{ "meta": { "attribution": "Anchor Terminal (https://www.anchorterminal.com)", "docs": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/docs/", "generatedAt": "2026-10-14", "license": "CC-BY-4.0", "method": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/benchmark/", "methodology": "0.4", "openapi": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/openapi.json", "preview": false, "run": "2026-10-01", "runLabel": "October 2026 research run" }, "tool": { "slug": "rated-people", "name": "Rated People", "vendor": "Averton Ltd (Checkatrade Group)", "vendorUrl": "https://www.ratedpeople.com", "kind": "platform", "category": "home-services", "summary": "Rated People is a UK website and app where homeowners post a job free and are matched with tradespeople, who contact them to quote. It is part of Checkatrade Group.", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/rated-people", "markdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/rated-people.md", "slimMarkdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/rated-people.min.md", "jsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/rated-people.json", "license": "Closed service under the Rated People Platform Terms of Use (Averton Ltd)", "transports": [], "packages": [], "auth": "mixed", "authNotes": "An account on the Rated People website or homeowner app. No API key, OAuth app or developer access was found (checked 2026-10-14).", "pricing": "freemium", "pricingNotes": "Free for homeowners to post a job, per the home page (https://www.ratedpeople.com). Tradespeople buy Rated People leads only through Checkatrade membership, which starts at £30 a month and includes leads from both platforms (https://www.ratedpeople.com/blog/rated-people-joins-checkatrade-group, 17 September 2026).", "priceSummary": "Freemium", "where": "local", "x402": { "level": "no", "evidence": "No x402, MPP or L402 found on ratedpeople.com or in its terms (checked 2026-10-14).", "endpoints": [] }, "toolCount": null, "popularity": { "githubStars": null, "npmWeekly": null, "pypiWeekly": null, "asOf": "2026-10-14" }, "capabilities": [ "home.jobs", "home.quotes", "home.pros", "home.reviews" ], "tags": [ "not-for-agents", "hosted", "official", "closed-source", "freemium", "ios", "android", "uk" ], "lastRelease": "2026-10-13", "graded": true, "anchor": { "graded": true, "score": 15.9, "grade": "F", "agentReady": false, "rank": 1050, "ranked": true, "rankOf": 1076, "categoryRank": 5, "methodology": "0.4", "run": "2026-10-01", "scores": { "ergonomics": 0, "maintenance": 54, "payments": 30, "reliability": 15, "schema": 0, "security": 0, "transparency": 51 }, "pending": [ "performance", "tasks" ], "breakdown": [ { "key": "reliability", "name": "Reliability", "weight": 16, "effectiveWeight": 20, "score": 15, "points": 3, "reason": "Read with the hosted lines. No status page found, and status.ratedpeople.com does not resolve (0). No readable incident history (5). No limits published, and no interface for an outside agent (0). No overload or retry guidance (0). No SLA (0). The website and apps are in general use, not labelled beta (10)." }, { "key": "performance", "name": "Performance", "weight": 10, "effectiveWeight": 0, "pending": true, "points": 0, "reason": "Pending. Latency is measured per call by our probes, which haven't run yet, so this run doesn't score it. Its weight is shared across the assessed categories until the first probe window closes." }, { "key": "schema", "name": "Schema \u0026 documentation", "weight": 13, "effectiveWeight": 16.25, "score": 0, "points": 0, "reason": "Graded on the interface an outside agent can use. Rated People has no API, MCP server or A2A endpoint, so the contract, description, typed-input and example lines score nothing (0 of 25, 0 of 20, 0 of 15, 0 of 15). www.ratedpeople.com/llms.txt returns 404 (0). With no agent interface there is nothing to version (0 of 15)." }, { "key": "ergonomics", "name": "Agent ergonomics", "weight": 13, "effectiveWeight": 16.25, "score": 0, "points": 0, "reason": "Graded on the interface an outside agent can use. There is none, so context cost, pagination, errors, retries and defaults have nothing to score (0 on each line). This says nothing about the service for people." }, { "key": "security", "name": "Security \u0026 auth", "weight": 14, "effectiveWeight": 17.5, "score": 0, "points": 0, "reason": "Graded on the interface an outside agent can use. With none, the credential, least-privilege, injection and audit lines score nothing (0 of 30, 0 of 20, 0 of 15, 0 of 15). The security programme line is scored. www.ratedpeople.com/.well-known/security.txt returns 404, and no disclosure policy, bug bounty or certification was found (0 of 20)." }, { "key": "payments", "name": "Payments \u0026 pricing", "weight": 10, "effectiveWeight": 12.5, "score": 30, "points": 3.75, "reason": "Read with the hosted rule. No x402, MPP or L402 (0). Tradesperson pricing is published only as Checkatrade membership from £30 a month, plan-only (10). Posting a job