# Hyperbrowser vs Skyvern (slim)

> Hyperbrowser scores 66.9 (B) on agent readiness against Skyvern's 63.1 (B), and leads in 2 of 7 scored categories. Skyvern leads on schema & documentation, agent ergonomics, security & auth, maintenance & community and transparency & trust. Both do browser automation.…

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Hyperbrowser scores 66.9 (B) on agent readiness against Skyvern's 63.1 (B), and leads in 2 of 7 scored categories. Skyvern leads on schema & documentation, agent ergonomics, security & auth, maintenance & community and transparency & trust. Both do browser automation. Hyperbrowser accepts x402. Skyvern doesn't.

- Hyperbrowser: B 66.9, rank #205 of 629 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/hyperbrowser.min.md
- Skyvern: B 63.1, rank #288 of 629 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/skyvern.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 Reliability, 65 against 57; Payments & pricing, 94 against 32. Also An agent can pay per call over x402, with no account; 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 Schema & documentation, 88 against 68; Agent ergonomics, 76 against 67; Security & auth, 59 against 44; Maintenance & community, 85 against 79; Transparency & trust, 72 against 64. Also Open source.

| Category | Hyperbrowser | Skyvern |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Reliability (16%) | 65 | 57 |
| Performance (10%) | pending | pending |
| Schema & documentation (13%) | 68 | 88 |
| Agent ergonomics (13%) | 67 | 76 |
| Security & auth (14%) | 44 | 59 |
| Payments & pricing (10%) | 94 | 32 |
| Task success (10%) | pending | pending |
| Maintenance & community (7%) | 79 | 85 |
| Transparency & trust (7%) | 64 | 72 |

| Fact (where they differ) | Hyperbrowser | Skyvern |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Vendor | S2 Labs Inc. | Ikonomos Inc. (Skyvern) |
| Hosted endpoint | `https://api.hyperbrowser.ai` | `https://api.skyvern.com/v1` |
| Transports | HTTP, stdio | HTTP, Streamable HTTP, stdio |
| 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 | 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 | none | 114 |
| MCP registry | not listed | `io.github.Skyvern-AI/skyvern` |
| Last release | 2026-10-08 | 2026-10-01 |
| Terms last updated | couldn't be read | 2026-02-27 |
| Privacy policy last updated | couldn't be read | 2026-10-01 |
| Customer content may train models | couldn't be read | yes, with an opt-out |
| Terms restrict automated access | couldn't be read | not found in the text |
| Terms restrict benchmarking | couldn't be read | not found in the text |
| Terms or service can change without notice | couldn't be read | not found in the text |
| Arbitration or class-action waiver | couldn't be read | yes |
| Popularity | 89k npm/wk, 73k PyPI/wk | 23k stars, 3.2k npm/wk, 1.6k PyPI/wk |