# Browser Use vs Hyperbrowser (slim)

> 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: BB 77.9, rank #16 of 629 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/browser-use.min.md
- Hyperbrowser: B 66.9, rank #205 of 629 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/hyperbrowser.min.md
- 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 65; Schema & documentation, 85 against 68; Agent ergonomics, 78 against 67; Security & auth, 59 against 44. Also Agent-ready, a grade of BB or better; Open source.
- Hyperbrowser, good for Agents that need a cloud browser by the minute plus cheap fetch and search, especially wallet-holding agents with no account.

| Category | Browser Use | Hyperbrowser |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Reliability (16%) | 87 | 65 |
| Performance (10%) | pending | pending |
| Schema & documentation (13%) | 85 | 68 |
| Agent ergonomics (13%) | 78 | 67 |
| Security & auth (14%) | 59 | 44 |
| Payments & pricing (10%) | 90 | 94 |
| Task success (10%) | pending | pending |
| Maintenance & community (7%) | 77 | 79 |
| Transparency & trust (7%) | 65 | 64 |

| Fact (where they differ) | Browser Use | Hyperbrowser |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |