MCP Comparison
Compare features, tools, and capabilities of these MCP servers side by side.
Playwright MCP
Playwright MCP server. A Model Context Protocol (MCP) server that provides browser automation capabilities using Playwright. This server enables large language models (LLMs) to interact with web pages through structured accessibility snapshots, bypassing the need for screenshots or visually-tuned models. The server is designed to be fast, lightweight, and deterministic, offering LLM-friendly tooling and a rich set of browser automation capabilities via MCP tools. It supports standalone operation, containerized deployments, and integration with a variety of MCP clients (Claude Desktop, VS Code, Copilot, Cursor, Goose, Windsurf, and others).
Hugging Face MCP Server
Hugging Face Official MCP Server connects your large language models (LLMs) to the Hugging Face Hub and thousands of Gradio AI Applications, enabling seamless MCP (Model Context Protocol) integration across multiple transports. It supports STDIO, SSE (to be deprecated but still commonly deployed), StreamableHTTP, and StreamableHTTPJson, with the Web Application allowing dynamic tool management and status updates. This MCP server is designed to be run locally or in Docker, and it provides integrations with Claude Desktop, Claude Code, Gemini CLI (and its extension), VSCode, and Cursor, making it easy to configure and manage MCP-enabled tools and endpoints. Tools such as hf_doc_search and hf_doc_fetch can be enabled to enhance document discovery, and an optional Authenticate tool can be included to handle OAuth challenges when called.
| Feature | Playwright MCP | Hugging Face MCP Server |
|---|---|---|
| Verified | ||
| Official | ||
| Tools Available | 26 | 3 |
| Has Installation Guide | ||
| Has Examples | ||
| Website | ||
| Source Code |
- browser_click
- browser_close
- browser_console_messages
- browser_drag
- browser_evaluate
- browser_file_upload
- browser_fill_form
- browser_handle_dialog
- browser_hover
- browser_navigate
- +16 more tools
- hf_doc_fetch
- hf_doc_search
- authenticate
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