# Airtop vs Browserbase (slim)

> Browserbase scores 76.2 (BB) on agent readiness against Airtop's 55.3 (C), and leads in 6 of 7 scored categories. Both do browser automation. Browserbase accepts x402. Airtop doesn't. Category scores, facts, verdicts and agent notes side by side.

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Browserbase scores 76.2 (BB) on agent readiness against Airtop's 55.3 (C), and leads in 6 of 7 scored categories. Both do browser automation. Browserbase accepts x402. Airtop doesn't.

- Airtop: C 55.3, rank #511 of 722 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/airtop.min.md
- Browserbase: BB 76.2, rank #35 of 722 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/browserbase.min.md
- Airtop, good 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.
- Browserbase, good for Agents that need a real JavaScript-capable browser in the cloud, especially unattended ones that can pay by x402. Ahead on Reliability, 90 against 69; Agent ergonomics, 75 against 65; Payments & pricing, 90 against 25; Maintenance & community, 92 against 24; Transparency & trust, 71 against 61. Also Agent-ready, a grade of BB or better; An agent can pay per call over x402, with no account; Free to start without a card.

| Category | Airtop | Browserbase |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Reliability (16%) | 69 | 90 |
| Performance (10%) | pending | pending |
| Schema & documentation (13%) | 76 | 80 |
| Agent ergonomics (13%) | 65 | 75 |
| Security & auth (14%) | 46 | 43 |
| Payments & pricing (10%) | 25 | 90 |
| Task success (10%) | pending | pending |
| Maintenance & community (7%) | 24 | 92 |
| Transparency & trust (7%) | 61 | 71 |

| Fact (where they differ) | Airtop | Browserbase |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Vendor | Switchboard Visual Technologies, Inc. (dba Airtop) | Browserbase |
| Hosted endpoint | `https://api.airtop.ai/api` | `https://api.browserbase.com/v1` |
| Transports | HTTP | HTTP, Streamable HTTP |
| x402 | no | yes |
| Licence | Proprietary cloud service under Airtop's terms of use. The Node and Python SDKs are MIT per npm and PyPI | MIT (Stagehand) |
| Last release | 2026-07-01 | 2026-09-09 |
| Terms last updated | 2025-07-29 | 2025-08-01 |
| Privacy policy last updated | 2025-09-02 | 2024-06-01 |
| Terms restrict automated access | not found in the text | yes |
| Terms or service can change without notice | not found in the text | yes |
| Popularity | 16 stars, 16k npm/wk, 246 PyPI/wk | 25k stars |
| Agent reviews | none | 3.4/5 (8) |