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      "slug": "browser-use",
      "name": "Browser Use",
      "vendor": "Browser Use",
      "vendorUrl": "https://browser-use.com",
      "kind": "http-api",
      "category": "browser",
      "summary": "Browser Use runs AI agents that operate a web browser. It has an MIT Python library and CLI, and a hosted cloud with an agent API, managed browsers over CDP and an MCP server.",
      "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/browser-use",
      "markdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/browser-use.md",
      "slimMarkdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/browser-use.min.md",
      "jsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/browser-use.json",
      "repo": "https://github.com/browser-use/browser-use",
      "license": "MIT for the open-source library and the SDK. Browser Use Cloud is a proprietary service under Browser Use's terms of service",
      "transports": [
        "http",
        "streamable-http",
        "stdio"
      ],
      "remoteUrl": "https://api.browser-use.com/api/v4",
      "packages": [
        {
          "registry": "pypi",
          "name": "browser-use-sdk"
        },
        {
          "registry": "npm",
          "name": "browser-use-sdk"
        },
        {
          "registry": "pypi",
          "name": "browser-use"
        }
      ],
      "auth": "api-key",
      "authNotes": "Self-serve API key from cloud.browser-use.com, sent as the `X-Browser-Use-API-Key` header with no Bearer prefix. Keys start with `bu_`, belong to one project and share its credits and concurrency. A key can carry a monthly spending cap, which is a soft limit. No scopes were found in the docs. EU keys are separate and work only on api.eu.browser-use.com. The x402 host authenticates by wallet signature with no key.",
      "pricing": "usage",
      "pricingNotes": "Pay as you go from prepaid credits, minimum top-up $5, no subscription and no expiry. Browsers $0.02 an hour, rounded up to whole minutes, plus traffic at $5 a GB through the managed residential proxy (on by default) or $0.20 a GB direct or through your own proxy. Hosted agents cost model tokens plus a 20 per cent fee, plus browser time and traffic. $1 of free credit once for eligible Google, GitHub or Microsoft signups, no card. An agent with a wallet can start without an account by x402 (https://browser-use.com/pricing, https://docs.browser-use.com/cloud/guides/x402.md).",
      "priceSummary": "$0.02 / browser-hr",
      "where": "both",
      "x402": {
        "level": "yes",
        "evidence": "x402 on https://x402.api.browser-use.com, which the docs say exposes every /api/v2 and /api/v3 route with an x402 challenge in place of API key auth. USDC on Base mainnet, signed with EIP-3009, no account or API key. Payments are credit top-ups to a project tied to the wallet, not per-call fees. /api/v4 isn't named as covered (https://docs.browser-use.com/cloud/guides/x402.md, checked 2026-10-08).",
        "endpoints": [
          {
            "url": "https://x402.api.browser-use.com/api/v3/sessions",
            "priceUsd": null,
            "network": "eip155:8453"
          }
        ]
      },
      "toolCount": 7,
      "popularity": {
        "githubStars": 117448,
        "npmWeekly": 106854,
        "pypiWeekly": 2090278,
        "asOf": "2026-10-08"
      },
      "docsUrl": "https://docs.browser-use.com",
      "llmsTxt": "https://docs.browser-use.com/llms.txt",
      "openapi": "https://docs.browser-use.com/cloud/openapi/v4.json",
      "registryName": "com.browser-use/browser-use",
      "capabilities": [
        "browser.control",
        "browser.hosted",
        "web.extract"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "official",
        "hosted",
        "open-source",
        "usage",
        "no-card",
        "x402",
        "openapi",
        "llms-txt",
        "mcp",
        "python",
        "typescript",
        "status-page",
        "soc2"
      ],
      "lastRelease": "2026-10-07",
      "graded": true,
      "anchor": {
        "graded": true,
        "score": 77.9,
        "grade": "BB",
        "agentReady": true,
        "rank": 16,
        "ranked": true,
        "rankOf": 629,
        "categoryRank": 1,
        "methodology": "0.4",
        "run": "2026-10-01",
        "scores": {
          "ergonomics": 78,
          "maintenance": 77,
          "payments": 90,
          "reliability": 87,
          "schema": 85,
          "security": 59,
          "transparency": 65
        },
        "pending": [
          "performance",
          "tasks"
        ],
        "assessment": {
          "confidence": "medium",
          "date": "2026-10-08"
        },
        "negative": 0,
