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    "a": {
      "slug": "angi",
      "name": "Angi (including HomeAdvisor, now Angi Leads)",
      "vendor": "Angi Inc.",
      "vendorUrl": "https://www.angi.com",
      "kind": "platform",
      "category": "home-services",
      "summary": "Angi is a US marketplace where homeowners find, compare and hire local tradespeople and book some services directly. HomeAdvisor, Inc. now trades as Angi Leads under the same company, and both reach households through the Angi website and apps.",
      "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/angi",
      "markdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/angi.md",
      "slimMarkdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/angi.min.md",
      "jsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/angi.json",
      "license": "Closed service under the Angi Terms of Use (Angi Inc.), version 4.2 of 13 August 2026.",
      "transports": [],
      "packages": [],
      "auth": "mixed",
      "authNotes": "A homeowner account on angi.com or in the Angi app. Tradespeople use the Angi for Pros app. The only integration found is for tradespeople, who connect their CRM so Angi sends new leads to it, set up in the Angi portal or by email to crmintegrations@angi.com (https://intercom.help/angi/en/articles/10288125-setting-up-your-crm-integration-with-angi).",
      "pricing": "freemium",
      "pricingNotes": "The Angi app is free on the App Store, and homeowners pay for work per job. Angi Key Membership is a paid, auto-renewing plan under its own terms, with no price found in the pages read. Tradespeople pay for leads and ads at prices not published (https://www.angi.com/terms, checked 14 October 2026).",
      "priceSummary": "Freemium",
      "where": "local",
      "x402": {
        "level": "no",
        "evidence": "No x402, MPP or L402 found on angi.com or in its terms, checked 14 October 2026.",
        "endpoints": []
      },
      "toolCount": null,
      "popularity": {
        "githubStars": null,
        "npmWeekly": null,
        "pypiWeekly": null,
        "asOf": "2026-10-14"
      },
      "capabilities": [
        "home.jobs",
        "home.pros",
        "home.reviews",
        "home.booking"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "hosted",
        "official",
        "closed-source",
        "not-for-agents",
        "ios",
        "android"
      ],
      "lastRelease": "2026-10-02",
      "graded": true,
      "anchor": {
        "graded": true,
        "score": 12.7,
        "grade": "F",
        "agentReady": false,
        "rank": 1078,
        "ranked": true,
        "rankOf": 1094,
        "categoryRank": 7,
        "methodology": "0.4",
        "run": "2026-10-01",
        "scores": {
          "ergonomics": 0,
          "maintenance": 34,
          "payments": 10,
          "reliability": 15,
          "schema": 0,
          "security": 5,
          "transparency": 53
        },
        "pending": [
          "performance",
          "tasks"
        ],
        "assessment": {
          "confidence": "medium",
          "date": "2026-10-14"
        },
        "negative": 0,
        "verdict": "Angi is a large US marketplace for hiring local tradespeople, and its legal centre publishes dated, versioned terms and a privacy policy that discloses AI-handled calls. There is no public API or MCP server an outside agent can call today. The only integration sends leads to tradespeople's CRMs after Angi sets it up, and the terms forbid automated access.",
        "bestFor": "US homeowners hiring tradespeople through a person.",
        "strengths": [
          "Terms, privacy policy and Book Now terms are versioned and dated in one legal centre",
          "The privacy policy of 15 July 2026 discloses that AI agents may handle calls and texts and that a person is available on request",
          "security.txt names a security contact, infosec@angi.com"
        ],
        "weaknesses": [
          "No public API or MCP server an outside agent can call",
          "The terms of use forbid access by scraper, robot, spider or other automatic device",
          "No status page, SLA or changelog found",
          "The only integration is one-way lead delivery to a tradesperson's CRM, arranged by Angi"
        ],
        "agentNotes": [
          "Don't plan to call Angi from another agent. Hand the request to the person to submit on angi.com or in the Angi app",
