Skylight
Verified Oct 15, 2026 ActiveSpins up cloud Windows machines that an AI agent or API can control — clicking, typing, and taking screenshots.
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Pricing
- Pricing model
- Freemium
- Paid options from
- $20/mo
- Billing
- Monthly
Pro is $20 a month including $20 of usage credit; the free tier includes $5 of credit with no card. Usage is metered on top: $0.005 a minute per active computer, $0.0005 a minute hibernated, $0.003 per agent step and $0.05 per file transfer. Enterprise on your own VMs is custom-priced.
Use tool ↗About Skylight
Skylight provisions virtual Windows computers that are driven by an AI agent or a developer's own API calls, performing actions like screenshots, mouse clicks, and keystrokes to automate desktop workflows at scale. It's built for developers automating Windows applications that don't have their own API, with usage-based pricing layered on top of monthly plans: a free tier includes $5 of monthly credit, a Pro tier is $20/month with $20 of credit, and Enterprise adds on-premises deployment. Metered costs run around $0.005 per minute for an active instance plus per-action and file-transfer fees. It's operated by Ledra AI Inc., registered in Wilmington, Delaware.
- Platforms
- Web · API
- API
- Yes
- Last verified
- Oct 15, 2026
Verified sources
- Pricing section on the home page: Free $0/month with $5 of credits; Pro $20/month with $20 of credits; Enterprise custom; active computers $0.005/min, hibernated $0.0005/min, $0.003 per agent step, $0.05 per file upload or download (15 October 2026)launchskylight.com ↗
- Home page: Interactions API for clicks, keyboard input and screenshots, a built-in Windows agent, Python and TypeScript SDKs usable as an MCP server (15 October 2026)launchskylight.com ↗
- Terms of service page linked from the footer (15 October 2026)launchskylight.com ↗
Is Skylight legit?
We don’t label tools safe or unsafe. Below are the records we checked ourselves, each with the date we read it.
- Domain registered
- Mar 13, 2025 (1 year ago)Registry record (RDAP), registrar Porkbun LLC, looked up Sep 6, 2026
- TLS certificate
- Issued by Let's Encrypt, valid until Dec 27, 2026Seen in our own connection to the site on Oct 15, 2026
- Last checked
- Oct 15, 2026The site answered
- Operated by
- Ledra AI Inc., United StatesOur research, card verified Oct 15, 2026
Pros & cons of Skylight
Skylight is infrastructure for people building automation on top of Windows software that has no API of its own, not a finished workflow product by itself. It requires developer effort to wire up, and the metered fees on top of the monthly plan mean actual monthly cost depends heavily on how many actions the agent performs.
Pros
- Full Windows environment rather than a browser-only sandbox
- API and built-in agent both available for controlling instances
- Free tier with $5 of monthly credit for testing before paying
Cons
- Metered per-minute and per-action fees sit on top of the monthly plan, so costs are hard to predict upfront
- Requires developer integration work — not a plug-and-play tool for non-technical users
- Enterprise on-premises pricing isn't published
Best for
- Developers automating legacy Windows software without an API
- Teams needing a full desktop environment rather than just a browser
- Builders comfortable metering costs per action rather than a flat fee
Not for
- Non-developers wanting a ready-made automation without setup
- Teams needing predictable flat monthly costs
Watch out: Total monthly cost combines the plan fee with per-minute, per-action, and per-file-transfer charges, so it can run well above the base $20 Pro price.
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