        "verdict": "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.",
        "bestFor": "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.",
        "strengths": [
          "x402 host at x402.api.browser-use.com takes USDC on Base with no account or API key, and wallet top-ups start at $0.01",
          "Public prices without login, $0.02 a browser-hour, proxy traffic $5 a GB, model tokens plus a 20 per cent fee",
          "OpenAPI 3.1.0 documents for API v2, v3 and v4, llms.txt and Markdown copies of every docs page",
          "Rate limits published with numbers, and 429 bodies carry `limit_rps` and `retry_after_seconds` beside Retry-After",
          "Secret bindings limit each credential to at most 20 named hostnames, and a run takes a `maxCostUsd` cap"
        ],
        "weaknesses": [
          "The privacy policy says inputs are used to train Browser Use's AI models, with no opt-out described outside Enterprise zero data retention",
          "No scopes or permissions documented for API keys, and the per-key monthly spending cap is a soft limit",
          "No prompt-injection guidance found in the cloud docs, though agents read untrusted pages",
          "No idempotency key on `POST /runs`, and a client timeout leaves the billable run active",
          "The terms allow the service to be changed or discontinued with or without notice, and no deprecation policy was found"
        ],
        "agentNotes": [
          "Send the key as `X-Browser-Use-API-Key` with no Bearer prefix. A Bearer header returns 401",
          "Stop browsers with `PATCH /api/v4/browsers/{id}` and `{\"action\":\"stop\"}`. Closing CDP or the SDK client leaves the browser billing",
          "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",
          "Before resubmitting after a timeout, read the existing run's status. The server keeps running and may already have submitted a form",
          "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"
        ],
        "metrics": {
          "kind": "remote",
          "measured": false
        },
        "reviewCount": 0,
        "avgRating": 0,
        "history": [
          {
            "basis": "public evidence",
            "confidence": "medium",
            "grade": "BB",
            "methodology": "0.4",
            "pending": [
              "performance",
              "tasks"
            ],
            "run": "2026-10-01",
            "runLabel": "October 2026 research run",
            "score": 77.9
          }
        ],
        "editorialScores": {
          "ergonomics": 78,
          "maintenance": 77,
          "payments": 90,
          "reliability": 87,
          "schema": 85,
          "security": 59,
          "transparency": 51
        },
        "provenanceScore": 78
      },
      "connect": {
        "install": "pip install --upgrade browser-use-sdk",
        "http": "curl https://api.browser-use.com/api/v4/runs -H \"X-Browser-Use-API-Key: $BROWSER_USE_API_KEY\" -H \"Content-Type: application/json\" -d '{\"task\":\"Find the top Hacker News story\"}'",
        "claudeCode": "claude mcp add -t http -H \"x-browser-use-api-key: YOUR_API_KEY\" browser-use https://api.browser-use.com/v3/mcp",
        "config": {
          "mcpServers": {
            "browser-use": {
              "headers": {
                "x-browser-use-api-key": "YOUR_API_KEY"
              },
              "url": "https://api.browser-use.com/v3/mcp"
            }
          }
        },
        "x402": "pip install \"browser-use-sdk[x402]\"\n# set BROWSER_USE_X402_PRIVATE_KEY, then use AsyncBrowserUse from browser_use_sdk.v3, or POST https://x402.api.browser-use.com/api/v3/sessions with an x402 client (USDC on eip155:8453)"
      },
      "letme": {
        "capability": "https://letme.dev/browser.control",
        "tool": "https://letme.dev/browser-use"
      },
      "area": "developer",
      "unitPrices": [
        {
          "item": "Cloud browser",
          "unit": "browser-hour",
          "usd": 0.02,
          "note": "rounded up to whole minutes, one-minute minimum"
        },
        {
          "item": "Residential proxy traffic",
          "unit": "gb",
          "usd": 5,
          "note": "managed proxy, on by default"
        },
        {
          "item": "Direct or own-proxy traffic",
          "unit": "gb",
          "usd": 0.2
        },
        {
          "item": "Agent service fee on model tokens",
          "unit": "pct",
          "usd": 20,
          "note": "added to model cost, plus browser time and traffic"
        },
        {
          "item": "GPT-5.6 Luna input, fee included",
          "unit": "1m-tokens",
          "usd": 0.24,
          "note": "output $1.44, cached input $0.024"
        },
        {
          "item": "Claude Sonnet 5 input, fee included",
