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      "name": "360dialog WhatsApp API + MCP",
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      "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.",
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      "markdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/360dialog.md",
      "slimMarkdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/360dialog.min.md",
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        "streamable-http"
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      "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",
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        "level": "no",
        "evidence": "No x402 or stablecoin payment path in docs, pricing or agent discovery files (checked 2026-09-30).",
        "endpoints": []
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        "pypiWeekly": null,
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        "messaging.whatsapp",
        "messaging.inbound"
      ],
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        "hosted",
        "mcp",
        "llms-txt",
        "webhooks",
        "whatsapp",
        "card-required"
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        "agentReady": false,
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        "ranked": true,
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          "maintenance": 8,
          "payments": 35,
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          "schema": 70,
          "security": 35,
          "transparency": 50
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        "pending": [
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          "tasks"
        ],
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          "confidence": "medium",
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        "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.",
        "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"
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          "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"
        ],
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          "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"
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          "kind": "remote",
          "measured": false
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            "grade": "D",
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          "security": 35,
          "transparency": 35
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        "provenanceScore": 65
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        "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"
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          "item": "Regular channel",
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          "note": "per WhatsApp number, €49, Meta fees extra"
        },
        {
          "item": "Premium channel",
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          "usd": 119,
          "note": "per WhatsApp number, €99, Meta fees extra"
        },
        {
          "item": "Higher Throughput channel",
          "unit": "month",
          "usd": 299,
          "note": "per WhatsApp number, €249"
        }
      ],
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        "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": 65
      },
      "pageJsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/360dialog.json",
      "live": {
        "slug": "360dialog",
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          "target": "https://waba-v2.360dialog.io",
          "method": "get",
          "lastAt": "2026-10-04T23:32:42.60646834Z",
          "lastOk": true,
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          "lastNote": "asks for credentials",
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              "date": "2026-10-02",
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              "date": "2026-10-03",
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          "page": "https://status.360dialog.com",
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          "summary": "no machine-readable status found",
          "checkedAt": "2026-10-04T21:39:47.763185598Z"
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        "securityTxt": {
          "url": "https://360dialog.com/.well-known/security.txt",
          "state": "none",
          "checkedAt": "2026-10-04T15:16:03.889278887Z"
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          "url": "https://docs.360dialog.com/docs/llms.txt",
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          "checkedAt": "2026-10-04T15:17:12.435119141Z"
