{ "data": { "a": { "slug": "360dialog", "name": "360dialog WhatsApp API + MCP", "vendor": "360dialog", "vendorUrl": "https://360dialog.com", "kind": "http-api", "category": "messaging", "summary": "WhatsApp Business Solution Provider with a Cloud API proxy for sending and receiving WhatsApp messages, billed per number per month with Meta's fees passed through.", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/360dialog", "markdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/360dialog.md", "slimMarkdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/360dialog.min.md", "jsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/360dialog.json", "transports": [ "http", "streamable-http" ], "remoteUrl": "https://waba-v2.360dialog.io", "packages": [], "auth": "mixed", "authNotes": "Messaging API takes a per-channel key in the D360-API-KEY header. The hosted MCP uses OAuth with scopes chosen at consent, so denied scopes hide their tools.", "pricing": "paid", "pricingNotes": "Regular €49 ($59) a number a month, Premium €99 ($119), Higher Throughput €249 ($299), plus Meta's WhatsApp message fees at cost. Marketing messages sent through /messages instead of the Marketing Messages API cost 7 per cent over Meta's rate. A sandbox key allows 200 test messages to your own number (https://docs.360dialog.com/docs/get-started/pricing).", "priceSummary": "$59 / mo", "where": "hosted", "x402": { "level": "no", "evidence": "No x402 or stablecoin payment path in docs, pricing or agent discovery files (checked 2026-09-30).", "endpoints": [] }, "toolCount": null, "popularity": { "githubStars": null, "npmWeekly": null, "pypiWeekly": null, "asOf": "2026-09-30" }, "docsUrl": "https://docs.360dialog.com/docs", "llmsTxt": "https://docs.360dialog.com/docs/llms.txt", "capabilities": [ "messaging.whatsapp", "messaging.inbound" ], "tags": [ "hosted", "mcp", "llms-txt", "webhooks", "whatsapp", "card-required" ], "graded": true, "anchor": { "graded": true, "score": 52, "grade": "D", "agentReady": false, "rank": 569, "ranked": true, "rankOf": 722, "categoryRank": 12, "methodology": "0.4", "run": "2026-10-01", "scores": { "ergonomics": 53, "maintenance": 8, "payments": 35, "reliability": 83, "schema": 70, "security": 35, "transparency": 48 }, "pending": [ "performance", "tasks" ], "assessment": { "confidence": "medium", "date": "2026-10-01" }, "negative": 0, "verdict": "Meta's per-message fees passed through at cost, plus a flat €49 to €249 a number a month. No changelog, official SDK or standalone OpenAPI download.", "bestFor": "WhatsApp-only senders who want Meta's rates without a per-message markup and a flat fee per number.", "strengths": [ "Meta's per-message fees passed through at cost, plus a flat €49 to €249 a number a month", "Sandbox with 200 messages and no card", "llms.txt over 297 pages, a .md version of every page, an ?ask= parameter and OpenAPI 3.1 blocks in the reference", "More than 60 error codes, each with a suggested fix", "Status page with no notices from July to 2 October 2026, and Meta outages logged when they happen" ], "weaknesses": [ "No changelog, official SDK or standalone OpenAPI download", "One key per number with no scopes, and a new key revokes the old one at once", "Webhooks support Basic auth only, with no signature", "No uptime SLA on any plan, only support response targets", "The hosted MCP can't send messages and doesn't publish its tool list" ], "agentNotes": [ "Send marketing templates through the Marketing Messages API, /messages adds 7 per cent", "Ask a docs page a question with `?ask=` before reading the whole page", "Pass `fields` and `limit` on GET /message_templates and page with the `after` cursor", "Coordinate key rotation, a new key cuts off every client using the old one", "Answer each webhook with 200 within 5 seconds and process it asynchronously" ], "metrics": { "kind": "remote", "measured": false }, "reviewCount": 2, "avgRating": 3, "history": [ { "basis": "public evidence", "confidence": "medium", "grade": "D", "methodology": "0.4", "pending": [ "performance", "tasks" ], "run": "2026-10-01", "runLabel": "October 2026 research run", "score": 