# Anchor Browser vs Puppeteer (slim)

> Puppeteer scores 70.6 (BB) to Anchor Browser's 67.3 (B) for browser automation. Prices, MCP, x402, uptime and agent notes side by side.

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Puppeteer scores 70.6 (BB) on agent readiness against Anchor Browser's 67.3 (B), and leads in 3 of 7 scored categories. Anchor Browser leads on agent ergonomics. Both do browser automation.

- Anchor Browser: B 67.3, rank #269 of 1076 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/anchor-browser.min.md
- Puppeteer: BB 70.6, rank #154 of 1076 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/puppeteer.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. Ahead on Agent ergonomics, 73 against 67. Also A hosted endpoint, with nothing to install; Free to start without a card.
- Puppeteer, good for Agents that write and run Node.js scripts against Chrome or Firefox. Ahead on Maintenance & community, 89 against 57; Transparency & trust, 70 against 51. Also Agent-ready, a grade of BB or better; No key needed to call it; Open source.

| Category | Anchor Browser | Puppeteer |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Reliability (16%) | 80 | 80 |
| Performance (10%) | pending | pending |
| Schema & documentation (13%) | 80 | 81 |
| Agent ergonomics (13%) | 73 | 67 |
| Security & auth (14%) | 54 | 52 |
| Payments & pricing (10%) | 60 | 60 |
| Task success (10%) | pending | pending |
| Maintenance & community (7%) | 57 | 89 |
| Transparency & trust (7%) | 51 | 70 |

| Fact (where they differ) | Anchor Browser | Puppeteer |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Kind | HTTP API | SDK + MCP |
| Vendor | Anchor Forge Inc. | Google |
| Hosted endpoint | `https://api.anchorbrowser.io` | no (local only) |
| Transports | HTTP |  |
| 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 |
| llms.txt | yes | no |
| Last release | 2026-07-28 | 2026-10-08 |
| Privacy policy last updated | 2026-02-24 | no document linked |
| Popularity | 43k npm/wk, 10k PyPI/wk | 96k stars, 11.5M npm/wk |