Alternatives to Surface
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Surface is tagged Browser, Cloud. The servers below cover similar ground, ranked by how many tags they share with it, then by GitHub stars.
agent-toolbelt
by io.github.rccola990-cloud
MCP tools for AI agents: fetch any URL as clean text, live crypto prices, review & bid drafting.
npx -y @rileycraig/agent-toolbelt@2.0.2Anchor Browser
by io.anchorbrowser
Cloud browsers for AI agents: get past bot detection, sign in with MFA, run web tasks at scale.
https://api.anchorbrowser.io/v1/mcpapify
by com.mcparmory
Build, deploy, and run web scraping and automation actors in the cloud
uvx mcparmory-apify@1.0.5Baizhi Cloud Browser (CapyBrowser)
by io.github.ctcbyzx
Baizhi Cloud Browser (CapyBrowser): cloud sessions via MCP; page actions use a CDP client.
https://capybrowser.app.baizhi.cloud/mcpbrawsr
by io.github.brawsr
Browser sessions, checkpoints, rewind, fork, lineage, and lifecycle tools for brawsr.
npx -y @brawsr/mcp-server@0.2.0browser-use
by com.browser-use
Browser agents and stealth cloud browsers for AI: run web tasks, fill forms, extract data.
uvx browser-use@0.13.11Browserbase
by io.github.mindstone
Browserbase MCP server: cloud browser sessions, agents, contexts, fetch, search, functions
npx -y @mindstone/mcp-server-browserbase@0.1.1browserdebug
by io.github.CloudCorpRecords
Debug web pages in Chrome: performance traces, network, console, snapshots, screenshots.
npx -y @reneturcios/browserdebug@0.1.0browserstage
by io.github.CloudCorpRecords
Automate a browser with accessibility snapshots: navigate, click, type, fill and wait.
npx -y @reneturcios/browserstage@0.1.0bypass-cloudflare-api
by com.jojapi
Bypass Cloudflare API: A powerful scraping API designed to bypass Cloudflare protection.
https://mcp.jojapi.com/bypass-cloudflare-apicapmonster-mcp-patchright-captcha-solver
by io.github.CapMonsterCloud
Browser automation MCP for solving captchas with CapMonster Cloud via Patchright.
npx -y capmonster-mcp-patchright@1.1.3CloudBrowser
by ai.cloudbrowser
Give AI agents a real cloud Chrome: open sessions, navigate, read pages, click, type and screenshot.
https://mcp.cloudbrowser.ai