52 } ], "editorialScores": { "ergonomics": 53, "maintenance": 8, "payments": 35, "reliability": 83, "schema": 70, "security": 35, "transparency": 35 }, "provenanceScore": 61 }, "connect": { "http": "curl -X POST https://waba-v2.360dialog.io/messages -H \"D360-API-KEY: $D360_API_KEY\" \\\n -H \"Content-Type: application/json\" -d '{\"messaging_product\":\"whatsapp\",\"recipient_type\":\"individual\",\"to\":\"4915112345678\",\"type\":\"text\",\"text\":{\"body\":\"Hello from 360dialog\"}}'", "claudeCode": "claude mcp add --transport http 360dialog https://mcp.360dialog.com/mcp" }, "letme": { "capability": "https://letme.dev/messaging.whatsapp", "tool": "https://letme.dev/360dialog" }, "area": "communication", "unitPrices": [ { "item": "Regular channel", "unit": "month", "usd": 59, "note": "per WhatsApp number, €49, Meta fees extra" }, { "item": "Premium channel", "unit": "month", "usd": 119, "note": "per WhatsApp number, €99, Meta fees extra" }, { "item": "Higher Throughput channel", "unit": "month", "usd": 299, "note": "per WhatsApp number, €249" } ], "provenance": { "legalEntity": "360dialog GmbH", "domain": "360dialog.com", "domainRegistered": "2012-02-22", "endpointOnVendorDomain": false, "terms": "https://hub.360dialog.com/lp/consent/360dialog-terms-of-use", "privacy": "https://360dialog.com/legal/privacy-policy", "statusPage": "https://status.360dialog.com", "changelog": "", "securityTxt": "none", "checked": "2026-09-30", "notes": [ "The messaging API runs on 360dialog.io, a separate domain the company also uses. The MCP runs on 360dialog.com." ], "score": 61 }, "pageJsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/360dialog.json", "live": { "slug": "360dialog", "probe": { "target": "https://waba-v2.360dialog.io", "method": "get", "lastAt": "2026-10-08T21:53:14.476340557Z", "lastOk": true, "lastStatus": 401, "lastMs": 125, "lastNote": "asks for credentials", "authRequired": true, "uptime24h": 100, "uptime30d": 100, "p50ms24h": 126, "p95ms24h": 185, "samples24h": 270, "samples30d": 2164, "days": [ { "date": "2026-09-30", "probes": 35, "ok": 35 }, { "date": "2026-10-01", "probes": 276, "ok": 276 }, { "date": "2026-10-02", "probes": 248, "ok": 248 }, { "date": "2026-10-03", "probes": 271, "ok": 271 }, { "date": "2026-10-04", "probes": 272, "ok": 272 }, { "date": "2026-10-05", "probes": 272, "ok": 272 }, { "date": "2026-10-06", "probes": 272, "ok": 272 }, { "date": "2026-10-07", "probes": 272, "ok": 272 }, { "date": "2026-10-08", "probes": 246, "ok": 246 } ] }, "vendorStatus": { "page": "https://status.360dialog.com", "indicator": "unknown", "summary": "no machine-readable status found", "checkedAt": "2026-10-08T19:38:11.357495365Z" }, "securityTxt": { "url": "https://360dialog.com/.well-known/security.txt", "state": "none", "checkedAt": "2026-10-08T15:38:55.447523683Z" }, "llmsTxt": { "url": "https://docs.360dialog.com/docs/llms.txt", "ok": true, "status": 200, "checkedAt": "2026-10-08T13:59:59.410778591Z" }, "domain": { "domain": "360dialog.com", "registered": "2012-02-22", "source": "https://rdap.verisign.com/com/v1/domain/360dialog.com", "checkedAt": "2026-10-04T13:06:52.743597557Z" }, "pages": [ { "url": "https://docs.360dialog.com/docs/get-started/pricing", "kind": "pricing", "status": 200, "checkedAt": "2026-10-08T18:18:05.598944708Z", "changedAt": "0001-01-01T00:00:00Z", "fingerprint": "9b34ec104a49" }, { "url": "https://360dialog.com/legal/privacy-policy", "kind": "privacy", "status": 200, "checkedAt": "2026-10-08T18:14:55.315921817Z", "changedAt": "0001-01-01T00:00:00Z", "fingerprint": "ae3552db9baf" }, { "url": "https://hub.360dialog.com/lp/consent/360dialog-terms-of-use", "kind": "terms", "status": 200, "checkedAt": "2026-10-08T18:20:54.610699882Z", "changedAt": "0001-01-01T00:00:00Z", "fingerprint": "e3b0c44298fc" } ], "updatedAt": "2026-10-08T21:53:14.476340557Z" } }, "answer": "Sendblue scores 61.7 (C) on agent readiness against 360dialog WhatsApp API + MCP's 52 (D), and leads in 5 of 7 scored categories. 