Selenium MCP Server vs MCP Server Playwright

In-depth architectural comparison of the Selenium MCP Server and MCP Server Playwright MCP servers. Compare execution transports, security boundaries, tool capabilities, quality scores, and ready-to-paste client installation snippets for Claude, Cursor, Windsurf, and VS Code.

Which MCP Server Should You Choose?

Choose Selenium MCP Server when:

• You need dedicated capabilities in the Browser Automation domain.
• You prefer local stdio subprocess transport architecture.
• Your security boundary fits: No auth required (Free / Open Source).
• Primary tools included: Navigate URLs with timeout and readiness checks, Find elements by text, class, ID, attributes, XPath, and iframe, Click elements and set input values.

Explore Selenium MCP Server Details

Choose MCP Server Playwright when:

• You need dedicated capabilities in the Browser Automation domain.
• You prefer local stdio subprocess transport architecture.
• Your security boundary fits: No auth required (Free / Open Source).
• Primary tools included: browser_navigate, browser_screenshot, browser_click.

Feature & Specification Comparison

Specification	Selenium MCP Server PhungXuanAnh Browser Automation	MCP Server Playwright automatalabs Browser Automation
Summary	A Model Context Protocol server providing web automation capabilities through Selenium WebDriver	An MCP server for browser automation using Playwright
Category & Scope	Browser Automation

Tools & Capabilities Breakdown

Ready-to-Paste Client Configurations

Paste either (or both) of these JSON server blocks into your client config file (e.g. claude_desktop_config.json or ~/.cursor/mcp.json).

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "phungxuananh-selenium-mcp-server": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "mcp-server-selenium"
      ]
    }
  }
}

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "automatalabs-mcp-server-playwright": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@smithery/cli"
      ]
    }
  }
}

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