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Hyperbrowser (S2 Labs, Inc.) · commercial

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Try itExperimental

See what an agent can do with Hyperbrowser before you ever sign up. Pick a story: recorded sessions replay real probe-harness transcripts; sandboxed self-drive sessions are designed and gated (docs/TRY-IT.md).

$echo '<jsonrpc initialize>' | npx -y hyperbrowser-mcprecorded session — replayed, not live
recorded 2026-09-05 · exit 0 · captured verbatim by our probe harness, secrets redacted

Verified integrations

No integration evidence found in our corpus for this product yet — that means none was found, never that it doesn’t integrate.

By theme — the product's score on each story themeBy theme

Action primitives — stories about action primitives in this arenaAction primitivesevidence →

Stories about action primitives in this arena

18.0/100

Agenticness — how well agents can access and operate the productAgenticnessevidence →

How well agents can access and operate the product

43.1/100

Auth session persistence — stories about auth session persistence in this arenaAuth session persistenceevidence →

Stories about auth session persistence in this arena

52.9/100

Automation depth — how much of the product can run unattendedAutomation depthevidence →

How much of the product can run unattended

9.0/100

Deployment modes — stories about deployment modes in this arenaDeployment modesevidence →

Stories about deployment modes in this arena

0.0/100

Framework model support — stories about framework model support in this arenaFramework model supportevidence →

Stories about framework model support in this arena

35.0/100

Nl task execution — stories about nl task execution in this arenaNl task executionevidence →

Stories about nl task execution in this arena

40.3/100

Openness — open source, data portability, and self-hosting storiesOpennessevidence →

Open source, data portability, and self-hosting stories

14.0/100

Pricing limits — free-tier ceilings, usage caps, and rate limits before you have to payPricing limitsevidence →

Free-tier ceilings, usage caps, and rate limits before you have to pay

12.0/100

Privacy posture — data-handling and privacy storiesPrivacy postureevidence →

Data-handling and privacy stories

0.0/100

Replay debugging — stories about replay debugging in this arenaReplay debuggingevidence →

Stories about replay debugging in this arena

27.0/100

Scale parallelism — running many jobs at once — concurrency, fleets, queueingScale parallelismevidence →

Running many jobs at once — concurrency, fleets, queueing

24.0/100

Stealth captcha — stories about stealth captcha in this arenaStealth captchaevidence →

Stories about stealth captcha in this arena

14.4/100

Structured extraction — stories about structured extraction in this arenaStructured extractionevidence →

Stories about structured extraction in this arena

60.0/100

Story verdicts — every judged story with its evidenceStory verdicts

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Sorted by importance (agentic first) (high → low) · 52/52 stories · click a row’s chevron for the rationale and evidence

Connect an agent via an official MCP server G

Agent access

ai-native userAgenticness — how well agents can access and operate the productAgenticness3full8/10T

Drive the product through a documented public API G

Agent access

ai-native userAgenticness — how well agents can access and operate the productAgenticness3full8/10T

Delegate tasks to a built-in AI assistant inside the product G

Agentic features

ai-native userAgenticness — how well agents can access and operate the productAgenticness3full7/10C

Plug MCP servers into this product so it can use their tools G

Agent access

ai-native userAgenticness — how well agents can access and operate the productAgenticness3none0/10

Build against official SDKs G

Agent access

ai-native userAgenticness — how well agents can access and operate the productAgenticness2full8/10C

Operate the product with natural-language commands G

Agentic features

ai-native userAgenticness — how well agents can access and operate the productAgenticness2full8/10C

Point an agent at llms.txt or agent-oriented docs G

Agent access

ai-native userAgenticness — how well agents can access and operate the productAgenticness2full8/10T

Run the product headlessly / in CI for automation G

Agent access

ai-native userAgenticness — how well agents can access and operate the productAgenticness2full8/10C

Use an official CLI G

Agent access

ai-native userAgenticness — how well agents can access and operate the productAgenticness2partial5/10C

Set up automations that run autonomously in the background G

Agentic features

ai-native userAgenticness — how well agents can access and operate the productAgenticness2partial4/10C

Explore an interactive API reference with runnable examples G

Api quality

ai-native userAgenticness — how well agents can access and operate the productAgenticness2partial3/10T