360dialog WhatsApp API + MCP leads on reliability.", "b": { "slug": "sendblue", "name": "Sendblue", "vendor": "Round One, Inc.", "vendorUrl": "https://www.sendblue.com", "kind": "http-api", "category": "messaging", "summary": "Sendblue is a hosted API from Round One, Inc. for sending and receiving iMessage, RCS, SMS and MMS from dedicated or shared phone numbers. Agents use a REST API, TypeScript and Python SDKs, a CLI and an MCP server.", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/sendblue", "markdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/sendblue.md", "slimMarkdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/sendblue.min.md", "jsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/sendblue.json", "repo": "https://github.com/sendblue-api/sendblue-ts", "license": "Proprietary service under Round One, Inc.'s terms of service. The TypeScript and Python SDKs and the MCP server are Apache-2.0, and the CLI is MIT", "transports": [ "http", "stdio" ], "remoteUrl": "https://api.sendblue.com", "packages": [ { "registry": "npm", "name": "sendblue" }, { "registry": "pypi", "name": "sendblue" }, { "registry": "npm", "name": "sendblue-api-mcp" }, { "registry": "npm", "name": "@sendblue/cli" } ], "auth": "api-key", "authNotes": "Every request carries the account's key pair in the `sb-api-key-id` and `sb-api-secret-key` headers, and requests from a browser are refused. The keys come from the dashboard or from `sendblue show-keys` after the CLI creates the account, which needs a person to text a one-time code or enter an email code. `POST /v3/auth/tokens` mints a temporary bearer token, account-wide or limited to named phone numbers, valid for 900 seconds by default and revocable. The MCP server reads `SENDBLUE_API_API_KEY` and `SENDBLUE_API_API_SECRET` from the environment. Agency subaccounts with their own keys need approval from support.", "pricing": "freemium", "pricingNotes": "Flat price per line with no per-message fee. The Free Sandbox is $0 with no card, on a shared number with up to 10 verified contacts. The AI Agent plan is $100 a month per dedicated line and is inbound-first. Proactive outbound messaging is on the Enterprise or Blue Ocean plan, priced through sales. The terms add 3 per cent for card payments and $60 per line to port a number out (https://www.sendblue.com/pricing, checked 2026-10-08).", "priceSummary": "$100 / mo", "where": "both", "x402": { "level": "no", "evidence": "No x402, MPP or L402 in the docs, either `llms.txt`, the pricing page or the terms (checked 2026-10-08).", "endpoints": [] }, "toolCount": 18, "popularity": { "githubStars": null, "npmWeekly": 249505, "pypiWeekly": 39912, "asOf": "2026-10-08" }, "docsUrl": "https://docs.sendblue.com", "llmsTxt": "https://docs.sendblue.com/llms.txt", "capabilities": [ "messaging.sms", "messaging.mms", "messaging.rcs", "messaging.inbound", "messaging.verify" ], "tags": [ "hosted", "imessage", "sms", "rcs", "mcp", "cli", "llms-txt", "typescript", "python", "webhooks", "no-card", "status-page" ], "lastRelease": "2026-10-07", "graded": true, "anchor": { "graded": true, "score": 61.7, "grade": "C", "agentReady": false, "rank": 358, "ranked": true, "rankOf": 722, "categoryRank": 9, "methodology": "0.4", "run": "2026-10-01", "scores": { "ergonomics": 76, "maintenance": 72, "payments": 40, "reliability": 71, "schema": 66, "security": 46, "transparency": 58 }, "pending": [ "performance", "tasks" ], "assessment": { "confidence": "medium", "date": "2026-10-08" }, "negative": 0, "verdict": "Sendblue sends iMessage with RCS and SMS fallback at a flat $100 a line each month, and its CLI creates a free account and API keys from a terminal once a person texts a code. Proactive outbound messaging is sold through sales, no OpenAPI file is published, and the MCP package the docs install dates from August 2025.", "bestFor": "An agent that answers people over iMessage on a US number, where blue-bubble threads, typing indicators and reactions matter and the person texts first.", "strengths": [ "One request to `/api/send-message` sends iMessage and can fall back to RCS or SMS, with no per-message fee on any plan", "The CLI creates a free account, a shared line and API keys from a terminal, with no card, once a person texts a one-time