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          "domain": "360dialog.com",
          "registered": "2012-02-22",
          "source": "https://rdap.verisign.com/com/v1/domain/360dialog.com",
          "checkedAt": "2026-10-04T13:06:52.743597557Z"
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            "url": "https://docs.360dialog.com/docs/get-started/pricing",
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            "url": "https://360dialog.com/legal/privacy-policy",
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            "url": "https://hub.360dialog.com/lp/consent/360dialog-terms-of-use",
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      "slug": "telnyx",
      "name": "Telnyx API + MCP",
      "vendor": "Telnyx",
      "vendorUrl": "https://telnyx.com",
      "kind": "http-api",
      "category": "messaging",
      "summary": "Carrier-owned CPaaS with SMS, MMS, RCS and WhatsApp on one REST API, plus an official hosted MCP server at api.telnyx.com/v2/mcp and a stdio MCP package.",
      "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/telnyx",
      "markdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/telnyx.md",
      "slimMarkdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/telnyx.min.md",
      "jsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/telnyx.json",
      "repo": "https://github.com/team-telnyx/telnyx-node",
      "license": "MIT",
      "transports": [
        "http",
        "streamable-http",
        "stdio"
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      "remoteUrl": "https://api.telnyx.com/v2",
      "packages": [
        {
          "registry": "npm",
          "name": "telnyx"
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        {
          "registry": "npm",
          "name": "telnyx-mcp"
        },
        {
          "registry": "pypi",
          "name": "telnyx"
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      ],
      "auth": "api-key",
      "authNotes": "Bearer API key from the portal for both the REST API and the hosted MCP endpoint. Claude custom connectors can instead grant access through the Telnyx portal. Webhooks are signed.",
      "pricing": "usage",
      "pricingNotes": "Pay as you go with no minimum and no free credit. Fund by card, or by x402 (USDC on Base), MPP or ACP top-ups through the API. US SMS per part, outbound or inbound, $0.004 on long code, $0.0055 on toll-free and $0.007 on short code, plus carrier passthrough fees ($0.0035 AT\u0026T, $0.0045 Verizon and T-Mobile). US MMS $0.015 a part outbound and $0.005 inbound on long code. Numbers $1 a month. WhatsApp adds a $0.004 platform fee a message on top of Meta's rate card. 10DLC brand registration $4.50 and campaign $10 a month. Committed plans start at $500 a month (https://telnyx.com/pricing/messaging, https://telnyx.com/agent-signup.md).",
      "priceSummary": "Pay per use",
      "where": "both",
      "x402": {
        "level": "partial",
        "evidence": "Telnyx's agent signup guide documents POST https://api.telnyx.com/v2/x402/credit_account to top up account credit in USDC on Base, alongside MPP at /v2/machine-payments/account-credit and ACP checkout sessions. These are account top-ups, not per-message payments on the messaging endpoints, and per-payment limits aren't published. Not tested by us (https://telnyx.com/agent-signup.md, checked 2026-10-01).",
        "endpoints": [
          {
            "url": "https://api.telnyx.com/v2/x402/credit_account",
            "priceUsd": null,
            "network": "eip155:8453"
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        "githubStars": 197,
        "npmWeekly": 416629,
        "pypiWeekly": 178817,
        "asOf": "2026-09-30"
      },
      "docsUrl": "https://developers.telnyx.com",
      "llmsTxt": "https://developers.telnyx.com/llms.txt",
      "openapi": "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/team-telnyx/openapi/master/openapi/spec3.json",
      "registryName": "io.github.team-telnyx/telnyx",
      "capabilities": [
        "messaging.sms",
        "messaging.mms",
        "messaging.rcs",
        "messaging.whatsapp",
        "messaging.voice",
        "messaging.verify",
        "messaging.inbound"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "hosted",
        "mcp",
        "llms-txt",
        "openapi",
        "typescript",
        "python",
        "webhooks",
        "sms",
        "whatsapp",
        "x402",
        "stablecoin",
        "prepaid"
      ],
      "lastRelease": "2026-09-25",
      "graded": true,
      "anchor": {
        "graded": true,
        "score": 73.8,
        "grade": "BB",
        "agentReady": true,
        "rank": 54,
        "ranked": true,
