# Airtop vs Browserless (slim)

> Browserless scores 70.4 (BB) on agent readiness against Airtop's 55.3 (C), and leads in every scored category. Both do browser automation. Category scores, facts, verdicts and agent notes side by side.

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Browserless scores 70.4 (BB) on agent readiness against Airtop's 55.3 (C), and leads in every scored category. Both do browser automation.

- Airtop: C 55.3, rank #511 of 722 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/airtop.min.md
- Browserless: BB 70.4, rank #135 of 722 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/browserless.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.
- Browserless, good for Agents that need a real browser in the cloud with stealth, proxies and CAPTCHA solving, and teams that want the option of running the same server themselves. Ahead on Reliability, 82 against 69; Schema & documentation, 89 against 76; Agent ergonomics, 78 against 65; Security & auth, 53 against 46; Payments & pricing, 40 against 25; Maintenance & community, 82 against 24. Also Agent-ready, a grade of BB or better; Runs on your own machine; Free to start without a card.

| Category | Airtop | Browserless |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Reliability (16%) | 69 | 82 |
| Performance (10%) | pending | pending |
| Schema & documentation (13%) | 76 | 89 |
| Agent ergonomics (13%) | 65 | 78 |
| Security & auth (14%) | 46 | 53 |
| Payments & pricing (10%) | 25 | 40 |
| Task success (10%) | pending | pending |
| Maintenance & community (7%) | 24 | 82 |
| Transparency & trust (7%) | 61 | 62 |

| Fact (where they differ) | Airtop | Browserless |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Vendor | Switchboard Visual Technologies, Inc. (dba Airtop) | browserless.io, Inc. |
| Hosted endpoint | `https://api.airtop.ai/api` | `https://production-sfo.browserless.io` |
| Transports | HTTP | HTTP, Streamable HTTP, stdio |
| Auth | API key | OAuth or key |
| Licence | Proprietary cloud service under Airtop's terms of use. The Node and Python SDKs are MIT per npm and PyPI | SSPL 1.0 or a commercial licence for the core server and the MCP server. The BAP TypeScript SDK is MIT. BrowserQL, stealth and other cloud additions are proprietary |
| Tools exposed | none | 14 |
| Read-only variant documented | no | yes |
| Last release | 2026-07-01 | 2026-10-05 |
| Terms last updated | 2025-07-29 | no date given |
| Privacy policy last updated | 2025-09-02 | no date given |
| Terms restrict automated access | not found in the text | yes |
| Terms or service can change without notice | not found in the text | yes |
| Arbitration or class-action waiver | yes | not found in the text |
| Popularity | 16 stars, 16k npm/wk, 246 PyPI/wk | 14k stars, 3.5k npm/wk |