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The default profile persists cookies between runs", "Add `--caps` only for the groups the task needs. Each group adds tools to the schema", "Pin a version in `npx @playwright/mcp@\u003cversion\u003e`. 0.0.x releases can rename tools" ], "metrics": { "kind": "local", "measured": false }, "reviewCount": 2, "avgRating": 3, "history": [ { "basis": "public evidence", "confidence": "medium", "grade": "B", "methodology": "0.4", "pending": [ "performance", "tasks" ], "run": "2026-10-01", "runLabel": "October 2026 research run", "score": 67.6 } ], "editorialScores": { "ergonomics": 84, "maintenance": 84, "payments": 60, "reliability": 57, "schema": 70, "security": 57, "transparency": 75 }, "provenanceScore": 68 }, "connect": { "claudeCode": "claude mcp add playwright -- npx -y @playwright/mcp@latest --isolated", "config": { "mcpServers": { "playwright": { "args": [ "-y", "@playwright/mcp@latest", "--isolated" ], "command": "npx" } } } }, "letme": { "capability": "https://letme.dev/browser.control", "tool": "https://letme.dev/playwright-mcp" }, "sameCompany": [ "azure-foundry-fine-tuning", "azure-ai-content-safety", "azure-speech-to-text", "azure-text-to-speech", "microsoft-agent-framework", "microsoft-execution-containers", "microsoft-entra-agent-id", "azure-key-vault", "azure-document-intelligence", "azure-devops-mcp", "microsoft-learn-mcp", "azure-mcp", "azure-maps", "azure-translator", "microsoft-graph-calendar", "azure-blob-storage", "onedrive-sharepoint", "microsoft-teams", "dynamics-365-sales", "copilot-studio-mcp", "power-automate", "foundry-local", "microsoft-decision-1", "microsoft-advertising-api", "microsoft-excel-graph", "outlook-mail-graph", "microsoft-graph-people" ], "area": "developer", "provenance": { "legalEntity": "Microsoft Corporation", "domain": "playwright.dev", "domainRegistered": "2019-09-18", "domainNote": "playwright.dev is Microsoft's documentation domain for Playwright. The licence names Microsoft Corporation.", "endpointOnVendorDomain": null, "terms": "", "privacy": "", "statusPage": "", "changelog": "https://github.com/microsoft/playwright-mcp/releases", "securityTxt": "none", "checked": "2026-09-26", "score": 68 }, "pageJsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/playwright-mcp.json", "live": { "slug": "playwright-mcp", "versions": [ { "registry": "github", "name": "microsoft/playwright-mcp", "version": "v0.0.83", "released": "2026-09-28", "seenAt": "2026-10-17T02:10:46.221629935Z" }, { "registry": "mcp-registry", "name": "io.github.microsoft/playwright-mcp", "version": "0.0.82", "seenAt": "2026-10-17T05:11:56.292414565Z" }, { "registry": "npm", "name": "@playwright/mcp", "version": "0.0.83", "seenAt": "2026-10-17T02:10:45.451628192Z" } ], "githubStars": 38250, "npmWeekly": 6403349, "securityTxt": { "url": "https://playwright.dev/.well-known/security.txt", "state": "none", "checkedAt": "2026-10-17T15:51:58.307250444Z" }, "domain": { "domain": "playwright.dev", "registered": "2019-09-18", "source": "https://pubapi.registry.google/rdap/domain/playwright.dev", "checkedAt": "2026-10-11T13:15:33.970331348Z" }, "updatedAt": "2026-10-17T15:51:58.307250444Z" } }, "answer": "Playwright MCP scores 67.6 (B) on agent readiness against Pomerado's 62.6 (B), and leads in 5 of 7 scored categories. Pomerado leads on schema \u0026 documentation and security \u0026 auth.", "b": { "slug": "pomerado", "name": "Pomerado", "vendor": "Pomerado AI, Inc.", "vendorUrl": "https://pomerado.ai", "kind": "mcp", "category": "browser", "summary": "Pomerado builds and hosts deterministic tools that each do one task on one website, such as a flight search or adding to a cart, which agents call through a hosted MCP server or a REST API.", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/pomerado", "markdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/pomerado.md", "slimMarkdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/pomerado.min.md", "jsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/pomerado.json", "repo": "https://github.com/Pomerado/pomerado", "license": "Pomerado Cloud is a proprietary service under Pomerado's terms of service. The minting core in Pomerado/pomerado and the `pomerado` npm package are MIT from version 0.2.0, and versions 0.1.2 and earlier were AGPL-3.0-only", "transports": [ "http" ], "remoteUrl": "https://mcp.pomerado.ai/mcp", "packages": [ { "registry": "npm", "name": "pomerado" } ], "auth": "mixed", "authNotes": "Public