          "If the user is a tradesperson, point them to the CRM integration under My business, Integrations, or to crmintegrations@angi.com",
          "Treat HomeAdvisor and Angi Leads as the same company and the same route"
        ],
        "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": 12.7
          }
        ],
        "editorialScores": {
          "ergonomics": 0,
          "maintenance": 34,
          "payments": 10,
          "reliability": 15,
          "schema": 0,
          "security": 5,
          "transparency": 35
        },
        "provenanceScore": 71
      },
      "letme": {
        "capability": "https://letme.dev/home.jobs",
        "tool": "https://letme.dev/angi"
      },
      "area": "everyday",
      "provenance": {
        "legalEntity": "Angi Inc.",
        "domain": "angi.com",
        "domainRegistered": "1996-01-16",
        "endpointOnVendorDomain": null,
        "terms": "https://www.angi.com/terms",
        "privacy": "https://legal.angi.com/#privacy-policy",
        "statusPage": "",
        "changelog": "",
        "securityTxt": "valid",
        "checked": "2026-10-14",
        "notes": [
          "The legal centre at www.angi.com/terms carries the Terms of Use 4.2 (13 August 2026), the Privacy Policy 9.6 (15 July 2026) and the Book Now terms 15.3 (7 May 2025), each with its version history.",
          "www.angi.com/.well-known/security.txt lists infosec@angi.com and a careers link, with no Expires field. handy.com serves the same file.",
          "The home pages of www.angi.com and www.homeadvisor.com returned a 403 Cloudflare page to our reader. robots.txt does not disallow our crawler.",
          "status.angi.com has no DNS record that answered, and no status page was found.",
          "RDAP gives a registration date of 1996-01-16 for angi.com."
        ],
        "score": 71
      },
      "pageJsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/angi.json",
      "live": {
        "slug": "angi",
        "securityTxt": {
          "url": "https://angi.com/.well-known/security.txt",
          "state": "valid",
          "checkedAt": "2026-10-14T15:47:38.340987043Z"
        },
        "pages": [
          {
            "url": "https://legal.angi.com/",
            "kind": "privacy",
            "status": 304,
            "checkedAt": "2026-10-14T21:02:22.730022991Z",
            "changedAt": "0001-01-01T00:00:00Z",
            "fingerprint": "97d128aa3008"
          },
          {
            "url": "https://www.angi.com/terms",
            "kind": "terms",
            "status": 200,
            "checkedAt": "2026-10-14T21:10:10.069330832Z",
            "changedAt": "0001-01-01T00:00:00Z",
            "fingerprint": "fdf673b3fa81"
          }
        ],
        "updatedAt": "2026-10-14T21:10:10.069330832Z"
      }
    },
    "answer": "Bark scores 16.5 (F) on agent readiness against Angi (including HomeAdvisor, now Angi Leads)'s 12.7 (F), and leads in 4 of 7 scored categories. Angi (including HomeAdvisor, now Angi Leads) leads on security \u0026 auth.",
    "b": {
      "slug": "bark",
      "name": "Bark",
      "vendor": "Bark.com Global Limited",
      "vendorUrl": "https://www.bark.com",
      "kind": "platform",
      "category": "home-services",
      "summary": "Bark is a services marketplace where customers describe a job and local professionals, from cleaners and gardeners to tutors and accountants, buy the lead with credits and send quotes. It runs on the web and in apps.",
      "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/bark",
      "markdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/bark.md",
      "slimMarkdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/bark.min.md",
      "jsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/bark.json",
      "license": "Closed service under Bark's terms and conditions (Bark.com Global Limited)",
      "transports": [],
      "packages": [],
      "auth": "mixed",
      "authNotes": "Customers and professionals use Bark accounts on the website or apps. The Bark app on Zapier connects a professional's Bark account. The connection method is not described on the Zapier page we read. No API key, OAuth app or developer access was found (checked 2026-10-14).",
      "pricing": "freemium",
