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Bright Data MCP vs Playwright MCP

Playwright MCP leads on trust: 91.9/100 (Grade A) against 80.7/100 (Grade A), a 11.2-point gap. Bright Data MCP leads on maintenance; Playwright MCP leads on supply-chain integrity and adoption.

A Bright Data MCP 80.7

A powerful Model Context Protocol (MCP) server that provides an all-in-one solution for public web access.

brightdata/brightdata-mcp · #162 overall · #78 MCP Servers · coverage B (3/5)

Choose Bright Data MCP if maintenance matters most.

+3.2Maintenance: last push 1d ago, against 2d ago

A Playwright MCP 91.9

Playwright MCP server

microsoft/playwright-mcp · #13 overall · #3 MCP Servers · coverage B (3/5)

Choose Playwright MCP if supply-chain integrity and adoption matter most.

+7.5Safety / Integrity: 100% of recent commits signed, against 18%
+6.2Adoption: 8.6M weekly downloads against 15.7k
+2.3Transparency: OSSF Scorecard 6.4 against 3.7

Where they differ

13.0

Safety / IntegrityPlaywright MCP +7.5

20.5

11.6

TransparencyPlaywright MCP +2.3

13.9

19.6

MaintenanceBright Data MCP +3.2

16.4

13.8

AdoptionPlaywright MCP +6.2

20.0

+4.7

Runtime calibrationBright Data MCP +1.6

+3.1

1 dimension identical: Identity 18.0 · Full evidence table

An independent, evidence-based trust comparison of Bright Data MCP and Playwright MCP, two MCP Servers projects in the HVTracker registry. Scores come from public, checkable signals — supply-chain provenance, OSSF Scorecard, maintenance, and adoption — not popularity.

Full evidence

Signal	Bright Data MCPbrightdata/brightdata-mcp	Playwright MCPmicrosoft/playwright-mcp
HVTrust score	80.7	91.9
Evidence grade	A	A
Coverage grade	B	B
Overall rank	#162	#13
Rank in MCP Servers	#78	#3
GitHub stars	2.7k	39.0k
Last updated	1d ago	2d ago
Build provenance	Yes	Yes
OSSF Scorecard	3.7 / 10	6.4 / 10
License	MIT	Apache-2.0
Downloads	16k/wk	8.6M/wk
Trust dimensions (points earned)
Safety / integrity / 25	13.0	20.5
Identity & provenance / 18	18.0	18.0
Transparency / 17	11.6	13.9
Maintenance / 20	19.6	16.4
Adoption / 20	13.8	20.0
Runtime capability surface (full matrix)
MCP server	Implemented	Implemented
External providers	—	—
Requires API keys	Yes	No
Plugin surface	—	—
Provenance drift	Match	Match

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How to read this: HVTrust (0–100) weighs supply-chain signals (provenance, OSSF Scorecard, signed commits, open license) alongside real-world adoption, scaled by an evidence-confidence factor. Grade bands: A ≥ 80, B ≥ 65, C ≥ 50, D < 50. Signals refresh daily. Full methodology v4.4 →