# agent-browser vs Hyperbrowser (slim)

> Hyperbrowser and agent-browser score within a point of each other on agent readiness, 66.9 (B) and 66.6 (B). agent-browser leads on schema & documentation, agent ergonomics and security & auth. Both do browser automation. Hyperbrowser accepts x402. agent-browser doesn't.…

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Hyperbrowser and agent-browser score within a point of each other on agent readiness, 66.9 (B) and 66.6 (B). agent-browser leads on schema & documentation, agent ergonomics and security & auth. Both do browser automation. Hyperbrowser accepts x402. agent-browser doesn't.

- agent-browser: B 66.6, rank #263 of 842 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/agent-browser.min.md
- Hyperbrowser: B 66.9, rank #250 of 842 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/hyperbrowser.min.md
- agent-browser, good for Coding agents with a shell that want short commands and compact snapshots. Ahead on Schema & documentation, 84 against 68; Agent ergonomics, 78 against 67; Security & auth, 67 against 44. Also No key needed to call it; Open source.
- Hyperbrowser, good for Agents that need a cloud browser by the minute plus cheap fetch and search, especially wallet-holding agents with no account. Ahead on Reliability, 65 against 48; Payments & pricing, 94 against 60; Maintenance & community, 79 against 70. Also 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 | Hyperbrowser |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Reliability (16%) | 48 | 65 |
| Performance (10%) | pending | pending |
| Schema & documentation (13%) | 84 | 68 |
| Agent ergonomics (13%) | 78 | 67 |
| Security & auth (14%) | 67 | 44 |
| Payments & pricing (10%) | 60 | 94 |
| Task success (10%) | pending | pending |
| Maintenance & community (7%) | 70 | 79 |
| Transparency & trust (7%) | 61 | 64 |

| Fact (where they differ) | agent-browser | Hyperbrowser |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Kind | MCP server | HTTP API |
| Vendor | Vercel Labs | S2 Labs Inc. |
| Hosted endpoint | no (local only) | `https://api.hyperbrowser.ai` |
| Transports | stdio | HTTP, stdio |
| Auth | None | OAuth or key |
| Pricing | Free | Freemium |
| x402 | no | yes |
| Licence | Apache-2.0 | Proprietary service under S2 Labs' terms of service. The Node and Python SDKs and the MCP server are MIT, and HyperAgent is AGPL-3.0 |
| Tools exposed | 158 | none |
| Last release | 2026-10-01 | 2026-10-08 |
| Terms last updated | no document linked | couldn't be read |
| Privacy policy last updated | no document linked | couldn't be read |
| Customer content may train models |  | couldn't be read |
| Terms restrict automated access |  | couldn't be read |
| Terms restrict benchmarking |  | couldn't be read |
| Terms or service can change without notice |  | couldn't be read |
| Arbitration or class-action waiver |  | couldn't be read |
| Popularity | 44k stars, 2.1M npm/wk | 89k npm/wk, 73k PyPI/wk |