# Browser Use vs Hyperbrowser

> Browser Use scores 77.9 (BB) on agent readiness against Hyperbrowser's 66.9 (B), and leads in 5 of 7 scored categories. Both do browser automation. Category scores, facts, verdicts and agent notes side by side.

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Browser Use scores 77.9 (BB) on agent readiness against Hyperbrowser's 66.9 (B), and leads in 5 of 7 scored categories. Both do browser automation.

- Browser Use: grade BB, 77.9/100, rank #16 of 629. Markdown https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/browser-use.md · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/browser-use.json
- Hyperbrowser: grade B, 66.9/100, rank #205 of 629. Markdown https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/hyperbrowser.md · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/hyperbrowser.json

## Which one, for what

### Browser Use (BB)

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 65
- Schema & documentation, 85 against 68
- Agent ergonomics, 78 against 67
- Security & auth, 59 against 44

Also in its favour:
- Agent-ready, a grade of BB or better
- Open source

Watch for: The privacy policy says inputs are used to train Browser Use's AI models, with no opt-out described outside Enterprise zero data retention

### Hyperbrowser (B)

Good for: Agents that need a cloud browser by the minute plus cheap fetch and search, especially wallet-holding agents with no account.

Watch for: The official MCP server's last npm release is 1.0.25 of 13 April 2025, and it isn't in the official MCP registry


## Score by category

| Category | Weight | Browser Use | Hyperbrowser | Edge |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Reliability | 16% (20 this run) | 87 | 65 | Browser Use +22 |
| Performance | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |
| Schema & documentation | 13% (16.2 this run) | 85 | 68 | Browser Use +17 |
| Agent ergonomics | 13% (16.2 this run) | 78 | 67 | Browser Use +11 |
| Security & auth | 14% (17.5 this run) | 59 | 44 | Browser Use +15 |
| Payments & pricing | 10% (12.5 this run) | 90 | 94 | Hyperbrowser +4 |
| Task success | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |
| Maintenance & community | 7% (8.8 this run) | 77 | 79 | Hyperbrowser +2 |
| Transparency & trust | 7% (8.8 this run) | 65 | 64 | Browser Use +1 |
| Negative events | ≤15 | 0 | 0 | |
| **Total** | | **77.9 · BB** | **66.9 · B** | |

## Facts side by side

| Fact | Browser Use | Hyperbrowser |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Kind | HTTP API | HTTP API |
| Vendor | Browser Use | S2 Labs Inc. |
| Hosted endpoint | `https://api.browser-use.com/api/v4` | `https://api.hyperbrowser.ai` |
| Transports | HTTP, Streamable HTTP, stdio | HTTP, stdio |
| Auth | API key | OAuth or key |
| Pricing | Pay per use | Freemium |
| x402 | yes | yes |
| Licence | MIT for the open-source library and the SDK. Browser Use Cloud is a proprietary service under Browser Use's terms of service | Proprietary service under S2 Labs' terms of service. The Node and Python SDKs and the MCP server are MIT, and HyperAgent is AGPL-3.0 |
| Tools exposed | 7 | none |
| Read-only variant documented | no | no |
| llms.txt | yes | yes |
| MCP registry | `com.browser-use/browser-use` | not listed |
| Last release | 2026-10-07 | 2026-10-08 |
| Terms last updated | 2026-07-15 | couldn't be read |
| Privacy policy last updated | no date given | couldn't be read |
| Customer content may train models | yes | couldn't be read |
| Terms restrict automated access | yes | couldn't be read |
| Terms restrict benchmarking | yes | couldn't be read |
| Terms or service can change without notice | yes | couldn't be read |
| Arbitration or class-action waiver | yes | couldn't be read |
| Popularity | 117k stars, 107k npm/wk, 2.1M PyPI/wk | 89k npm/wk, 73k PyPI/wk |

## Verdicts

**Browser Use.** The hosted cloud accepts x402 top-ups in USDC on Base with no account or API key, and publishes prices, rate limits and three OpenAPI documents. The privacy policy says inputs are used to train Browser Use's models, API keys have no documented scopes, and no prompt-injection guidance was found in the docs.

**Hyperbrowser.** Sessions, Fetch and Search can be bought by x402 at api.hyperbrowser.ai with USDC on Base or Solana and no account, and unit prices are public. The official MCP server was last published in April 2025, no request rate limits or SLA are published, and the privacy notice covers only the website.

## Before you call either

### Browser Use

1. Send the key as `X-Browser-Use-API-Key` with no Bearer prefix. A Bearer header returns 401
2. Stop browsers with `PATCH /api/v4/browsers/{id}` and `{"action":"stop"}`. Closing CDP or the SDK client leaves the browser billing
3. Poll `GET /runs/{id}/status`, not the full run, and wait for the returned Retry-After on 429, which can be 300 seconds at the edge
4. Before resubmitting after a timeout, read the existing run's status. The server keeps running and may already have submitted a form
5. With a wallet and no key, call x402.api.browser-use.com on `/api/v2` or `/api/v3` routes. A task stops with INSUFFICIENT_CREDITS if credit runs out mid-run

### Hyperbrowser

1. With a wallet and no key, POST to https://api.hyperbrowser.ai/x402/session and read the `PAYMENT-REQUIRED` header. Sessions are prepaid for 5 to 60 minutes with no refund
2. Save the x402 creation response. It holds the only copy of the connection tokens, and `managementToken` is what stops the session
3. Stop sessions explicitly in cleanup code. Browser time bills per second until the timeout
4. Use Fetch at $0.001 a page for static pages and keep browser sessions for pages that need interaction
5. Add `&keepAlive=true` to `wsEndpoint` to reconnect after a CDP disconnect. Treat that URL as a secret because it carries the session token

## Questions

### Which is better for AI agents, Browser Use or Hyperbrowser?

Browser Use scores 77.9 (BB) on agent readiness against Hyperbrowser's 66.9 (B), and leads in 5 of 7 scored categories.

### Do Browser Use and Hyperbrowser need an API key?

Browser Use needs an API key. Hyperbrowser takes an API key or an OAuth sign-in. An agent can also pay Browser Use per call over x402, with no account. An agent can also pay Hyperbrowser per call over x402, with no account.

### Can an agent call Browser Use and Hyperbrowser without installing anything?

Yes. Browser Use has a hosted endpoint at https://api.browser-use.com/api/v4 and Hyperbrowser at https://api.hyperbrowser.ai.

### Are Browser Use and Hyperbrowser open source?

Browser Use is open source (MIT for the open-source library and the SDK. Browser Use Cloud is a proprietary service under Browser Use's terms of service). No open-source release is listed for Hyperbrowser.


## For agents

- This comparison as JSON: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/browser-use-vs-hyperbrowser.json, and with the fewest tokens: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/browser-use-vs-hyperbrowser.min.md
- Over MCP at https://www.anchorterminal.com/mcp (no key): `compare_tools {"a": "browser-use", "b": "hyperbrowser"}`. From a terminal: `anchor compare browser-use hyperbrowser`
- Each listing in full: https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/browser-use.json and https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/hyperbrowser.json

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