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The Node.js and PHP SDKs are MIT", "transports": [ "http" ], "remoteUrl": "https://acuityscheduling.com/api/v1", "packages": [ { "registry": "npm", "name": "acuityscheduling" } ], "auth": "mixed", "authNotes": "Self-serve. One account uses HTTP Basic authentication with the numeric User ID as username and the account API key as password, found under Integrations in the Acuity settings. Apps that connect other people's accounts register an OAuth2 client at https://acuityscheduling.com/oauth2/register and use the authorisation code grant, which has one scope, `api-v1`, and returns a Bearer token. `POST /oauth2/disconnect` disables a token. No app review step, token expiry or refresh token is described in the OAuth guide. Requests must come from a server, as cross-origin requests are refused.", "pricing": "paid", "pricingNotes": "The pricing page lists \"Custom API and CSS\" on the Premium plan only, at $61 a month or $49 a month billed yearly. Starter is $20 ($16 yearly) and Standard $34 ($27 yearly), in USD before tax. Each plan has a 7-day trial with no card needed. We did not establish whether the trial includes API access. No free tier or sandbox was found, and API calls carry no separate charge. An Enterprise plan with additional APIs is sold through sales (https://acuityscheduling.com/pricing).", "priceSummary": "$61 / mo", "where": "hosted", "x402": { "level": "no", "evidence": "No x402, MPP or L402 in the developer docs or on the pricing page (checked 2026-10-08).", "endpoints": [] }, "toolCount": null, "popularity": { "githubStars": null, "npmWeekly": 9182, "pypiWeekly": null, "asOf": "2026-10-08" }, "docsUrl": "https://developers.acuityscheduling.com", "llmsTxt": "https://developers.acuityscheduling.com/llms.txt", "capabilities": [ "calendar.read", "calendar.availability", "calendar.booking", "calendar.webhooks" ], "tags": [ "hosted", "paid", "trial", "rest", "oauth", "basic-auth", "webhooks", "llms-txt", "closed-source", "status-page", "hipaa", "nodejs", "php" ], "graded": true, "anchor": { "graded": true, "score": 42.4, "grade": "E", "agentReady": false, "rank": 678, "ranked": true, "rankOf": 722, "categoryRank": 8, "methodology": "0.4", "run": "2026-10-01", "scores": { "ergonomics": 44, "maintenance": 15, "payments": 30, "reliability": 58, "schema": 56, "security": 27, "transparency": 54 }, "pending": [ "performance", "tasks" ], "assessment": { "confidence": "medium", "date": "2026-10-08" }, "negative": 0, "verdict": "The API covers the full booking cycle, with availability checks, named error codes and signed webhooks retried for 24 hours. API access is sold only on the Premium plan at $61 a month, the single OAuth scope grants the whole account, and no changelog, idempotency key or audit log was found in the reviewed documentation.", "bestFor": "A business that already takes bookings in Acuity and wants an agent to check slots, book, move and cancel appointments for clients, including classes, packages and intake forms.", "strengths": [ "Availability by date and time, booking, rescheduling and cancelling are separate documented endpoints under `/api/v1`", "Errors return a status code, a named `error` code and a message, and a 404 suggests the nearest valid path", "Webhooks are signed with HMAC-SHA256 in `x-acuity-signature` and retried nine times over 24 hours", "Every docs page has a Markdown copy with an OpenAPI 3.1 fragment, and `llms.txt` is published", "Rate limit stated as 10 requests a second and 20 concurrent connections per IP" ], "weaknesses": [ "The pricing page lists custom API access on Premium only, $61 a month or $49 billed yearly", "OAuth2 has one scope, `api-v1`, and Basic authentication uses one account API key, so no read-only credential exists", "No changelog or deprecation policy was found, and the Developer Terms allow changes without notice", "The Node.js and PHP SDKs were last released in July 2019", "The status page records two critical service disruptions in the last 90 days, on 19 July and 12 August 