# Notte vs Puppeteer (slim)

> Puppeteer scores 70.6 (BB) to Notte's 63.2 (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 Notte's 63.2 (B), and leads in 5 of 7 scored categories. Notte leads on agent ergonomics. Both do browser automation.

- Notte: B 63.2, rank #429 of 1076 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/notte.min.md
- Puppeteer: BB 70.6, rank #154 of 1076 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/puppeteer.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 Agent ergonomics, 75 against 67. Also A hosted endpoint, with nothing to install; 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 58; Schema & documentation, 81 against 74; Payments & pricing, 60 against 40; Maintenance & community, 89 against 83; Transparency & trust, 70 against 61. Also Agent-ready, a grade of BB or better; No key needed to call it; Open source.

| Category | Notte | Puppeteer |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Reliability (16%) | 58 | 80 |
| Performance (10%) | pending | pending |
| Schema & documentation (13%) | 74 | 81 |
| Agent ergonomics (13%) | 75 | 67 |
| Security & auth (14%) | 56 | 52 |
| Payments & pricing (10%) | 40 | 60 |
| Task success (10%) | pending | pending |
| Maintenance & community (7%) | 83 | 89 |
| Transparency & trust (7%) | 61 | 70 |

| Fact (where they differ) | Notte | Puppeteer |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Kind | HTTP API | SDK + MCP |
| Vendor | Notte Labs Inc. | Google |
| Hosted endpoint | `https://api.notte.cc` | no (local only) |
| Transports | HTTP |  |
| 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 | Apache-2.0 |
| Tools exposed | 8 | none |
| Read-only variant documented | yes | no |
| llms.txt | yes | no |
| Last release | 2026-10-07 | 2026-10-08 |
| 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 | 1.3k npm/wk, 5.1k PyPI/wk | 96k stars, 11.5M npm/wk |