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  "data": {
    "a": {
      "slug": "hyperbrowser",
      "name": "Hyperbrowser",
      "vendor": "S2 Labs Inc.",
      "vendorUrl": "https://www.hyperbrowser.ai",
      "kind": "http-api",
      "category": "browser",
      "summary": "Hyperbrowser, from S2 Labs Inc., runs hosted Chromium sessions that agents control over CDP, WebDriver or computer actions, with Fetch, Search, Crawl, Extract and cloud sandbox APIs. Access is by API key, SDKs, a stdio MCP server or x402.",
      "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/hyperbrowser",
      "markdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/hyperbrowser.md",
      "slimMarkdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/hyperbrowser.min.md",
      "jsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/hyperbrowser.json",
      "repo": "https://github.com/hyperbrowserai/node-sdk",
      "license": "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",
      "transports": [
        "http",
        "stdio"
      ],
      "remoteUrl": "https://api.hyperbrowser.ai",
      "packages": [
        {
          "registry": "npm",
          "name": "@hyperbrowser/sdk"
        },
        {
          "registry": "pypi",
          "name": "hyperbrowser"
        },
        {
          "registry": "npm",
          "name": "hyperbrowser-mcp"
        }
      ],
      "auth": "mixed",
      "authNotes": "Self-serve API key from the dashboard at app.hyperbrowser.ai, sent in the `x-api-key` header. No scopes or rotation guidance found. The x402 routes need no key or account. They return session-scoped connection tokens and a separate `managementToken`, valid 24 hours, that can only read or stop that session. Connection tokens travel in the `wsEndpoint` URL.",
      "pricing": "freemium",
      "pricingNotes": "Free plan with 5,000 credits and no card, so an agent's owner can start without a contract. Credits are $0.001 each. Browser time $0.10 an hour billed per second, proxy data $10 a GB, Fetch and Scrape $0.001 a page, Search $0.005 a query, agent steps $0.02. Startup $30 and Scale $100 a month with credits included. The same session, Fetch and Search prices apply by x402 (https://www.hyperbrowser.ai/docs/pricing.md, https://www.hyperbrowser.ai/pricing).",
      "priceSummary": "$0.001 / call",
      "where": "both",
      "x402": {
        "level": "yes",
        "evidence": "x402 version 2 on https://api.hyperbrowser.ai for browser sessions, Fetch and Search, with USDC on Base and Solana and no account or API key (https://www.hyperbrowser.ai/docs/integrations/x402/overview.md). Unpaid requests on 2026-10-08 returned 402 with a PAYMENT-REQUIRED header pricing a five-minute session at $0.01 and a default fetch at $0.001. Scrape, Crawl, Extract, agent tasks and sandboxes aren't covered.",
        "endpoints": [
          {
            "url": "https://api.hyperbrowser.ai/x402/session",
            "priceUsd": null,
            "network": "eip155:8453"
          },
          {
            "url": "https://api.hyperbrowser.ai/x402/web/fetch",
            "priceUsd": 0.001,
            "network": "eip155:8453"
          },
          {
            "url": "https://api.hyperbrowser.ai/x402/web/search",
            "priceUsd": null,
            "network": "eip155:8453"
          }
        ]
      },
      "toolCount": null,
      "popularity": {
        "githubStars": null,
        "npmWeekly": 88684,
        "pypiWeekly": 73215,
        "asOf": "2026-10-08"
      },
      "docsUrl": "https://www.hyperbrowser.ai/docs/home",
      "llmsTxt": "https://www.hyperbrowser.ai/docs/llms.txt",
      "openapi": "https://www.hyperbrowser.ai/docs/openapi.json",
      "capabilities": [
        "browser.control",
        "browser.hosted",
        "web.fetch",