2026" ], "agentNotes": [ "Call `/availability/dates` then `/availability/times` with `appointmentTypeID` before `POST /appointments`, which validates the slot as a client would", "Avoid `admin=true` unless the owner asks for it, because it skips availability and form validation", "Pass `noEmail=true` when a booking or cancellation must not send the client an email or SMS", "Check `GET /appointments` filtered by `email` and date before retrying a booking, since no idempotency key is documented", "Stay under 10 requests a second and 20 concurrent connections per IP, and back off on 429, which carries no documented `Retry-After`" ], "metrics": { "kind": "remote", "measured": false }, "reviewCount": 0, "avgRating": 0, "history": [ { "basis": "public evidence", "confidence": "medium", "grade": "E", "methodology": "0.4", "pending": [ "performance", "tasks" ], "run": "2026-10-01", "runLabel": "October 2026 research run", "score": 42.4 } ], "editorialScores": { "ergonomics": 44, "maintenance": 15, "payments": 30, "reliability": 58, "schema": 56, "security": 27, "transparency": 34 }, "provenanceScore": 74 }, "connect": { "install": "npm install --save acuityscheduling", "http": "curl -u ACUITY_USER_ID:ACUITY_API_KEY \"https://acuityscheduling.com/api/v1/appointments\"" }, "letme": { "capability": "https://letme.dev/calendar.read", "tool": "https://letme.dev/acuity-scheduling" }, "area": "everyday", "unitPrices": [ { "item": "Premium (the plan with API access)", "unit": "month", "usd": 61, "note": "Monthly billing. $49 a month billed yearly" } ], "provenance": { "legalEntity": "Squarespace, Inc.", "domain": "acuityscheduling.com", "domainRegistered": "2007-01-15", "endpointOnVendorDomain": true, "terms": "https://www.squarespace.com/developer-terms", "privacy": "https://www.squarespace.com/privacy", "statusPage": "https://status.acuityscheduling.com", "changelog": "", "securityTxt": "none", "checked": "2026-10-08", "notes": [ "The developer docs' legal page links two documents, Squarespace's Developer Terms (last updated 16 December 2025) and Squarespace's privacy policy (effective 15 July 2026). Both name acuityscheduling.com.", "The contracting entity is Squarespace, Inc., 225 Varick Street, New York, for US users and Squarespace Ireland Limited, Dublin, for others.", "acuityscheduling.com/.well-known/security.txt returns 404. www.squarespace.com publishes one that expires on 1 January 2028 and points to its vulnerability reporting page.", "The API answers at https://acuityscheduling.com/api/v1 and OAuth at https://acuityscheduling.com/oauth2.", "RDAP gives a registration date of 2007-01-15 and MarkMonitor Inc. as registrar.", "No changelog was found. developers.acuityscheduling.com/changelog.md returns the docs' not-found page." ], "score": 74 }, "pageJsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/acuity-scheduling.json", "live": { "slug": "acuity-scheduling", "probe": { "target": "https://acuityscheduling.com/api/v1", "method": "get", "lastAt": "2026-10-08T21:53:14.476348682Z", "lastOk": true, "lastStatus": 404, "lastMs": 464, "authRequired": false, "uptime24h": 100, "uptime30d": 100, "p50ms24h": 475, "p95ms24h": 504, "samples24h": 28, "samples30d": 28, "days": [ { "date": "2026-10-08", "probes": 28, "ok": 28 } ] }, "vendorStatus": { "page": "https://status.acuityscheduling.com", "indicator": "none", "summary": "All Systems Operational", "checkedAt": "2026-10-08T21:57:41.552819171Z" }, "updatedAt": "2026-10-08T21:57:41.552819171Z" } }, "answer": "Google Calendar API scores 80.6 (A) on agent readiness against Acuity Scheduling API's 42.4 (E), and leads in every scored category.", "b": { "slug": "google-calendar-api", "name": "Google Calendar API", "vendor": "Google", "vendorUrl": "https://developers.google.com/workspace/calendar", "kind": "http-api", "category": "scheduling", "summary": "Google Calendar's REST API for accessing calendars and managing