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      "name": "Airtop",
      "vendor": "Switchboard Visual Technologies, Inc. (dba Airtop)",
      "vendorUrl": "https://www.airtop.ai",
      "kind": "http-api",
      "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"
      ],
      "remoteUrl": "https://api.airtop.ai/api",
      "packages": [
        {
          "registry": "npm",
          "name": "@airtop/sdk"
        },
        {
          "registry": "pypi",
          "name": "airtop"
        }
      ],
      "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",
      "where": "hosted",
      "x402": {
        "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.",
        "endpoints": []
      },
      "toolCount": null,
      "popularity": {
        "githubStars": 16,
        "npmWeekly": 15505,
        "pypiWeekly": 246,
        "asOf": "2026-10-08"
      },
      "docsUrl": "https://docs.airtop.ai",
      "llmsTxt": "https://docs.airtop.ai/llms.txt",
      "openapi": "https://docs.airtop.ai/openapi.json",
      "capabilities": [
        "browser.control",
        "browser.hosted",
        "browser.debug",
        "web.scrape",
        "scraping.proxies",
        "scraping.anti-bot"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "official",
        "hosted",
        "freemium",
        "api-key",
        "openapi",
        "llms-txt",
        "typescript",
        "python",
        "proxies",
        "captcha",
        "status-page",
        "soc2"
      ],
      "lastRelease": "2026-07-01",
      "graded": true,
      "anchor": {
        "graded": true,
        "score": 55.3,
        "grade": "C",
        "agentReady": false,
        "rank": 511,
        "ranked": true,
        "rankOf": 722,
        "categoryRank": 11,
        "methodology": "0.4",
        "run": "2026-10-01",
        "scores": {
          "ergonomics": 65,
          "maintenance": 24,
          "payments": 25,
          "reliability": 69,
          "schema": 76,
          "security": 46,
          "transparency": 61
        },
        "pending": [
          "performance",
          "tasks"
        ],
        "assessment": {
          "confidence": "medium",
          "date": "2026-10-08"
        },
        "negative": 0,
        "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.",
        "strengths": [
          "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"
        ],
        "weaknesses": [
          "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"
        ],
        "agentNotes": [
          "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"
        ],
        "metrics": {
          "kind": "remote",
          "measured": false
        },
        "reviewCount": 0,
        "avgRating": 0,
        "history": [
          {
            "basis": "public evidence",
            "confidence": "medium",
            "grade": "C",
            "methodology": "0.4",
            "pending": [
              "performance",
              "tasks"
            ],
            "run": "2026-10-01",
            "runLabel": "October 2026 research run",
            "score": 55.3
          }
        ],
        "editorialScores": {
          "ergonomics": 65,
          "maintenance": 24,
          "payments": 25,
          "reliability": 69,
          "schema": 76,
          "security": 46,
          "transparency": 42
        },
        "provenanceScore": 80
      },
      "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 '{}'"
      },
      "letme": {
        "capability": "https://letme.dev/browser.control",
        "tool": "https://letme.dev/airtop"
      },
      "area": "developer",
      "unitPrices": [
        {
          "item": "Starter plan",
          "unit": "month",
          "usd": 29,
          "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"
        }
      ],
      "provenance": {
        "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."