        "web.scrape",
        "web.crawl",
        "web.extract",
        "web.search",
        "scraping.proxies",
        "sandbox.code"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "official",
        "hosted",
        "freemium",
        "no-card",
        "x402",
        "openapi",
        "llms-txt",
        "mcp",
        "python",
        "typescript",
        "status-page"
      ],
      "lastRelease": "2026-10-08",
      "graded": true,
      "anchor": {
        "graded": true,
        "score": 66.9,
        "grade": "B",
        "agentReady": false,
        "rank": 205,
        "ranked": true,
        "rankOf": 629,
        "categoryRank": 8,
        "methodology": "0.4",
        "run": "2026-10-01",
        "scores": {
          "ergonomics": 67,
          "maintenance": 79,
          "payments": 94,
          "reliability": 65,
          "schema": 68,
          "security": 44,
          "transparency": 64
        },
        "pending": [
          "performance",
          "tasks"
        ],
        "assessment": {
          "confidence": "medium",
          "date": "2026-10-08"
        },
        "negative": 0,
        "verdict": "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.",
        "bestFor": "Agents that need a cloud browser by the minute plus cheap fetch and search, especially wallet-holding agents with no account.",
        "strengths": [
          "x402 on /x402/session, /x402/web/fetch and /x402/web/search with USDC on Base or Solana and no account, confirmed by a live 402 on 8 October 2026",
          "Unit prices public in the docs, $0.10 a browser-hour billed per second, $0.001 a Fetch page, $0.005 a Search query",
          "Free plan with 5,000 credits and no card, per the pricing page",
          "OpenAPI 3.0.1 with 91 operations, two llms.txt files and Markdown twins of every docs page",
          "Node SDK 1.1.0 on 7 October 2026 and Python SDK 1.10.0 on 8 October 2026, both MIT, with 25 PyPI releases since 10 July"
        ],
        "weaknesses": [
          "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",
          "No request rate limits, Retry-After header or SLA found; the pricing page says paid plans have no rate limits",
          "One `x-api-key` per account with no scopes or rotation guidance found in the reviewed documentation",
          "The privacy notice of 24 October 2025 covers only the website, and no DPA is public",
          "The website changelog stops at 18 November 2025, and 35 of 91 OpenAPI operations document no error response"
        ],
        "agentNotes": [
          "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",
          "Save the x402 creation response. It holds the only copy of the connection tokens, and `managementToken` is what stops the session",
          "Stop sessions explicitly in cleanup code. Browser time bills per second until the timeout",
          "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"
        ],
        "metrics": {
          "kind": "remote",
          "measured": false
        },
        "reviewCount": 0,
        "avgRating": 0,
        "history": [
          {
            "basis": "public evidence",
            "confidence": "medium",
            "grade": "B",
            "methodology": "0.4",
            "pending": [
              "performance",
              "tasks"
            ],
            "run": "2026-10-01",
            "runLabel": "October 2026 research run",
            "score": 66.9
          }
        ],
        "editorialScores": {
          "ergonomics": 67,
          "maintenance": 79,
          "payments": 94,
          "reliability": 65,
          "schema": 68,
          "security": 44,
          "transparency": 55
        },
        "provenanceScore": 72
      },
      "connect": {
        "install": "npm install @hyperbrowser/sdk",
