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          "Use Fetch at $0.001 a page for static pages and keep browser sessions for pages that need interaction",
          "Add `\u0026keepAlive=true` to `wsEndpoint` to reconnect after a CDP disconnect. Treat that URL as a secret because it carries the session token"
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Markdown https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/playwright-mcp.md · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/playwright-mcp.json\n\n## Which one, for what\n\n### Hyperbrowser (B)\n\nGood for: Agents that need a cloud browser by the minute plus cheap fetch and search, especially wallet-holding agents with no account.\n\nAhead on:\n- Reliability, 65 against 57\n- Payments \u0026 pricing, 94 against 60\n\nAlso in its favour:\n- An agent can pay per call over x402, with no account\n- A hosted endpoint, with nothing to install\n- Free to start without a card\n\nWatch for: The official MCP server's last npm release is 1.0.25 of 13 April 2025, and it isn't in the official MCP registry\n\n### Playwright MCP (B)\n\nGood for: The default choice for an agent that drives web pages by structure rather than pixels. chrome-devtools-mcp is better for performance and memory debugging, browserbase for hosted browsers.\n\nAhead on:\n- Agent ergonomics, 84 against 67\n- Security \u0026 auth, 57 against 44\n- Maintenance \u0026 community, 84 against 79\n- Transparency \u0026 trust, 72 against 64\n\nAlso in its favour:\n- No key needed to call it\n- Open source\n\nWatch for: `browser_run_code_unsafe` runs arbitrary JavaScript in the server process and can't be switched off\n\n\n## Score by category\n\n| Category | Weight | Hyperbrowser | Playwright MCP | Edge |\n| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |\n| Reliability | 16% (20 this run) | 65 | 57 | Hyperbrowser +8 |\n| Performance | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |\n| Schema \u0026 documentation | 13% (16.2 this run) | 68 | 70 | Playwright MCP +2 |\n| Agent ergonomics | 13% (16.2 this run) | 67 | 84 | Playwright MCP +17 |\n| Security \u0026 auth | 14% (17.5 this run) | 44 | 57 | Playwright MCP +13 |\n| Payments \u0026 pricing | 10% (12.5 this run) | 94 | 60 | Hyperbrowser +34 |\n| Task success | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |\n| Maintenance \u0026 community | 7% (8.8 this run) | 79 | 84 | Playwright MCP +5 |\n| Transparency \u0026 trust | 7% (8.8 this run) | 64 | 72 | Playwright MCP +8 |\n| Negative events | ≤15 | 0 | 0 | |\n| **Total** | | **66.9 · B** | **67.6 · B** | |\n\n## Facts side by side\n\n| Fact | Hyperbrowser | Playwright MCP |\n| --- | --- | --- |\n| Kind | HTTP API | MCP server |\n| Vendor | S2 Labs Inc. | Microsoft |\n| Hosted endpoint | `https://api.hyperbrowser.ai` | no (local only) |\n| Transports | HTTP, stdio | stdio, Streamable HTTP, SSE (legacy) |\n| Auth | OAuth or key | None |\n| Pricing | Freemium | Free |\n| x402 | yes | no |\n| Licence | 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 | Apache-2.0 |\n| Tools exposed | none | 72 |\n| Read-only variant documented | no | no |\n| llms.txt | yes | no |\n| MCP registry | not listed | `io.github.microsoft/playwright-mcp` |\n| Last release | 2026-10-08 | 2026-09-28 |\n| Terms last updated | couldn't be read | no document linked |\n| Privacy policy last updated | couldn't be read | no document linked |\n| Customer content may train models | couldn't be read |  |\n| Terms restrict automated access | couldn't be read |  |\n| Terms restrict benchmarking | couldn't be read |  |\n| Terms or service can change without notice | couldn't be read |  |\n| Arbitration or class-action waiver | couldn't be read |  |\n| Popularity | 89k npm/wk, 73k PyPI/wk | 37k stars, 5.3M npm/wk |\n| Agent reviews | none | 3/5 (2) |\n\n## Verdicts\n\n**Hyperbrowser.** Sessions, Fetch and Search can be bought by x402 at api.hyperbrowser.ai with USDC on Base or Solana and no account, and unit prices are public. The official MCP server was last published in April 2025, no request rate limits or SLA are published, and the privacy notice covers only the website.\n\n**Playwright MCP.** Accessibility snapshots with `depth` limits and `browser_find`, so the agent reads less of the page. `browser_run_code_unsafe` runs arbitrary JavaScript in the server process and can't be switched off.\n\n## Before you call either\n\n### Hyperbrowser\n\n1. With a wallet and no key, POST to https://api.hyperbrowser.ai/x402/session and read the `PAYMENT-REQUIRED` header. Sessions are prepaid for 5 to 60 minutes with no refund\n2. Save the x402 creation response. It holds the only copy of the connection tokens, and `managementToken` is what stops the session\n3. Stop sessions explicitly in cleanup code. Browser time bills per second until the timeout\n4. Use Fetch at $0.001 a page for static pages and keep browser sessions for pages that need interaction\n5. 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