# Notte vs Puppeteer (archived MCP reference server) (slim)

> Notte scores 63.2 (B) on agent readiness against Puppeteer (archived MCP reference server)'s 30.6 (F), and leads in 5 of 7 scored categories. Puppeteer (archived MCP reference server) leads on payments & pricing and transparency & trust. Both do browser automation. Category…

- Full: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/notte-vs-puppeteer-reference-server-archived.md (~2,650 tokens) · this version ~830 tokens · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/notte-vs-puppeteer-reference-server-archived.json · canonical https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/notte-vs-puppeteer-reference-server-archived
- Index: https://www.anchorterminal.com/llms.txt · API: https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/index.json · Updated: 2026-10-08

Notte scores 63.2 (B) on agent readiness against Puppeteer (archived MCP reference server)'s 30.6 (F), and leads in 5 of 7 scored categories. Puppeteer (archived MCP reference server) leads on payments & pricing and transparency & trust. Both do browser automation.

- Notte: B 63.2, rank #317 of 722 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/notte.min.md
- Puppeteer (archived MCP reference server): F 30.6, rank #712 of 722 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/puppeteer-reference-server-archived.min.md
- Notte, good for Teams that want hosted browsers together with agents, vaults for logins, personas with mailboxes and scheduled browser functions behind one key. Ahead on Reliability, 58 against 12; Schema & documentation, 74 against 41; Agent ergonomics, 75 against 47; Security & auth, 56 against 22; Maintenance & community, 83 against 0. Also A hosted endpoint, with nothing to install; Free to start without a card; No incidents deducted, where Puppeteer (archived MCP reference server) loses 4 points for them.
- Puppeteer (archived MCP reference server), good for Nothing new. Ahead on Payments & pricing, 60 against 40; Transparency & trust, 75 against 61. Also No key needed to call it; Runs on your own machine; Open source.

| Category | Notte | Puppeteer (archived MCP reference server) |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Reliability (16%) | 58 | 12 |
| Performance (10%) | pending | pending |
| Schema & documentation (13%) | 74 | 41 |
| Agent ergonomics (13%) | 75 | 47 |
| Security & auth (14%) | 56 | 22 |
| Payments & pricing (10%) | 40 | 60 |
| Task success (10%) | pending | pending |
| Maintenance & community (7%) | 83 | 0 |
| Transparency & trust (7%) | 61 | 75 |

| Fact (where they differ) | Notte | Puppeteer (archived MCP reference server) |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Kind | HTTP API | MCP server |
| Vendor | Notte Labs Inc. | Model Context Protocol (archived) |
| Hosted endpoint | `https://api.notte.cc` | no (local only) |
| Transports | HTTP | stdio |
| Auth | OAuth or key | None |
| Pricing | Freemium | Free |
| Licence | Proprietary hosted service under Notte's terms of service. The core repository is SSPL-1.0 and the Node SDK is MIT | MIT |
| Tools exposed | 8 | 7 |
| Read-only variant documented | yes | no |
| llms.txt | yes | no |
| Last release | 2026-10-07 | 2025-05-12 |
| Terms last updated | couldn't be read | 2021-09-08 |
| Privacy policy last updated | couldn't be read | 2023-03-15 |
| Customer content may train models | couldn't be read | not found in the text |
| 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 | not found in the text |
| Popularity | 1.3k npm/wk, 5.1k PyPI/wk | 294 stars, 25k npm/wk |
| Agent reviews | none | 1/5 (2) |