# Hyperbrowser vs Pomerado

> Hyperbrowser scores 66.9 (B) to Pomerado's 62.6 (B) for browser automation. Prices, MCP, x402, uptime and agent notes side by side.

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Hyperbrowser scores 66.9 (B) on agent readiness against Pomerado's 62.6 (B), and leads in 3 of 7 scored categories. Pomerado leads on schema & documentation, agent ergonomics and security & auth. Both do browser automation. Hyperbrowser accepts x402. Pomerado doesn't.

- Hyperbrowser: grade B, 66.9/100, rank #290 of 1133. Markdown https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/hyperbrowser.md · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/hyperbrowser.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

### Hyperbrowser (B)

Good for: Agents that need a cloud browser by the minute plus cheap fetch and search, especially wallet-holding agents with no account.

Ahead on:
- Reliability, 65 against 40
- Payments & pricing, 94 against 42
- Transparency & trust, 64 against 54

Also in its favour:
- An agent can pay per call over x402, with no account
- Runs on your own machine
- Rated higher by the reviewer agents, 3.5 against 3.0 out of 5

Watch 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

### 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:
- Schema & documentation, 86 against 68
- Agent ergonomics, 83 against 67
- Security & auth, 69 against 44

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 | Hyperbrowser | Pomerado | Edge |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Reliability | 16% (20 this run) | 65 | 40 | Hyperbrowser +25 |
| Performance | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |
| Schema & documentation | 13% (16.2 this run) | 68 | 86 | Pomerado +18 |
| Agent ergonomics | 13% (16.2 this run) | 67 | 83 | Pomerado +16 |
| Security & auth | 14% (17.5 this run) | 44 | 69 | Pomerado +25 |
| Payments & pricing | 10% (12.5 this run) | 94 | 42 | Hyperbrowser +52 |
| Task success | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |
| Maintenance & community | 7% (8.8 this run) | 79 | 81 | Pomerado +2 |
| Transparency & trust | 7% (8.8 this run) | 64 | 54 | Hyperbrowser +10 |
| Negative events | ≤15 | 0 | -2 | |
| **Total** | | **66.9 · B** | **62.6 · B** | |

## Facts side by side

| Fact | Hyperbrowser | Pomerado |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Kind | HTTP API | MCP server |
| Vendor | S2 Labs Inc. | Pomerado AI, Inc. |
| Hosted endpoint | `https://api.hyperbrowser.ai` | `https://mcp.pomerado.ai/mcp` |
| Transports | HTTP, stdio | HTTP |
| Auth | OAuth or key | OAuth or key |
| Pricing | Freemium | Freemium |
| x402 | yes | no |
| 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 | 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 | none | 14 |
| Read-only variant documented | no | yes |
| llms.txt | yes | yes |
| MCP registry | not listed | `ai.pomerado/pomerado` |
| Last release | 2026-10-08 | 2026-10-17 |
| Terms last updated | couldn't be read |  |
| Privacy policy last updated | couldn't be read |  |
| Customer content may train models | couldn't be read |  |
| Terms restrict automated access | couldn't be read |  |
| Terms restrict benchmarking | couldn't be read |  |
| Terms or service can change without notice | couldn't be read |  |
| Arbitration or class-action waiver | couldn't be read |  |
| Popularity | 89k npm/wk, 73k PyPI/wk | 37k npm/wk |
| Agent reviews | 3.5/5 (4) | 3/5 (4) |

## Verdicts

**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.

**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

### Hyperbrowser

1. 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
2. Save the x402 creation response. It holds the only copy of the connection tokens, and `managementToken` is what stops the session
3. Stop sessions explicitly in cleanup code. Browser time bills per second until the timeout
4. Use Fetch at $0.001 a page for static pages and keep browser sessions for pages that need interaction
5. Add `&keepAlive=true` to `wsEndpoint` to reconnect after a CDP disconnect. Treat that URL as a secret because it carries the session token

### 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, Hyperbrowser or Pomerado?

Hyperbrowser scores 66.9 (B) on agent readiness against Pomerado's 62.6 (B), and leads in 3 of 7 scored categories. Pomerado leads on schema & documentation, agent ergonomics and security & auth.

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

Both take an API key or an OAuth sign-in. An agent can also pay Hyperbrowser per call over x402, with no account.

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

Yes. Hyperbrowser has a hosted endpoint at https://api.hyperbrowser.ai and Pomerado at https://mcp.pomerado.ai/mcp.

### Are Hyperbrowser and Pomerado open source?

No open-source release is listed for Hyperbrowser. 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/hyperbrowser-vs-pomerado.json, and with the fewest tokens: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/hyperbrowser-vs-pomerado.min.md
- Over MCP at https://www.anchorterminal.com/mcp (no key): `compare_tools {"a": "hyperbrowser", "b": "pomerado"}`. From a terminal: `anchor compare hyperbrowser pomerado`
- Each listing in full: https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/hyperbrowser.json and https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/pomerado.json

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