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      "name": "Airtop",
      "vendor": "Switchboard Visual Technologies, Inc. (dba Airtop)",
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      "category": "browser",
      "summary": "Airtop runs cloud browser sessions that an agent controls through a REST API, Node and Python SDKs, natural-language page calls, or Puppeteer, Playwright and Selenium connections. The same company sells Agent Builder, a no-code product for scheduled web agents.",
      "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/airtop",
      "markdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/airtop.md",
      "slimMarkdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/airtop.min.md",
      "jsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/airtop.json",
      "repo": "https://github.com/airtop-ai/airtop-node-sdk",
      "license": "Proprietary cloud service under Airtop's terms of use. The Node and Python SDKs are MIT per npm and PyPI",
      "transports": [
        "http"
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        {
          "registry": "npm",
          "name": "@airtop/sdk"
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        {
          "registry": "pypi",
          "name": "airtop"
        }
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      "auth": "api-key",
      "authNotes": "Self-serve API key from the portal at portal.airtop.ai/api-keys after a browser signup, sent as `Authorization: Bearer` on https://api.airtop.ai/api/v1. Puppeteer and Playwright connect to the session's `cdpWsUrl`, and Selenium to its `chromedriverUrl`, with the same Bearer header, so the key stays out of URLs. A key works across its organisation, including saved profiles. No scopes, read-only keys, expiry or rotation were found in the reviewed documentation. The developers page mentions RBAC for enterprise access without detail.",
      "pricing": "freemium",
      "pricingNotes": "Free plan with 1,000 credits a month and 3 simultaneous sessions. Paid plans start at $29 a month (Starter, 30,000 credits), $189 (Professional, 225,000) and $558 (Enterprise, 775,000), each with larger credit options, and annual billing takes 10 per cent off. Credits pay for browser time (billed in 30-second increments), integrated proxy traffic and AI calls, but the credits charged per unit are not published. No one-off credit purchases, and unused credits do not carry over. The pricing page states a 10,000 one-time credit bonus on Free while the billing guide states 30,000. Whether signup needs a card is not stated (https://www.airtop.ai/pricing, https://www.airtop.ai/help/billing/billing, checked 2026-10-08).",
      "priceSummary": "$29 / mo",
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        "level": "no",
        "evidence": "No x402, MPP or L402 in the docs, the OpenAPI document or the pricing page. An unauthenticated GET to https://api.airtop.ai/api/v1/sessions on 2026-10-08 returned 401, not 402.",
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        "browser.hosted",
        "browser.debug",
        "web.scrape",
        "scraping.proxies",
        "scraping.anti-bot"
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        "official",
        "hosted",
        "freemium",
        "api-key",
        "openapi",
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        "proxies",
        "captcha",
        "status-page",
        "soc2"
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        "grade": "C",
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        "ranked": true,
        "rankOf": 722,
        "categoryRank": 11,
        "methodology": "0.4",
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          "maintenance": 24,
          "payments": 25,
          "reliability": 69,
          "schema": 76,
          "security": 46,
          "transparency": 61
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          "tasks"
        ],
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          "confidence": "medium",
          "date": "2026-10-08"
        },
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        "verdict": "The cloud browser API has a public OpenAPI 3.1 document, Markdown docs, natural-language page calls with a per-call credit cap, and a status page with no incident in the last 90 days. Credit rates for browser time, proxy traffic and AI calls are not published, and the developer changelog's last entry is dated 3 September 2025.",
        "bestFor": "Agents that need a hosted browser with natural-language page calls, saved logins handed over by a person, and proxies and CAPTCHA solving in one service.",
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          "OpenAPI 3.1 document with 39 operations, an llms.txt index and a Markdown twin of every docs page",
          "The API key travels as a Bearer header on REST, CDP and Selenium connections, not in the URL",
          "Every AI call returns `meta.usage.credits` and accepts `costThresholdCredits` and `timeThresholdSeconds` to cap spend and time",