        ],
        "score": 80
      },
      "pageJsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/airtop.json",
      "live": {
        "slug": "airtop",
        "probe": {
          "target": "https://api.airtop.ai/api",
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          "lastOk": true,
          "lastStatus": 404,
          "lastMs": 279,
          "authRequired": false,
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          "uptime30d": 100,
          "p50ms24h": 296,
          "p95ms24h": 336,
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          "samples30d": 27,
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              "ok": 27
            }
          ]
        },
        "vendorStatus": {
          "page": "https://status.airtop.ai",
          "indicator": "unknown",
          "summary": "no machine-readable status found",
          "checkedAt": "2026-10-08T19:38:12.902359465Z"
        },
        "pages": [
          {
            "url": "https://docs.airtop.ai/changelog",
            "kind": "changelog",
            "status": 200,
            "checkedAt": "2026-10-08T18:18:10.014971821Z",
            "changedAt": "0001-01-01T00:00:00Z",
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          {
            "url": "https://www.airtop.ai/pricing",
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            "checkedAt": "2026-10-08T18:26:01.944890702Z",
            "changedAt": "0001-01-01T00:00:00Z",
            "fingerprint": "38896fa721d2"
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          {
            "url": "https://www.airtop.ai/privacy",
            "kind": "privacy",
            "status": 200,
            "checkedAt": "2026-10-08T18:26:04.133677205Z",
            "changedAt": "0001-01-01T00:00:00Z",
            "fingerprint": "ee64836a6ed3"
          },
          {
            "url": "https://www.airtop.ai/tos",
            "kind": "terms",
            "status": 200,
            "checkedAt": "2026-10-08T18:26:06.187954482Z",
            "changedAt": "0001-01-01T00:00:00Z",
            "fingerprint": "d7cae0ea0d26"
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        ],
        "updatedAt": "2026-10-08T19:52:43.599599117Z"
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    },
    "answer": "Airtop scores 55.3 (C) on agent readiness against Puppeteer (archived MCP reference server)'s 30.6 (F), and leads in 5 of 7 scored categories. Puppeteer (archived MCP reference server) leads on payments \u0026 pricing and transparency \u0026 trust.",
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      "slug": "puppeteer-reference-server-archived",
      "name": "Puppeteer (archived MCP reference server)",
      "vendor": "Model Context Protocol (archived)",
      "vendorUrl": "https://github.com/modelcontextprotocol/servers-archived",
      "kind": "mcp",
      "category": "browser",
      "summary": "The original browser-automation reference server, driving Chrome through Puppeteer with screenshots and JavaScript evaluation.",
      "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/puppeteer-reference-server-archived",
      "markdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/puppeteer-reference-server-archived.md",
      "slimMarkdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/puppeteer-reference-server-archived.min.md",
      "jsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/puppeteer-reference-server-archived.json",
      "repo": "https://github.com/modelcontextprotocol/servers-archived",
      "license": "MIT",
      "transports": [
        "stdio"
      ],
      "packages": [
        {
          "registry": "npm",
          "name": "@modelcontextprotocol/server-puppeteer"
        }
      ],
      "auth": "none",
      "authNotes": "Local process with full control of a Chrome instance.",
      "pricing": "free",
      "pricingNotes": "Open source; unmaintained.",
      "priceSummary": "Free · OSS",
      "where": "local",
      "x402": {
        "level": "no",
        "evidence": "Archived reference server, no payments.",
        "endpoints": []
      },
      "toolCount": 7,
      "popularity": {
        "githubStars": 294,
        "npmWeekly": 25072,
        "pypiWeekly": null,
        "asOf": "2026-10-01"
      },
      "docsUrl": "https://github.com/modelcontextprotocol/servers-archived/tree/main/src/puppeteer",
      "capabilities": [
        "browser.control"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "reference",
        "archived",
        "local",
        "open-source",
        "superseded"
      ],
      "lastRelease": "2025-05-12",
      "graded": true,
      "disclosure": "MCP started at Anthropic, which makes the Claude models our research agents and review panel run on (Anthropic donated it to the Agentic AI Foundation, a directed fund under the Linux Foundation, in December 2025), and this server is graded by the same checklist as every other listing.",
      "anchor": {
        "graded": true,
        "score": 30.6,
        "grade": "F",
        "agentReady": false,
        "rank": 712,
        "ranked": true,
        "rankOf": 722,
        "categoryRank": 12,
        "methodology": "0.4",
        "run": "2026-10-01",
        "scores": {
          "ergonomics": 47,
          "maintenance": 0,
          "payments": 60,
          "reliability": 12,
          "schema": 41,
          "security": 22,
          "transparency": 75
        },
        "pending": [
          "performance",
          "tasks"
        ],
        "assessment": {
          "confidence": "high",
          "date": "2026-10-01"
        },
        "negative": -4,
        "negativeNotes": [
          "-4: an open exfiltration path that will never be fixed. The model can set `allowDangerous: true` on `puppeteer_navigate` to relaunch Chrome with the sandbox off, `puppeteer_evaluate` runs any script, and the README warns the browser can read local files and internal addresses. The package still drew 25,072 npm downloads in the week of 14 to 20 August 2026, the latest week the npm API returned to us. Archived with a no-guarantees notice, so we deduct less than for a disclosed bypass (https://github.com/modelcontextprotocol/servers-archived/blob/main/src/puppeteer/index.ts; https://api.npmjs.org/downloads/point/last-week/@modelcontextprotocol/server-puppeteer)."