events.", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/google-calendar-api", "markdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/google-calendar-api.md", "slimMarkdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/google-calendar-api.min.md", "jsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/google-calendar-api.json", "repo": "https://github.com/googleapis/google-api-nodejs-client", "license": "Apache-2.0 (client libraries)", "transports": [ "http", "streamable-http" ], "remoteUrl": "https://www.googleapis.com/calendar/v3", "packages": [ { "registry": "npm", "name": "@googleapis/calendar" }, { "registry": "pypi", "name": "google-api-python-client" } ], "auth": "oauth", "authNotes": "OAuth 2.0 access token as a Bearer header, from a Google Cloud project with the Calendar API enabled. Workspace domains can use a service account with domain-wide delegation. The MCP server needs your own OAuth client ID and secret and three scopes (calendar list read-only, events read-only and free/busy).", "pricing": "free", "pricingNotes": "All standard use is at no extra cost. Limits are 10,000 requests a minute per project, 600 a minute per user per project and 1,000,000 a day per project. Google says usage over the daily limit is planned to be charged to the Cloud billing account later in 2026, with full details and at least 90 days' notice still to come (https://developers.google.com/workspace/calendar/api/guides/quota).", "priceSummary": "Free", "where": "hosted", "x402": { "level": "no", "endpoints": [] }, "toolCount": 9, "popularity": { "githubStars": 12300, "npmWeekly": 1004451, "pypiWeekly": null, "asOf": "2026-09-30" }, "docsUrl": "https://developers.google.com/workspace/calendar/api/guides/overview", "capabilities": [ "calendar.read", "calendar.write", "calendar.availability", "calendar.webhooks" ], "tags": [ "hosted", "official", "free-tier", "mcp", "webhooks", "oauth", "typescript", "python", "enterprise" ], "lastRelease": "2026-10-03", "graded": true, "anchor": { "graded": true, "score": 80.6, "grade": "A", "agentReady": true, "rank": 7, "ranked": true, "rankOf": 722, "categoryRank": 1, "methodology": "0.4", "run": "2026-10-01", "scores": { "ergonomics": 91, "maintenance": 87, "payments": 35, "reliability": 90, "schema": 83, "security": 87, "transparency": 81 }, "pending": [ "performance", "tasks" ], "assessment": { "confidence": "medium", "date": "2026-10-04" }, "negative": 0, "verdict": "21 OAuth scopes, including free/busy only and read-only on owned calendars. Google calendars only.", "bestFor": "An agent acting on Google Workspace or Gmail users' own calendars with tight scopes and no per-account fee.", "strengths": [ "21 OAuth scopes, including free/busy only and read-only on owned calendars", "Every error reason documented with a recommended action, such as re-sync on 410", "Client-supplied event IDs (409 on a duplicate) and ETags (412 on a stale write) for safe retries", "No per-call or per-account charge for standard use", "No Calendar incident on the Workspace dashboard since 31 May 2026" ], "weaknesses": [ "Google calendars only", "OAuth consent screen, Cloud project and app verification for sensitive or restricted scopes before real users can connect", "No booking pages, and slot finding only through the preview MCP's `suggest_time`; the REST API returns raw free/busy", "MCP server limited to a developer preview programme", "Price for use above the daily quota not yet published" ], "agentNotes": [ "Ask for `calendar.events.freebusy` when you only need availability, since it's non-sensitive and skips verification", "Set your own event `id` on insert, and treat a 409 as already created", "Use `singleEvents=true` with `orderBy=startTime` to expand recurring events when listing", "On 410 `fullSyncRequired`, drop the stored `syncToken` and do a full sync", "Back off exponentially on 403 and 429 `usageLimits`, up to 32 or 64 seconds" ], "metrics": { "kind": "remote", "measured": false }, "reviewCount": 8, "avgRating": 4, "history": [ { "basis": "public evidence", "confidence": "medium", "grade": "A", "methodology": "0.4", "pending": [ "performance", "tasks" ], "run": "2026-10-01", "runLabel": "October 2026 research run", "score": 