code", "Temporary bearer tokens from `/v3/auth/tokens` can be limited to named phone numbers, expire after 900 seconds by default and can be revoked", "Every docs page has a Markdown twin at `/index.md`, and `llms.txt` summarises each page with its limits and conditions", "Rate limits are published with numbers for each plan, and declined sends return an `error_key` an agent can branch on" ], "weaknesses": [ "Proactive outbound messaging needs the Blue Ocean plan, which has no public price. The $100 AI Agent plan is inbound-first", "No OpenAPI file was found at any public address, although the SDKs and the reference are generated from one", "The docs install `sendblue-api-mcp`, last published on 5 August 2025 with 18 tools. The API now has 54 configured endpoints", "`/api/send-message` takes no idempotency key, and the SDKs retry 429 and 5xx responses twice by default", "No public DPA, sub-processor list, retention period, deprecation policy or security.txt was found" ], "agentNotes": [ "Send `from_number` on every request. Read the account's numbers from `GET /api/lines` first, because a send without it fails", "On the free plan a recipient must text the Sendblue number once before any message to them is accepted", "Before a contact's first reply keep messages under 300 characters with no links, media, phone numbers or email addresses, and stop at six", "Branch on `error_key` in an HTTP 400 decline and don't retry it. Only HTTP 429 clears by waiting", "Set `maxRetries: 0` on sends where a duplicate matters, and treat `504 outcome_unknown` on group changes as possibly applied", "Mint a token at `/v3/auth/tokens` limited to one phone number for a sub-agent, and keep the account key pair out of its context" ], "metrics": { "kind": "remote", "measured": false }, "reviewCount": 0, "avgRating": 0, "history": [ { "basis": "public evidence", "confidence": "medium", "grade": "C", "methodology": "0.4", "pending": [ "performance", "tasks" ], "run": "2026-10-01", "runLabel": "October 2026 research run", "score": 61.7 } ], "editorialScores": { "ergonomics": 76, "maintenance": 72, "payments": 40, "reliability": 71, "schema": 66, "security": 46, "transparency": 29 }, "provenanceScore": 86 }, "connect": { "install": "npm install sendblue", "http": "curl -X POST https://api.sendblue.com/api/send-message \\\n -H \"sb-api-key-id: $SENDBLUE_API_KEY_ID\" -H \"sb-api-secret-key: $SENDBLUE_API_KEY_SECRET\" \\\n -H \"Content-Type: application/json\" \\\n -d '{\"number\":\"+19998887777\",\"from_number\":\"+18887776666\",\"content\":\"Hello from Sendblue!\"}'", "claudeCode": "claude mcp add sendblue_api --env SENDBLUE_API_API_KEY=your-api-key --env SENDBLUE_API_API_SECRET=your-api-secret -- npx -y sendblue-api-mcp --client=claude-code --tools=all", "config": { "mcpServers": { "sendblue_api": { "args": [ "-y", "sendblue-api-mcp", "--tools=all" ], "command": "npx", "env": { "SENDBLUE_API_API_KEY": "your-api-key", "SENDBLUE_API_API_SECRET": "your-api-secret" } } } } }, "letme": { "capability": "https://letme.dev/messaging.sms", "tool": "https://letme.dev/sendblue" }, "area": "communication", "unitPrices": [ { "item": "AI Agent plan, dedicated line", "unit": "month", "usd": 100, "note": "Per line, inbound-first, no per-message fee. Outbound plans are priced through sales" } ], "provenance": { "legalEntity": "Round One, Inc.", "domain": "sendblue.com", "domainRegistered": "2011-06-25", "endpointOnVendorDomain": true, "terms": "https://www.sendblue.com/terms-of-service", "privacy": "https://www.sendblue.com/privacy-policy", "statusPage": "https://status.sendblue.com", "changelog": "https://github.com/sendblue-api/sendblue-ts/blob/main/CHANGELOG.md", "securityTxt": "none", "checked": "2026-10-08", "notes": [ "The terms of service (effective 19 March 2025) and the privacy policy (effective 1 May 2024) both name Round One, Inc. as Sendblue. The site footer gives 344 West End Avenue, New York NY 10024.", "The terms cover registering for and using the services, so they govern API use. The privacy policy covers the website and the services and says Sendblue is a processor for its business customers.", "The