is free for homeowners, with no card mentioned (20). A person signs up on the website or in the app (0)." }, { "key": "tasks", "name": "Task success", "weight": 10, "effectiveWeight": 0, "pending": true, "points": 0, "reason": "Pending. Task success needs the category task suites run through each tool, which haven't run yet, so this run doesn't score it. Its weight is shared across the assessed categories until then. A data provider's data-quality score is published on its listing now and becomes half of this category when it's scored." }, { "key": "maintenance", "name": "Maintenance \u0026 community", "weight": 7, "effectiveWeight": 8.75, "score": 54, "points": 4.72, "reason": "Read for a closed service. Rated People for Homeowners 19.0.1 on 13 October 2026 (30). Versions 18.4.0, 18.5.0 and 19.0.1 between 11 August and 13 October (20). Help pages for homeowners and tradespeople and a phone line, no changelog (4 of 15). No MCP server or SDK (0). No package or CI to judge (0)." }, { "key": "transparency", "name": "Transparency \u0026 trust", "weight": 7, "effectiveWeight": 8.75, "score": 51, "points": 4.46, "note": "editorial 42, provenance 59", "reason": "Closed service under Platform Terms of Use effective 17 September 2026, naming Averton Ltd with company number and office (15). The privacy notice names Vetted Ltd as controller and its ICO number, says job media is deleted when the job completes or lapses, keeps reviews under a retention schedule and describes UK addendum, data transfer agreement and US-UK framework safeguards for transfers. It has no date (20 of 30). The terms promise notice of material changes. No deprecation policy (2 of 20). Transfers are described without a sub-processor list (5 of 20)." } ], "assessment": { "date": "2026-10-14", "basis": "public evidence", "confidence": "medium", "notes": { "ergonomics": "Graded on the interface an outside agent can use. There is none, so context cost, pagination, errors, retries and defaults have nothing to score (0 on each line). This says nothing about the service for people.", "maintenance": "Read for a closed service. Rated People for Homeowners 19.0.1 on 13 October 2026 (30). Versions 18.4.0, 18.5.0 and 19.0.1 between 11 August and 13 October (20). Help pages for homeowners and tradespeople and a phone line, no changelog (4 of 15). No MCP server or SDK (0). No package or CI to judge (0).", "payments": "Read with the hosted rule. No x402, MPP or L402 (0). Tradesperson pricing is published only as Checkatrade membership from £30 a month, plan-only (10). Posting a job is free for homeowners, with no card mentioned (20). A person signs up on the website or in the app (0).", "reliability": "Read with the hosted lines. No status page found, and status.ratedpeople.com does not resolve (0). No readable incident history (5). No limits published, and no interface for an outside agent (0). No overload or retry guidance (0). No SLA (0). The website and apps are in general use, not labelled beta (10).", "schema": "Graded on the interface an outside agent can use. Rated People has no API, MCP server or A2A endpoint, so the contract, description, typed-input and example lines score nothing (0 of 25, 0 of 20, 0 of 15, 0 of 15). www.ratedpeople.com/llms.txt returns 404 (0). With no agent interface there is nothing to version (0 of 15).", "security": "Graded on the interface an outside agent can use. With none, the credential, least-privilege, injection and audit lines score nothing (0 of 30, 0 of 20, 0 of 15, 0 of 15). The security programme line is scored. www.ratedpeople.com/.well-known/security.txt returns 404, and no disclosure policy, bug bounty or certification was found (0 of 20).", "transparency": "Closed service under Platform Terms of Use effective 17 September 2026, naming Averton Ltd with company number and office (15). The privacy notice names Vetted Ltd as controller and its ICO number, says job media is deleted when the job completes or lapses, keeps reviews under a retention schedule and describes UK addendum, data transfer agreement and US-UK framework safeguards for transfers. It has no date (20 of 30). The terms promise notice of material changes. No deprecation policy (2 of 20). Transfers are described without a sub-processor list (5 of 20)." }, "sources": [ { "what": "home page", "url": "https://www.ratedpeople.com", "seen": "2026-10-14" }, { "what": "Platform Terms of Use, effective 17 September 2026", "url": "https://www.ratedpeople.com/terms-of-use", "seen": "2026-10-14" }, { "what": "privacy notice", "url": "https://www.ratedpeople.com/privacy-notice", "seen": "2026-10-14" }, { "what": "post on joining Checkatrade Group, 17 September 2026", "url": "https://www.ratedpeople.com/blog/rated-people-joins-checkatrade-group", "seen": "2026-10-14" }, { "what": "App Store listing and version history", "url": "https://apps.apple.com/gb/app/rated-people-for-homeowners/id553594818", "seen": "2026-10-14" }, { "what": "robots.txt", "url": "https://www.ratedpeople.com/robots.txt", "seen": "2026-10-14" }, { "what": "security.txt, 