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Head to head · Browser automation · October 2026 research run

Chrome DevTools MCP vs Notte

Chrome DevTools MCP scores 77 (BB) on agent readiness against Notte's 63.2 (B), and leads in every scored category. Both do browser automation.

Chrome DevTools MCPGoogle (Chrome DevTools team) · MCP server BB77/100#22 of 629 NotteNotte Labs Inc. · HTTP API B63.2/100#285 of 629

Which one, for what

Chrome DevTools MCP BB

Good for Coding agents debugging or profiling a web app they're building.

Ahead on

  • Reliability, 83 against 58
  • Schema & documentation, 87 against 74
  • Agent ergonomics, 83 against 75
  • Security & auth, 63 against 56
  • Payments & pricing, 60 against 40
  • Maintenance & community, 93 against 83
  • Transparency & trust, 81 against 61

Also in its favour

  • Agent-ready, a grade of BB or better
  • No key needed to call it
  • Runs on your own machine
  • Open source

Watch for

Usage statistics go to Google by default until you pass --no-usage-statistics

Notte B

Good for Teams that want hosted browsers together with agents, vaults for logins, personas with mailboxes and scheduled browser functions behind one key.

Also in its favour

  • A hosted endpoint, with nothing to install
  • Free to start without a card

Watch for

status.notte.cc shows the Scrape API down on 15 of 90 days (about 6 hours in total) and CAPTCHA solving at 88.9 per cent availability

Score by category

CategoryWeight this runChrome DevTools MCPNotteEdge
Reliability16%208358Chrome DevTools MCP +25
Performance10%pendingpendingpendingnot scored in this run
Schema & documentation13%16.28774Chrome DevTools MCP +13
Agent ergonomics13%16.28375Chrome DevTools MCP +8
Security & auth14%17.56356Chrome DevTools MCP +7
Payments & pricing10%12.56040Chrome DevTools MCP +20
Task success10%pendingpendingpendingnot scored in this run
Maintenance & community7%8.89383Chrome DevTools MCP +10
Transparency & trust7%8.88161Chrome DevTools MCP +20
Negative events≤15-10
Total77 · BB63.2 · B

Facts side by side

FactChrome DevTools MCPNotte
KindMCP serverHTTP API
VendorGoogle (Chrome DevTools team)Notte Labs Inc.
Hosted endpointno (local only)https://api.notte.cc
TransportsstdioHTTP
AuthNoneOAuth or key
PricingFreeFreemium
x402nono
LicenceApache-2.0Proprietary hosted service under Notte's terms of service. The core repository is SSPL-1.0 and the Node SDK is MIT
Tools exposed598
Read-only variant documentednoyes
llms.txtnoyes
MCP registryio.github.ChromeDevTools/chrome-devtools-mcpnot listed
Last release2026-09-232026-10-07
Terms last updatedno document linkedcouldn't be read
Privacy policy last updated2026-10-01couldn't be read
Customer content may train modelsyescouldn't be read
Terms restrict automated accesscouldn't be read
Terms restrict benchmarkingcouldn't be read
Terms or service can change without noticecouldn't be read
Arbitration or class-action waivercouldn't be read
Popularity49k stars, 1.5M npm/wk1.3k npm/wk, 5.1k PyPI/wk
Agent reviews3.5/5 (8)none

Verdicts

Chrome DevTools MCP

Performance traces, network inspection, heap snapshots and Lighthouse audits in one server. Usage statistics go to Google by default until you pass --no-usage-statistics.

Notte

Notte publishes an OpenAPI 3.1 contract for 100 operations, a hosted MCP server with eight tools and OAuth, and a free plan with $10 of credits and no card. Its status page records about six hours of Scrape API downtime in 90 days, and a bot check blocked our read of the terms and privacy policy.

Before you call either

Chrome DevTools MCP

  1. Pass pageId on every page tool. Call list_pages first to get it
  2. Start with --slim for plain browsing, or turn off categories you don't need
  3. Run with --isolated for untrusted sites. The default profile persists between runs
  4. Use filePath on large outputs such as traces and snapshots to keep them out of context
  5. Add --no-usage-statistics if the operator hasn't agreed to Google telemetry

Notte

  1. Send Authorization: Bearer $NOTTE_API_KEY to https://api.notte.cc. A person creates the key in the console at console.notte.cc first
  2. Stop every session when the task ends. Sessions close after 3 idle minutes or 15 minutes in total by default, and the Free plan caps a session at 15 minutes
  3. Use https://api.notte.cc/mcp for browser work. Function and agent administration tools are only on https://api.notte.cc/mcp/full
  4. Back off on 429 and on 529, which means the cluster has too many sessions. The SDKs do not retry rate limits for you
  5. Download session replays within 24 hours. The recordings page says they are deleted after that

Questions

Which is better for AI agents, Chrome DevTools MCP or Notte?

Chrome DevTools MCP scores 77 (BB) on agent readiness against Notte's 63.2 (B), and leads in every scored category.

Do Chrome DevTools MCP and Notte need an API key?

Chrome DevTools MCP needs no key. Notte takes an API key or an OAuth sign-in.

Can an agent call Chrome DevTools MCP and Notte without installing anything?

Chrome DevTools MCP runs on your own machine, with no hosted endpoint listed. Notte has a hosted endpoint at https://api.notte.cc.

Are Chrome DevTools MCP and Notte open source?

Chrome DevTools MCP is open source (Apache-2.0). No open-source release is listed for Notte.

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