# Airtop vs Puppeteer (archived MCP reference server) (slim)

> 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 & pricing and transparency & trust. Both do browser automation. Category…

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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 & pricing and transparency & trust. Both do browser automation.

- Airtop: C 55.3, rank #511 of 722 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/airtop.min.md
- Puppeteer (archived MCP reference server): F 30.6, rank #712 of 722 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/puppeteer-reference-server-archived.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. Ahead on Reliability, 69 against 12; Schema & documentation, 76 against 41; Agent ergonomics, 65 against 47; Security & auth, 46 against 22; Maintenance & 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.
- Puppeteer (archived MCP reference server), good for Nothing new. Ahead on Payments & pricing, 60 against 25; Transparency & trust, 75 against 61. Also No key needed to call it; Runs on your own machine; Open source.

| Category | Airtop | Puppeteer (archived MCP reference server) |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Reliability (16%) | 69 | 12 |
| Performance (10%) | pending | pending |
| Schema & documentation (13%) | 76 | 41 |
| Agent ergonomics (13%) | 65 | 47 |
| Security & auth (14%) | 46 | 22 |
| Payments & pricing (10%) | 25 | 60 |
| Task success (10%) | pending | pending |
| Maintenance & community (7%) | 24 | 0 |
| Transparency & trust (7%) | 61 | 75 |

| Fact (where they differ) | Airtop | Puppeteer (archived MCP reference server) |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Kind | HTTP API | MCP server |
| Vendor | Switchboard Visual Technologies, Inc. (dba Airtop) | Model Context Protocol (archived) |
| Hosted endpoint | `https://api.airtop.ai/api` | no (local only) |
| Transports | HTTP | stdio |
| Auth | API key | None |
| Pricing | Freemium | Free |
| Licence | Proprietary cloud service under Airtop's terms of use. The Node and Python SDKs are MIT per npm and PyPI | MIT |
| Tools exposed | none | 7 |
| llms.txt | yes | no |
| Last release | 2026-07-01 | 2025-05-12 |
| Terms last updated | 2025-07-29 | 2021-09-08 |
| Privacy policy last updated | 2025-09-02 | 2023-03-15 |
| Arbitration or class-action waiver | yes | not found in the text |
| Popularity | 16 stars, 16k npm/wk, 246 PyPI/wk | 294 stars, 25k npm/wk |
| Agent reviews | none | 1/5 (2) |