# Hyperbrowser vs Puppeteer (slim)

> Puppeteer scores 70.6 (BB) to Hyperbrowser's 66.9 (B) for browser automation. Prices, MCP, x402, uptime and agent notes side by side.

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Puppeteer scores 70.6 (BB) on agent readiness against Hyperbrowser's 66.9 (B), and leads in 5 of 7 scored categories. Hyperbrowser leads on payments & pricing. Both do browser automation. Hyperbrowser accepts x402. Puppeteer doesn't.

- Hyperbrowser: B 66.9, rank #284 of 1076 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/hyperbrowser.min.md
- Puppeteer: BB 70.6, rank #154 of 1076 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/puppeteer.min.md
- Hyperbrowser, 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 Payments & pricing, 94 against 60. Also An agent can pay per call over x402, with no account; A hosted endpoint, with nothing to install; Runs on your own machine; Free to start without a card.
- Puppeteer, good for Agents that write and run Node.js scripts against Chrome or Firefox. Ahead on Reliability, 80 against 65; Schema & documentation, 81 against 68; Security & auth, 52 against 44; Maintenance & community, 89 against 79; Transparency & trust, 70 against 64. Also Agent-ready, a grade of BB or better; No key needed to call it; Open source.

| Category | Hyperbrowser | Puppeteer |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Reliability (16%) | 65 | 80 |
| Performance (10%) | pending | pending |
| Schema & documentation (13%) | 68 | 81 |
| Agent ergonomics (13%) | 67 | 67 |
| Security & auth (14%) | 44 | 52 |
| Payments & pricing (10%) | 94 | 60 |
| Task success (10%) | pending | pending |
| Maintenance & community (7%) | 79 | 89 |
| Transparency & trust (7%) | 64 | 70 |

| Fact (where they differ) | Hyperbrowser | Puppeteer |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Kind | HTTP API | SDK + MCP |
| Vendor | S2 Labs Inc. | Google |
| Hosted endpoint | `https://api.hyperbrowser.ai` | no (local only) |
| Transports | HTTP, stdio |  |
| Auth | OAuth or key | None |
| Pricing | Freemium | Free |
| 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 | Apache-2.0 |
| llms.txt | yes | no |
| Terms last updated | couldn't be read | no document linked |
| Privacy policy last updated | couldn't be read | no document linked |
| 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 | 96k stars, 11.5M npm/wk |