Best MCP server for browser automation

Short answer, based on our 2026-10-22 tests: Playwright MCP (Microsoft) scored highest (100/100). Ranking below uses only the tests we ran; we did not yet benchmark real browsing tasks.

  1. Playwright MCP (Microsoft): 100/100, 25 tools, last tested 2026-10-22.
  2. Chrome DevTools MCP (Google): 100/100, 32 tools, last tested 2026-10-22.
  3. Browser (agent-infra): 100/100, 21 tools, last tested 2026-10-22.
  4. Browser Tools (AgentDesk): 90/100, 14 tools, last tested 2026-10-22.
  5. Playwright MCP (ExecuteAutomation): 80/100, 33 tools, last tested 2026-10-22.
  6. Browser Use: 80/100, 2 tools, last tested 2026-10-22.
  7. Puppeteer (legacy reference): 75/100, 7 tools, last tested 2026-10-22 (deprecated).
  8. Browserbase: 75/100, 9 tools, last tested 2026-10-22 (deprecated).
  9. Puppeteer MCP (community): 75/100, 8 tools, last tested 2026-10-22.
  10. Playwright (Automata Labs): 75/100, 10 tools, last tested 2026-10-22.
  11. Puppeteer (hisma fork): 75/100, 7 tools, last tested 2026-10-22.
  12. Browser MCP: 53/100, 12 tools, last tested 2026-10-22.
  13. Playwright (Python): 35/100, n/a tools, last tested 2026-10-22.

Note: the original Puppeteer reference server is deprecated on npm; Browserbase's old package name has moved.

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