Download a machine-readable API spec (OpenAPI or equivalent) G

Api quality

ai-native userAgenticness — how well agents can access and operate the productAgenticness2none0/10

Issue scoped/least-privilege API credentials for an agent G

Agent access

ai-native userAgenticness — how well agents can access and operate the productAgenticness2none0/10

Rely on versioned APIs with a documented deprecation policy G

Api quality

ai-native userAgenticness — how well agents can access and operate the productAgenticness2none0/10

Get AI-generated insights and suggestions from my data inside the product G

Agentic features

ai-native userAgenticness — how well agents can access and operate the productAgenticness2n/auntestednone yet

Subscribe to events via webhooks G

Agent access

ai-native userAgenticness — how well agents can access and operate the productAgenticness2noneuntestednone yet

Test against a sandbox environment without touching production data G

Api quality

ai-native userAgenticness — how well agents can access and operate the productAgenticness1partial6/10C

Extract typed, schema-validated data (Zod/Pydantic-style) from pages the agent visits, not just raw text C

Extraction

developerStructured extraction — stories about structured extraction in this arenaStructured extraction3full8/10C

Hand the product a natural-language goal and it completes a multi-step web task end to end — navigating, filling forms, and clicking through flows C

Tasks

developerNl task execution — stories about nl task execution in this arenaNl task execution3full7/10C

Persist logged-in browser state in reusable profiles so agents skip the login wall on every subsequent run C

Profiles

developerAuth session persistence — stories about auth session persistence in this arenaAuth session persistence3full7/10C

Drive the page through DOM-understanding action primitives (act/click/type on described elements) that survive selector and layout changes C

Dom

developerAction primitives — stories about action primitives in this arenaAction primitives3partial6/10C

Self-host the core product G

ai-native userOpenness — open source, data portability, and self-hosting storiesOpenness3none0/10

Define rules that trigger actions automatically on events G

ai-native userAutomation depth — how much of the product can run unattendedAutomation depth3noneuntestednone yet

Export all of my data in open formats and leave G

ai-native userOpenness — open source, data portability, and self-hosting storiesOpenness3noneuntestednone yet

Prevent my data from being used to train AI models G

ai-native userPrivacy posture — data-handling and privacy storiesPrivacy posture3noneuntestednone yet

Connect my existing Playwright, Puppeteer, or CDP automation code to the product's browsers instead of rewriting it C

Compat

developerAuth session persistence — stories about auth session persistence in this arenaAuth session persistence2full8/10C

Bring my own LLM provider — the framework is model-agnostic rather than locked to one vendor's models C

Models

developerFramework model support — stories about framework model support in this arenaFramework model support2full7/10C

Do everything through the API that I can do in the UI G

ai-native userOpenness — open source, data portability, and self-hosting storiesOpenness2full7/10T

Perform bulk operations across many items at once G

ai-native userAutomation depth — how much of the product can run unattendedAutomation depth2partial6/10X

Run a fleet of concurrent browser sessions with documented concurrency limits and programmatic session management C

Fleets

automation-engineerScale parallelism — running many jobs at once — concurrency, fleets, queueingScale parallelism2partial6/10X

Submit a browser task over a hosted HTTP API and receive the result by polling or webhook, without managing any browser myself C

Tasks

ai agentNl task execution — stories about nl task execution in this arenaNl task execution2partial6/10T

Debug a failed agent run from recorded replays — video, screenshots, step-by-step action timelines C

Replay

automation-engineerReplay debugging — stories about replay debugging in this arenaReplay debugging2partial5/10C

Enable stealth fingerprinting and residential or geo-targeted proxies so legitimate automations aren't blocked as bots C

Stealth

automation-engineerStealth captcha — stories about stealth captcha in this arenaStealth captcha2disputed5/10D

Rely on a documented captcha stance — automatic solving, human fallback, or explicit non-support — instead of silent task failures C

Captcha

automation-engineerStealth captcha — stories about stealth captcha in this arenaStealth captcha2disputed5/10D

See transparent per-task or per-browser-hour pricing and documented rate/concurrency limits before committing G

Pricing

developerPricing limits — free-tier ceilings, usage caps, and rate limits before you have to payPricing limits2disputed4/10D

Watch a session live and take human control mid-run when the agent gets stuck C

Live

automation-engineerReplay debugging — stories about replay debugging in this arenaReplay debugging2partial4/10C

