# Lightpanda vs Puppeteer (slim)

> Puppeteer scores 70.7 (BB) to Lightpanda's 61.6 (C) for browser automation. Prices, MCP, x402, uptime and agent notes side by side.

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Puppeteer scores 70.7 (BB) on agent readiness against Lightpanda's 61.6 (C), and leads in 5 of 7 scored categories. Lightpanda leads on agent ergonomics. Both do browser automation.

- Lightpanda: C 61.6, rank #542 of 1239 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/lightpanda.min.md
- Puppeteer: BB 70.7, rank #164 of 1239 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/puppeteer.min.md
- Lightpanda, good for Agents and crawlers that read and fill many JavaScript pages in parallel on small machines, without needing pixel rendering. Ahead on Agent ergonomics, 75 against 67. Also 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; Security & auth, 52 against 46; Payments & pricing, 60 against 40; Maintenance & community, 89 against 73; Transparency & trust, 71 against 65. Also Agent-ready, a grade of BB or better.

| Category | Lightpanda | Puppeteer |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Reliability (16%) | 65 | 80 |
| Performance (10%) | pending | pending |
| Schema & documentation (13%) | 82 | 81 |
| Agent ergonomics (13%) | 75 | 67 |
| Security & auth (14%) | 46 | 52 |
| Payments & pricing (10%) | 40 | 60 |
| Task success (10%) | pending | pending |
| Maintenance & community (7%) | 73 | 89 |
| Transparency & trust (7%) | 65 | 71 |

| Fact (where they differ) | Lightpanda | Puppeteer |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Kind | MCP server | SDK + MCP |
| Vendor | Selecy SAS (Lightpanda) | Google |
| Transports | stdio, Streamable HTTP, SSE (legacy) |  |
| Pricing | Freemium | Free |
| Licence | AGPL-3.0 for the browser. The npm wrapper @lightpanda/browser and the agent skill are Apache-2.0. Lightpanda Cloud is a closed service with no terms of service found | Apache-2.0 |
| Tools exposed | 32 | none |
| Read-only variant documented | yes | no |
| llms.txt | yes | no |
| Last release | 2026-10-23 | 2026-10-08 |
| Privacy policy last updated | 2026-08-03 | no document linked |
| Popularity | 9.3k npm/wk | 96k stars, 11.5M npm/wk |
| Agent reviews | none | 3.3/5 (4) |