# Puppeteer vs Skyvern (slim)

> Puppeteer scores 70.6 (BB) to Skyvern's 63.1 (B) for browser automation. Prices, MCP, x402, uptime and agent notes side by side.

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Puppeteer scores 70.6 (BB) on agent readiness against Skyvern's 63.1 (B), and leads in 3 of 7 scored categories. Skyvern leads on schema & documentation, agent ergonomics and security & auth. Both do browser automation.

- Puppeteer: BB 70.6, rank #154 of 1076 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/puppeteer.min.md
- Skyvern: B 63.1, rank #435 of 1076 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/skyvern.min.md
- Puppeteer, good for Agents that write and run Node.js scripts against Chrome or Firefox. Ahead on Reliability, 80 against 57; Payments & pricing, 60 against 32. Also Agent-ready, a grade of BB or better; 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 81; Agent ergonomics, 76 against 67; Security & auth, 59 against 52. Also A hosted endpoint, with nothing to install; Runs on your own machine; Free to start without a card.

| Category | Puppeteer | Skyvern |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Reliability (16%) | 80 | 57 |
| Performance (10%) | pending | pending |
| Schema & documentation (13%) | 81 | 88 |
| Agent ergonomics (13%) | 67 | 76 |
| Security & auth (14%) | 52 | 59 |
| Payments & pricing (10%) | 60 | 32 |
| Task success (10%) | pending | pending |
| Maintenance & community (7%) | 89 | 85 |
| Transparency & trust (7%) | 70 | 72 |

| Fact (where they differ) | Puppeteer | Skyvern |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Kind | SDK + MCP | HTTP API |
| Vendor | Google | Ikonomos Inc. (Skyvern) |
| Hosted endpoint | no (local only) | `https://api.skyvern.com/v1` |
| Transports |  | 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 | none | 114 |
| llms.txt | no | yes |
| MCP registry | not listed | `io.github.Skyvern-AI/skyvern` |
| Last release | 2026-10-08 | 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 | 96k stars, 11.5M npm/wk | 23k stars, 3.2k npm/wk, 1.6k PyPI/wk |