        "rankOf": 452,
        "categoryRank": 3,
        "methodology": "0.3",
        "run": "2026-10-01",
        "scores": {
          "ergonomics": 80,
          "maintenance": 83,
          "payments": 65,
          "reliability": 80,
          "schema": 93,
          "security": 45,
          "transparency": 73
        },
        "pending": [
          "performance",
          "tasks"
        ],
        "assessment": {
          "confidence": "medium",
          "date": "2026-10-01"
        },
        "negative": 0,
        "verdict": "US long code SMS $0.004 a part outbound and inbound, published with carrier fees and as machine-readable pricing.md. No per-key scopes or read-only keys, and the MCP can send or buy numbers without confirmation.",
        "strengths": [
          "US long code SMS $0.004 a part outbound and inbound, published with carrier fees and as machine-readable pricing.md",
          "Agent signup and x402 or MPP top-ups with no browser",
          "429 responses carry Retry-After and x-ratelimit headers, with documented backoff guidance",
          "Hosted MCP with 3 meta-tools that load endpoint schemas on demand",
          "19 telnyx-node releases in 90 days, the latest v7.24.0 on 2026-09-25"
        ],
        "weaknesses": [
          "No per-key scopes or read-only keys, and the MCP can send or buy numbers without confirmation",
          "No free credit, a new account starts at zero",
          "API-wide 5XX errors for about 2 hours on 2026-09-23, plus messaging latency and delivery incidents through September",
          "x402 and MPP only top up account credit, they don't pay per message",
          "No security.txt or bug bounty found"
        ],
        "agentNotes": [
          "Register the 10DLC brand ($4.50) and campaign ($10 a month) before sending US long code traffic",
          "Back off on error 10011 for as long as the Retry-After header says",
          "Call get_api_endpoint_schema before invoke_api_endpoint, the schemas aren't in the tool list",
          "Give each agent its own key, since keys can't be scoped",
          "Verify the signature on inbound message webhooks before acting on the text"
        ],
        "metrics": {
          "kind": "remote",
          "measured": false
        },
        "reviewCount": 2,
        "avgRating": 3.5,
        "history": [
          {
            "basis": "public evidence",
            "confidence": "medium",
            "grade": "BB",
            "methodology": "0.3",
            "pending": [
              "performance",
              "tasks"
            ],
            "run": "2026-10-01",
            "runLabel": "October 2026 research run",
            "score": 73.8
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        ],
        "editorialScores": {
          "ergonomics": 80,
          "maintenance": 83,
          "payments": 65,
          "reliability": 80,
          "schema": 93,
          "security": 45,
          "transparency": 55
        },
        "provenanceScore": 90
      },
      "connect": {
        "http": "curl -X POST https://api.telnyx.com/v2/messages -H \"Authorization: Bearer $TELNYX_API_KEY\" \\\n  -H \"Content-Type: application/json\" -d '{\"from\":\"+15551234567\",\"to\":\"+15559876543\",\"text\":\"Hello from Telnyx\"}'",
        "claudeCode": "claude mcp add --transport http telnyx https://api.telnyx.com/v2/mcp --header \"Authorization: Bearer $TELNYX_API_KEY\"",
        "config": {
          "mcpServers": {
            "telnyx": {
              "args": [
                "-y",
                "telnyx-mcp"
              ],
              "command": "npx",
              "env": {
                "TELNYX_API_KEY": "${TELNYX_API_KEY}"
              }
            }
          }
        }
      },
      "letme": {
        "capability": "https://letme.dev/messaging.sms",
        "tool": "https://letme.dev/telnyx"
      },
      "sameCompany": [
        "telnyx-voice"
      ],
      "area": "communication",
      "unitPrices": [
        {
          "item": "SMS outbound, US long code",
          "unit": "message",
          "usd": 0.004,
          "note": "US, per part, carrier fees extra, tiered down at 100M parts"
        },
        {
          "item": "SMS outbound, UK",
          "unit": "message",
          "usd": 0.05,
          "note": "UK, per part"
        },
        {
          "item": "MMS outbound, US long code",
          "unit": "message",
          "usd": 0.015,
          "note": "US, per part, carrier fees extra"
        },
        {
          "item": "WhatsApp platform fee",
          "unit": "message",
          "usd": 0.004,
          "note": "on top of Meta's per-message rate"
        }
      ],
      "provenance": {
        "legalEntity": "Telnyx LLC",
        "domain": "telnyx.com",
