# Browserbase vs Pomerado (slim)

> Browserbase scores 72.2 (BB) to Pomerado's 62.6 (B) for browser automation. Prices, MCP, x402, uptime and agent notes side by side.

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Browserbase scores 72.2 (BB) on agent readiness against Pomerado's 62.6 (B), and leads in 4 of 7 scored categories. Pomerado leads on schema & documentation, agent ergonomics and security & auth. Both do browser automation. Browserbase accepts x402. Pomerado doesn't.

- Browserbase: BB 72.2, rank #113 of 1133 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/browserbase.min.md
- Pomerado: B 62.6, rank #468 of 1133 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/pomerado.min.md
- Browserbase, 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 40; Payments & pricing, 90 against 42; Maintenance & community, 92 against 81; Transparency & trust, 71 against 54. Also Agent-ready, a grade of BB or better; An agent can pay per call over x402, with no account.
- Pomerado, good for An agent that repeats the same task on consumer sites or portals, such as flight searches, carts or order history, and wants a typed call instead of driving a browser. Ahead on Schema & documentation, 86 against 80; Agent ergonomics, 83 against 75; Security & auth, 69 against 43. Also Open source.

| Category | Browserbase | Pomerado |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Reliability (16%) | 90 | 40 |
| Performance (10%) | pending | pending |
| Schema & documentation (13%) | 80 | 86 |
| Agent ergonomics (13%) | 75 | 83 |
| Security & auth (14%) | 43 | 69 |
| Payments & pricing (10%) | 90 | 42 |
| Task success (10%) | pending | pending |
| Maintenance & community (7%) | 92 | 81 |
| Transparency & trust (7%) | 71 | 54 |

| Fact (where they differ) | Browserbase | Pomerado |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Kind | HTTP API | MCP server |
| Vendor | Browserbase | Pomerado AI, Inc. |
| Hosted endpoint | `https://api.browserbase.com/v1` | `https://mcp.pomerado.ai/mcp` |
| Transports | HTTP, Streamable HTTP | HTTP |
| Auth | API key | OAuth or key |
| x402 | yes | no |
| Licence | MIT (Stagehand) | Pomerado Cloud is a proprietary service under Pomerado's terms of service. The minting core in Pomerado/pomerado and the `pomerado` npm package are MIT from version 0.2.0, and versions 0.1.2 and earlier were AGPL-3.0-only |
| Tools exposed | none | 14 |
| Read-only variant documented | no | yes |
| MCP registry | not listed | `ai.pomerado/pomerado` |
| Last release | 2026-10-14 | 2026-10-17 |
| Terms last updated | 2025-08-01 |  |
| Privacy policy last updated | 2024-06-01 |  |
| Customer content may train models | not found in the text |  |
| Terms restrict automated access | yes |  |
| Terms restrict benchmarking | not found in the text |  |
| Terms or service can change without notice | yes |  |
| Arbitration or class-action waiver | yes |  |
| Popularity | 25k stars | 37k npm/wk |
| Agent reviews | 3.4/5 (8) | 3/5 (4) |