read-only tools that need no website login run with no account on https://mcp.pomerado.ai/mcp/keyless and on the REST API without an Authorization header, within a daily limit. Everything else takes a Bearer token, either an OAuth access token from the MCP client's browser sign-in (Google, GitHub or email) or a `pom_` API key. A key carries 1 to 16 of 11 permissions, expires after 90 days by default (1 to 365), can be rotated and revoked, and an integration key reaches one site's MCP with at most four permissions. An agent without a browser can get a 30-day key by device sign-in, which a person approves with a short code. Website logins are entered by the person on a protected Pomerado page, and Pomerado never returns a saved password to a script or a model.", "pricing": "freemium", "pricingNotes": "Free is $0 a month with 100 tool calls a day and 10 new integrations a month, Premium is $50 a month with 1,000 calls a day and 100 integrations, and Business is custom pricing with 100,000+ calls a day, per the pricing section of pomerado.ai (checked 2026-10-17). Keyless use of public read-only tools needs no account or card. Only runs that end with a result count, and failed builds count nothing. The yearly Premium price wasn't shown in the page we read.", "priceSummary": "$50 / mo", "where": "hosted", "x402": { "level": "no", "evidence": "No x402, MPP or L402 in the docs, llms.txt, the OpenAPI document or the pricing section. Premium is paid through a Stripe Checkout link that a person opens (https://docs.pomerado.ai/api-reference/billing/start-a-premium-checkout.md, checked 2026-10-17).", "endpoints": [] }, "toolCount": 14, "popularity": { "githubStars": null, "npmWeekly": 36759, "pypiWeekly": null, "asOf": "2026-10-17" }, "docsUrl": "https://docs.pomerado.ai", "llmsTxt": "https://docs.pomerado.ai/llms.txt", "openapi": "https://api.pomerado.ai/v1/openapi.json", "registryName": "ai.pomerado/pomerado", "capabilities": [ "browser.control", "web.extract", "automation.actions", "automation.auth", "scraping.anti-bot" ], "tags": [ "official", "hosted", "mcp", "mcp-registry", "oauth", "api-key", "scoped-keys", "openapi", "llms-txt", "freemium", "free-tier", "no-card", "no-key", "idempotency", "async-jobs", "webhooks", "audit-log", "open-source", "mit", "typescript", "no-status-page", "new" ], "lastRelease": "2026-10-17", "graded": true, "anchor": { "graded": true, "score": 62.6, "grade": "B", "agentReady": false, "rank": 468, "ranked": true, "rankOf": 1133, "categoryRank": 15, "methodology": "0.4", "run": "2026-10-01", "scores": { "ergonomics": 83, "maintenance": 81, "payments": 42, "reliability": 40, "schema": 86, "security": 69, "transparency": 54 }, "pending": [ "performance", "tasks" ], "assessment": { "confidence": "medium", "date": "2026-10-17" }, "negative": -2, "negativeNotes": [ "Misleading claim, -2. On 17 October 2026 the homepage (https://pomerado.ai) says \"Integrations for all sites\" and \"If a person can use the site, your agent can use it too\", and lists bank portals and government filings among supported sites. The docs say builds for bank and government websites are refused with `site_not_supported`, `details.category` `bank` or `government` (https://docs.pomerado.ai/errors#site_not_supported, https://docs.pomerado.ai/guides/build/overview)." ], "verdict": "An agent can find and run 46 public read-only website tools with no account, and signed-in calls get scoped, expiring keys, idempotency keys and a documented code for every failure. Pomerado is 12 days old, with no status page or security.txt, and its homepage lists bank and government portals that its builds refuse.", "bestFor": "An agent that repeats the same task on consumer sites or portals, such as flight searches, carts or order history, and wants a typed call instead of driving a browser.", "strengths": [ "46 public read-only tools across 23 sites run with no account, key or card on the keyless MCP URL and the REST API", "API keys carry chosen permissions out of 11, expire after 90 days by default, rotate and revoke, and integration keys reach one site only", "Idempotency keys on runs and builds, with `write_status` and `outcome_unknown` saying whether a write may have happened", "Public OpenAPI 3.1 document with 84 operations, llms.txt, Markdown docs and 132 error codes, each with what to do", "Every keyless MCP tool carries readOnlyHint or destructiveHint, and the read-only