404", "url": "https://www.ratedpeople.com/.well-known/security.txt", "seen": "2026-10-14" } ], "openQuestions": [ "The date of the privacy notice.", "Whether Rated People and Checkatrade will merge their job-posting flows.", "Why the App Store provider (Rated People Ltd) differs from the contracting entity (Averton Ltd)." ] }, "negative": 0, "verdict": "Rated People lets UK homeowners post a job free and hear from tradespeople, and since September 2026 it belongs to Checkatrade Group. There is no public API or MCP server an outside agent can call today. Checkatrade's keyless MCP server is the nearest route, since Rated People jobs go to Checkatrade Group tradespeople.", "bestFor": "UK homeowners who want to post a job and hear back from several tradespeople.", "strengths": [ "Posting a job is free for homeowners, per the home page", "Platform terms dated 17 September 2026 name Averton Ltd with its company number and registered office", "Three homeowner app releases between 11 August and 13 October 2026", "The privacy notice describes retention of job media and the safeguards for transfers outside the UK" ], "weaknesses": [ "No public API or MCP server an outside agent can call", "No status page, security.txt or disclosure policy found", "Tradesperson prices are given only as Checkatrade membership from £30 a month", "No sub-processor list or deprecation policy found" ], "agentNotes": [ "Don't plan to call Rated People from another agent. Hand the job post to the person, or use the Checkatrade listing's MCP server to find Checkatrade Group trades", "Tell the person that posting a job is free and that tradespeople will contact them to quote" ], "metrics": { "kind": "remote", "measured": false }, "reviewCount": 0, "avgRating": 0, "history": [ { "basis": "public evidence", "confidence": "medium", "grade": "F", "methodology": "0.4", "pending": [ "performance", "tasks" ], "run": "2026-10-01", "runLabel": "October 2026 research run", "score": 15.9 } ], "editorialScores": { "ergonomics": 0, "maintenance": 54, "payments": 30, "reliability": 15, "schema": 0, "security": 0, "transparency": 42 }, "provenanceScore": 59 }, "connect": {}, "letme": { "capability": "https://letme.dev/home.jobs", "tool": "https://letme.dev/rated-people" }, "notable": [ "Rated People joined Checkatrade Group, announced 17 September 2026, and the two platforms continue to operate separately (https://www.ratedpeople.com/blog/rated-people-joins-checkatrade-group)", "The Platform Terms of Use, effective 17 September 2026, are with Averton Ltd, company 17439358, and say job details are shared only with Checkatrade Group tradespeople (https://www.ratedpeople.com/terms-of-use)", "The privacy notice says personal data from Rated People is processed by Vetted Ltd, which operates the Checkatrade brand (https://www.ratedpeople.com/privacy-notice)", "Rated People for Homeowners 19.0.1 on the App Store on 13 October 2026, rated 4.6 from 4,312 ratings, provider Rated People Ltd (https://apps.apple.com/gb/app/rated-people-for-homeowners/id553594818)", "robots.txt disallows /api/ and /post-a-job for crawlers" ], "area": "everyday", "details": [ { "label": "Surface listed", "value": "The Rated People website and homeowner app, read from ratedpeople.com (home page, terms of use, privacy notice, help pages, the Checkatrade Group post) and the App Store listing on 14 October 2026. No account was created." }, { "label": "Outside agent access", "value": "None. No API, MCP server or developer page was found, and robots.txt disallows /api/." }, { "label": "How it works", "value": "A homeowner posts a job and tradespeople matched by trade and area get in touch to quote. Job details go only to Checkatrade Group tradespeople (https://www.ratedpeople.com/terms-of-use)." }, { "label": "Company", "value": "Averton Ltd, company 17439358, Level 2 Citypoint, 1 Ropemaker Street, London EC2Y 9SS, part of Checkatrade Group. Data processed by Vetted Ltd (Checkatrade), ICO registration Z6851067." }, { "label": "Coverage", "value": "UK" } ], "provenance": { "legalEntity": "Averton Ltd", "domain": "ratedpeople.com", "domainRegistered": "2005-04-16", "endpointOnVendorDomain": null, "terms": "https://www.ratedpeople.com/terms-of-use", "privacy": "https://www.ratedpeople.com/privacy-notice", "statusPage": "", "changelog": "", "securityTxt": "none", "checked": "2026-10-14", "notes": [ "The terms (effective 17 September 2026) name Averton Ltd, company 17439358, as part of Checkatrade Group.", "The privacy notice is Checkatrade's, with Vetted Ltd (company 04285394) as controller, and has no date.", "www.ratedpeople.com/.well-known/security.txt returns 404, and no status page was found.", "The App Store provider name is Rated People Ltd, which differs from the contracting entity in the terms.", "RDAP gives a registration date of 2005-04-16 for ratedpeople.com." ], "score": 59, "checks": [ { "check": "Legal entity named", "value": "Averton Ltd", "points": 20, "max": 