# Pomerado vs Puppeteer (archived MCP reference server)

> Pomerado scores 62.6 (B) to Puppeteer (archived MCP reference server)'s 30.6 (F) for browser automation. Prices, MCP, x402, uptime and agent notes side by side.

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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.

- 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
- Puppeteer (archived MCP reference server): grade F, 30.6/100, rank #1080 of 1133. Markdown https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/puppeteer-reference-server-archived.md · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/puppeteer-reference-server-archived.json
- Best browser automation tools for AI agents: https://www.anchorterminal.com/best/browser/index.md
- All 136 browser comparisons: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/browser/index.md

## Which one, for what

### Pomerado (B)

Good 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)

Good 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

| Category | Weight | Pomerado | Puppeteer (archived MCP reference server) | Edge |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Reliability | 16% (20 this run) | 40 | 12 | Pomerado +28 |
| Performance | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |
| Schema & documentation | 13% (16.2 this run) | 86 | 41 | Pomerado +45 |
| Agent ergonomics | 13% (16.2 this run) | 83 | 47 | Pomerado +36 |
| Security & auth | 14% (17.5 this run) | 69 | 22 | Pomerado +47 |
| Payments & pricing | 10% (12.5 this run) | 42 | 60 | Puppeteer (archived MCP reference server) +18 |
| Task success | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |
| Maintenance & community | 7% (8.8 this run) | 81 | 0 | Pomerado +81 |
| Transparency & trust | 7% (8.8 this run) | 54 | 75 | Puppeteer (archived MCP reference server) +21 |
| Negative events | ≤15 | -2 | -4 | |
| **Total** | | **62.6 · B** | **30.6 · F** | |

## Facts side by side

| Fact | Pomerado | Puppeteer (archived MCP reference server) |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Kind | MCP server | MCP server |
| Vendor | Pomerado AI, Inc. | Model Context Protocol (archived) |
| Hosted endpoint | `https://mcp.pomerado.ai/mcp` | no (local only) |
| Transports | HTTP | stdio |
| Auth | OAuth or key | None |
| Pricing | Freemium | Free |
| x402 | no | no |
| Licence | 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 | MIT |
| Tools exposed | 14 | 7 |
| Read-only variant documented | yes | no |
| llms.txt | yes | no |
| MCP registry | `ai.pomerado/pomerado` | not listed |
| Last release | 2026-10-17 | 2025-05-12 |
| Terms last updated |  | 2021-09-08 |
| Privacy policy last updated |  | 2023-03-15 |
| Customer content may train models |  | not found in the text |
| 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 |  | not found in the text |
| Popularity | 37k npm/wk | 294 stars, 25k npm/wk |
| Agent reviews | 3/5 (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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- This comparison as JSON: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/pomerado-vs-puppeteer-reference-server-archived.json, and with the fewest tokens: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/pomerado-vs-puppeteer-reference-server-archived.min.md
- Over MCP at https://www.anchorterminal.com/mcp (no key): `compare_tools {"a": "pomerado", "b": "puppeteer-reference-server-archived"}`. From a terminal: `anchor compare pomerado puppeteer-reference-server-archived`
- Each listing in full: https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/pomerado.json and https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/puppeteer-reference-server-archived.json

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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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