      "pricingNotes": "Free for customers, whose home page promises free quotes (https://www.bark.com/en/gb/). Professionals receive leads free and pay credits to contact a customer. The credit cost of a lead depends on the service, the job value and local demand, credits last 3 months, and no credit pack price is published on the pricing page (https://www.bark.com/en/gb/sellers/pricing/).",
      "priceSummary": "Freemium",
      "where": "local",
      "x402": {
        "level": "no",
        "evidence": "No x402, MPP or L402 found on bark.com, its terms or the Bark app on Zapier (checked 2026-10-14).",
        "endpoints": []
      },
      "toolCount": null,
      "popularity": {
        "githubStars": null,
        "npmWeekly": null,
        "pypiWeekly": null,
        "asOf": "2026-10-14"
      },
      "docsUrl": "https://zapier.com/apps/bark/integrations",
      "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": 16.5,
        "grade": "F",
        "agentReady": false,
        "rank": 1065,
        "ranked": true,
        "rankOf": 1094,
        "categoryRank": 4,
        "methodology": "0.4",
        "run": "2026-10-01",
        "scores": {
          "ergonomics": 5,
          "maintenance": 54,
          "payments": 20,
          "reliability": 15,
          "schema": 7,
          "security": 0,
          "transparency": 49
        },
        "pending": [
          "performance",
          "tasks"
        ],
        "assessment": {
          "confidence": "medium",
          "date": "2026-10-14"
        },
        "negative": 0,
        "verdict": "Bark matches customers with local professionals across home, events, lessons and business services, free for customers, with professionals paying in credits to respond. There is no public API or MCP server that acts for a household. A Bark app on Zapier lets a professional's automations search requests, buy leads and send quotes.",
        "bestFor": "Customers who want quotes for local services across many categories, and professionals buying leads.",
        "strengths": [
          "Free for customers, and professionals see leads free before paying to respond",
          "Customer app released 12 times between 30 June and 13 October 2026",
          "Terms and privacy notice are dated and name Bark.com Global Limited with its company number",
          "A Zapier app lets a professional automate searching, buying and quoting on leads"
        ],
        "weaknesses": [
          "No public API or MCP server an outside agent can call for a household",
          "No credit pack prices published, and a lead's credit cost depends on job value and demand",
          "The Zapier app's Purchase Bark action spends credits, with no documented confirmation step",
          "No status page, security.txt or developer documentation found"
        ],
        "agentNotes": [
          "Don't plan to call Bark for a household. Hand the request to the person on bark.com or the app",
          "For a professional's own leads, use the Bark app on Zapier, and ask before any Purchase Bark step, which spends credits",
          "Tell a professional that credits expire 3 months after purchase"
        ],
        "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": 16.5
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        ],
        "editorialScores": {
          "ergonomics": 5,
          "maintenance": 54,
          "payments": 20,
          "reliability": 15,
          "schema": 7,
          "security": 0,
          "transparency": 38
        },
        "provenanceScore": 59
      },
      "letme": {
        "capability": "https://letme.dev/home.jobs",
        "tool": "https://letme.dev/bark"
      },
      "area": "everyday",
      "provenance": {
        "legalEntity": "Bark.com Global Limited",
        "domain": "bark.com",
        "domainRegistered": "1999-12-02",
        "endpointOnVendorDomain": null,
        "terms": "https://www.bark.com/en/gb/terms/",
        "privacy": "https://www.bark.com/en/gb/privacy/",
        "statusPage": "",
        "changelog": "",
        "securityTxt": "none",
        "checked": "2026-10-14",
        "notes": [
          "The customer terms (last updated 5 September 2025) name Bark.com Global Limited, company 10614196, VAT GB428734965.",
          "The privacy notice was last updated 9 February 2026.",
          "www.bark.com/.well-known/security.txt returns 404, and status.bark.com does not resolve.",
          "The Zapier app page doesn't say who built the integration.",
          "RDAP gives a registration date of 1999-12-02 for bark.com."