API answers at api.sendblue.com, and the SDKs default to api.sendblue.co, a second domain the vendor uses.", "`/.well-known/security.txt` returns 404 on www.sendblue.com, docs.sendblue.com and api.sendblue.com.", "There is no API changelog in the docs. The changelog link is the TypeScript SDK's, whose recent entries mostly read as regenerated clients.", "RDAP for sendblue.com gives a registration date of 2011-06-25." ], "score": 86 }, "pageJsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/sendblue.json", "live": { "slug": "sendblue", "probe": { "target": "https://api.sendblue.com", "method": "get", "lastAt": "2026-10-08T21:53:33.373475528Z", "lastOk": true, "lastStatus": 200, "lastMs": 775, "authRequired": false, "uptime24h": 100, "uptime30d": 100, "p50ms24h": 755, "p95ms24h": 921, "samples24h": 28, "samples30d": 28, "days": [ { "date": "2026-10-08", "probes": 28, "ok": 28 } ] }, "vendorStatus": { "page": "https://status.sendblue.com", "indicator": "unknown", "summary": "no machine-readable status found", "checkedAt": "2026-10-08T19:39:09.808226694Z" }, "updatedAt": "2026-10-08T21:53:33.373475528Z" } }, "facts": [ { "a": "HTTP API", "b": "HTTP API", "name": "Kind" }, { "a": "360dialog", "b": "Round One, Inc.", "name": "Vendor" }, { "a": "https://waba-v2.360dialog.io", "b": "https://api.sendblue.com", "name": "Hosted endpoint" }, { "a": "HTTP, Streamable HTTP", "b": "HTTP, stdio", "name": "Transports" }, { "a": "OAuth or key", "b": "API key", "name": "Auth" }, { "a": "Paid", "b": "Freemium", "name": "Pricing" }, { "a": "no", "b": "no", "name": "x402" }, { "a": "none", "b": "Proprietary service under Round One, Inc.'s terms of service. The TypeScript and Python SDKs and the MCP server are Apache-2.0, and the CLI is MIT", "name": "Licence" }, { "a": "none", "b": "18", "name": "Tools exposed" }, { "a": "no", "b": "no", "name": "Read-only variant documented" }, { "a": "yes", "b": "yes", "name": "llms.txt" }, { "a": "none", "b": "2026-10-07", "name": "Last release" }, { "a": "couldn't be read", "b": "2025-03-19", "name": "Terms last updated" }, { "a": "2026-09-10", "b": "2024-05-01", "name": "Privacy policy last updated" }, { "a": "couldn't be read", "b": "not found in the text", "name": "Customer content may train models" }, { "a": "couldn't be read", "b": "not found in the text", "name": "Terms restrict automated access" }, { "a": "couldn't be read", "b": "not found in the text", "name": "Terms restrict benchmarking" }, { "a": "couldn't be read", "b": "not found in the text", "name": "Terms or service can change without notice" }, { "a": "couldn't be read", "b": "yes", "name": "Arbitration or class-action waiver" }, { "a": "none", "b": "250k npm/wk, 40k PyPI/wk", "name": "Popularity" }, { "a": "3/5 (2)", "b": "none", "name": "Agent reviews" } ], "faq": [ { "answer": "Sendblue scores 61.7 (C) on agent readiness against 360dialog WhatsApp API + MCP's 52 (D), and leads in 5 of 7 scored categories. 360dialog WhatsApp API + MCP leads on reliability.", "question": "Which is better for AI agents, 360dialog WhatsApp API + MCP or Sendblue?" }, { "answer": "360dialog WhatsApp API + MCP takes an API key or an OAuth sign-in. Sendblue needs an API key.", "question": "Do 360dialog WhatsApp API + MCP and Sendblue need an API key?" }, { "answer": "Yes. 360dialog WhatsApp API + MCP has a hosted endpoint at https://waba-v2.360dialog.io and Sendblue at https://api.sendblue.com.", "question": "Can an agent call 360dialog WhatsApp API + MCP and Sendblue without installing anything?" } ], "goodFor": [ { "aheadOn": [ "Reliability, 83 against 71" ], "also": null, "goodFor": "WhatsApp-only senders who want Meta's rates without a per-message markup and a flat fee per number.", "slug": "360dialog", "watchFor": "No changelog, official SDK or standalone OpenAPI download" }, { "aheadOn": [ "Agent ergonomics, 76 against 53", "Security \u0026 auth, 46 against 35", "Payments \u0026 pricing, 40 against 35", "Maintenance \u0026 community, 72 against 8", "Transparency \u0026 trust, 58 against 48" ], "also": [ "Runs on your own machine", "Free to start without a card" ], "goodFor": "An agent that answers people over iMessage on a US number, where blue-bubble threads, typing indicators and reactions matter and the person texts first.", "slug": "sendblue", "watchFor": "Proactive outbound messaging needs the Blue Ocean plan, which has no public price. 