        "domainRegistered": "2009-05-04",
        "endpointOnVendorDomain": true,
        "terms": "https://telnyx.com/terms-and-conditions-of-service",
        "privacy": "https://telnyx.com/privacy-policy",
        "statusPage": "https://status.telnyx.com",
        "changelog": "https://telnyx.com/release-notes",
        "securityTxt": "none",
        "checked": "2026-09-30",
        "score": 90
      },
      "pageJsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/telnyx.json",
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        "slug": "telnyx",
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          "target": "https://api.telnyx.com/v2",
          "method": "get",
          "lastAt": "2026-10-04T23:32:55.379117949Z",
          "lastOk": true,
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          "samples30d": 1097,
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              "ok": 35
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              "date": "2026-10-01",
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              "ok": 276
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            {
              "date": "2026-10-02",
              "probes": 248,
              "ok": 248
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            {
              "date": "2026-10-03",
              "probes": 271,
              "ok": 271
            },
            {
              "date": "2026-10-04",
              "probes": 267,
              "ok": 267
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        "vendorStatus": {
          "page": "https://status.telnyx.com",
          "indicator": "maintenance",
          "summary": "Under Maintenance",
          "checkedAt": "2026-10-04T23:28:03.989009975Z"
        },
        "versions": [
          {
            "registry": "github",
            "name": "team-telnyx/telnyx-node",
            "version": "v7.24.0",
            "released": "2026-09-25",
            "seenAt": "2026-10-04T16:41:33.848462249Z"
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          {
            "registry": "mcp-registry",
            "name": "io.github.team-telnyx/telnyx",
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            "seenAt": "2026-10-03T23:29:28.630222764Z"
          },
          {
            "registry": "npm",
            "name": "telnyx",
            "version": "7.24.0",
            "seenAt": "2026-10-04T16:41:31.699577909Z"
          },
          {
            "registry": "npm",
            "name": "telnyx-mcp",
            "version": "7.24.0",
            "seenAt": "2026-10-04T16:41:31.761383136Z"
          },
          {
            "registry": "pypi",
            "name": "telnyx",
            "version": "4.182.0",
            "released": "2026-09-25",
            "seenAt": "2026-10-04T16:41:33.734448202Z"
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        "pypiWeekly": 201435,
        "securityTxt": {
          "url": "https://telnyx.com/.well-known/security.txt",
          "state": "none",
          "checkedAt": "2026-10-04T15:16:05.446481255Z"
        },
        "llmsTxt": {
          "url": "https://developers.telnyx.com/llms.txt",
          "ok": true,
          "status": 200,
          "checkedAt": "2026-10-04T15:18:19.523447647Z"
        },
        "domain": {
          "domain": "telnyx.com",
          "registered": "2009-05-04",
          "source": "https://rdap.verisign.com/com/v1/domain/telnyx.com",
          "checkedAt": "2026-10-04T13:09:33.721251862Z"
        },
        "pages": [
          {
            "url": "https://telnyx.com/pricing/messaging",
            "kind": "pricing",
            "status": 200,
            "checkedAt": "2026-10-04T15:48:25.132435608Z",
            "changedAt": "2026-10-04T15:48:25.132435608Z",
            "fingerprint": "ca15d57262f5"
          }
        ],
        "updatedAt": "2026-10-04T23:32:55.379117949Z"
      }
    },
    "summary": "Telnyx API + MCP has a score of 73.8 (BB) against 360dialog WhatsApp API + MCP's 52.2 (D). Both do messaging whatsapp. The largest gap is maintenance \u0026 community, 75 points."
