# Airtasker vs Checkatrade (slim)

> Checkatrade scores 43.9 (E) to Airtasker's 36.8 (F) for posting home service jobs. Prices, MCP, x402, uptime and agent notes side by side.

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- Index: https://www.anchorterminal.com/llms.txt · API: https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/index.json · Updated: 2026-10-14

Checkatrade scores 43.9 (E) on agent readiness against Airtasker's 36.8 (F), and leads in 3 of 7 scored categories. Airtasker leads on reliability, security & auth, maintenance & community and transparency & trust. Both do posting home service jobs.

- Airtasker: F 36.8, rank #1007 of 1076 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/airtasker.min.md
- Checkatrade: E 43.9, rank #946 of 1076 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/checkatrade.min.md
- Airtasker, good for Posting household and odd jobs (cleaning, removals, gardening, handyman work) in Australia, the UK, the US and other Airtasker markets, then hiring from bids. Ahead on Reliability, 45 against 15; Security & auth, 45 against 35; Maintenance & community, 30 against 13; Transparency & trust, 60 against 49.
- Checkatrade, good for UK homeowners finding vetted tradespeople and booking simple fixed-price jobs such as boiler servicing. Ahead on Schema & documentation, 75 against 21; Agent ergonomics, 63 against 38; Payments & pricing, 55 against 20. Also No key needed to call it.

| Category | Airtasker | Checkatrade |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Reliability (16%) | 45 | 15 |
| Performance (10%) | pending | pending |
| Schema & documentation (13%) | 21 | 75 |
| Agent ergonomics (13%) | 38 | 63 |
| Security & auth (14%) | 45 | 35 |
| Payments & pricing (10%) | 20 | 55 |
| Task success (10%) | pending | pending |
| Maintenance & community (7%) | 30 | 13 |
| Transparency & trust (7%) | 60 | 49 |

| Fact (where they differ) | Airtasker | Checkatrade |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Vendor | Airtasker Limited | Checkatrade (Vetted Limited) |
| Hosted endpoint | `https://mcp.airtasker.com/mcp` | `https://api.checkatrade.com/consumer-claude-mcp/v1/mcp` |
| Auth | OAuth | None |
| Licence | Proprietary hosted service under Airtasker's terms. The public repository (README, Claude Code plugin and a skill) is Apache-2.0 | Proprietary hosted service. No source published |
| Tools exposed | 7 | 2 |
| Read-only variant documented | no | yes |
| llms.txt | no | yes |
| Last release | 2026-08-13 | none |
| Terms last updated | 2026-02-16 | no date given |
| Privacy policy last updated | 2026-09-24 | no date given |
| Customer content may train models | not found in the text | yes |
| Terms or service can change without notice | not found in the text | yes |
| Popularity | 0 stars | none |