        "http": "curl -X POST https://api.hyperbrowser.ai/api/session -H \"x-api-key: YOUR_API_KEY\" -H \"Content-Type: application/json\" -d '{\"timeoutMinutes\": 15}'",
        "config": {
          "mcpServers": {
            "hyperbrowser": {
              "args": [
                "hyperbrowser-mcp"
              ],
              "command": "npx",
              "env": {
                "HYPERBROWSER_API_KEY": "your-api-key"
              }
            }
          }
        },
        "x402": "curl -i https://api.hyperbrowser.ai/x402/session -H \"Content-Type: application/json\" -d '{\"timeoutMinutes\": 5}'"
      },
      "letme": {
        "capability": "https://letme.dev/browser.control",
        "tool": "https://letme.dev/hyperbrowser"
      },
      "area": "developer",
      "unitPrices": [
        {
          "item": "Browser session",
          "unit": "browser-hour",
          "usd": 0.1,
          "note": "Billed per second"
        },
        {
          "item": "Browser session by x402",
          "unit": "browser-hour",
          "usd": 0.1,
          "note": "USDC on Base or Solana, prepaid for 5 to 60 minutes, no refund"
        },
        {
          "item": "Proxy traffic",
          "unit": "gb",
          "usd": 10
        },
        {
          "item": "Fetch",
          "unit": "1k-requests",
          "usd": 1
        },
        {
          "item": "Fetch with proxy",
          "unit": "1k-requests",
          "usd": 10
        },
        {
          "item": "Search",
          "unit": "1k-requests",
          "usd": 5
        },
        {
          "item": "Search with location",
          "unit": "1k-requests",
          "usd": 10
        },
        {
          "item": "Scrape",
          "unit": "1k-pages",
          "usd": 1
        },
        {
          "item": "Scrape with proxy",
          "unit": "1k-pages",
          "usd": 10
        },
        {
          "item": "HyperAgent or Browser Use step",
          "unit": "call",
          "usd": 0.02,
          "note": "Plus browser time"
        },
        {
          "item": "Sandbox vCPU",
          "unit": "vcpu-hour",
          "usd": 0.045,
          "note": "Memory is $0.015 a GiB-hour on top"
        },
        {
          "item": "Credit",
          "unit": "credit",
          "usd": 0.001
        },
        {
          "item": "Startup plan",
          "unit": "month",
          "usd": 30,
          "note": "30,000 credits, 25 concurrent browsers"
        },
        {
          "item": "Scale plan",
          "unit": "month",
          "usd": 100,
          "note": "100,000 credits, 100 concurrent browsers"
        }
      ],
      "provenance": {
        "legalEntity": "S2 Labs Inc.",
        "domain": "hyperbrowser.ai",
        "domainRegistered": "2024-11-19",
        "endpointOnVendorDomain": true,
        "terms": "https://www.hyperbrowser.ai/terms",
        "privacy": "https://www.hyperbrowser.ai/privacy-policy",
        "statusPage": "https://hyperbrowser.betteruptime.com/",
        "changelog": "https://www.hyperbrowser.ai/changelog",
        "securityTxt": "none",
        "checked": "2026-10-08",
        "notes": [
          "The terms and the privacy notice (last updated 24 October 2025) name S2 Labs Inc. as operator, and the terms choose Delaware law. No date was found on the terms.",
          "The API, including the x402 routes, answers at api.hyperbrowser.ai.",
          "www.hyperbrowser.ai/.well-known/security.txt returns 404. The security page, last updated 7 May 2026, gives a contact for security reports.",
          "RDAP for hyperbrowser.ai gives a registration date of 2024-11-19.",
          "The website changelog's newest entry is dated 18 November 2025. Current release dates come from the SDK repositories, npm and PyPI."