Switch to a vision or computer-use action mode that operates on screenshots for canvases and UIs the DOM path can't handle C

Vision

developerAction primitives — stories about action primitives in this arenaAction primitives2partial3/10C

Compose repeatable multi-step workflows with loops, conditionals, and parameters instead of one-shot prompts C

Workflows

automation-engineerNl task execution — stories about nl task execution in this arenaNl task execution2none0/10

Control data retention and deletion G

ai-native userPrivacy posture — data-handling and privacy storiesPrivacy posture2none0/10

Opt out of telemetry and usage tracking G

ai-native userPrivacy posture — data-handling and privacy storiesPrivacy posture2none0/10

Plug the browser layer into agent frameworks (Claude Agent SDK, Vercel AI SDK, LangChain, CrewAI) through documented adapters C

Frameworks

developerFramework model support — stories about framework model support in this arenaFramework model support2none0/10

Read the product's source under an open license G

ai-native userOpenness — open source, data portability, and self-hosting storiesOpenness2none0/10

Run the agent against a local browser on my own machine for development, without any cloud account C

Local

developerDeployment modes — stories about deployment modes in this arenaDeployment modes2none0/10

Store credentials in a vault and have the agent complete logins including TOTP/2FA challenges without exposing secrets to the model G

Credentials

automation-engineerAuth session persistence — stories about auth session persistence in this arenaAuth session persistence2none0/10

Cache resolved actions or generated code so repeat runs replay deterministically at lower cost and latency than re-prompting the LLM C

Caching

developerAction primitives — stories about action primitives in this arenaAction primitives2noneuntestednone yet

Choose where my data is stored (region/residency) G

ai-native userPrivacy posture — data-handling and privacy storiesPrivacy posture2noneuntestednone yet

Schedule recurring jobs or workflows G

ai-native userAutomation depth — how much of the product can run unattendedAutomation depth2noneuntestednone yet

Point to the vendor's published acceptable-use and anti-abuse posture governing what its stealth and automation features may be used for C

Posture

automation-engineerStealth captcha — stories about stealth captcha in this arenaStealth captcha1disputed4/10D

My agent can download files from and upload files to the sites it operates, with the artifacts retrievable afterwards C

Files

developerStructured extraction — stories about structured extraction in this arenaStructured extraction1none0/10

Preview candidate actions on the current page (observe/plan) before committing the agent to act C

Observe

developerAction primitives — stories about action primitives in this arenaAction primitives1none0/10

Get webhook notifications when tasks and sessions finish instead of polling for status C

Lifecycle

developerScale parallelism — running many jobs at once — concurrency, fleets, queueingScale parallelism1noneuntestednone yet

Version, review, and roll back my automations G

ai-native userAutomation depth — how much of the product can run unattendedAutomation depth1noneuntestednone yet

Opportunities — the stories that would move this product's scores, from its own judged verdictsOpportunitiestop 8 of 34 stories with headroom

What would move Hyperbrowser’s scores — derived from its own judged verdicts, biggest headroom first. Each line quotes what the judge found missing; shipping it (or evidencing it publicly) is the fix.

  1. Agenticness — how well agents can access and operate the productPlug MCP servers into this product so it can use their tools

    nonemoves agent-readyimpact 45

    Hyperbrowser documents itself as an MCP *server* that exposes its own scraping/automation tools to AI models (hyperbrowser-docs-8, hyperbrowser-gh-1, hyperbrowser-probe-4), but this is the opposite of the story, which asks whether Hyperbrowser (or its HyperAgent/browser-agent features) can act as an MCP *client* and plug in external MCP servers to use their tools.

  2. Automation depth — how much of the product can run unattendedDefine rules that trigger actions automatically on events

    nonemoves PA Scoreimpact 30

    Missing: rule/trigger definition mechanism, event listeners or webhooks, scheduling/condition-based automation execution.

  3. Openness — open source, data portability, and self-hosting storiesExport all of my data in open formats and leave

    nonemoves PA Scoreimpact 30

    No evidence of a data export/portability feature for user data (sessions, profiles, recordings, extracted data) in open formats, nor any account-deletion/data-takeout mechanism; profiles and recordings are stored server-side with no documented export path.