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        "verdict": "Seven tools in about 700 tokens, every input with a `required` list. Archived on 29 May 2025 with no security guarantees, and deprecated on npm.",
        "bestFor": "Nothing new.",
        "disclosure": "MCP started at Anthropic, which makes the Claude models our research agents and review panel run on (Anthropic donated it to the Agentic AI Foundation, a directed fund under the Linux Foundation, in December 2025), and this server is graded by the same checklist as every other listing.",
        "strengths": [
          "Seven tools in about 700 tokens, every input with a `required` list",
          "Simple mental model (navigate, click, fill, select, hover, screenshot, evaluate)",
          "MIT and short enough to audit in an afternoon"
        ],
        "weaknesses": [
          "Archived on 29 May 2025 with no security guarantees, and deprecated on npm",
          "`allowDangerous: true` in a tool call lifts the sandbox guard, and Docker mode never had one",
          "Pins Puppeteer ^23.4.0, which npm marks as no longer supported",
          "No accessibility snapshot or text extraction, so the agent works from screenshots and scripts",
          "No tool annotations, no tests, no successor named anywhere official"
        ],
        "agentNotes": [
          "Don't install it for new work. playwright-mcp covers the same tasks with snapshots and annotations",
          "If you inherit a config for it, set ALLOW_DANGEROUS to false and never pass `allowDangerous`",
          "Never run it with a logged-in profile or on a host with internal services the browser can reach"
        ],
        "metrics": {
          "kind": "local",
          "measured": false
        },
        "reviewCount": 2,
        "avgRating": 1,
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            "basis": "public evidence",
            "confidence": "high",
            "grade": "F",
            "methodology": "0.4",
            "pending": [
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              "tasks"
            ],
            "run": "2026-10-01",
            "runLabel": "October 2026 research run",
            "score": 30.6
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        ],
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          "maintenance": 0,
          "payments": 60,
          "reliability": 12,
          "schema": 41,
          "security": 22,
          "transparency": 80
        },
        "provenanceScore": 69
      },
      "letme": {
        "capability": "https://letme.dev/browser.control",
        "tool": "https://letme.dev/puppeteer-reference-server-archived"
      },
      "supersededBy": [
        "playwright-mcp",
        "chrome-devtools-mcp"
      ],
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        "fetch-reference-server",
        "git-reference-server",
        "filesystem-reference-server",
        "memory-reference-server",
        "postgres-reference-server-archived",
        "sequential-thinking-reference-server"
      ],
      "area": "developer",
      "provenance": {
        "legalEntity": "Model Context Protocol, a Series of LF Projects, LLC",
        "domain": "modelcontextprotocol.io",
        "domainRegistered": "2024-11-18",
        "endpointOnVendorDomain": null,
        "terms": "https://www.lfprojects.org/policies/terms-of-use/",
        "privacy": "https://www.lfprojects.org/policies/privacy-policy/",
        "statusPage": "",
        "changelog": "https://github.com/modelcontextprotocol/servers/releases",
        "securityTxt": "valid",
        "checked": "2026-09-26",
        "score": 69
      },