          "unit": "1m-tokens",
          "usd": 2.4,
          "note": "output $12.00, cached input $0.24"
        },
        {
          "item": "Claude Opus 5 input, fee included",
          "unit": "1m-tokens",
          "usd": 6,
          "note": "output $30.00, cached input $0.60"
        },
        {
          "item": "BU 2.0 model API input",
          "unit": "1m-tokens",
          "usd": 0.6,
          "note": "output $3.50, cached input $0.06"
        }
      ],
      "provenance": {
        "legalEntity": "Browser Use, Inc.",
        "domain": "browser-use.com",
        "domainRegistered": "2024-11-11",
        "endpointOnVendorDomain": true,
        "terms": "https://browser-use.com/legal/terms-of-service",
        "privacy": "https://browser-use.com/privacy",
        "statusPage": "https://status.browser-use.com",
        "changelog": "https://browser-use.com/changelog",
        "securityTxt": "valid",
        "checked": "2026-10-08",
        "notes": [
          "The privacy policy names Browser Use, Inc. as the responsible entity. The terms of service, last revised 15 July 2026, name Browser Use Inc. and say it is headquartered in the United States.",
          "browser-use.com/.well-known/security.txt gives security@browser-use.com and the SOC 2 page as contact and policy, with a Canonical line and no Expires field, which RFC 9116 requires.",
          "RDAP for browser-use.com gives a registration date of 2024-11-11.",
          "The API, the x402 host, the EU API and the MCP server all answer on browser-use.com subdomains.",
          "The DPA of 30 July 2026 links the sub-processor list in a Vanta trust centre, which we didn't read."
        ],
        "score": 78
      },
      "pageJsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/browser-use.json",
      "live": {
        "slug": "browser-use",
        "probe": {
          "target": "https://api.browser-use.com/api/v4",
          "method": "get",
          "lastAt": "2026-10-08T18:20:26.79739015Z",
          "lastOk": true,
          "lastStatus": 404,
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          "uptime30d": 100,
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          "samples30d": 33,
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              "ok": 33
            }
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        "vendorStatus": {
          "page": "https://status.browser-use.com",
          "indicator": "unknown",
          "summary": "no machine-readable status found",
          "checkedAt": "2026-10-08T17:50:26.510267517Z"
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          "url": "https://browser-use.com/.well-known/security.txt",
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            "url": "https://browser-use.com/changelog",
            "kind": "changelog",
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            "checkedAt": "2026-10-08T18:15:52.4056577Z",
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            "url": "https://browser-use.com/pricing",
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            "url": "https://browser-use.com/privacy",
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            "status": 200,
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            "changedAt": "0001-01-01T00:00:00Z",
            "fingerprint": "eae34689aea2"
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          {
            "url": "https://browser-use.com/legal/terms-of-service",
            "kind": "terms",
            "status": 200,
            "checkedAt": "2026-10-08T18:15:54.631348148Z",
            "changedAt": "0001-01-01T00:00:00Z",
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        "updatedAt": "2026-10-08T18:20:26.79739015Z"
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    },
    "answer": "Browser Use scores 77.9 (BB) on agent readiness against Playwright MCP's 67.6 (B), and leads in 4 of 7 scored categories. Playwright MCP leads on agent ergonomics, maintenance \u0026 community and transparency \u0026 trust.",
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      "slug": "playwright-mcp",
      "name": "Playwright MCP",
      "vendor": "Microsoft",
      "vendorUrl": "https://playwright.dev",
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      "category": "browser",
      "summary": "Browser automation MCP server built on Playwright that drives pages via structured accessibility snapshots rather than screenshots.",
      "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/playwright-mcp",
      "markdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/playwright-mcp.md",
      "slimMarkdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/playwright-mcp.min.md",
