# agent-browser vs Notte (slim)

> agent-browser scores 66.6 (B) on agent readiness against Notte's 63.2 (B), and leads in 4 of 7 scored categories. Notte leads on reliability and maintenance & community. Both do browser automation. Category scores, facts, verdicts and agent notes side by side.

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agent-browser scores 66.6 (B) on agent readiness against Notte's 63.2 (B), and leads in 4 of 7 scored categories. Notte leads on reliability and maintenance & community. Both do browser automation.

- agent-browser: B 66.6, rank #263 of 842 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/agent-browser.min.md
- Notte: B 63.2, rank #365 of 842 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/notte.min.md
- agent-browser, good for Coding agents with a shell that want short commands and compact snapshots. Ahead on Schema & documentation, 84 against 74; Security & auth, 67 against 56; Payments & pricing, 60 against 40. Also No key needed to call it; Runs on your own machine; Open source.
- Notte, good for Teams that want hosted browsers together with agents, vaults for logins, personas with mailboxes and scheduled browser functions behind one key. Ahead on Reliability, 58 against 48; Maintenance & community, 83 against 70. Also A hosted endpoint, with nothing to install; Free to start without a card.

| Category | agent-browser | Notte |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Reliability (16%) | 48 | 58 |
| Performance (10%) | pending | pending |
| Schema & documentation (13%) | 84 | 74 |
| Agent ergonomics (13%) | 78 | 75 |
| Security & auth (14%) | 67 | 56 |
| Payments & pricing (10%) | 60 | 40 |
| Task success (10%) | pending | pending |
| Maintenance & community (7%) | 70 | 83 |
| Transparency & trust (7%) | 61 | 61 |

| Fact (where they differ) | agent-browser | Notte |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Kind | MCP server | HTTP API |
| Vendor | Vercel Labs | Notte Labs Inc. |
| Hosted endpoint | no (local only) | `https://api.notte.cc` |
| Transports | stdio | HTTP |
| Auth | None | OAuth or key |
| Pricing | Free | Freemium |
| Licence | Apache-2.0 | Proprietary hosted service under Notte's terms of service. The core repository is SSPL-1.0 and the Node SDK is MIT |
| Tools exposed | 158 | 8 |
| Read-only variant documented | no | yes |
| Last release | 2026-10-01 | 2026-10-07 |
| 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 | 1.3k npm/wk, 5.1k PyPI/wk |