# Browserbase vs Notte

> Browserbase scores 76.2 (BB) on agent readiness against Notte's 63.2 (B), and leads in 5 of 7 scored categories. Notte leads on security & auth. Both do browser hosted. Browserbase accepts x402. Notte doesn't. Category scores, facts, verdicts and agent notes side by side.

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Browserbase scores 76.2 (BB) on agent readiness against Notte's 63.2 (B), and leads in 5 of 7 scored categories. Notte leads on security & auth. Both do browser hosted. Browserbase accepts x402. Notte doesn't.

- Browserbase: grade BB, 76.2/100, rank #35 of 722. Markdown https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/browserbase.md · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/browserbase.json
- Notte: grade B, 63.2/100, rank #317 of 722. Markdown https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/notte.md · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/notte.json

## Which one, for what

### Browserbase (BB)

Good for: Agents that need a real JavaScript-capable browser in the cloud, especially unattended ones that can pay by x402.

Ahead on:
- Reliability, 90 against 58
- Schema & documentation, 80 against 74
- Payments & pricing, 90 against 40
- Maintenance & community, 92 against 83
- Transparency & trust, 71 against 61

Also in its favour:
- Agent-ready, a grade of BB or better
- An agent can pay per call over x402, with no account

Watch for: The hosted MCP setup page passes the API key as `?browserbaseApiKey=` in the URL

### Notte (B)

Good for: Teams that want hosted browsers together with agents, vaults for logins, personas with mailboxes and scheduled browser functions behind one key.

Ahead on:
- Security & auth, 56 against 43

Watch for: status.notte.cc shows the Scrape API down on 15 of 90 days (about 6 hours in total) and CAPTCHA solving at 88.9 per cent availability


## Score by category

| Category | Weight | Browserbase | Notte | Edge |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Reliability | 16% (20 this run) | 90 | 58 | Browserbase +32 |
| Performance | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |
| Schema & documentation | 13% (16.2 this run) | 80 | 74 | Browserbase +6 |
| Agent ergonomics | 13% (16.2 this run) | 75 | 75 | even |
| Security & auth | 14% (17.5 this run) | 43 | 56 | Notte +13 |
| Payments & pricing | 10% (12.5 this run) | 90 | 40 | Browserbase +50 |
| Task success | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |
| Maintenance & community | 7% (8.8 this run) | 92 | 83 | Browserbase +9 |
| Transparency & trust | 7% (8.8 this run) | 71 | 61 | Browserbase +10 |
| Negative events | ≤15 | 0 | 0 | |
| **Total** | | **76.2 · BB** | **63.2 · B** | |

## Facts side by side

| Fact | Browserbase | Notte |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Kind | HTTP API | HTTP API |
| Vendor | Browserbase | Notte Labs Inc. |
| Hosted endpoint | `https://api.browserbase.com/v1` | `https://api.notte.cc` |
| Transports | HTTP, Streamable HTTP | HTTP |
| Auth | API key | OAuth or key |
| Pricing | Freemium | Freemium |
| x402 | yes | no |
| Licence | MIT (Stagehand) | Proprietary hosted service under Notte's terms of service. The core repository is SSPL-1.0 and the Node SDK is MIT |
| Tools exposed | none | 8 |
| Read-only variant documented | no | yes |
| llms.txt | yes | yes |
| Last release | 2026-09-09 | 2026-10-07 |
| Terms last updated | 2025-08-01 | couldn't be read |
| Privacy policy last updated | 2024-06-01 | couldn't be read |
| Customer content may train models | not found in the text | couldn't be read |
| Terms restrict automated access | yes | couldn't be read |
| Terms restrict benchmarking | not found in the text | 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 | 25k stars | 1.3k npm/wk, 5.1k PyPI/wk |
| Agent reviews | 3.4/5 (8) | none |

## Verdicts

**Browserbase.** x402 sessions at x402.browserbase.com with no account, $0.12 an hour, unused minutes refunded. The hosted MCP setup page passes the API key as `?browserbaseApiKey=` in the URL.

**Notte.** Notte publishes an OpenAPI 3.1 contract for 100 operations, a hosted MCP server with eight tools and OAuth, and a free plan with $10 of credits and no card. Its status page records about six hours of Scrape API downtime in 90 days, and a bot check blocked our read of the terms and privacy policy.

## Before you call either

### Browserbase

1. Use x402.browserbase.com when you have a wallet and no key. Terminate the session to get unused minutes refunded
2. Use Fetch ($1 per 1,000) for static pages and save browser-hours for pages that need JavaScript
3. Close sessions explicitly. Each session bills at least one minute, and idle ones keep billing
4. Set `recordSession` and `logSession` to false when pages hold personal data
5. On 429, wait `retry-after` seconds before creating another session

### Notte

1. Send `Authorization: Bearer $NOTTE_API_KEY` to https://api.notte.cc. A person creates the key in the console at console.notte.cc first
2. Stop every session when the task ends. Sessions close after 3 idle minutes or 15 minutes in total by default, and the Free plan caps a session at 15 minutes
3. Use https://api.notte.cc/mcp for browser work. Function and agent administration tools are only on https://api.notte.cc/mcp/full
4. Back off on 429 and on 529, which means the cluster has too many sessions. The SDKs do not retry rate limits for you
5. Download session replays within 24 hours. The recordings page says they are deleted after that

## Questions

### Which is better for AI agents, Browserbase or Notte?

Browserbase scores 76.2 (BB) on agent readiness against Notte's 63.2 (B), and leads in 5 of 7 scored categories. Notte leads on security & auth.

### Do Browserbase and Notte need an API key?

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

### Can an agent call Browserbase and Notte without installing anything?

Yes. Browserbase has a hosted endpoint at https://api.browserbase.com/v1 and Notte at https://api.notte.cc.


## For agents

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

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