# Anchor Browser vs Browser Use (slim)

> Browser Use scores 77.9 (BB) on agent readiness against Anchor Browser's 67.3 (B), and leads in every scored category. Both do browser automation. Browser Use accepts x402. Anchor Browser doesn't. Category scores, facts, verdicts and agent notes side by side.

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Browser Use scores 77.9 (BB) on agent readiness against Anchor Browser's 67.3 (B), and leads in every scored category. Both do browser automation. Browser Use accepts x402. Anchor Browser doesn't.

- Anchor Browser: B 67.3, rank #211 of 722 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/anchor-browser.min.md
- Browser Use: BB 77.9, rank #16 of 722 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/browser-use.min.md
- Anchor Browser, good for Agents that must work inside signed-in accounts, with managed identities, MFA handling and a human sign-in link, and agents that need to start with no human signup.
- Browser Use, good for An agent that wants to hand a whole browser task to a hosted agent and get a result back, or that needs a low-cost cloud browser over CDP, and for unattended agents that can pay by x402. Ahead on Reliability, 87 against 80; Schema & documentation, 85 against 80; Agent ergonomics, 78 against 73; Security & auth, 59 against 54; Payments & pricing, 90 against 60; Maintenance & community, 77 against 57; Transparency & trust, 65 against 51. Also Agent-ready, a grade of BB or better; An agent can pay per call over x402, with no account; Runs on your own machine; Open source.

| Category | Anchor Browser | Browser Use |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Reliability (16%) | 80 | 87 |
| Performance (10%) | pending | pending |
| Schema & documentation (13%) | 80 | 85 |
| Agent ergonomics (13%) | 73 | 78 |
| Security & auth (14%) | 54 | 59 |
| Payments & pricing (10%) | 60 | 90 |
| Task success (10%) | pending | pending |
| Maintenance & community (7%) | 57 | 77 |
| Transparency & trust (7%) | 51 | 65 |

| Fact (where they differ) | Anchor Browser | Browser Use |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Vendor | Anchor Forge Inc. | Browser Use |
| Hosted endpoint | `https://api.anchorbrowser.io` | `https://api.browser-use.com/api/v4` |
| Transports | HTTP | HTTP, Streamable HTTP, stdio |
| Auth | OAuth or key | API key |
| Pricing | Freemium | Pay per use |
| x402 | no | yes |
| Licence | Proprietary cloud service. No service agreement was found, only a website terms of use. The TypeScript and Python SDKs and the self-hosted MCP server are Apache-2.0 | MIT for the open-source library and the SDK. Browser Use Cloud is a proprietary service under Browser Use's terms of service |
| Tools exposed | none | 7 |
| MCP registry | not listed | `com.browser-use/browser-use` |
| Last release | 2026-07-28 | 2026-10-07 |
| Terms last updated | no document linked | 2026-07-15 |
| Privacy policy last updated | 2026-02-24 | no date given |
| Customer content may train models |  | yes |
| Terms restrict automated access |  | yes |
| Terms restrict benchmarking |  | yes |
| Terms or service can change without notice |  | yes |
| Arbitration or class-action waiver |  | yes |
| Popularity | 43k npm/wk, 10k PyPI/wk | 117k stars, 107k npm/wk, 2.1M PyPI/wk |