        ],
        "score": 72
      },
      "pageJsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/hyperbrowser.json",
      "live": {
        "slug": "hyperbrowser",
        "probe": {
          "target": "https://api.hyperbrowser.ai",
          "method": "get",
          "lastAt": "2026-10-08T17:36:37.692064546Z",
          "lastOk": true,
          "lastStatus": 404,
          "lastMs": 146,
          "authRequired": false,
          "uptime24h": 100,
          "uptime30d": 100,
          "p50ms24h": 139,
          "p95ms24h": 307,
          "samples24h": 25,
          "samples30d": 25,
          "days": [
            {
              "date": "2026-10-08",
              "probes": 25,
              "ok": 25
            }
          ]
        },
        "vendorStatus": {
          "page": "https://hyperbrowser.betteruptime.com",
          "indicator": "unknown",
          "summary": "no machine-readable status found",
          "checkedAt": "2026-10-08T15:36:51.790796488Z"
        },
        "versions": [
          {
            "registry": "github",
            "name": "hyperbrowserai/node-sdk",
            "version": "v1.1.0",
            "released": "2026-10-08",
            "seenAt": "2026-10-08T16:16:31.541164931Z"
          },
          {
            "registry": "npm",
            "name": "@hyperbrowser/sdk",
            "version": "1.1.0",
            "seenAt": "2026-10-08T16:16:27.225716393Z"
          },
          {
            "registry": "npm",
            "name": "hyperbrowser-mcp",
            "version": "1.0.25",
            "seenAt": "2026-10-08T16:16:31.306311518Z"
          },
          {
            "registry": "pypi",
            "name": "hyperbrowser",
            "version": "1.10.0",
            "released": "2026-10-08",
            "seenAt": "2026-10-08T16:16:31.182915089Z"
          }
        ],
        "githubStars": 15,
        "npmWeekly": 88684,
        "pypiWeekly": 73215,
        "securityTxt": {
          "url": "https://hyperbrowser.ai/.well-known/security.txt",
          "state": "none",
          "checkedAt": "2026-10-08T15:38:48.994028482Z"
        },
        "updatedAt": "2026-10-08T17:36:37.692064546Z"
      }
    },
    "answer": "Steel scores 70.4 (BB) on agent readiness against Hyperbrowser's 66.9 (B), and leads in 4 of 7 scored categories. Hyperbrowser leads on reliability and payments \u0026 pricing.",
    "b": {
      "slug": "steel",
      "name": "Steel",
      "vendor": "Nen Labs, Inc.",
      "vendorUrl": "https://steel.dev",
      "kind": "http-api",
      "category": "browser",
      "summary": "Steel runs cloud browser sessions for AI agents, controlled through a REST API, a CDP WebSocket, SDKs, a CLI and an official MCP server. Its browser runtime, steel-browser, is open source and can be self-hosted.",
      "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/steel",
      "markdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/steel.md",
      "slimMarkdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/steel.min.md",
      "jsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/steel.json",
      "repo": "https://github.com/steel-dev/steel-browser",
      "license": "Proprietary cloud service under Steel's terms. steel-browser and the Node and Python SDKs are Apache-2.0. The MCP server and the CLI are MIT",
      "transports": [
        "http",
        "stdio"
      ],
      "remoteUrl": "https://api.steel.dev",
      "packages": [
        {
          "registry": "npm",
          "name": "steel-sdk"
        },
        {
          "registry": "pypi",
          "name": "steel-sdk"
        },
        {
          "registry": "npm",
          "name": "@steel-dev/cli"
        }
      ],
      "auth": "api-key",
      "authNotes": "Self-serve API key from the dashboard at app.steel.dev, sent in the `steel-api-key` header. Keys are named, shown once and revoked by deletion, and the dashboard shows when each was last used. A global key covers the whole organisation, and `POST /v1/api-keys` lets a global key create keys bound to one project. No per-permission scopes were found. CDP connections pass the key as the `apiKey` query parameter on `wss://connect.steel.dev`. The x402 endpoints need no key. A self-hosted steel-browser needs no key.",