20, "state": "ok" }, { "check": "Domain age", "value": "ratedpeople.com, registered 2005-04-16 (21 years)", "points": 15, "max": 15, "state": "ok" }, { "check": "Endpoint on the vendor's domain", "value": "no hosted endpoint", "points": 0, "max": 0, "state": "na" }, { "check": "Terms of service", "value": "read, states 5 of the 7 things a reader expects", "points": 8.3, "max": 10, "state": "part" }, { "check": "Privacy policy", "value": "read, states 6 of the 8 things a reader expects, and has 1 clause that costs points", "points": 6.5, "max": 10, "state": "part" }, { "check": "Status page", "value": "not found", "points": 0, "max": 10, "state": "no" }, { "check": "Changelog", "value": "not found", "points": 0, "max": 10, "state": "no" }, { "check": "security.txt", "value": "not found", "points": 0, "max": 10, "state": "no" } ], "policies": [ { "kind": "terms", "url": "https://www.ratedpeople.com/terms-of-use", "state": "read", 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}, { "key": "terms.changes", "label": "Says how changes to the terms are announced", "found": false }, { "key": "terms.use", "label": "Lists what users may not do", "found": true, "quote": "You must not create, commission or help arrange fake or misleading reviews." }, { "key": "terms.sla", "label": "Refers to a service level or uptime commitment", "found": false } ], "notes": [ { "date": "2026-10-14", "text": "Users grant a perpetual, transferable and sublicensable licence over their content, including to license it to third parties without payment.", "quote": "This includes the right to use Your Content to operate, develop, improve, market and promote our Platform, brands and services, and to license, sublicense or otherwise make Your Content available to third parties, without payment to you." }, { "date": "2026-10-14", "text": "Total liability for any claim or series of related claims under the terms is limited to 50 pounds.", "quote": "Subject to the section below, our total liability to you for any claim or series of related claims arising from these Platform Terms is limited to £50." }, { "date": "2026-10-14", "text": "The terms say AI, including technology from Checkatrade Group members or third parties, may be used to operate, develop and improve the Platform.", "quote": "We may use artificial intelligence and other automated technologies (AI) to operate, support, develop and improve the Platform and our services, including technology provided by other members of the Checkatrade Group or third parties." } ] }, { "kind": "privacy", "url": "https://www.ratedpeople.com/privacy-notice", "state": "read", "readAt": "2026-10-14", "words": 5516, "points": 6.5, "max": 10, "expected": [ { "key": "privacy.date", "label": "Gives the date it was last updated", "found": false }, { "key": "privacy.collected", "label": "Says what personal data is collected", "found": true, "quote": "In this notice we provide information on the personal information we collect, how we use it, how long we keep your data, and how to exercise your data protection rights." }, { "key": "privacy.retention", "label": "Says how long data is kept", "found": true, "quote": "In this notice we provide information on the personal information we collect, how we use it, how long we keep your data, and how to exercise your data protection rights." }, { "key": "privacy.processors", "label": "Says who else receives the data", "found": true, "quote": "2.3 For a more detailed investigation we may be required to commission a report from a surveyor and your personal information will be provided to our contracted service providers to arrange the inspection visit." }, { "key": "privacy.sale", "label": "Says whether personal data is sold or shared for advertising", "found": false }, { "key": "privacy.rights", "label": "Says what rights people have over their data", "found": true, "quote": "If at any time you wish to have this information removed, you can submit a request under your right to erasure." }, { "key": "privacy.contact", "label": "Gives a privacy contact", "found": true, "quote": "14.1 You can get in touch with the Checkatrade Privacy Team or the Data Protection Officer:", "says": "Names a data protection officer" }, { "key": "privacy.transfers", "label": "Says where data is transferred or stored", "found": true, "quote": "International data transfers are done in compliance with applicable safeguarding mechanisms such as the UK Addendum to the EU Standard Contractual Clauses and International Data Transfer Agreements, and the US-UK Data Privacy Framework.", "says": "Relies on standard contractual clauses and the Data Privacy Framework" } ], "toKnow": [ { "key": "training", "label": "Says it may use customer content to train or improve models, and no opt-out was found", "found": true, "quote": "We may also store and use call transcripts for internal analytics and business intelligence purposes, including categorising enquiries, understanding job outcomes and 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