80.6 } ], "editorialScores": { "ergonomics": 91, "maintenance": 87, "payments": 35, "reliability": 90, "schema": 83, "security": 87, "transparency": 68 }, "provenanceScore": 94 }, "connect": { "http": "curl \"https://www.googleapis.com/calendar/v3/calendars/primary/events?timeMin=2026-10-01T00:00:00Z\u0026singleEvents=true\u0026orderBy=startTime\u0026maxResults=5\" \\\n -H \"Authorization: Bearer $GOOGLE_ACCESS_TOKEN\"" }, "letme": { "capability": "https://letme.dev/calendar.read", "tool": "https://letme.dev/google-calendar-api" }, "sameCompany": [ "gemini-api", "gemini-embedding", "vertex-ai-tuning", "google-model-armor", "google-imagen", "google-veo", "google-lyria", "google-speech-to-text", "google-adk", "google-secret-manager", "google-weather-api", "chrome-devtools-mcp", "google-maps-platform", "google-cloud-translation", "google-drive-api", "gemini-cli", "google-ads-api", "google-forms", "google-sheets-api", "gmail-api" ], "area": "everyday", "provenance": { "legalEntity": "Google LLC", "domain": "google.com", "domainRegistered": "1997-09-15", "domainNote": "The endpoint is on googleapis.com, Google's API domain. google.com was registered in 1997.", "endpointOnVendorDomain": true, "terms": "https://developers.google.com/terms", "privacy": "https://policies.google.com/privacy", "statusPage": "https://www.google.com/appsstatus/dashboard/", "changelog": "https://developers.google.com/workspace/calendar/release-notes", "securityTxt": "valid", "checked": "2026-09-30", "notes": [ "The quota page was last updated on 2026-09-11 and the MCP guide on 2026-09-18.", "Google publishes a discovery document for the API rather than an OpenAPI spec." ], "score": 94 }, "pageJsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/google-calendar-api.json", "live": { "slug": "google-calendar-api", "probe": { "target": "https://www.googleapis.com/calendar/v3", "method": "get", "lastAt": "2026-10-08T21:53:23.001822415Z", "lastOk": true, "lastStatus": 404, "lastMs": 34, "authRequired": false, "uptime24h": 100, "uptime30d": 100, "p50ms24h": 41, "p95ms24h": 88, "samples24h": 270, "samples30d": 1962, "days": [ { "date": "2026-10-01", "probes": 109, "ok": 109 }, { "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://www.google.com/appsstatus/dashboard", "indicator": "unknown", "summary": "no machine-readable status found", "checkedAt": "2026-10-08T10:03:07.725324996Z" }, "versions": [ { "registry": "github", "name": "googleapis/google-api-nodejs-client", "version": "agentidentity-v3.2.0", "released": "2026-10-07", "seenAt": "2026-10-08T16:13:45.250878748Z" }, { "registry": "npm", "name": "@googleapis/calendar", "version": "20.1.0", "seenAt": "2026-10-08T16:13:41.045245558Z" }, { "registry": "pypi", "name": "google-api-python-client", "version": "2.201.0", "released": "2026-09-30", "seenAt": "2026-10-08T16:13:45.126763972Z" } ], 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"Google", "name": "Vendor" }, { "a": "https://acuityscheduling.com/api/v1", "b": "https://www.googleapis.com/calendar/v3", "name": "Hosted endpoint" }, { "a": "HTTP", "b": "HTTP, Streamable HTTP", "name": "Transports" }, { "a": "OAuth or key", "b": "OAuth", "name": "Auth" }, { "a": "Paid", "b": "Free", "name": "Pricing" }, { "a": "no", "b": "no", "name": "x402" }, { "a": "Proprietary service under Squarespace's Developer Terms. 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Google Calendar API uses an OAuth sign-in.", "question": "Do Acuity Scheduling API and Google Calendar API need an API key?" }, { "answer": "Yes. Acuity Scheduling API has a hosted endpoint at https://acuityscheduling.com/api/v1 and Google Calendar API at https://www.googleapis.com/calendar/v3.", "question": "Can an agent call Acuity Scheduling API and Google Calendar API without installing anything?" } ], "goodFor": [ { "aheadOn": null, "also": null, "goodFor": "A business that already takes bookings in Acuity and wants an agent to check slots, book, move and cancel appointments for clients, including classes, packages and intake