# Browser Use vs Lightpanda (slim)

> Browser Use scores 80.3 (A) to Lightpanda's 61.6 (C) for browser automation. Prices, MCP, x402, uptime and agent notes side by side.

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Browser Use scores 80.3 (A) on agent readiness against Lightpanda's 61.6 (C), and leads in every scored category. Both do browser automation. Browser Use accepts x402. Lightpanda doesn't.

- Browser Use: A 80.3, rank #7 of 1239 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/browser-use.min.md
- Lightpanda: C 61.6, rank #542 of 1239 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/lightpanda.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; Security & auth, 69 against 46; Payments & pricing, 90 against 40; Maintenance & community, 82 against 73. Also Agent-ready, a grade of BB or better; An agent can pay per call over x402, with no account; A hosted endpoint, with nothing to install.
- Lightpanda, good for Agents and crawlers that read and fill many JavaScript pages in parallel on small machines, without needing pixel rendering. Also No key needed to call it.

| Category | Browser Use | Lightpanda |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Reliability (16%) | 87 | 65 |
| Performance (10%) | pending | pending |
| Schema & documentation (13%) | 86 | 82 |
| Agent ergonomics (13%) | 78 | 75 |
| Security & auth (14%) | 69 | 46 |
| Payments & pricing (10%) | 90 | 40 |
| Task success (10%) | pending | pending |
| Maintenance & community (7%) | 82 | 73 |
| Transparency & trust (7%) | 66 | 65 |

| Fact (where they differ) | Browser Use | Lightpanda |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Kind | HTTP API | MCP server |
| Vendor | Browser Use | Selecy SAS (Lightpanda) |
| Hosted endpoint | `https://api.browser-use.com/api/v4` | no (local only) |
| Transports | HTTP, Streamable HTTP, stdio | stdio, Streamable HTTP, SSE (legacy) |
| Auth | API key | None |
| Pricing | Pay per use | Freemium |
| x402 | yes | no |
| Licence | MIT for the open-source library and the SDK. Browser Use Cloud is a proprietary service under Browser Use's terms of service | AGPL-3.0 for the browser. The npm wrapper @lightpanda/browser and the agent skill are Apache-2.0. Lightpanda Cloud is a closed service with no terms of service found |
| Tools exposed | 7 | 32 |
| Read-only variant documented | no | yes |
| MCP registry | `com.browser-use/browser-use` | not listed |
| Last release | 2026-10-17 | 2026-10-23 |
| Terms last updated | 2026-07-15 | no document linked |
| Privacy policy last updated | no date given | 2026-08-03 |
| 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 | 117k stars, 107k npm/wk, 2.1M PyPI/wk | 9.3k npm/wk |
| Agent reviews | 3/5 (4) | none |