $15/mo equivalent billed annually. Cua offers a free plan, Pro at $15 per month, and Teams at $25 per seat per month, with annual billing shown as $180 and $300 per seat respectively.",
    "confidence": "high",
    "source_url": "https://cua.ai/pricing",
    "checked_at": "2026-10-24T01:36:01.318Z",
    "amount": 15,
    "display": "From $15/mo",
    "plans": [
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        "name": "Free",
        "price": "$0",
        "period": "month",
        "persona": "free",
        "highlights": [
          "No account needed to start",
          "Up to 2 live sessions and 20 remote hours a month",
          "Spaces on every connected computer"
        ],
        "promo_note": null,
        "price_promo": null,
        "price_annual": null
      },
      {
        "name": "Pro",
        "price": "$15 a month",
        "period": "month",
        "persona": "pro",
        "highlights": [
          "For one person",
          "Up to 5 live sessions and 200 remote hours a month",
          "Billed $180 once a year"
        ],
        "promo_note": "2 months free. You save $36 a year.",
        "price_promo": null,
        "price_annual": "$15/mo billed yearly"
      },
      {
        "name": "Teams",
        "price": "$25 per seat a month",
        "period": "month",
        "persona": "team_sme",
        "highlights": [
          "Shared team computers",
          "1 to 100 seats",
          "Each seat adds 5 live sessions and 200 remote hours to a shared team pool",
          "Billed $300 per seat once a year"
        ],
        "promo_note": "2 months free. You save $60 per seat a year.",
        "price_promo": null,
        "price_annual": "$25/mo billed yearly"
      }
    ],
    "source": "render+llm"
  },
  "trust_or_rating_signal": [
    "17.8K GitHub stars",
    "SOC 2-ready",
    "MIT licensed",
    "Backed by Y Combinator",
    "Seen in Hacker News, MacStories, Hermes",
    "human-reviewed golden trajectories"
  ],
  "evidence_quality": "high",
  "entity_type": "infrastructure",
  "regulated_data_suitability": "possibly suitable (SOC2 stated (SOC 2-ready); GDPR mentioned in cookie consent)",
  "evidence_urls": [
    "https://cua.ai/",
    "https://github.com/different-ai/mac-sandbox-control"
  ],
  "last_checked": "2026-10-24",
  "profile_checked": "2026-06-16",
  "price_checked": "2026-10-24",
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    "website": "https://cua.ai/",
    "docs": "https://cua.ai/documentation",
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    "a2a": null,
    "api": {
      "docs_url": "https://cua.ai/developer",
      "endpoint": null
    },
    "protocols": [
      "MCP"
    ],
    "install": null,
    "repository": null,
    "note": "Speaks MCP but publishes no endpoint we could verify — check the docs/website."
  },
  "deployment": {
    "model": "unknown",
    "both_offered": false,
    "hosted_endpoint": null,
    "install": null,
    "note": "No deployment evidence held — Agentery has no endpoint, install instruction or directory attribute for this listing.",
    "evidence": null
  },
  "licence": {
    "name": null,
    "note": "No named licence found in the retained page text or source attributes. A public repository alone does not establish an open-source licence.",
    "evidence": null
  },
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    "price": {
      "source_url": "https://cua.ai/pricing",
      "last_observed_day": "2026-10-24",
      "age_days": 0,
      "verified_day": null,
      "note": "from the listing's current price record; no separate page-text verification is held"
    },
    "agent_card": {
      "status": "unknown",
      "note": "no Agent Card URL recorded for this listing"
    },
    "endpoint": {
      "status": "unknown",
      "note": "endpoint not yet checked"
    }
  },
  "product_group": {
    "group_id": 16,
    "group": "AI agent operations",
    "change_90d_pct": -1.64,
    "fair_price_by_tier_monthly_usd": {
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      "team / small business": 150,
      "enterprise": 500
    },
    "note": "Change of the group's price index over the last 90 days. Call get_group_fair_price with group_id for tier and payment-model detail.",
    "page": "https://agentery.com/aepi/groups/16"
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    "probed": true,
    "alive": true,
    "endpoint_kind": "site",
    "latency_ms": 131,
    "uptime_7d": 1,
    "checked_at": "2026-10-24T02:34:03.905Z",
    "consecutive_failures": 0,
    "status": "alive"
  },
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    "unit_cost": null
  },
  "reported_success": null,
  "feedback": "If you actually use this provider, call report_outcome with the result. Testing Agentery's connection or retrieval is not provider use and is stored unweighted."
}