# Browserless vs Skyvern (slim)

> Browserless scores 70.4 (BB) on agent readiness against Skyvern's 63.1 (B), and leads in 4 of 7 scored categories. Skyvern leads on security & auth and transparency & trust. Both do browser automation. Category scores, facts, verdicts and agent notes side by side.

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Browserless scores 70.4 (BB) on agent readiness against Skyvern's 63.1 (B), and leads in 4 of 7 scored categories. Skyvern leads on security & auth and transparency & trust. Both do browser automation.

- Browserless: BB 70.4, rank #128 of 629 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/browserless.min.md
- Skyvern: B 63.1, rank #288 of 629 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/skyvern.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 57; Payments & pricing, 40 against 32. Also Agent-ready, a grade of BB or better; No incidents deducted, where Skyvern loses 3 points for them.
- Skyvern, good for Agents that must finish a multi-step job on sites with logins, 2FA and forms, where stored credentials, saved workflows and cached scripts matter more than raw browser time. Ahead on Security & auth, 59 against 53; Transparency & trust, 72 against 62. Also Open source.

| Category | Browserless | Skyvern |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Reliability (16%) | 82 | 57 |
| Performance (10%) | pending | pending |
| Schema & documentation (13%) | 89 | 88 |
| Agent ergonomics (13%) | 78 | 76 |
| Security & auth (14%) | 53 | 59 |
| Payments & pricing (10%) | 40 | 32 |
| Task success (10%) | pending | pending |
| Maintenance & community (7%) | 82 | 85 |
| Transparency & trust (7%) | 62 | 72 |

| Fact (where they differ) | Browserless | Skyvern |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Vendor | browserless.io, Inc. | Ikonomos Inc. (Skyvern) |
| Hosted endpoint | `https://production-sfo.browserless.io` | `https://api.skyvern.com/v1` |
| 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 | AGPL-3.0 for the open-source server, SDKs and MCP server. Skyvern Cloud is a proprietary service under Skyvern's terms, and its anti-bot measures aren't in the repository |
| Tools exposed | 14 | 114 |
| Read-only variant documented | yes | no |
| MCP registry | not listed | `io.github.Skyvern-AI/skyvern` |
| Last release | 2026-10-05 | 2026-10-01 |
| Terms last updated | no date given | 2026-02-27 |
| Privacy policy last updated | no date given | 2026-10-01 |
| Customer content may train models | not found in the text | yes, with an opt-out |
| Terms restrict automated access | yes | not found in the text |
| Terms or service can change without notice | yes | not found in the text |
| Arbitration or class-action waiver | not found in the text | yes |
| Popularity | 14k stars, 3.5k npm/wk | 23k stars, 3.2k npm/wk, 1.6k PyPI/wk |