      "pricing": "freemium",
      "pricingNotes": "Launch is $0 plus usage with $30 of one-time credit valid for 90 days, and the quickstart says no card is required. Browser time is $0.10 an hour on Launch and $0.08 on Scale ($250 a month with $100 of monthly credit), billed by the minute and rounded up. Proxy traffic is $10 or $6 a GB, CAPTCHA solves $3 or $1 per 1,000, and scrape, screenshot and PDF calls $5 per 1,000. CAPTCHA solving and managed proxies on Launch need $10 of paid balance. The same three calls cost $0.01 each by x402. Enterprise is priced through sales. Self-hosted steel-browser is free (https://docs.steel.dev/overview/pricinglimits, checked 2026-10-08).",
      "priceSummary": "$0.01 / call",
      "where": "both",
      "x402": {
        "level": "yes",
        "evidence": "x402 version 2 on https://x402.steel.dev for scrape, screenshot and PDF at $0.01 a call in USDC on Base or Solana, with no account or API key (https://docs.steel.dev/integrations/x402). An unpaid POST to /v1/scrape on 2026-10-08 returned 402 with a payment-required header for 10000 base units on eip155:8453 and Solana mainnet. The header names https://api.paysponge.com/v1/scrape as the resource, so a third party appears to run the payment layer. Browser sessions and api.steel.dev aren't covered.",
        "endpoints": [
          {
            "url": "https://x402.steel.dev/v1/scrape",
            "priceUsd": 0.01,
            "network": "eip155:8453"
          },
          {
            "url": "https://x402.steel.dev/v1/screenshot",
            "priceUsd": 0.01,
            "network": "eip155:8453"
          },
          {
            "url": "https://x402.steel.dev/v1/pdf",
            "priceUsd": 0.01,
            "network": "eip155:8453"
          }
        ]
      },
      "toolCount": null,
      "popularity": {
        "githubStars": null,
        "npmWeekly": 46988,
        "pypiWeekly": 63315,
        "asOf": "2026-10-08"
      },
      "docsUrl": "https://docs.steel.dev",
      "llmsTxt": "https://docs.steel.dev/llms.txt",
      "openapi": "https://docs.steel.dev/openapi.json",
      "capabilities": [
        "browser.control",
        "browser.hosted",
        "browser.debug",
        "web.scrape",
        "web.fetch",
        "scraping.proxies",
        "scraping.anti-bot",
        "pdf.generate"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "official",
        "hosted",
        "self-hosted",
        "open-source",
        "freemium",
        "no-card",
        "x402",
        "openapi",
        "llms-txt",
        "mcp",
        "python",
        "typescript",
        "proxies",
        "status-page"
      ],
      "lastRelease": "2026-10-02",
      "graded": true,
      "anchor": {
        "graded": true,
        "score": 70.4,
        "grade": "BB",
        "agentReady": true,
        "rank": 129,
        "ranked": true,
        "rankOf": 629,
        "categoryRank": 5,
        "methodology": "0.4",
        "run": "2026-10-01",
        "scores": {
          "ergonomics": 79,
          "maintenance": 82,
          "payments": 75,
          "reliability": 58,
          "schema": 86,
          "security": 56,
          "transparency": 64
        },
        "pending": [
          "performance",
          "tasks"
        ],
        "assessment": {
          "confidence": "medium",
          "date": "2026-10-08"
        },
        "negative": 0,
        "verdict": "The hosted API has a public OpenAPI document, per-unit prices, $30 of starting credit and x402 payment for scrape, screenshot and PDF calls. The status page records three API or session-creation incidents of more than an hour in 90 days, and the documented CDP connection puts the API key in the URL.",
        "bestFor": "Agents that need a real cloud browser with persistent profiles, stored logins, CAPTCHA solving and a human takeover path, and teams that want an open-source runtime they can also self-host.",
        "strengths": [
          "OpenAPI 3.0.3 document with 75 operations, llms.txt and a Markdown twin of every docs page",
          "x402 at x402.steel.dev for scrape, screenshot and PDF at $0.01 a call in USDC on Base or Solana, with no account",
          "Per-unit prices published without login, and $30 of one-time credit on the Launch plan",