          "status.airtop.ai shows no incident between 10 July and 8 October 2026, only 30 minutes of scheduled maintenance on 18 August",
          "A person can log in through an embedded Live View, and the saved profile keeps the agent signed in without it seeing the password"
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          "No published rate for what a browser minute, a GB of proxy traffic or an AI call costs in credits",
          "The developer changelog's last entry is 3 September 2025, and the stable Python SDK dates from 23 April 2025",
          "No request rate limits, 429 handling or idempotency keys found in the reviewed documentation",
          "No scoped or read-only API keys documented, and no guidance on prompt injection from page content",
          "No security.txt, bug bounty, public DPA or subprocessor list found. The SOC 2 report is on request"
        ],
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          "Terminate every session with `DELETE /v1/sessions/{id}`. Sessions bill in 30-second increments and idle ones last 10 minutes by default",
          "Set `costThresholdCredits` on AI calls and read `meta.usage.credits` afterwards. Credit rates are not published, so measure them",
          "Use `page-query` with `configuration.outputSchema` for structured output. `prompt-content` and `summarize-content` are deprecated",
          "When calling REST without the SDK, poll session status until `running` before creating a window. Only the SDK waits for you",
          "Airtop's integrated proxy cannot reach LinkedIn, ticketing sites and some banks and streaming services. Bring a custom proxy for those"
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          "kind": "remote",
          "measured": false
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        "reviewCount": 0,
        "avgRating": 0,
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            "basis": "public evidence",
            "confidence": "medium",
            "grade": "C",
            "methodology": "0.4",
            "pending": [
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              "tasks"
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          "payments": 25,
          "reliability": 69,
          "schema": 76,
          "security": 46,
          "transparency": 42
        },
        "provenanceScore": 80
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      "connect": {
        "install": "npm i -s @airtop/sdk",
        "http": "curl -X POST https://api.airtop.ai/api/v1/sessions -H \"Authorization: Bearer YOUR_AIRTOP_API_KEY\" -H \"Content-Type: application/json\" -d '{}'"
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        "capability": "https://letme.dev/browser.control",
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          "item": "Starter plan",
          "unit": "month",
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          "note": "30,000 credits, larger credit options cost more"
        },
        {
          "item": "Professional plan",
          "unit": "month",
          "usd": 189,
          "note": "225,000 credits, 30 simultaneous sessions"
        },
        {
          "item": "Enterprise plan",
          "unit": "month",
          "usd": 558,
          "note": "775,000 credits, 100 simultaneous sessions"
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      ],
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        "legalEntity": "Switchboard Visual Technologies, Inc. (dba Airtop)",
        "domain": "airtop.ai",
        "domainRegistered": "2024-07-08",
        "endpointOnVendorDomain": true,
        "terms": "https://www.airtop.ai/tos",
        "privacy": "https://www.airtop.ai/privacy",
        "statusPage": "https://status.airtop.ai",
        "changelog": "https://docs.airtop.ai/changelog",
        "securityTxt": "none",
        "checked": "2026-10-08",
        "notes": [
          "The Terms of Use (effective 28 July 2025) are a contract with Switchboard Visual Technologies, Inc dba Airtop, 3277 S. White Rd., PMB 14328, San Jose, CA 95148, under California law. They cover the website, products, services and applications, and no separate API or service agreement was found.",
          "The privacy policy was updated on 2 September 2025 and says the services are hosted in the United States.",
          "The API answers at api.airtop.ai, Live View at live.airtop.ai and the portal at portal.airtop.ai.",
          "www.airtop.ai/.well-known/security.txt and docs.airtop.ai/.well-known/security.txt both return 404.",
          "RDAP for airtop.ai gives a registration date of 2024-07-08.",
          "The status page runs on Instatus with one component, App. The trust centre at trust.airtop.ai is a Vanta page that needs JavaScript and was not read.",
          "There are two changelogs. docs.airtop.ai/changelog covers the browser API and ends on 3 September 2025. www.airtop.ai/help/changelog covers Agent Builder and has one entry, 5 August 2026."