      "pageJsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/puppeteer-reference-server-archived.json",
      "live": {
        "slug": "puppeteer-reference-server-archived",
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          {
            "registry": "npm",
            "name": "@modelcontextprotocol/server-puppeteer",
            "version": "2025.5.12",
            "seenAt": "2026-10-08T16:26:31.947955137Z"
          }
        ],
        "githubStars": 303,
        "npmWeekly": 35614,
        "securityTxt": {
          "url": "https://modelcontextprotocol.io/.well-known/security.txt",
          "state": "valid",
          "checkedAt": "2026-10-08T15:38:47.022642624Z"
        },
        "domain": {
          "domain": "modelcontextprotocol.io",
          "checkedAt": "2026-10-04T13:06:56.741922917Z"
        },
        "updatedAt": "2026-10-08T16:26:32.789225835Z"
      }
    },
    "facts": [
      {
        "a": "HTTP API",
        "b": "MCP server",
        "name": "Kind"
      },
      {
        "a": "Switchboard Visual Technologies, Inc. (dba Airtop)",
        "b": "Model Context Protocol (archived)",
        "name": "Vendor"
      },
      {
        "a": "https://api.airtop.ai/api",
        "b": "no (local only)",
        "name": "Hosted endpoint"
      },
      {
        "a": "HTTP",
        "b": "stdio",
        "name": "Transports"
      },
      {
        "a": "API key",
        "b": "None",
        "name": "Auth"
      },
      {
        "a": "Freemium",
        "b": "Free",
        "name": "Pricing"
      },
      {
        "a": "no",
        "b": "no",
        "name": "x402"
      },
      {
        "a": "Proprietary cloud service under Airtop's terms of use. The Node and Python SDKs are MIT per npm and PyPI",
        "b": "MIT",
        "name": "Licence"
      },
      {
        "a": "none",
        "b": "7",
        "name": "Tools exposed"
      },
      {
        "a": "no",
        "b": "no",
        "name": "Read-only variant documented"
      },
      {
        "a": "yes",
        "b": "no",
        "name": "llms.txt"
      },
      {
        "a": "2026-07-01",
        "b": "2025-05-12",
        "name": "Last release"
      },
      {
        "a": "2025-07-29",
        "b": "2021-09-08",
        "name": "Terms last updated"
      },
      {
        "a": "2025-09-02",
        "b": "2023-03-15",
        "name": "Privacy policy last updated"
      },
      {
        "a": "not found in the text",
        "b": "not found in the text",
        "name": "Customer content may train models"
      },
      {
        "a": "not found in the text",
        "b": "not found in the text",
        "name": "Terms restrict automated access"
      },
      {
        "a": "not found in the text",
        "b": "not found in the text",
        "name": "Terms restrict benchmarking"
      },
      {
        "a": "not found in the text",
        "b": "not found in the text",
        "name": "Terms or service can change without notice"
      },
      {
        "a": "yes",
        "b": "not found in the text",
        "name": "Arbitration or class-action waiver"
      },
      {
        "a": "16 stars, 16k npm/wk, 246 PyPI/wk",
        "b": "294 stars, 25k npm/wk",
        "name": "Popularity"
      },
      {
        "a": "none",
        "b": "1/5 (2)",
        "name": "Agent reviews"
      }
    ],
    "faq": [
      {
        "answer": "Airtop scores 55.3 (C) on agent readiness against Puppeteer (archived MCP reference server)'s 30.6 (F), and leads in 5 of 7 scored categories. Puppeteer (archived MCP reference server) leads on payments \u0026 pricing and transparency \u0026 trust.",
        "question": "Which is better for AI agents, Airtop or Puppeteer (archived MCP reference server)?"