          "Official MCP server with 16 annotated tools, a three-tool scrape profile and page content fenced as untrusted",
          "steel-browser, the browser runtime, is Apache-2.0 and self-hostable with Docker"
        ],
        "weaknesses": [
          "Three incidents of more than an hour hit the API or session creation in the 90 days to 8 October 2026, the longest 5 hours 41 minutes",
          "The documented CDP connection passes the API key as `apiKey` in the `wss://connect.steel.dev` URL",
          "x402 covers the three one-shot endpoints only, so a browser session needs an account and a key",
          "The MCP server is not on npm or in the MCP registry, and `mcp.steel.dev` is not live per its README",
          "No deprecation policy or security.txt found, and the trust centre did not render for our reader"
        ],
        "agentNotes": [
          "Use `POST /v1/scrape` for pages you only need to read. It starts no session and costs $5 per 1,000 calls, or $0.01 a call by x402",
          "Release every session with `POST /v1/sessions/{id}/release` and set `inactivityTimeout`. Browser time bills by the minute, rounded up",
          "Build the CDP URL as `wss://connect.steel.dev?apiKey=\u003ckey\u003e\u0026sessionId=\u003cid\u003e` and keep it out of logs, because it carries the key",
          "Launch sessions end after 15 minutes at most, and `timeout` cannot be changed on a live session",
          "CAPTCHA solving and Steel's managed proxies on Launch need $10 of paid balance. Free credit does not count"
        ],
        "metrics": {
          "kind": "remote",
          "measured": false
        },
        "reviewCount": 0,
        "avgRating": 0,
        "history": [
          {
            "basis": "public evidence",
            "confidence": "medium",
            "grade": "BB",
            "methodology": "0.4",
            "pending": [
              "performance",
              "tasks"
            ],
            "run": "2026-10-01",
            "runLabel": "October 2026 research run",
            "score": 70.4
          }
        ],
        "editorialScores": {
          "ergonomics": 79,
          "maintenance": 82,
          "payments": 75,
          "reliability": 58,
          "schema": 86,
          "security": 56,
          "transparency": 52
        },
        "provenanceScore": 75
      },
      "connect": {
        "install": "npm install steel-sdk",
        "http": "curl -X POST https://api.steel.dev/v1/scrape -H \"steel-api-key: YOUR_KEY\" -H \"Content-Type: application/json\" -d '{\"url\": \"https://example.com\"}'",
        "claudeCode": "claude mcp add steel -e STEEL_API_KEY=your-steel-api-key -- npx -y github:steel-dev/steel-mcp-server",
        "config": {
          "mcpServers": {
            "steel": {
              "args": [
                "-y",
                "github:steel-dev/steel-mcp-server"
              ],
              "command": "npx",
              "env": {
                "STEEL_API_KEY": "\u003cyour-steel-api-key\u003e"
              }
            }
          }
        },
        "x402": "curl -i -X POST https://x402.steel.dev/v1/scrape -H \"Content-Type: application/json\" -d '{\"url\": \"https://example.com\", \"format\": [\"markdown\"]}'"
      },
      "letme": {
        "capability": "https://letme.dev/browser.control",
        "tool": "https://letme.dev/steel"
      },
      "area": "developer",
      "unitPrices": [
        {
          "item": "Browser, Launch plan",
          "unit": "browser-hour",
          "usd": 0.1,
          "note": "Billed by the minute, rounded up"
        },
        {
          "item": "Browser, Scale plan",
          "unit": "browser-hour",
          "usd": 0.08
        },
        {
          "item": "Proxy traffic, Launch",
          "unit": "gb",
          "usd": 10
        },
        {
          "item": "Proxy traffic, Scale",
          "unit": "gb",
          "usd": 6
        },
        {
          "item": "Scrape, screenshot or PDF",
          "unit": "1k-requests",
          "usd": 5
        },
        {
          "item": "Scrape, screenshot or PDF by x402",
          "unit": "call",
          "usd": 0.01,
          "note": "USDC on Base or Solana, no account"
        },
        {