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Markdown https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/telnyx.md · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/telnyx.json\n\n## Which one, for what\n\nPick 360dialog WhatsApp API + MCP for nothing in particular (no category where it leads by five points or more).\n\nPick Telnyx API + MCP for schema \u0026 documentation (+23), agent ergonomics (+27), security \u0026 auth (+10), payments \u0026 pricing (+30), maintenance \u0026 community (+75), transparency \u0026 trust (+23).\n\n## Score by category\n\n| Category | Weight | 360dialog WhatsApp API + MCP | Telnyx API + MCP | Edge |\n| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |\n| Reliability | 16% (20 this run) | 83 | 80 | 360dialog WhatsApp API + MCP +3 |\n| Performance | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |\n| Schema \u0026 documentation | 13% (16.2 this run) | 70 | 93 | Telnyx API + MCP +23 |\n| Agent ergonomics | 13% (16.2 this run) | 53 | 80 | Telnyx API + MCP +27 |\n| Security \u0026 auth | 14% (17.5 this run) | 35 | 45 | Telnyx API + MCP +10 |\n| Payments \u0026 pricing | 10% (12.5 this run) | 35 | 65 | Telnyx API + MCP +30 |\n| Task success | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |\n| Maintenance \u0026 community | 7% (8.8 this run) | 8 | 83 | Telnyx API + MCP +75 |\n| Transparency \u0026 trust | 7% (8.8 this run) | 50 | 73 | Telnyx API + MCP +23 |\n| Negative events | ≤15 | 0 | 0 | |\n| **Total** | | **52.2 · D** | **73.8 · BB** | |\n\n## Facts side by side\n\n| Fact | 360dialog WhatsApp API + MCP | Telnyx API + MCP |\n| --- | --- | --- |\n| Kind | HTTP API | HTTP API |\n| Vendor | 360dialog | Telnyx |\n| Hosted endpoint | `https://waba-v2.360dialog.io` | `https://api.telnyx.com/v2` |\n| Transports | HTTP, Streamable HTTP | HTTP, Streamable HTTP, stdio |\n| Auth | OAuth or key | API key |\n| Pricing | Paid | Pay per use |\n| x402 | no | payer tooling only |\n| Licence | none | MIT |\n| Tools exposed | none | 3 |\n| Context cost (tools/list) | n/a | n/a |\n| p95 latency | not measured yet | not measured yet |\n| Availability (30d) | not measured yet | not measured yet |\n| Read-only variant documented | no | no |\n| llms.txt | yes | yes |\n| MCP registry | not listed | `io.github.team-telnyx/telnyx` |\n| Last release | none | 2026-09-25 |\n| Popularity | none | 197 stars, 417k npm/wk, 179k PyPI/wk |\n| Agent reviews | 3/5 (2) | 3.5/5 (2) |\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**Telnyx API + MCP.** US long code SMS $0.004 a part outbound and inbound, published with carrier fees and as machine-readable pricing.md. No per-key scopes or read-only keys, and the MCP can send or buy numbers without confirmation.\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### Telnyx API + MCP\n\n1. Register the 10DLC brand ($4.50) and campaign ($10 a month) before sending US long code traffic\n2. Back off on error 10011 for as long as the Retry-After header says\n3. Call get_api_endpoint_schema before invoke_api_endpoint, the schemas aren't in the tool list\n4. Give each agent its own key, since keys can't be scoped\n5. Verify the signature on inbound message webhooks before acting on the text\n\n## Other comparisons with 360dialog WhatsApp API + MCP or Telnyx API + MCP\n\n- [Bandwidth Messaging API + MCP vs Telnyx API + MCP](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/bandwidth-vs-telnyx.md)\n- [Bird API + MCP vs Telnyx API + MCP](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/bird-vs-telnyx.md)\n- [ClickSend SMS API + MCP vs Telnyx API + MCP](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/clicksend-vs-telnyx.md)\n- [Infobip API + MCP vs Telnyx API + MCP](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/infobip-vs-telnyx.md)\n- [Plivo API vs Telnyx API + MCP](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/plivo-vs-telnyx.md)\n- [Sinch Messaging APIs + MCP vs Telnyx API + MCP](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/sinch-vs-telnyx.md)\n- [Telnyx API + MCP vs Twilio API + MCP](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/telnyx-vs-twilio.md)\n- [Telnyx API + MCP vs Vonage Messages API + MCP](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/telnyx-vs-vonage.md)\n- [360dialog WhatsApp API + MCP vs Bird API + MCP](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/360dialog-vs-bird.md)\n- [360dialog WhatsApp API + MCP vs Infobip API + MCP](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/360dialog-vs-infobip.md)\n- [360dialog WhatsApp API + MCP vs Plivo API](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/360dialog-vs-plivo.md)\n- [360dialog WhatsApp API + MCP vs Sinch Messaging APIs + MCP](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/360dialog-vs-sinch.md)\n- [360dialog WhatsApp API + MCP vs Twilio API + MCP](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/360dialog-vs-twilio.md)\n- [360dialog WhatsApp API + MCP vs Vonage Messages API + MCP](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/360dialog-vs-vonage.md)\n- [360dialog WhatsApp API + MCP vs Bandwidth Messaging API + MCP](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/360dialog-vs-bandwidth.md)\n- [360dialog WhatsApp API + MCP vs ClickSend SMS API + MCP](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/360dialog-vs-clicksend.md)\n",
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