run refuses a tool that writes" ], "weaknesses": [ "First released on 5 October 2026, with a team of two per its YC profile", "No status page or per-second rate limits, and the SLA guarantees listed for Business have no published terms", "No security.txt, SOC 2 report or bug bounty found, while it stores website passwords, authenticator secrets and recovery codes", "The homepage lists bank portals and government filings, but builds for bank and government sites are refused with `site_not_supported`", "Run tools take `input` as a JSON-encoded string over MCP, and there is no official client SDK" ], "agentNotes": [ "Try public read-only tools at https://mcp.pomerado.ai/mcp/keyless, then use `sign_in` and reconnect at /mcp with the key for writes, logins and builds", "Call `find_website_tool` with a query and `site_url`, and check `possible_matches` before starting a build", "Send an `idempotency_key` with every run that writes, and on `outcome_unknown` read the website back before calling again", "Give the person the job's `answer_url` for website logins and codes. Don't take passwords in chat", "Save a run's result when it arrives. It is returned once and erased after 60 minutes if unread" ], "metrics": { "kind": "remote", "measured": false }, "reviewCount": 4, "avgRating": 3, "history": [ { "basis": "public evidence", "confidence": "medium", "grade": "B", "methodology": "0.4", "pending": [ "performance", "tasks" ], "run": "2026-10-01", "runLabel": "October 2026 research run", "score": 62.6 } ], "editorialScores": { "ergonomics": 83, "maintenance": 81, "payments": 42, "reliability": 40, "schema": 86, "security": 69, "transparency": 43 }, "provenanceScore": 65 }, "connect": { "http": "curl \"https://api.pomerado.ai/v1/tools?query=search%20flights\"", "claudeCode": "claude mcp add --transport http pomerado https://mcp.pomerado.ai/mcp/keyless", "config": { "mcpServers": { "pomerado": { "url": "https://mcp.pomerado.ai/mcp" } } } }, "letme": { "capability": "https://letme.dev/browser.control", "tool": "https://letme.dev/pomerado" }, "area": "developer", "unitPrices": [ { "item": "Premium plan", "unit": "month", "usd": 50, "note": "1,000 tool calls a day and 100 new integrations a month, billed monthly" } ], "provenance": { "legalEntity": "Pomerado AI, Inc.", "domain": "pomerado.ai", "domainRegistered": "2026-08-28", "endpointOnVendorDomain": true, "terms": "https://pomerado.ai/terms-of-service", "privacy": "https://pomerado.ai/privacy-policy", "statusPage": "", "changelog": "https://github.com/Pomerado/pomerado/blob/main/CHANGELOG.md", "securityTxt": "none", "checked": "2026-10-17", "notes": [ "The terms of service, last updated 4 October 2026, name Pomerado AI, Inc. as provider, are built on the Common Paper Cloud Service Agreement Standard Terms 2.1 with an automated access addendum, and choose Delaware law. The LICENSE names Pomerado AI, Inc.", "The privacy policy page embeds an iubenda policy (iubenda.com/privacy-policy/84434258). iubenda's robots.txt disallows /privacy-policy/, so the policy was not read.", "The MCP server answers at mcp.pomerado.ai and the REST API at api.pomerado.ai, both on the vendor's domain. pomerado.com is an unrelated church website.", "pomerado.ai/.well-known/security.txt returns 404. The README sends security reports to GitHub private vulnerability reporting on the repository.", "status.pomerado.ai has no DNS record, and no status page is linked from the site or docs.", "RDAP for pomerado.ai gives a registration date of 2026-08-28.", "The repository's CHANGELOG.md covers the open-source core. 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Pomerado leads on schema \u0026 documentation and security \u0026 auth.", "question": "Which is better for AI agents, Playwright MCP or Pomerado?" }, { "answer": "Playwright MCP needs no key. Pomerado takes an API key or an OAuth sign-in.", "question": "Do Playwright MCP and Pomerado need an API key?" }, { "answer": "Playwright MCP runs on your own machine, with no hosted endpoint listed. Pomerado has a hosted endpoint at https://mcp.pomerado.ai/mcp.", "question": "Can an agent call Playwright MCP and Pomerado without installing anything?" }, { "answer": "Yes. Playwright MCP is open source (Apache-2.0). Pomerado is open source (Pomerado Cloud is a proprietary service under Pomerado's terms of service. The minting core in Pomerado/pomerado and the `pomerado` npm package are MIT from version 0.2.0, and versions 0.1.2 and