          "item": "CAPTCHA solves, Launch",
          "unit": "1k-requests",
          "usd": 3
        },
        {
          "item": "CAPTCHA solves, Scale",
          "unit": "1k-requests",
          "usd": 1
        },
        {
          "item": "Scale plan",
          "unit": "month",
          "usd": 250,
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Markdown https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/steel.md · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/steel.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 58\n- Payments \u0026 pricing, 94 against 75\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### Steel (BB)\n\nGood for: Agents that need a real cloud browser with persistent profiles, stored logins, CAPTCHA solving and a human takeover path, and teams that want an open-source runtime they can also self-host.\n\nAhead on:\n- Schema \u0026 documentation, 86 against 68\n- Agent ergonomics, 79 against 67\n- Security \u0026 auth, 56 against 44\n\nAlso in its favour:\n- Agent-ready, a grade of BB or better\n- Open source\n\nWatch for: Three incidents of more than an hour hit the API or session creation in the 90 days to 8 October 2026, the longest 5 hours 41 minutes\n\n\n## Score by category\n\n| Category | Weight | Hyperbrowser | Steel | Edge |\n| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |\n| Reliability | 16% (20 this run) | 65 | 58 | Hyperbrowser +7 |\n| Performance | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |\n| Schema \u0026 documentation | 13% (16.2 this run) | 68 | 86 | Steel +18 |\n| Agent ergonomics | 13% (16.2 this run) | 67 | 79 | Steel +12 |\n| Security \u0026 auth | 14% (17.5 this run) | 44 | 56 | Steel +12 |\n| Payments \u0026 pricing | 10% (12.5 this run) | 94 | 75 | Hyperbrowser +19 |\n| Task success | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |\n| Maintenance \u0026 community | 7% (8.8 this run) | 79 | 82 | Steel +3 |\n| Transparency \u0026 trust | 7% (8.8 this run) | 64 | 64 | even |\n| Negative events | ≤15 | 0 | 0 | |\n| **Total** | | **66.9 · B** | **70.4 · BB** | |\n\n## Facts side by side\n\n| Fact | Hyperbrowser | Steel |\n| --- | --- | --- |\n| Kind | HTTP API | HTTP API |\n| Vendor | S2 Labs Inc. | Nen Labs, Inc. |\n| Hosted endpoint | `https://api.hyperbrowser.ai` | `https://api.steel.dev` |\n| Transports | HTTP, stdio | HTTP, stdio |\n| Auth | OAuth or key | API key |\n| Pricing | Freemium | Freemium |\n| x402 | yes | yes, from $0.01/call |\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 | Proprietary cloud service under Steel's terms. steel-browser and the Node and Python SDKs are Apache-2.0. The MCP server and the CLI are MIT |\n| Read-only variant documented | no | no |\n| llms.txt | yes | yes |\n| Last release | 2026-10-08 | 2026-10-02 |\n| Terms last updated | couldn't be read | 2025-02-05 |\n| Privacy policy last updated | couldn't be read | 2026-02-05 |\n| Customer content may train models | couldn't be read | not found in the text |\n| Terms restrict automated access | couldn't be read | yes |\n| Terms restrict benchmarking | couldn't be read | yes |\n| Terms or service can change without notice | couldn't be read | yes |\n| Arbitration or class-action waiver | couldn't be read | yes |\n| Popularity | 89k npm/wk, 73k PyPI/wk | 47k npm/wk, 63k PyPI/wk |\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**Steel.** The hosted API has a public OpenAPI document, per-unit prices, $30 of starting credit and x402 payment for scrape, screenshot and PDF calls. The status page records three API or session-creation incidents of more than an hour in 90 days, and the documented CDP connection puts the API key in the URL.\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. Add `\u0026keepAlive=true` to `wsEndpoint` to reconnect after a CDP disconnect. Treat that URL as a secret because it carries the session token\n\n### Steel\n\n1. Use `POST /v1/scrape` for pages you only need to read. It starts no session and costs $5 per 1,000 calls, or $0.01 a call by x402\n2. Release every session with `POST /v1/sessions/{id}/release` and set `inactivityTimeout`. Browser time bills by the minute, rounded up\n3. Build the CDP URL as `wss://connect.steel.dev?apiKey=\u003ckey\u003e\u0026sessionId=\u003cid\u003e` and keep it out of logs, because it carries the key\n4. Launch sessions end after 15 minutes at most, and `timeout` cannot be changed on a live session\n5. CAPTCHA solving and Steel's managed proxies on Launch need $10 of paid balance. Free credit does not count\n\n## Questions\n\n### Which is better for AI agents, Hyperbrowser or Steel?