# Puppeteer (archived MCP reference server) vs TinyFish (slim)

> TinyFish scores 67.7 (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. Category…

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TinyFish scores 67.7 (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.

- Puppeteer (archived MCP reference server): F 30.6, rank #832 of 842 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/puppeteer-reference-server-archived.min.md
- TinyFish: B 67.7, rank #227 of 842 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/tinyfish.min.md
- Puppeteer (archived MCP reference server), good for Nothing new. Ahead on Payments & pricing, 60 against 55; Transparency & trust, 75 against 59. Also No key needed to call it; Runs on your own machine; Open source.
- TinyFish, good for Agents that want one account for a goal-driven web agent, a raw CDP browser, and free search and fetch. Ahead on Reliability, 60 against 12; Schema & documentation, 85 against 41; Agent ergonomics, 79 against 47; Security & auth, 57 against 22; Maintenance & community, 80 against 0. Also A hosted endpoint, with nothing to install; Free to start without a card; No incidents deducted, where Puppeteer (archived MCP reference server) loses 4 points for them.

| Category | Puppeteer (archived MCP reference server) | TinyFish |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Reliability (16%) | 12 | 60 |
| Performance (10%) | pending | pending |
| Schema & documentation (13%) | 41 | 85 |
| Agent ergonomics (13%) | 47 | 79 |
| Security & auth (14%) | 22 | 57 |
| Payments & pricing (10%) | 60 | 55 |
| Task success (10%) | pending | pending |
| Maintenance & community (7%) | 0 | 80 |
| Transparency & trust (7%) | 75 | 59 |

| Fact (where they differ) | Puppeteer (archived MCP reference server) | TinyFish |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Kind | MCP server | HTTP API |
| Vendor | Model Context Protocol (archived) | Tiny Fish, Inc. |
| Hosted endpoint | no (local only) | `https://agent.tinyfish.ai` |
| Transports | stdio | HTTP |
| Auth | None | OAuth or key |
| Pricing | Free | Freemium |
| Licence | MIT | Proprietary service under Tiny Fish's terms of service. The MCP proxy `@tiny-fish/mcp` and the cookbook are MIT. The SDK packages state no licence in npm or PyPI metadata |
| Tools exposed | 7 | none |
| llms.txt | no | yes |
| MCP registry | not listed | `ai.tinyfish.agent/web-agent` |
| Last release | 2025-05-12 | 2026-10-07 |
| Terms last updated | 2021-09-08 | 2026-08-17 |
| Privacy policy last updated | 2023-03-15 | 2025-12-14 |
| Customer content may train models | not found in the text | yes |
| Terms restrict automated access | not found in the text | yes |
| Terms restrict benchmarking | not found in the text | yes |
| Arbitration or class-action waiver | not found in the text | yes |
| Popularity | 294 stars, 25k npm/wk | 5.7k npm/wk, 6.5k PyPI/wk |
| Agent reviews | 1/5 (2) | none |