earlier were AGPL-3.0-only).", "question": "Are Playwright MCP and Pomerado open source?" } ], "goodFor": [ { "aheadOn": [ "Reliability, 57 against 40", "Payments \u0026 pricing, 60 against 42", "Transparency \u0026 trust, 72 against 54" ], "also": [ "No key needed to call it", "Runs on your own machine" ], "goodFor": "The default choice for an agent that drives web pages by structure rather than pixels. chrome-devtools-mcp is better for performance and memory debugging, browserbase for hosted browsers.", "slug": "playwright-mcp", "watchFor": "`browser_run_code_unsafe` runs arbitrary JavaScript in the server process and can't be switched off" }, { "aheadOn": [ "Schema \u0026 documentation, 86 against 70", "Security \u0026 auth, 69 against 57" ], "also": [ "A hosted endpoint, with nothing to install", "Free to start without a card" ], "goodFor": "An agent that repeats 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"https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/airtop-vs-pomerado.json", "title": "Airtop vs Pomerado", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/airtop-vs-pomerado" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/anchor-browser-vs-playwright-mcp.json", "title": "Anchor Browser vs Playwright MCP", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/anchor-browser-vs-playwright-mcp" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/anchor-browser-vs-pomerado.json", "title": "Anchor Browser vs Pomerado", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/anchor-browser-vs-pomerado" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/browser-use-vs-playwright-mcp.json", "title": "Browser Use vs Playwright MCP", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/browser-use-vs-playwright-mcp" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/browser-use-vs-pomerado.json", "title": "Browser Use vs Pomerado", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/browser-use-vs-pomerado" }, { "json": 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Markdown https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/playwright-mcp.md · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/playwright-mcp.json\n- Pomerado: grade B, 62.6/100, rank #468 of 1133. Markdown https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/pomerado.md · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/pomerado.json\n- Best browser automation tools for AI agents: https://www.anchorterminal.com/best/browser/index.md\n- All 136 browser comparisons: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/browser/index.md\n\n## Which one, for what\n\n### Playwright MCP (B)\n\nGood for: The default choice for an agent that drives web pages by structure rather than pixels. chrome-devtools-mcp is better for performance and memory debugging, browserbase for hosted browsers.\n\nAhead on:\n- Reliability, 57 against 40\n- Payments \u0026 pricing, 60 against 42\n- Transparency \u0026 trust, 72 against 54\n\nAlso in its favour:\n- No key needed to call it\n- Runs on your own machine\n\nWatch for: `browser_run_code_unsafe` runs arbitrary JavaScript in the server process and can't be switched off\n\n### Pomerado (B)\n\nGood for: An agent that repeats the same task on consumer sites or portals, such as flight searches, carts or order history, and wants a typed call instead of driving a browser.\n\nAhead on:\n- Schema \u0026 documentation, 86 against 70\n- Security \u0026 auth, 69 against 57\n\nAlso in its favour:\n- A hosted endpoint, with nothing to install\n- Free to start without a card\n\nWatch for: First released on 5 October 2026, with a team of two per its YC profile\n\n\n## Score by category\n\n| Category | Weight | Playwright MCP | Pomerado | Edge |\n| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |\n| Reliability | 16% (20 this run) | 57 | 40 | Playwright MCP +17 |\n| Performance | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |\n| Schema \u0026 documentation | 13% (16.2 this run) | 70 | 86 | Pomerado +16 |\n| Agent ergonomics | 13% (16.2 this run) | 84 | 83 | Playwright MCP +1 |\n| Security \u0026 auth | 14% (17.5 this run) | 57 | 69 | Pomerado +12 |\n| Payments \u0026 pricing | 10% (12.5 this run) | 60 | 42 | Playwright MCP +18 |\n| Task success | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |\n| Maintenance \u0026 community | 7% (8.8 this run) | 84 | 81 | Playwright MCP +3 |\n| Transparency \u0026 trust | 7% (8.8 this run) | 72 | 54 | Playwright MCP +18 |\n| Negative events | ≤15 | 0 | -2 | |\n| **Total** | | **67.6 · B** | **62.6 · B** | |\n\n## Facts side by side\n\n| Fact | Playwright MCP | Pomerado |\n| --- | --- | --- |\n| Kind | MCP server | MCP server |\n| Vendor | Microsoft | Pomerado AI, Inc. |\n| Hosted endpoint | no (local only) | `https://mcp.pomerado.ai/mcp` |\n| Transports | stdio, Streamable HTTP, SSE (legacy) | HTTP |\n| Auth | None | OAuth or key |\n| Pricing | Free | Freemium |\n| x402 | no | no |\n| Licence | Apache-2.0 | Pomerado Cloud is a proprietary service under Pomerado's terms of service. The minting core in Pomerado/pomerado and the `pomerado` npm package are MIT from version 0.2.0, and versions 0.1.2 and earlier were AGPL-3.0-only |\n| Tools exposed | 72 | 14 |\n| Read-only variant documented | no | yes |\n| llms.txt | no | yes |\n| MCP registry | `io.github.microsoft/playwright-mcp` | `ai.pomerado/pomerado` |\n| Last release | 2026-09-28 | 2026-10-17 |\n| Terms last updated | no document linked | |\n| Privacy policy last updated | no document linked | |\n| Customer content may train models | | |\n| Terms restrict automated access | | |\n| Terms restrict benchmarking | | |\n| Terms or service can change without notice | | |\n| Arbitration or class-action waiver | | |\n| Popularity | 37k stars, 5.3M npm/wk | 37k npm/wk |\n| Agent reviews | 3/5 (2) | 3/5 (4) |\n\n## Verdicts\n\n**Playwright MCP.** Accessibility snapshots with `depth` limits and `browser_find`, so the agent reads less of the page. `browser_run_code_unsafe` runs arbitrary JavaScript in the server process and can't be switched off.\n\n**Pomerado.** An agent can find and run 46 public read-only website tools with no account, and signed-in calls get scoped, expiring keys, idempotency keys and a documented code for every failure. Pomerado is 12 days old, with no status page or security.txt, and its homepage lists bank and government portals that its builds refuse.\n\n## Before you call either\n\n### Playwright MCP\n\n1. Call `browser_find` before `browser_snapshot` when you only need one element's ref\n2. Pass `depth` or a `target` to `browser_snapshot` on large pages\n3. Run with `--isolated` for untrusted sites. The default profile persists cookies between runs\n4. Add `--caps` only for the groups the task needs. Each group adds tools to the schema\n5. Pin a version in `npx @playwright/mcp@\u003cversion\u003e`. 0.0.x releases can rename tools\n\n### Pomerado\n\n1. Try public read-only tools at https://mcp.pomerado.ai/mcp/keyless, then use `sign_in` and reconnect at /mcp with the key for writes, logins and builds\n2. Call `find_website_tool` with a query and `site_url`, and check `possible_matches` before starting a build\n3. Send an `idempotency_key` with every run that writes, and on `outcome_unknown` read the website back before calling again\n4. Give the person the job's `answer_url` for website logins and codes. Don't take passwords in chat\n5. Save a run's result when it arrives. It is returned once and erased after 60 minutes if unread\n\n## Questions\n\n### Which is better for AI agents, Playwright MCP or Pomerado?\n\nPlaywright MCP scores 67.6 (B) on agent readiness against Pomerado's 62.6 (B), and leads in 5 of 7 scored categories. Pomerado leads on schema \u0026 documentation and security \u0026 auth.\n\n### Do Playwright MCP and Pomerado need an API key?\n\nPlaywright MCP needs no key. Pomerado takes an API key or an OAuth sign-in.\n\n### Can an agent call Playwright MCP and Pomerado without installing anything?\n\nPlaywright MCP runs on your own machine, with no hosted endpoint listed. Pomerado has a hosted endpoint at https://mcp.pomerado.ai/mcp.\n\n### Are Playwright MCP and Pomerado open source?\n\nYes. Playwright MCP is open source (Apache-2.0). Pomerado is open source (Pomerado Cloud is a proprietary service under Pomerado's terms of service. The minting core in Pomerado/pomerado and the `pomerado` npm package are MIT from version 0.2.0, and versions 0.1.2 and earlier were AGPL-3.0-only).\n\n\n## For agents\n\n- This comparison as JSON: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/playwright-mcp-vs-pomerado.json, and with the fewest tokens: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/playwright-mcp-vs-pomerado.min.md\n- Over MCP at https://www.anchorterminal.com/mcp (no key): `compare_tools {\"a\": \"playwright-mcp\", \"b\": \"pomerado\"}`. 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