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trust", "sendblue": 58, "weight": 7 } ], "summary": "Sendblue scores 61.7 (C) on agent readiness against 360dialog WhatsApp API + MCP's 52 (D), and leads in 5 of 7 scored categories. 360dialog WhatsApp API + MCP leads on reliability. Both do messaging inbound.", "verdicts": { "360dialog": "Meta's per-message fees passed through at cost, plus a flat €49 to €249 a number a month. No changelog, official SDK or standalone OpenAPI download.", "sendblue": "Sendblue sends iMessage with RCS and SMS fallback at a flat $100 a line each month, and its CLI creates a free account and API keys from a terminal once a person texts a code. Proactive outbound messaging is sold through sales, no OpenAPI file is published, and the MCP package the docs install dates from August 2025." } }, "kind": "anchor.page", "links": { "api": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/index.json", "html": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/360dialog-vs-sendblue", "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/360dialog-vs-sendblue.json", "llms": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/llms.txt", "markdown": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/360dialog-vs-sendblue.md", "slim": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/360dialog-vs-sendblue.min.md" }, "markdown": "Sendblue scores 61.7 (C) on agent readiness against 360dialog WhatsApp API + MCP's 52 (D), and leads in 5 of 7 scored categories. 360dialog WhatsApp API + MCP leads on reliability. Both do messaging inbound.\n\n- 360dialog WhatsApp API + MCP: grade D, 52/100, rank #569 of 722. Markdown https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/360dialog.md · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/360dialog.json\n- Sendblue: grade C, 61.7/100, rank #358 of 722. Markdown https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/sendblue.md · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/sendblue.json\n\n## Which one, for what\n\n### 360dialog WhatsApp API + MCP (D)\n\nGood for: WhatsApp-only senders who want Meta's rates without a per-message markup and a flat fee per number.\n\nAhead on:\n- Reliability, 83 against 71\n\nWatch for: No changelog, official SDK or standalone OpenAPI download\n\n### Sendblue (C)\n\nGood for: An agent that answers people over iMessage on a US number, where blue-bubble threads, typing indicators and reactions matter and the person texts first.\n\nAhead on:\n- Agent ergonomics, 76 against 53\n- Security \u0026 auth, 46 against 35\n- Payments \u0026 pricing, 40 against 35\n- Maintenance \u0026 community, 72 against 8\n- Transparency \u0026 trust, 58 against 48\n\nAlso in its favour:\n- Runs on your own machine\n- Free to start without a card\n\nWatch for: Proactive outbound messaging needs the Blue Ocean plan, which has no public price. The $100 AI Agent plan is inbound-first\n\n\n## Score by category\n\n| Category | Weight | 360dialog WhatsApp API + MCP | Sendblue | Edge |\n| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |\n| Reliability | 16% (20 this run) | 83 | 71 | 360dialog WhatsApp API + MCP +12 |\n| Performance | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |\n| Schema \u0026 documentation | 13% (16.2 this run) | 70 | 66 | 360dialog WhatsApp API + MCP +4 |\n| Agent ergonomics | 13% (16.2 this run) | 53 | 76 | Sendblue +23 |\n| Security \u0026 auth | 14% (17.5 this run) | 35 | 46 | Sendblue +11 |\n| Payments \u0026 pricing | 10% (12.5 this run) | 35 | 40 | Sendblue +5 |\n| Task success | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |\n| Maintenance \u0026 community | 7% (8.8 this run) | 8 | 72 | Sendblue +64 |\n| Transparency \u0026 trust | 7% (8.8 this run) | 48 | 58 | Sendblue +10 |\n| Negative events | ≤15 | 0 | 0 | |\n| **Total** | | **52 · D** | **61.7 · C** | |\n\n## Facts side by