\n\nSteel scores 70.4 (BB) on agent readiness against Hyperbrowser's 66.9 (B), and leads in 4 of 7 scored categories. Hyperbrowser leads on reliability and payments \u0026 pricing.\n\n### Do Hyperbrowser and Steel need an API key?\n\nHyperbrowser takes an API key or an OAuth sign-in. Steel needs an API key. An agent can also pay Hyperbrowser per call over x402, with no account. An agent can also pay Steel per call over x402, with no account.\n\n### Can an agent call Hyperbrowser and Steel without installing anything?\n\nYes. Hyperbrowser has a hosted endpoint at https://api.hyperbrowser.ai and Steel at https://api.steel.dev.\n\n### Are Hyperbrowser and Steel open source?\n\nNo open-source release is listed for Hyperbrowser. Steel is open source (Proprietary cloud service under Steel's terms. steel-browser and the Node and Python SDKs are Apache-2.0. The MCP server and the CLI are MIT).\n\n\n## For agents\n\n- This comparison as JSON: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/hyperbrowser-vs-steel.json, and with the fewest tokens: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/hyperbrowser-vs-steel.min.md\n- Over MCP at https://www.anchorterminal.com/mcp (no key): `compare_tools {\"a\": \"hyperbrowser\", \"b\": \"steel\"}`. From a terminal: `anchor compare hyperbrowser steel`\n- Each listing in full: https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/hyperbrowser.json and https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/steel.json\n\n## Other comparisons with Hyperbrowser or Steel\n\n- [Airtop vs Hyperbrowser](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/airtop-vs-hyperbrowser.md)\n- [Airtop vs Steel](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/airtop-vs-steel.md)\n- [Anchor Browser vs Hyperbrowser](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/anchor-browser-vs-hyperbrowser.md)\n- [Anchor Browser vs Steel](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/anchor-browser-vs-steel.md)\n- [Browser Use vs Hyperbrowser](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/browser-use-vs-hyperbrowser.md)\n- [Browser Use vs Steel](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/browser-use-vs-steel.md)\n- [Browserless vs Hyperbrowser](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/browserless-vs-hyperbrowser.md)\n- [Browserless vs Steel](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/browserless-vs-steel.md)\n- [Chrome DevTools MCP vs Hyperbrowser](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/chrome-devtools-mcp-vs-hyperbrowser.md)\n- [Chrome DevTools MCP vs Steel](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/chrome-devtools-mcp-vs-steel.md)\n- [Hyperbrowser vs Notte](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/hyperbrowser-vs-notte.md)\n- [Hyperbrowser vs Playwright MCP](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/hyperbrowser-vs-playwright-mcp.md)\n- [Hyperbrowser vs Puppeteer (archived MCP reference server)](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/hyperbrowser-vs-puppeteer-reference-server-archived.md)\n- [Hyperbrowser vs Skyvern](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/hyperbrowser-vs-skyvern.md)\n- [Notte vs Steel](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/notte-vs-steel.md)\n- [Playwright MCP vs Steel](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/playwright-mcp-vs-steel.md)\n- [Puppeteer (archived MCP reference server) vs Steel](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/puppeteer-reference-server-archived-vs-steel.md)\n- [Skyvern vs Steel](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/skyvern-vs-steel.md)\n- [Browserbase vs Hyperbrowser](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/browserbase-vs-hyperbrowser.md)\n- [Browserbase vs Steel](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/browserbase-vs-steel.md)\n",
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