Head to head
Browser Use vs Playwright
Same numbers we show everywhere else, lined up. Ratings come from users, the grade comes from our scanner, adoption comes from public registries.
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Browser agents and stealth cloud browsers for AI: run web tasks, fill forms, extract data.
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The short version
Neither has been reviewed yet, so the comparison rests on the scan and the public usage numbers. Both score close on the safety scan (93 and 94 out of 100). Browser Use is hosted and callable through the gateway; Playwright runs on your own machine.
| Browser Use | Playwright | |
|---|---|---|
| User rating | No reviews yet | No reviews yet |
| Safety grade | A93/100 | A94/100 |
| Adoption | Widely used | Widely used |
| GitHub stars | 120k | 38k |
| Downloads / week | 1.6M | 8.5M |
| Runs where | Hosted (remote) | Your machine (local) |
| Gateway-ready | Yes | No |
| Tools | 7 | — |
| Write actions | 2 | — |
| Price per call | Free | Free |
| Licence | MIT | Apache-2.0 |
| Last release | 2026-11-07 | 2026-09-28 |
| Category | Scraping and browsing | Scraping and browsing |