Playwright MCP vs Rendershot MCP: choosing a browser MCP server in 2026 (opens in new tab)

The first time someone asked me "Rendershot has an MCP server, but doesn't Microsoft's Playwright MCP do the same thing?" I gave a bad answer. I muttered something about local vs remote, lost their attention, and moved on. The honest answer is: these two servers overlap by exactly one tool — and they're answering completely different questions. Picking between them isn't a comparison, it's a use-case routing decision. This post tries to make that routing decision obvious. If you're an agent b...