# How did last week go? Runner vs a browser, timed — Runner

> Three questions about our own site, asked in Claude Code through Runner and through a browser on Google Analytics and Search Console. Runner: 3.5× faster, 4.1× lower cost.

Canonical: https://www.runtheworld.ai/benchmark

Three questions about our own site, asked in Claude Code two ways: through Runner, and by letting Claude read Google Analytics and Search Console in a browser.
A fresh Claude Code session for every run: Claude Code 2.1.318, Claude Opus 5.5, default settings.
The same setup both ways, with one route switched on: Runner's connector, or a Chrome window driven by Playwright already signed in to Google.
Each question asked twice each way on 11 November 2026. Each figure is the average.
Time, tokens and cost are what Claude Code reported for each run, with cost at list price.
Both routes read the same site, runtheworld.ai, over the same days, and changed nothing.