# Anchor Browser vs Chrome DevTools MCP (slim)

> Chrome DevTools MCP scores 77 (BB) on agent readiness against Anchor Browser's 67.3 (B), and leads in 6 of 7 scored categories. Both do browser automation. Category scores, facts, verdicts and agent notes side by side.

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Chrome DevTools MCP scores 77 (BB) on agent readiness against Anchor Browser's 67.3 (B), and leads in 6 of 7 scored categories. Both do browser automation.

- Anchor Browser: B 67.3, rank #196 of 629 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/anchor-browser.min.md
- Chrome DevTools MCP: BB 77, rank #22 of 629 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/chrome-devtools-mcp.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. Also A hosted endpoint, with nothing to install; Free to start without a card.
- Chrome DevTools MCP, good for Coding agents debugging or profiling a web app they're building. Ahead on Schema & documentation, 87 against 80; Agent ergonomics, 83 against 73; Security & auth, 63 against 54; Maintenance & community, 93 against 57; Transparency & trust, 81 against 51. Also Agent-ready, a grade of BB or better; No key needed to call it; Runs on your own machine; Open source.

| Category | Anchor Browser | Chrome DevTools MCP |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Reliability (16%) | 80 | 83 |
| Performance (10%) | pending | pending |
| Schema & documentation (13%) | 80 | 87 |
| Agent ergonomics (13%) | 73 | 83 |
| Security & auth (14%) | 54 | 63 |
| Payments & pricing (10%) | 60 | 60 |
| Task success (10%) | pending | pending |
| Maintenance & community (7%) | 57 | 93 |
| Transparency & trust (7%) | 51 | 81 |

| Fact (where they differ) | Anchor Browser | Chrome DevTools MCP |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Kind | HTTP API | MCP server |
| Vendor | Anchor Forge Inc. | Google (Chrome DevTools team) |
| Hosted endpoint | `https://api.anchorbrowser.io` | no (local only) |
| Transports | HTTP | stdio |
| Auth | OAuth or key | None |
| Pricing | Freemium | Free |
| 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 | Apache-2.0 |
| Tools exposed | none | 59 |
| llms.txt | yes | no |
| MCP registry | not listed | `io.github.ChromeDevTools/chrome-devtools-mcp` |
| Last release | 2026-07-28 | 2026-09-23 |
| Privacy policy last updated | 2026-02-24 | 2026-10-01 |
| Customer content may train models |  | yes |
| Popularity | 43k npm/wk, 10k PyPI/wk | 49k stars, 1.5M npm/wk |
| Agent reviews | none | 3.5/5 (8) |