      "jsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/playwright-mcp.json",
      "repo": "https://github.com/microsoft/playwright-mcp",
      "license": "Apache-2.0",
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        "stdio",
        "streamable-http",
        "sse"
      ],
      "packages": [
        {
          "registry": "npm",
          "name": "@playwright/mcp"
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      "auth": "none",
      "authNotes": "No authentication; local process. Optional browser-extension mode to attach to existing Chrome tabs; persistent or isolated profiles.",
      "pricing": "free",
      "pricingNotes": "Open source; no hosted service.",
      "priceSummary": "Free · OSS",
      "where": "local",
      "x402": {
        "level": "no",
        "evidence": "No payments. Local open-source server.",
        "endpoints": []
      },
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      "popularity": {
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        "pypiWeekly": null,
        "asOf": "2026-09-26"
      },
      "docsUrl": "https://github.com/microsoft/playwright-mcp#readme",
      "registryName": "io.github.microsoft/playwright-mcp",
      "capabilities": [
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        "official",
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        "open-source",
        "browser",
        "no-auth"
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      "lastRelease": "2026-09-28",
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        "methodology": "0.4",
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          "maintenance": 84,
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          "reliability": 57,
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          "security": 57,
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        "pending": [
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        ],
        "assessment": {
          "confidence": "medium",
          "date": "2026-10-01"
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        "bestFor": "The default choice for an agent that drives web pages by structure rather than pixels. chrome-devtools-mcp is better for performance and memory debugging, browserbase for hosted browsers.",
        "strengths": [
          "Accessibility snapshots with `depth` limits and `browser_find`, so the agent reads less of the page",
          "25 tools by default, with network, storage, devtools, vision, PDF and testing behind `--caps`",
          "`readOnlyHint`, `destructiveHint` and `openWorldHint` on every tool",
          "File access confined to workspace roots by default, and `--secrets` masks values in responses",
          "Six releases since 3 July 2026, published to the MCP registry from CI"
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          "No authentication on the HTTP transport, and `--isolated` is off by default",
          "Still 0.0.x after 83 releases, with alpha Playwright builds as dependencies",
          "One-line tool descriptions and no error list",
          "Issues moved to the main Playwright tracker, where MCP reports mix with everything else"
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          "Pass `depth` or a `target` to `browser_snapshot` on large pages",
          "Run with `--isolated` for untrusted sites. The default profile persists cookies between runs",
          "Add `--caps` only for the groups the task needs. Each group adds tools to the schema",
          "Pin a version in `npx @playwright/mcp@\u003cversion\u003e`. 0.0.x releases can rename tools"
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        "metrics": {
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          "measured": false
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            "grade": "B",
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          "payments": 60,
          "reliability": 57,
          "schema": 70,
          "security": 57,
          "transparency": 75
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        "microsoft-entra-agent-id",
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        "azure-mcp",
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        "microsoft-graph-calendar",
        "dynamics-365-sales",
        "microsoft-advertising-api",
        "microsoft-excel-graph",
        "outlook-mail-graph"
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        "domainNote": "playwright.dev is Microsoft's documentation domain for Playwright. The licence names Microsoft Corporation.",
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        "terms": "",
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        "statusPage": "",
