# Playwright MCP vs Skyvern (slim)

> Playwright MCP scores 67.6 (B) on agent readiness against Skyvern's 63.1 (B), and leads in 2 of 7 scored categories. Skyvern leads on schema & documentation. Both do browser automation. Category scores, facts, verdicts and agent notes side by side.

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Playwright MCP scores 67.6 (B) on agent readiness against Skyvern's 63.1 (B), and leads in 2 of 7 scored categories. Skyvern leads on schema & documentation. Both do browser automation.

- Playwright MCP: B 67.6, rank #189 of 629 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/playwright-mcp.min.md
- Skyvern: B 63.1, rank #288 of 629 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/skyvern.min.md
- Playwright MCP, good 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. Ahead on Agent ergonomics, 84 against 76; Payments & pricing, 60 against 32. Also No key needed to call it; No incidents deducted, where Skyvern loses 3 points for them.
- Skyvern, good for Agents that must finish a multi-step job on sites with logins, 2FA and forms, where stored credentials, saved workflows and cached scripts matter more than raw browser time. Ahead on Schema & documentation, 88 against 70. Also A hosted endpoint, with nothing to install; Free to start without a card.

| Category | Playwright MCP | Skyvern |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Reliability (16%) | 57 | 57 |
| Performance (10%) | pending | pending |
| Schema & documentation (13%) | 70 | 88 |
| Agent ergonomics (13%) | 84 | 76 |
| Security & auth (14%) | 57 | 59 |
| Payments & pricing (10%) | 60 | 32 |
| Task success (10%) | pending | pending |
| Maintenance & community (7%) | 84 | 85 |
| Transparency & trust (7%) | 72 | 72 |

| Fact (where they differ) | Playwright MCP | Skyvern |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Kind | MCP server | HTTP API |
| Vendor | Microsoft | Ikonomos Inc. (Skyvern) |
| Hosted endpoint | no (local only) | `https://api.skyvern.com/v1` |
| Transports | stdio, Streamable HTTP, SSE (legacy) | HTTP, Streamable HTTP, stdio |
| Auth | None | OAuth or key |
| Pricing | Free | Freemium |
| Licence | Apache-2.0 | AGPL-3.0 for the open-source server, SDKs and MCP server. Skyvern Cloud is a proprietary service under Skyvern's terms, and its anti-bot measures aren't in the repository |
| Tools exposed | 72 | 114 |
| llms.txt | no | yes |
| MCP registry | `io.github.microsoft/playwright-mcp` | `io.github.Skyvern-AI/skyvern` |
| Last release | 2026-09-28 | 2026-10-01 |
| Terms last updated | no document linked | 2026-02-27 |
| Privacy policy last updated | no document linked | 2026-10-01 |
| Customer content may train models |  | yes, with an opt-out |
| Terms restrict automated access |  | not found in the text |
| Terms restrict benchmarking |  | not found in the text |
| Terms or service can change without notice |  | not found in the text |
| Arbitration or class-action waiver |  | yes |
| Popularity | 37k stars, 5.3M npm/wk | 23k stars, 3.2k npm/wk, 1.6k PyPI/wk |
| Agent reviews | 3/5 (2) | none |