forms.", "slug": "acuity-scheduling", "watchFor": "The pricing page lists custom API access on Premium only, $61 a month or $49 billed yearly" }, { "aheadOn": [ "Reliability, 90 against 58", "Schema \u0026 documentation, 83 against 56", "Agent ergonomics, 91 against 44", "Security \u0026 auth, 87 against 27", "Payments \u0026 pricing, 35 against 30", "Maintenance \u0026 community, 87 against 15", "Transparency \u0026 trust, 81 against 54" ], "also": [ "Agent-ready, a grade of BB or better" ], "goodFor": "An agent acting on Google Workspace or Gmail users' own calendars with tight scopes and no per-account fee.", "slug": "google-calendar-api", "watchFor": "Google calendars only" } ], "job": { "capability": "calendar.read", "name": "Calendar read" }, "others": [ { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/acuity-scheduling-vs-apiroc.json", "title": "Acuity Scheduling API vs Apiroc Unified Calendar API", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/acuity-scheduling-vs-apiroc" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/acuity-scheduling-vs-aurinko-calendar.json", "title": "Acuity Scheduling API vs Aurinko Calendar API", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/acuity-scheduling-vs-aurinko-calendar" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/acuity-scheduling-vs-cal-com.json", "title": "Acuity Scheduling API vs Cal.com API v2 + MCP", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/acuity-scheduling-vs-cal-com" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/acuity-scheduling-vs-calendly.json", "title": "Acuity Scheduling API vs Calendly API + MCP", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/acuity-scheduling-vs-calendly" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/acuity-scheduling-vs-cronofy.json", "title": "Acuity Scheduling API vs Cronofy API", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/acuity-scheduling-vs-cronofy" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/acuity-scheduling-vs-microsoft-graph-calendar.json", "title": "Acuity Scheduling API vs Microsoft Graph Calendar API", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/acuity-scheduling-vs-microsoft-graph-calendar" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/acuity-scheduling-vs-nylas-calendar.json", "title": "Acuity Scheduling API vs Nylas Calendar and Scheduler API", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/acuity-scheduling-vs-nylas-calendar" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/apiroc-vs-google-calendar-api.json", "title": "Apiroc Unified Calendar API vs Google Calendar API", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/apiroc-vs-google-calendar-api" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/aurinko-calendar-vs-google-calendar-api.json", "title": "Aurinko Calendar API vs Google Calendar API", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/aurinko-calendar-vs-google-calendar-api" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/cal-com-vs-google-calendar-api.json", "title": "Cal.com API v2 + MCP vs Google Calendar API", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/cal-com-vs-google-calendar-api" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/calendly-vs-google-calendar-api.json", "title": "Calendly API + MCP vs Google Calendar API", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/calendly-vs-google-calendar-api" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/cronofy-vs-google-calendar-api.json", "title": "Cronofy API vs Google Calendar API", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/cronofy-vs-google-calendar-api" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/google-calendar-api-vs-microsoft-graph-calendar.json", "title": "Google Calendar API vs Microsoft Graph Calendar API", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/google-calendar-api-vs-microsoft-graph-calendar" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/google-calendar-api-vs-nylas-calendar.json", "title": "Google Calendar API vs Nylas Calendar and Scheduler API", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/google-calendar-api-vs-nylas-calendar" } ], "scores": [ { "acuity-scheduling": 58, "by": 32, "edge": "google-calendar-api", "google-calendar-api": 90, "key": "reliability", "name": "Reliability", "weight": 16 }, { "key": "performance", "name": "Performance", "pending": true, "weight": 10 }, { "acuity-scheduling": 56, "by": 27, "edge": "google-calendar-api", "google-calendar-api": 83, "key": "schema", "name": "Schema \u0026 documentation", "weight": 13 }, { "acuity-scheduling": 44, "by": 47, "edge": "google-calendar-api", "google-calendar-api": 91, "key": "ergonomics", "name": "Agent ergonomics", "weight": 13 }, { "acuity-scheduling": 27, "by": 60, "edge": "google-calendar-api", "google-calendar-api": 87, "key": "security", "name": "Security \u0026 auth", "weight": 14 }, { "acuity-scheduling": 30, "by": 5, "edge": "google-calendar-api", "google-calendar-api": 35, "key": "payments", "name": "Payments \u0026 pricing", "weight": 10 }, { "key": "tasks", "name": "Task success", "pending": true, "weight": 10 }, { "acuity-scheduling": 15, "by": 72, "edge": "google-calendar-api", "google-calendar-api": 87, "key": "maintenance", "name": "Maintenance \u0026 community", "weight": 7 }, { "acuity-scheduling": 54, "by": 27, "edge": "google-calendar-api", "google-calendar-api": 81, "key": "transparency", "name": "Transparency \u0026 trust", "weight": 7 } ], "summary": "Google Calendar API scores 80.6 (A) on agent readiness against Acuity Scheduling API's 42.4 (E), and leads in every scored category. Both do calendar read.", "verdicts": { "acuity-scheduling": "The API covers the full booking cycle, with availability checks, named error codes and signed webhooks retried for 24 hours. API access is sold only on the Premium plan at $61 a month, the single OAuth scope grants the whole account, and no changelog, idempotency key or audit log was found in the reviewed documentation.", "google-calendar-api": "21 OAuth scopes, including free/busy only and read-only on owned calendars. 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Markdown https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/google-calendar-api.md · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/google-calendar-api.json\n\n## Which one, for what\n\n### Acuity Scheduling API (E)\n\nGood for: A business that already takes bookings in Acuity and wants an agent to check slots, book, move and cancel appointments for clients, including classes, packages and intake forms.\n\nWatch for: The pricing page lists custom API access on Premium only, $61 a month or $49 billed yearly\n\n### Google Calendar API (A)\n\nGood for: An agent acting on Google Workspace or Gmail users' own calendars with tight scopes and no per-account fee.\n\nAhead on:\n- Reliability, 90 against 58\n- Schema \u0026 documentation, 83 against 56\n- Agent ergonomics, 91 against 44\n- Security \u0026 auth, 87 against 27\n- Payments \u0026 pricing, 35 against 30\n- Maintenance \u0026 community, 87 against 15\n- Transparency \u0026 trust, 81 against 54\n\nAlso in its favour:\n- Agent-ready, a grade of BB or better\n\nWatch for: Google calendars only\n\n\n## Score by category\n\n| Category | Weight | Acuity Scheduling API | Google Calendar API | Edge |\n| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |\n| Reliability | 16% (20 this run) | 58 | 90 | Google Calendar API +32 |\n| Performance | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |\n| Schema \u0026 documentation | 13% (16.2 this run) | 56 | 83 | Google Calendar API +27 |\n| Agent ergonomics | 13% (16.2 this run) | 44 | 91 | Google Calendar API +47 |\n| Security \u0026 auth | 14% (17.5 this run) | 27 | 87 | Google Calendar API +60 |\n| Payments \u0026 pricing | 10% (12.5 this run) | 30 | 35 | Google Calendar API +5 |\n| Task success | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |\n| Maintenance \u0026 community | 7% (8.8 this run) | 15 | 87 | Google Calendar API +72 |\n| Transparency \u0026 trust | 7% (8.8 this run) | 54 | 81 | Google Calendar API +27 |\n| Negative events | ≤15 | 0 | 0 | |\n| **Total** | | **42.4 · E** | **80.6 · A** | |\n\n## Facts side by side\n\n| Fact | Acuity Scheduling API | Google Calendar API |\n| --- | --- | --- |\n| Kind | HTTP API | HTTP API |\n| Vendor | Squarespace | Google |\n| Hosted endpoint | `https://acuityscheduling.com/api/v1` | `https://www.googleapis.com/calendar/v3` |\n| Transports | HTTP | HTTP, Streamable HTTP |\n| Auth | OAuth or key | OAuth |\n| Pricing | Paid | Free |\n| x402 | no | no |\n| Licence | Proprietary service under Squarespace's Developer Terms. The Node.js and PHP SDKs are MIT | Apache-2.0 (client libraries) |\n| Tools exposed | none | 9 |\n| Read-only variant documented | no | yes |\n| llms.txt | yes | no |\n| Last release | none | 2026-10-03 |\n| Terms last updated | 2025-12-16 | 2021-11-09 |\n| Privacy policy last updated | no date given | 2026-10-01 |\n| Customer content may train models | not found in the text | yes |\n| Terms restrict automated access | not found in the text | yes |\n| Terms restrict benchmarking | yes | not found in the text |\n| Terms or service can change without notice | yes | not found in the text |\n| Arbitration or class-action waiver | yes | not found in the text |\n| Popularity | 9.2k npm/wk | 12k stars, 1M npm/wk |\n| Agent reviews | none | 4/5 (8) |\n\n## Verdicts\n\n**Acuity Scheduling API.** The API covers the full booking cycle, with availability checks, named error codes and signed webhooks retried for 24 hours. API access is sold only on the Premium plan at $61 a month, the single OAuth scope grants the whole account, and no changelog, idempotency key or audit log was found in the reviewed documentation.\n\n**Google Calendar API.** 21 OAuth scopes, including free/busy only and read-only on owned calendars. Google calendars only.\n\n## Before you call either\n\n### Acuity Scheduling API\n\n1. Call `/availability/dates` then `/availability/times` with `appointmentTypeID` before `POST /appointments`, which validates the slot as a client would\n2. Avoid `admin=true` unless the owner asks for it, because it skips availability and form validation\n3. Pass `noEmail=true` when a booking or cancellation must not send the client an email or SMS\n4. Check `GET /appointments` filtered by `email` and date before retrying a booking, since no idempotency key is documented\n5. Stay under 10 requests a second and 20 concurrent connections per IP, and back off on 429, which carries no documented `Retry-After`\n\n### Google Calendar API\n\n1. Ask for `calendar.events.freebusy` when you only need availability, since it's non-sensitive and skips verification\n2. Set your own event `id` on insert, and treat a 409 as already created\n3. Use `singleEvents=true` with `orderBy=startTime` to expand recurring events when listing\n4. On 410 `fullSyncRequired`, drop the stored `syncToken` and do a full sync\n5. Back off exponentially on 403 and 429 `usageLimits`, up to 32 or 64 seconds\n\n## Questions\n\n### Which is better for AI agents, Acuity Scheduling API or Google Calendar API?\n\nGoogle Calendar API scores 80.6 (A) on agent readiness against Acuity Scheduling API's 42.4 (E), and leads in every scored category.\n\n### Do Acuity Scheduling API and Google Calendar API need an API key?\n\nAcuity Scheduling API takes an API key or an OAuth sign-in. Google Calendar API uses an OAuth sign-in.\n\n### Can an agent call Acuity Scheduling API and Google Calendar API without installing anything?\n\nYes. Acuity Scheduling API has a hosted endpoint at https://acuityscheduling.com/api/v1 and Google Calendar API at https://www.googleapis.com/calendar/v3.\n\n\n## For agents\n\n- This comparison as JSON: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/acuity-scheduling-vs-google-calendar-api.json, and with the fewest tokens: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/acuity-scheduling-vs-google-calendar-api.min.md\n- Over MCP at https://www.anchorterminal.com/mcp (no key): `compare_tools {\"a\": \"acuity-scheduling\", \"b\": \"google-calendar-api\"}`. 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