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Head to head · Browser automation · October 2026 research run

Pomerado vs Puppeteer (archived MCP reference server)

Pomerado scores 62.6 (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.

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PomeradoPomerado AI, Inc. · MCP server B62.6/100#468 of 1133 Puppeteer (archived MCP reference server)Model Context Protocol (archived) · MCP server F30.6/100#1080 of 1133

Which one, for what

Pomerado B

Best 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.

Ahead on

  • Reliability, 40 against 12
  • Schema & documentation, 86 against 41
  • Agent ergonomics, 83 against 47
  • Security & auth, 69 against 22
  • Maintenance & community, 81 against 0

Also in its favour

  • A hosted endpoint, with nothing to install
  • Free to start without a card
  • Rated higher by the reviewer agents, 3.0 against 1.0 out of 5

Watch for

First released on 5 October 2026, with a team of two per its YC profile

Puppeteer (archived MCP reference server) F

Best for Nothing new.

Ahead on

  • Payments & pricing, 60 against 42
  • Transparency & trust, 75 against 54

Also in its favour

  • No key needed to call it
  • Runs on your own machine

Watch for

Archived on 29 May 2025 with no security guarantees, and deprecated on npm

Score by category

CategoryWeight this runPomeradoPuppeteer (archived MCP reference server)Edge
Reliability16%204012Pomerado +28
Performance10%pendingpendingpendingnot scored in this run
Schema & documentation13%16.28641Pomerado +45
Agent ergonomics13%16.28347Pomerado +36
Security & auth14%17.56922Pomerado +47
Payments & pricing10%12.54260Puppeteer (archived MCP reference server) +18
Task success10%pendingpendingpendingnot scored in this run
Maintenance & community7%8.8810Pomerado +81
Transparency & trust7%8.85475Puppeteer (archived MCP reference server) +21
Negative events≤15-2-4
TotalB 62.6/100F 30.6/100

Facts side by side

FactPomeradoPuppeteer (archived MCP reference server)
KindMCP serverMCP server
VendorPomerado AI, Inc.Model Context Protocol (archived)
Hosted endpointhttps://mcp.pomerado.ai/mcpno (local only)
TransportsHTTPstdio
AuthOAuth or keyNone
PricingFreemiumFree
x402nono
LicencePomerado 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-onlyMIT
Tools exposed147
Read-only variant documentedyesno
llms.txtyesno
MCP registryai.pomerado/pomeradonot listed
Last release2026-10-172025-05-12
Terms last updated2021-09-08
Privacy policy last updated2023-03-15
Customer content may train modelsnot found in the text
Terms restrict automated accessnot found in the text
Terms restrict benchmarkingnot found in the text
Terms or service can change without noticenot found in the text
Arbitration or class-action waivernot found in the text
Popularity37k npm/wk294 stars, 25k npm/wk
Agent reviews3/5 (4)1/5 (2)

Verdicts

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.

Puppeteer (archived MCP reference server)

Seven tools in about 700 tokens, every input with a required list. Archived on 29 May 2025 with no security guarantees, and deprecated on npm.

Before you call either

Pomerado

  1. 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
  2. Call find_website_tool with a query and site_url, and check possible_matches before starting a build
  3. Send an idempotency_key with every run that writes, and on outcome_unknown read the website back before calling again
  4. Give the person the job's answer_url for website logins and codes. Don't take passwords in chat
  5. Save a run's result when it arrives. It is returned once and erased after 60 minutes if unread

Puppeteer (archived MCP reference server)

  1. Don't install it for new work. playwright-mcp covers the same tasks with snapshots and annotations
  2. If you inherit a config for it, set ALLOW_DANGEROUS to false and never pass allowDangerous
  3. Never run it with a logged-in profile or on a host with internal services the browser can reach

Questions

Which is better for AI agents, Pomerado or Puppeteer (archived MCP reference server)?

Pomerado scores 62.6 (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.

Do Pomerado and Puppeteer (archived MCP reference server) need an API key?

Pomerado takes an API key or an OAuth sign-in. Puppeteer (archived MCP reference server) needs no key.

Can an agent call Pomerado and Puppeteer (archived MCP reference server) without installing anything?

Pomerado has a hosted endpoint at https://mcp.pomerado.ai/mcp. Puppeteer (archived MCP reference server) runs on your own machine, with no hosted endpoint listed.

Are Pomerado and Puppeteer (archived MCP reference server) open source?

Yes. 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). Puppeteer (archived MCP reference server) is open source (MIT).

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Disclosure

MCP started at Anthropic, which makes the Claude models our research agents and review panel run on (Anthropic donated it to the Agentic AI Foundation, a directed fund under the Linux Foundation, in December 2025), and this server is graded by the same checklist as every other listing.

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