# agent-browser vs Browser Use (slim)

> Browser Use scores 77.9 (BB) on agent readiness against agent-browser's 66.6 (B), and leads in 5 of 7 scored categories. agent-browser leads on security & auth. Both do browser automation. Browser Use accepts x402. agent-browser doesn't. Category scores, facts, verdicts and…

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Browser Use scores 77.9 (BB) on agent readiness against agent-browser's 66.6 (B), and leads in 5 of 7 scored categories. agent-browser leads on security & auth. Both do browser automation. Browser Use accepts x402. agent-browser doesn't.

- agent-browser: B 66.6, rank #263 of 842 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/agent-browser.min.md
- Browser Use: BB 77.9, rank #17 of 842 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/browser-use.min.md
- agent-browser, good for Coding agents with a shell that want short commands and compact snapshots. Ahead on Security & auth, 67 against 59. Also No key needed to call it.
- Browser Use, good for An agent that wants to hand a whole browser task to a hosted agent and get a result back, or that needs a low-cost cloud browser over CDP, and for unattended agents that can pay by x402. Ahead on Reliability, 87 against 48; Payments & pricing, 90 against 60; Maintenance & community, 77 against 70. Also Agent-ready, a grade of BB or better; An agent can pay per call over x402, with no account; A hosted endpoint, with nothing to install; Free to start without a card.

| Category | agent-browser | Browser Use |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Reliability (16%) | 48 | 87 |
| Performance (10%) | pending | pending |
| Schema & documentation (13%) | 84 | 85 |
| Agent ergonomics (13%) | 78 | 78 |
| Security & auth (14%) | 67 | 59 |
| Payments & pricing (10%) | 60 | 90 |
| Task success (10%) | pending | pending |
| Maintenance & community (7%) | 70 | 77 |
| Transparency & trust (7%) | 61 | 65 |

| Fact (where they differ) | agent-browser | Browser Use |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Kind | MCP server | HTTP API |
| Vendor | Vercel Labs | Browser Use |
| Hosted endpoint | no (local only) | `https://api.browser-use.com/api/v4` |
| Transports | stdio | HTTP, Streamable HTTP, stdio |
| Auth | None | API key |
| Pricing | Free | Pay per use |
| x402 | no | yes |
| Licence | Apache-2.0 | MIT for the open-source library and the SDK. Browser Use Cloud is a proprietary service under Browser Use's terms of service |
| Tools exposed | 158 | 7 |
| MCP registry | not listed | `com.browser-use/browser-use` |
| Last release | 2026-10-01 | 2026-10-07 |
| Terms last updated | no document linked | 2026-07-15 |
| Privacy policy last updated | no document linked | no date given |
| Customer content may train models |  | yes |
| Terms restrict automated access |  | yes |
| Terms restrict benchmarking |  | yes |
| Terms or service can change without notice |  | yes |
| Arbitration or class-action waiver |  | yes |
| Popularity | 44k stars, 2.1M npm/wk | 117k stars, 107k npm/wk, 2.1M PyPI/wk |