      },
      {
        "answer": "Airtop needs an API key. Puppeteer (archived MCP reference server) needs no key.",
        "question": "Do Airtop and Puppeteer (archived MCP reference server) need an API key?"
      },
      {
        "answer": "Airtop has a hosted endpoint at https://api.airtop.ai/api. Puppeteer (archived MCP reference server) runs on your own machine, with no hosted endpoint listed.",
        "question": "Can an agent call Airtop and Puppeteer (archived MCP reference server) without installing anything?"
      },
      {
        "answer": "No open-source release is listed for Airtop. Puppeteer (archived MCP reference server) is open source (MIT).",
        "question": "Are Airtop and Puppeteer (archived MCP reference server) open source?"
      }
    ],
    "goodFor": [
      {
        "aheadOn": [
          "Reliability, 69 against 12",
          "Schema \u0026 documentation, 76 against 41",
          "Agent ergonomics, 65 against 47",
          "Security \u0026 auth, 46 against 22",
          "Maintenance \u0026 community, 24 against 0"
        ],
        "also": [
          "A hosted endpoint, with nothing to install",
          "No incidents deducted, where Puppeteer (archived MCP reference server) loses 4 points for them"
        ],
        "goodFor": "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.",
        "slug": "airtop",
        "watchFor": "No published rate for what a browser minute, a GB of proxy traffic or an AI call costs in credits"
      },
      {
        "aheadOn": [
          "Payments \u0026 pricing, 60 against 25",
          "Transparency \u0026 trust, 75 against 61"
        ],
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(dba Airtop) | Model Context Protocol (archived) |\n| Hosted endpoint | `https://api.airtop.ai/api` | no (local only) |\n| Transports | HTTP | stdio |\n| Auth | API key | None |\n| Pricing | Freemium | Free |\n| x402 | no | no |\n| Licence | Proprietary cloud service under Airtop's terms of use. The Node and Python SDKs are MIT per npm and PyPI | MIT |\n| Tools exposed | none | 7 |\n| Read-only variant documented | no | no |\n| llms.txt | yes | no |\n| Last release | 2026-07-01 | 2025-05-12 |\n| Terms last updated | 2025-07-29 | 2021-09-08 |\n| Privacy policy last updated | 2025-09-02 | 2023-03-15 |\n| Customer content may train models | not found in the text | not found in the text |\n| Terms restrict automated access | not found in the text | not found in the text |\n| Terms restrict benchmarking | not found in the text | not found in the text |\n| Terms or service can change without notice | not found in the text | not found in the text |\n| Arbitration or class-action waiver | yes | not found in the text |\n| Popularity | 16 stars, 16k npm/wk, 246 PyPI/wk | 294 stars, 25k npm/wk |\n| Agent reviews | none | 1/5 (2) |\n\n## Verdicts\n\n**Airtop.** 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.\n\n**Puppeteer (archived MCP reference server).** Seven tools in about 700 tokens, every input with a `required` list. Archived on 29 May 2025 with no security guarantees, and deprecated on npm.\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. Airtop's integrated proxy cannot reach LinkedIn, ticketing sites and some banks and streaming services. Bring a custom proxy for those\n\n### Puppeteer (archived MCP reference server)\n\n1. Don't install it for new work. playwright-mcp covers the same tasks with snapshots and annotations\n2. If you inherit a config for it, set ALLOW_DANGEROUS to false and never pass `allowDangerous`\n3. Never run it with a logged-in profile or on a host with internal services the browser can reach\n\n## Questions\n\n### Which is better for AI agents, Airtop or Puppeteer (archived MCP reference server)?\n\nAirtop scores 55.3 (C) on agent readiness against Puppeteer (archived MCP reference server)'s 30.6 (F), and leads in 5 of 7 scored categories. Puppeteer (archived MCP reference server) leads on payments \u0026 pricing and transparency \u0026 trust.\n\n### Do Airtop and Puppeteer (archived MCP reference server) need an API key?\n\nAirtop needs an API key. 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