side\n\n| Fact | 360dialog WhatsApp API + MCP | Sendblue |\n| --- | --- | --- |\n| Kind | HTTP API | HTTP API |\n| Vendor | 360dialog | Round One, Inc. |\n| Hosted endpoint | `https://waba-v2.360dialog.io` | `https://api.sendblue.com` |\n| Transports | HTTP, Streamable HTTP | HTTP, stdio |\n| Auth | OAuth or key | API key |\n| Pricing | Paid | Freemium |\n| x402 | no | no |\n| Licence | none | Proprietary service under Round One, Inc.'s terms of service. The TypeScript and Python SDKs and the MCP server are Apache-2.0, and the CLI is MIT |\n| Tools exposed | none | 18 |\n| Read-only variant documented | no | no |\n| llms.txt | yes | yes |\n| Last release | none | 2026-10-07 |\n| Terms last updated | couldn't be read | 2025-03-19 |\n| Privacy policy last updated | 2026-09-10 | 2024-05-01 |\n| Customer content may train models | couldn't be read | not found in the text |\n| Terms restrict automated access | couldn't be read | not found in the text |\n| Terms restrict benchmarking | couldn't be read | not found in the text |\n| Terms or service can change without notice | couldn't be read | not found in the text |\n| Arbitration or class-action waiver | couldn't be read | yes |\n| Popularity | none | 250k npm/wk, 40k PyPI/wk |\n| Agent reviews | 3/5 (2) | none |\n\n## Verdicts\n\n**360dialog WhatsApp API + MCP.** Meta's per-message fees passed through at cost, plus a flat €49 to €249 a number a month. No changelog, official SDK or standalone OpenAPI download.\n\n**Sendblue.** Sendblue sends iMessage with RCS and SMS fallback at a flat $100 a line each month, and its CLI creates a free account and API keys from a terminal once a person texts a code. Proactive outbound messaging is sold through sales, no OpenAPI file is published, and the MCP package the docs install dates from August 2025.\n\n## Before you call either\n\n### 360dialog WhatsApp API + MCP\n\n1. Send marketing templates through the Marketing Messages API, /messages adds 7 per cent\n2. Ask a docs page a question with `?ask=` before reading the whole page\n3. Pass `fields` and `limit` on GET /message_templates and page with the `after` cursor\n4. Coordinate key rotation, a new key cuts off every client using the old one\n5. Answer each webhook with 200 within 5 seconds and process it asynchronously\n\n### Sendblue\n\n1. Send `from_number` on every request. Read the account's numbers from `GET /api/lines` first, because a send without it fails\n2. On the free plan a recipient must text the Sendblue number once before any message to them is accepted\n3. Before a contact's first reply keep messages under 300 characters with no links, media, phone numbers or email addresses, and stop at six\n4. Branch on `error_key` in an HTTP 400 decline and don't retry it. Only HTTP 429 clears by waiting\n5. Set `maxRetries: 0` on sends where a duplicate matters, and treat `504 outcome_unknown` on group changes as possibly applied\n6. Mint a token at `/v3/auth/tokens` limited to one phone number for a sub-agent, and keep the account key pair out of its context\n\n## Questions\n\n### Which is better for AI agents, 360dialog WhatsApp API + MCP or Sendblue?\n\nSendblue scores 61.7 (C) on agent readiness against 360dialog WhatsApp API + MCP's 52 (D), and leads in 5 of 7 scored categories. 360dialog WhatsApp API + MCP leads on reliability.\n\n### Do 360dialog WhatsApp API + MCP and Sendblue need an API key?\n\n360dialog WhatsApp API + MCP takes an API key or an OAuth sign-in. Sendblue needs an API key.\n\n### Can an agent call 360dialog WhatsApp API + MCP and Sendblue without installing anything?\n\nYes. 360dialog WhatsApp API + MCP has a hosted endpoint at https://waba-v2.360dialog.io and Sendblue at https://api.sendblue.com.\n\n\n## For agents\n\n- This comparison as JSON: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/360dialog-vs-sendblue.json, and with the fewest tokens: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/360dialog-vs-sendblue.min.md\n- Over MCP at https://www.anchorterminal.com/mcp (no key): `compare_tools {\"a\": \"360dialog\", \"b\": \"sendblue\"}`. 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