  4. Openness — open source, data portability, and self-hosting storiesSelf-host the core product

    nonemoves PA Scoreimpact 30

    Missing: any docs or repo for self-hosting the core browser/session infrastructure, deployment/Docker instructions, or license terms permitting self-hosting.

  5. Privacy posture — data-handling and privacy storiesPrevent my data from being used to train AI models

    nonemoves PA Scoreimpact 30

    Hyperbrowser is a browser automation/scraping infrastructure product; no evidence anywhere in the pack addresses a data-training opt-out or any AI-model training data policy.

  6. Agenticness — how well agents can access and operate the productIssue scoped/least-privilege API credentials for an agent

    nonemoves agent-readyimpact 30

    Missing: any API key scoping/permission model, docs on creating restricted-scope credentials, or agent-specific credential issuance.

  7. Agenticness — how well agents can access and operate the productSubscribe to events via webhooks

    nonemoves agent-readyimpact 30

    Missing: any documentation of webhook subscription/callback endpoints, event types, or webhook configuration.

  8. Agenticness — how well agents can access and operate the productDownload a machine-readable API spec (OpenAPI or equivalent)

    nonemoves API qualityimpact 30

    A direct probe for an OpenAPI/Swagger spec at all standard locations (openapi.json, swagger.json, etc.) returned 404s, and no docs page claims a downloadable machine-readable API spec exists — only human-readable API reference pages are present.

Showing the top 8 of 34 — every none/partial verdict in the story verdicts table is headroom.

Think a verdict is wrong? Every verdicts-table row has a Flag link — see the methodology.

Coverage map — which docs area, API section, or community source covers which judged storiesCoverage map5 surfaces · 28 covered stories

Where the cited evidence behind each covered verdict came from — the same citations the verdicts table shows, no extra judging.

docs28 stories

Probe proofs — replayable recordings from the probe harnessProbe proofs

Replayable recordings from our probe harness — see the Prove-It protocol to submit one.

$echo '<jsonrpc initialize>' | npx -y hyperbrowser-mcpreproduced
$ echo '<jsonrpc initialize>' | npx -y hyperbrowser-mcp
\|/{"result":{"protocolVersion":"2025-06-18","capabilities":{"resources":{},"tools":{"listChanged":true}},"serverInfo":{"name":"hyperbrowser","version":"1.0.24"}},"jsonrpc":"2.0","id":1}
\
$mktemp -d && npm install @hyperbrowser/sdk && node -e "console.log('PA_PROBE_OK Hyperbrowser export:', typeof require('@hyperbrowser/sdk').Hyperbrowser)"reproduced
$ mktemp -d && npm install @hyperbrowser/sdk && node -e "console.log('PA_PROBE_OK Hyperbrowser export:', typeof require('@hyperbrowser/sdk').Hyperbrowser)"
\
added 32 packages in 309ms
\PA_PROBE_OK Hyperbrowser export: function

Claims vs evidence — vendor claims reconciled against independent verdictsClaims vs evidence

3 of 11 testable claims verified · 2 contradictedintegrity 0/100

11 distinct capability claims found in Hyperbrowser’s own claimed-docs/GitHub materials, reconciled against our judge’s independent verdicts.

3

Verified

6

Unverified

2

Contradicted

15

Undersold

Verified (3)
Unverified (6)
Contradicted (2)
Undersold (15)
Claims outside our story set (1)

Real capability claims found in Hyperbrowser’s own materials, but no story in this arena’s taxonomy covers them yet — that’s feedback on the taxonomy, not a mark against the product.

  • scrape_webpage tool extracts formatted content (markdown, screenshots) from any webpage

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Business model

free-tiersubscriptionusage-based

Managed cloud browsers and agent APIs: free hobby tier, then monthly plans metered on browser hours, concurrent sessions, and agent task usage.

pricing ↗

Score trend

How this product’s scores have moved as evidence and verdicts are re-derived — a point per change, not per day.

PA Score25 (Sep 5 '26)30 (Sep 16 '26)
Agent-ready47 (Sep 5 '26)49 (Sep 16 '26)

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Run it in the microterminal →

Recorded agent sessions — and a live MCP handshake where the vendor ships one.

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Data

Agent surface uptime llms.txt 100% (30d, checked every 6h since Sep 8 '26)