# Browserless vs Pomerado (slim)

> 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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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: BB 70.4, rank #164 of 1133 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/browserless.min.md
- Pomerado: B 62.6, rank #468 of 1133 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/pomerado.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 40; Transparency & trust, 62 against 54. Also 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.
- 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 Agent ergonomics, 83 against 78; Security & auth, 69 against 53. Also Open source.

| Category | Browserless | Pomerado |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Reliability (16%) | 82 | 40 |
| Performance (10%) | pending | pending |
| Schema & documentation (13%) | 89 | 86 |
| Agent ergonomics (13%) | 78 | 83 |
| Security & auth (14%) | 53 | 69 |
| Payments & pricing (10%) | 40 | 42 |
| Task success (10%) | pending | pending |
| Maintenance & community (7%) | 82 | 81 |
| Transparency & trust (7%) | 62 | 54 |

| Fact (where they differ) | 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 |
| 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 |
| 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) |