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Playwright MCP

Microsoft · Launched Mar 2025

Microsoft's official MCP server wrapping Playwright. Exposes Chromium/Firefox/WebKit as MCP tools so any MCP client (Claude Code, Cursor, Codex CLI) can drive a browser.

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AgentMakerLaunchPeakPricing
Surfer 2H Company2026-0297.1Enterprise contract
Browser UseOSSBrowser Use (OSS)2024-1097.0Free (OSS)
MagnitudeMagnitude2025-0693.9Contact sales
ChatGPT AgentOpenAI2026-0189.3ChatGPT Pro $200/mo; Plus $20/mo (waitlisted)
SkyvernOSSSkyvern (Y Combinator)2024-0485.8Open-source; enterprise contract
StagehandOSSBrowserbase2024-0685.8Free SDK + Browserbase cloud ($99/mo+)
Project MarinerGoogle DeepMind2024-1284.0Google AI Ultra subscription
Multi-OnMulti-On2023-11Subscription
Chrome DevTools MCPOSSGoogle2025-09Free (Apache-2.0)
mcp-chrome (community)OSShangwin2025-06Free (MIT)

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Quick facts

Type
Browser-only
Maker
Microsoft
Launch
2025-03-01
Open source
Yes
Pricing
Free (Apache-2.0)
Benchmarks scored
0
Article mentions
1
Rank in category
#8 of 19
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