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        "checked": "2026-09-26",
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      },
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      "live": {
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          "url": "https://playwright.dev/.well-known/security.txt",
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          "checkedAt": "2026-10-08T15:38:56.716588343Z"
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          "domain": "playwright.dev",
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    },
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        "a": "HTTP API",
        "b": "MCP server",
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      {
        "a": "Browser Use",
        "b": "Microsoft",
        "name": "Vendor"
      },
      {
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      {
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        "b": "stdio, Streamable HTTP, SSE (legacy)",
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        "a": "API key",
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        "a": "Pay per use",
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        "a": "yes",
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Browser Use Cloud is a proprietary service under Browser Use's terms of service | Apache-2.0 |\n| Tools exposed | 7 | 72 |\n| Read-only variant documented | no | no |\n| llms.txt | yes | no |\n| MCP registry | `com.browser-use/browser-use` | `io.github.microsoft/playwright-mcp` |\n| Last release | 2026-10-07 | 2026-09-28 |\n| Terms last updated | 2026-07-15 | no document linked |\n| Privacy policy last updated | no date given | no document linked |\n| Customer content may train models | yes |  |\n| Terms restrict automated access | yes |  |\n| Terms restrict benchmarking | yes |  |\n| Terms or service can change without notice | yes |  |\n| Arbitration or class-action waiver | yes |  |\n| Popularity | 117k stars, 107k npm/wk, 2.1M PyPI/wk | 37k stars, 5.3M npm/wk |\n| Agent reviews | none | 3/5 (2) |\n\n## Verdicts\n\n**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.\n\n**Playwright MCP.** Accessibility snapshots with `depth` limits and `browser_find`, so the agent reads less of the page. `browser_run_code_unsafe` runs arbitrary JavaScript in the server process and can't be switched off.\n\n## Before you call either\n\n### Browser Use\n\n1. Send the key as `X-Browser-Use-API-Key` with no Bearer prefix. A Bearer header returns 401\n2. Stop browsers with `PATCH /api/v4/browsers/{id}` and `{\"action\":\"stop\"}`. Closing CDP or the SDK client leaves the browser billing\n3. 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\n4. Before resubmitting after a timeout, read the existing run's status. The server keeps running and may already have submitted a form\n5. 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\n\n### Playwright MCP\n\n1. Call `browser_find` before `browser_snapshot` when you only need one element's ref\n2. Pass `depth` or a `target` to `browser_snapshot` on large pages\n3. Run with `--isolated` for untrusted sites. The default profile persists cookies between runs\n4. Add `--caps` only for the groups the task needs. Each group adds tools to the schema\n5. Pin a version in `npx @playwright/mcp@\u003cversion\u003e`. 0.0.x releases can rename tools\n\n## Questions\n\n### Which is better for AI agents, Browser Use or Playwright MCP?\n\nBrowser Use scores 77.9 (BB) on agent readiness against Playwright MCP's 67.6 (B), and leads in 4 of 7 scored categories. Playwright MCP leads on agent ergonomics, maintenance \u0026 community and transparency \u0026 trust.\n\n### Do Browser Use and Playwright MCP need an API key?\n\nBrowser Use needs an API key. Playwright MCP needs no key. An agent can also pay Browser Use per call over x402, with no account.\n\n### Can an agent call Browser Use and Playwright MCP without installing anything?\n\nBrowser Use has a hosted endpoint at https://api.browser-use.com/api/v4. Playwright MCP runs on your own machine, with no hosted endpoint listed.\n\n### Are Browser Use and Playwright MCP open source?\n\nYes. 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). Playwright MCP is open source (Apache-2.0).\n\n\n## For agents\n\n- This comparison as JSON: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/browser-use-vs-playwright-mcp.json, and with the fewest tokens: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/browser-use-vs-playwright-mcp.min.md\n- Over MCP at https://www.anchorterminal.com/mcp (no key): `compare_tools {\"a\": \"browser-use\", \"b\": \"playwright-mcp\"}`. 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