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      "pageJsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/airtop.json",
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        "slug": "airtop",
        "probe": {
          "target": "https://api.airtop.ai/api",
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          "samples30d": 61,
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        "vendorStatus": {
          "page": "https://status.airtop.ai",
          "indicator": "unknown",
          "summary": "no machine-readable status found",
          "checkedAt": "2026-10-08T19:38:12.902359465Z"
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            "url": "https://www.airtop.ai/privacy",
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    "answer": "Browserbase scores 76.2 (BB) on agent readiness against Airtop's 55.3 (C), and leads in 6 of 7 scored categories.",
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      "name": "Browserbase",
      "vendor": "Browserbase",
      "vendorUrl": "https://www.browserbase.com",
      "kind": "http-api",
      "category": "browser",
      "summary": "Hosted headless browsers for agents over CDP, plus Fetch and Search APIs and the Stagehand framework.",
      "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/browserbase",
      "markdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/browserbase.md",
      "slimMarkdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/browserbase.min.md",
      "jsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/browserbase.json",
      "repo": "https://github.com/browserbase/stagehand",
      "license": "MIT (Stagehand)",
      "transports": [
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        "streamable-http"
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      "packages": [
        {
          "registry": "npm",
          "name": "@browserbasehq/stagehand"
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      "auth": "api-key",
      "authNotes": "`X-BB-API-Key` header. Browsers connect over CDP at wss://connect.browserbase.com.",
      "pricing": "freemium",
      "pricingNotes": "Free with 1 browser-hour, 3 concurrent browsers, 1,000 Fetch and 1,000 Search calls and 7-day recording retention. Developer $20 a month with 100 hours then $0.12 an hour, 25 concurrent. Startup $99 with 500 hours then $0.10, 100 concurrent, 10,000 Fetch calls then $0.50 per 1,000. Fetch $1 per 1,000 on Developer, $4 with proxies, Search $7 per 1,000, proxies $10 to $12 a GB. Keyless x402 sessions at $0.12 an hour in USDC on Base (https://www.browserbase.com/pricing, https://docs.browserbase.com/integrations/x402/introduction.md).",
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            "url": "https://x402.browserbase.com/browser/session/:id/status",
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          {
            "url": "https://x402.browserbase.com/browser/session/:id/extend",
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            "network": ""
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          {
            "url": "https://x402.browserbase.com/browser/session/:id/terminate",
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            "network": ""
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        "npmWeekly": null,
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      "openapi": "https://docs.browserbase.com/reference/api/openapi.v1.yaml",
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        "web.scrape"
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        "openapi",
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        "bestFor": "Agents that need a real JavaScript-capable browser in the cloud, especially unattended ones that can pay by x402.",
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          "Per-plan concurrency and session-creation limits, with Retry-After and a documented backoff helper",
          "OpenAPI 3.0.0, llms.txt and a dated changelog with 12 entries since 13 July 2026",
          "SOC 2 Type II, HIPAA BAA, per-browser VMs and a valid PGP-signed security.txt",
          "Recording and logging can be switched off per session"
        ],
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          "The hosted MCP setup page passes the API key as `?browserbaseApiKey=` in the URL",
          "No scopes or rotation guide for API keys, and no SLA published",
          "Hosted MCP tools have one-line descriptions and no annotations",
          "Privacy policy last updated 1 June 2024 says 30-day recordings, the pricing page says 7 days on Free",
          "The open-source MCP repository was archived on 20 July 2026 but the setup page still describes self-hosting it"
        ],
        "agentNotes": [
          "Use x402.browserbase.com when you have a wallet and no key. Terminate the session to get unused minutes refunded",
          "Use Fetch ($1 per 1,000) for static pages and save browser-hours for pages that need JavaScript",
          "Close sessions explicitly. Each session bills at least one minute, and idle ones keep billing",
          "Set `recordSession` and `logSession` to false when pages hold personal data",
          "On 429, wait `retry-after` seconds before creating another session"
        ],
        "metrics": {
          "kind": "remote",
          "measured": false
