# agent-browser vs Skyvern (slim)

> agent-browser scores 66.6 (B) on agent readiness against Skyvern's 63.1 (B), and leads in 3 of 7 scored categories. Skyvern leads on reliability, maintenance & community and transparency & trust. Both do browser automation. Category scores, facts, verdicts and agent notes side…

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agent-browser scores 66.6 (B) on agent readiness against Skyvern's 63.1 (B), and leads in 3 of 7 scored categories. Skyvern leads on reliability, maintenance & community and transparency & trust. Both do browser automation.

- agent-browser: B 66.6, rank #263 of 842 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/agent-browser.min.md
- Skyvern: B 63.1, rank #369 of 842 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/skyvern.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; Payments & pricing, 60 against 32. Also No key needed to call it; No incidents deducted, where Skyvern loses 3 points for them.
- Skyvern, good for Agents that must finish a multi-step job on sites with logins, 2FA and forms, where stored credentials, saved workflows and cached scripts matter more than raw browser time. Ahead on Reliability, 57 against 48; Maintenance & community, 85 against 70; Transparency & trust, 72 against 61. Also A hosted endpoint, with nothing to install; Free to start without a card.

| Category | agent-browser | Skyvern |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Reliability (16%) | 48 | 57 |
| Performance (10%) | pending | pending |
| Schema & documentation (13%) | 84 | 88 |
| Agent ergonomics (13%) | 78 | 76 |
| Security & auth (14%) | 67 | 59 |
| Payments & pricing (10%) | 60 | 32 |
| Task success (10%) | pending | pending |
| Maintenance & community (7%) | 70 | 85 |
| Transparency & trust (7%) | 61 | 72 |

| Fact (where they differ) | agent-browser | Skyvern |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Kind | MCP server | HTTP API |
| Vendor | Vercel Labs | Ikonomos Inc. (Skyvern) |
| Hosted endpoint | no (local only) | `https://api.skyvern.com/v1` |
| Transports | stdio | HTTP, Streamable HTTP, stdio |
| Auth | None | OAuth or key |
| Pricing | Free | Freemium |
| Licence | Apache-2.0 | AGPL-3.0 for the open-source server, SDKs and MCP server. Skyvern Cloud is a proprietary service under Skyvern's terms, and its anti-bot measures aren't in the repository |
| Tools exposed | 158 | 114 |
| MCP registry | not listed | `io.github.Skyvern-AI/skyvern` |
| Terms last updated | no document linked | 2026-02-27 |
| Privacy policy last updated | no document linked | 2026-10-01 |
| Customer content may train models |  | yes, with an opt-out |
| Terms restrict automated access |  | not found in the text |
| Terms restrict benchmarking |  | not found in the text |
| Terms or service can change without notice |  | not found in the text |
| Arbitration or class-action waiver |  | yes |
| Popularity | 44k stars, 2.1M npm/wk | 23k stars, 3.2k npm/wk, 1.6k PyPI/wk |