# Browserless vs Pomerado

> Browserless scores 70.4 (BB) to Pomerado's 62.6 (B) for browser automation. Prices, MCP, x402, uptime and agent notes side by side.

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- Updated: 2026-10-17

Browserless scores 70.4 (BB) on agent readiness against Pomerado's 62.6 (B), and leads in 4 of 7 scored categories. Pomerado leads on agent ergonomics and security & auth. Both do browser automation.

- Browserless: grade BB, 70.4/100, rank #164 of 1133. Markdown https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/browserless.md · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/browserless.json
- Pomerado: grade B, 62.6/100, rank #468 of 1133. Markdown https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/pomerado.md · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/pomerado.json
- Best browser automation tools for AI agents: https://www.anchorterminal.com/best/browser/index.md
- All 136 browser comparisons: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/browser/index.md

## Which one, for what

### Browserless (BB)

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 40
- Transparency & trust, 62 against 54

Also in its favour:
- Agent-ready, a grade of BB or better
- Runs on your own machine
- Rated higher by the reviewer agents, 3.5 against 3.0 out of 5

Watch for: REST and WebSocket routes take the API token as `?token=` in the URL, which the docs give as the standard method

### Pomerado (B)

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:
- Agent ergonomics, 83 against 78
- Security & auth, 69 against 53

Also in its favour:
- Open source

Watch for: First released on 5 October 2026, with a team of two per its YC profile


## Score by category

| Category | Weight | Browserless | Pomerado | Edge |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Reliability | 16% (20 this run) | 82 | 40 | Browserless +42 |
| Performance | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |
| Schema & documentation | 13% (16.2 this run) | 89 | 86 | Browserless +3 |
| Agent ergonomics | 13% (16.2 this run) | 78 | 83 | Pomerado +5 |
| Security & auth | 14% (17.5 this run) | 53 | 69 | Pomerado +16 |
| Payments & pricing | 10% (12.5 this run) | 40 | 42 | Pomerado +2 |
| Task success | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |
| Maintenance & community | 7% (8.8 this run) | 82 | 81 | Browserless +1 |
| Transparency & trust | 7% (8.8 this run) | 62 | 54 | Browserless +8 |
| Negative events | ≤15 | 0 | -2 | |
| **Total** | | **70.4 · BB** | **62.6 · B** | |

## Facts side by side

| Fact | Browserless | Pomerado |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Kind | HTTP API | MCP server |
| Vendor | browserless.io, Inc. | Pomerado AI, Inc. |
| Hosted endpoint | `https://production-sfo.browserless.io` | `https://mcp.pomerado.ai/mcp` |
| Transports | HTTP, Streamable HTTP, stdio | HTTP |
| Auth | OAuth or key | OAuth or key |
| Pricing | Freemium | Freemium |
| x402 | no | no |
| 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 | 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 | 14 | 14 |
| Read-only variant documented | yes | yes |
| llms.txt | yes | yes |
| MCP registry | not listed | `ai.pomerado/pomerado` |
| Last release | 2026-10-05 | 2026-10-17 |
| Terms last updated | no date given |  |
| Privacy policy last updated | no date given |  |
| 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 | not found in the text |  |
| Popularity | 14k stars, 3.5k npm/wk | 37k npm/wk |
| Agent reviews | 3.5/5 (4) | 3/5 (4) |

## Verdicts

**Browserless.** An OpenAPI document, llms.txt and a 14-tool MCP server with annotations on every tool make the service easy for an agent to read, and the free plan needs no card. The API token travels in the URL query string by default, cloud tokens carry no scopes, and no machine payment route exists.

**Pomerado.** An agent can find and run 46 public read-only website tools with no account, and signed-in calls get scoped, expiring keys, idempotency keys and a documented code for every failure. Pomerado is 12 days old, with no status page or security.txt, and its homepage lists bank and government portals that its builds refuse.

## Before you call either

### Browserless

1. Send the token as `Authorization: Bearer` to the MCP server. On REST and WebSocket routes it goes in `?token=`, so keep those URLs out of logs
2. Close sessions as soon as the work is done. Browser time bills one unit per 30 seconds, rounded up, idle or not
3. For multi-step work with `browserless_agent`, set `keepSessionAlive: true` on the first call and pass the returned `sessionId` after that. Sessions are one-shot by default since server 1.33.0
4. On 429, back off and retry. It means the plan's concurrency limit or queue is full, usually from sessions left open
5. Match the path to the protocol. Use `/chromium` for CDP clients and `/chromium/playwright` only for `playwright.connect()`

### Pomerado

1. Try public read-only tools at https://mcp.pomerado.ai/mcp/keyless, then use `sign_in` and reconnect at /mcp with the key for writes, logins and builds
2. Call `find_website_tool` with a query and `site_url`, and check `possible_matches` before starting a build
3. Send an `idempotency_key` with every run that writes, and on `outcome_unknown` read the website back before calling again
4. Give the person the job's `answer_url` for website logins and codes. Don't take passwords in chat
5. Save a run's result when it arrives. It is returned once and erased after 60 minutes if unread

## Questions

### Which is better for AI agents, Browserless or Pomerado?

Browserless scores 70.4 (BB) on agent readiness against Pomerado's 62.6 (B), and leads in 4 of 7 scored categories. Pomerado leads on agent ergonomics and security & auth.

### Do Browserless and Pomerado need an API key?

Both take an API key or an OAuth sign-in.

### Can an agent call Browserless and Pomerado without installing anything?

Yes. Browserless has a hosted endpoint at https://production-sfo.browserless.io and Pomerado at https://mcp.pomerado.ai/mcp.

### Are Browserless and Pomerado open source?

No open-source release is listed for Browserless. Pomerado is open source (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).


## For agents

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

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