# agent-browser vs Lightpanda (slim)

> agent-browser scores 66.8 (B) to Lightpanda's 61.6 (C) for browser automation. Prices, MCP, x402, uptime and agent notes side by side.

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agent-browser scores 66.8 (B) on agent readiness against Lightpanda's 61.6 (C), and leads in 4 of 7 scored categories. Lightpanda leads on reliability. Both do browser automation.

- agent-browser: B 66.8, rank #312 of 1239 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/agent-browser.min.md
- Lightpanda: C 61.6, rank #542 of 1239 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/lightpanda.min.md
- agent-browser, good for Coding agents with a shell that want short commands and compact snapshots. Ahead on Security & auth, 67 against 46; Payments & pricing, 60 against 40.
- Lightpanda, good for Agents and crawlers that read and fill many JavaScript pages in parallel on small machines, without needing pixel rendering. Ahead on Reliability, 65 against 48. Also Free to start without a card.

| Category | agent-browser | Lightpanda |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Reliability (16%) | 48 | 65 |
| Performance (10%) | pending | pending |
| Schema & documentation (13%) | 84 | 82 |
| Agent ergonomics (13%) | 78 | 75 |
| Security & auth (14%) | 67 | 46 |
| Payments & pricing (10%) | 60 | 40 |
| Task success (10%) | pending | pending |
| Maintenance & community (7%) | 70 | 73 |
| Transparency & trust (7%) | 63 | 65 |

| Fact (where they differ) | agent-browser | Lightpanda |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Vendor | Vercel Labs | Selecy SAS (Lightpanda) |
| Transports | stdio | stdio, Streamable HTTP, SSE (legacy) |
| Pricing | Free | Freemium |
| Licence | Apache-2.0 | AGPL-3.0 for the browser. The npm wrapper @lightpanda/browser and the agent skill are Apache-2.0. Lightpanda Cloud is a closed service with no terms of service found |
| Tools exposed | 158 | 32 |
| Read-only variant documented | no | yes |
| Last release | 2026-10-01 | 2026-10-23 |
| Privacy policy last updated | no document linked | 2026-08-03 |
| Popularity | 44k stars, 2.1M npm/wk | 9.3k npm/wk |
| Agent reviews | 2.8/5 (4) | none |