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          "schema": 80,
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        "claudeCode": "claude mcp add --transport http browserbase https://mcp.browserbase.com/mcp"
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        {
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          "usd": 0.1
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        {
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          "unit": "1k-requests",
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        {
          "item": "Fetch, Startup plan",
          "unit": "1k-requests",
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        {
          "item": "Fetch with proxy",
          "unit": "1k-requests",
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        {
          "item": "Search",
          "unit": "1k-requests",
          "usd": 7
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        {
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          "unit": "gb",
          "usd": 12
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        {
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          "note": "100 browser-hours"
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          "note": "500 browser-hours"
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        "domain": "browserbase.com",
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        "domainNote": "browserbase.com was registered in 2002, long before the company.",
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        "terms": "https://www.browserbase.com/terms-of-service",
        "privacy": "https://www.browserbase.com/privacy-policy",
        "statusPage": "https://status.browserbase.com",
        "changelog": "https://www.browserbase.com/changelog",
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Markdown https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/browserbase.md · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/browserbase.json\n\n## Which one, for what\n\n### Airtop (C)\n\nGood for: Agents that need a hosted browser with natural-language page calls, saved logins handed over by a person, and proxies and CAPTCHA solving in one service.\n\nWatch for: No published rate for what a browser minute, a GB of proxy traffic or an AI call costs in credits\n\n### Browserbase (BB)\n\nGood for: Agents that need a real JavaScript-capable browser in the cloud, especially unattended ones that can pay by x402.\n\nAhead on:\n- Reliability, 90 against 69\n- Agent ergonomics, 75 against 65\n- Payments \u0026 pricing, 90 against 25\n- Maintenance \u0026 community, 92 against 24\n- Transparency \u0026 trust, 71 against 61\n\nAlso in its favour:\n- Agent-ready, a grade of BB or better\n- An agent can pay per call over x402, with no account\n- Free to start without a card\n\nWatch for: The hosted MCP setup page passes the API key as `?browserbaseApiKey=` in the URL\n\n\n## Score by category\n\n| Category | Weight | Airtop | Browserbase | Edge |\n| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |\n| Reliability | 16% (20 this run) | 69 | 90 | Browserbase +21 |\n| Performance | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |\n| Schema \u0026 documentation | 13% (16.2 this run) | 76 | 80 | Browserbase +4 |\n| Agent ergonomics | 13% (16.2 this run) | 65 | 75 | Browserbase +10 |\n| Security \u0026 auth | 14% (17.5 this run) | 46 | 43 | Airtop +3 |\n| Payments \u0026 pricing | 10% (12.5 this run) | 25 | 90 | Browserbase +65 |\n| Task success | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |\n| Maintenance \u0026 community | 7% (8.8 this run) | 24 | 92 | Browserbase +68 |\n| Transparency \u0026 trust | 7% (8.8 this run) | 61 | 71 | Browserbase +10 |\n| Negative events | ≤15 | 0 | 0 | |\n| **Total** | | **55.3 · C** | **76.2 · BB** | |\n\n## Facts side by side\n\n| Fact | Airtop | Browserbase |\n| --- | --- | --- |\n| Kind | HTTP API | HTTP API |\n| Vendor | Switchboard Visual Technologies, Inc. (dba Airtop) | Browserbase |\n| Hosted endpoint | `https://api.airtop.ai/api` | `https://api.browserbase.com/v1` |\n| Transports | HTTP | HTTP, Streamable HTTP |\n| Auth | API key | API key |\n| Pricing | Freemium | Freemium |\n| x402 | no | yes |\n| Licence | Proprietary cloud service under Airtop's terms of use. 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Credit rates for browser time, proxy traffic and AI calls are not published, and the developer changelog's last entry is dated 3 September 2025.\n\n**Browserbase.** x402 sessions at x402.browserbase.com with no account, $0.12 an hour, unused minutes refunded. The hosted MCP setup page passes the API key as `?browserbaseApiKey=` in the URL.\n\n## Before you call either\n\n### Airtop\n\n1. Terminate every session with `DELETE /v1/sessions/{id}`. Sessions bill in 30-second increments and idle ones last 10 minutes by default\n2. Set `costThresholdCredits` on AI calls and read `meta.usage.credits` afterwards. Credit rates are not published, so measure them\n3. Use `page-query` with `configuration.outputSchema` for structured output. `prompt-content` and `summarize-content` are deprecated\n4. When calling REST without the SDK, poll session status until `running` before creating a window. Only the SDK waits for you\n5. 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