# Browserless vs Hyperbrowser (slim)

> Browserless scores 70.4 (BB) on agent readiness against Hyperbrowser's 66.9 (B), and leads in 5 of 7 scored categories. Hyperbrowser leads on payments & pricing. Both do browser automation. Hyperbrowser accepts x402. Browserless doesn't. Category scores, facts, verdicts and…

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Browserless scores 70.4 (BB) on agent readiness against Hyperbrowser's 66.9 (B), and leads in 5 of 7 scored categories. Hyperbrowser leads on payments & pricing. Both do browser automation. Hyperbrowser accepts x402. Browserless doesn't.

- Browserless: BB 70.4, rank #135 of 722 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/browserless.min.md
- Hyperbrowser: B 66.9, rank #223 of 722 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/hyperbrowser.min.md
- Browserless, good for Agents that need a real browser in the cloud with stealth, proxies and CAPTCHA solving, and teams that want the option of running the same server themselves. Ahead on Reliability, 82 against 65; Schema & documentation, 89 against 68; Agent ergonomics, 78 against 67; Security & auth, 53 against 44. Also Agent-ready, a grade of BB or better.
- Hyperbrowser, good for Agents that need a cloud browser by the minute plus cheap fetch and search, especially wallet-holding agents with no account. Ahead on Payments & pricing, 94 against 40. Also An agent can pay per call over x402, with no account.

| Category | Browserless | Hyperbrowser |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Reliability (16%) | 82 | 65 |
| Performance (10%) | pending | pending |
| Schema & documentation (13%) | 89 | 68 |
| Agent ergonomics (13%) | 78 | 67 |
| Security & auth (14%) | 53 | 44 |
| Payments & pricing (10%) | 40 | 94 |
| Task success (10%) | pending | pending |
| Maintenance & community (7%) | 82 | 79 |
| Transparency & trust (7%) | 62 | 64 |

| Fact (where they differ) | Browserless | Hyperbrowser |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Vendor | browserless.io, Inc. | S2 Labs Inc. |
| Hosted endpoint | `https://production-sfo.browserless.io` | `https://api.hyperbrowser.ai` |
| Transports | HTTP, Streamable HTTP, stdio | HTTP, stdio |
| x402 | no | yes |
| Licence | SSPL 1.0 or a commercial licence for the core server and the MCP server. The BAP TypeScript SDK is MIT. BrowserQL, stealth and other cloud additions are proprietary | 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 | 14 | none |
| Read-only variant documented | yes | no |
| Last release | 2026-10-05 | 2026-10-08 |
| Terms last updated | no date given | couldn't be read |
| Privacy policy last updated | no date given | 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 | not found in the text | couldn't be read |
| Popularity | 14k stars, 3.5k npm/wk | 89k npm/wk, 73k PyPI/wk |