        ],
        "score": 59
      },
      "pageJsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/bark.json",
      "live": {
        "slug": "bark",
        "securityTxt": {
          "url": "https://bark.com/.well-known/security.txt",
          "state": "none",
          "checkedAt": "2026-10-14T15:47:39.31821658Z"
        },
        "pages": [
          {
            "url": "https://www.bark.com/en/gb/sellers/pricing/",
            "kind": "pricing",
            "status": 200,
            "checkedAt": "2026-10-14T21:10:43.501421832Z",
            "changedAt": "0001-01-01T00:00:00Z",
            "fingerprint": "b0ea3ee98f41"
          },
          {
            "url": "https://www.bark.com/en/gb/privacy/",
            "kind": "privacy",
            "status": 200,
            "checkedAt": "2026-10-14T21:10:41.457384474Z",
            "changedAt": "0001-01-01T00:00:00Z",
            "fingerprint": "730491b515b8"
          },
          {
            "url": "https://www.bark.com/en/gb/terms/",
            "kind": "terms",
            "status": 200,
            "checkedAt": "2026-10-14T21:10:45.509114103Z",
            "changedAt": "0001-01-01T00:00:00Z",
            "fingerprint": "e194f0947c5d"
          }
        ],
        "updatedAt": "2026-10-14T21:10:45.509114103Z"
      }
    },
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      {
        "a": "Platform",
        "b": "Platform",
        "name": "Kind"
      },
      {
        "a": "Angi Inc.",
        "b": "Bark.com Global Limited",
        "name": "Vendor"
      },
      {
        "a": "no (local only)",
        "b": "no (local only)",
        "name": "Hosted endpoint"
      },
      {
        "a": "",
        "b": "",
        "name": "Transports"
      },
      {
        "a": "OAuth or key",
        "b": "OAuth or key",
        "name": "Auth"
      },
      {
        "a": "Freemium",
        "b": "Freemium",
        "name": "Pricing"
      },
      {
        "a": "no",
        "b": "no",
        "name": "x402"
      },
      {
        "a": "Closed service under the Angi Terms of Use (Angi Inc.), version 4.2 of 13 August 2026.",
        "b": "Closed service under Bark's terms and conditions (Bark.com Global Limited)",
        "name": "Licence"
      },
      {
        "a": "no",
        "b": "no",
        "name": "Read-only variant documented"
      },
      {
        "a": "no",
        "b": "no",
        "name": "llms.txt"
      },
      {
        "a": "2026-10-02",
        "b": "2026-10-13",
        "name": "Last release"
      },
      {
        "a": "2026-08-13",
        "b": "2025-09-05",
        "name": "Terms last updated"
      },
      {
        "a": "2026-08-13",
        "b": "2026-02-09",
        "name": "Privacy policy last updated"
      },
      {
        "a": "not found in the text",
        "b": "not found in the text",
        "name": "Customer content may train models"
      },
      {
        "a": "yes",
        "b": "not found in the text",
        "name": "Terms restrict automated access"
      },
      {
        "a": "not found in the text",
        "b": "yes",
        "name": "Terms restrict benchmarking"
      },
      {
        "a": "yes",
        "b": "yes",
        "name": "Terms or service can change without notice"
      },
      {
        "a": "yes",
        "b": "yes",
        "name": "Arbitration or class-action waiver"
      }
    ],
    "faq": [
      {
        "answer": "Bark scores 16.5 (F) on agent readiness against Angi (including HomeAdvisor, now Angi Leads)'s 12.7 (F), and leads in 4 of 7 scored categories. Angi (including HomeAdvisor, now Angi Leads) leads on security \u0026 auth.",
        "question": "Which is better for AI agents, Angi (including HomeAdvisor, now Angi Leads) or Bark?"
      }
    ],
    "goodFor": [
      {
        "aheadOn": [
          "Security \u0026 auth, 5 against 0"
        ],
        "also": null,
        "goodFor": "US homeowners hiring tradespeople through a person.",
        "slug": "angi",
        "watchFor": "No public API or MCP server an outside agent can call"
      },
      {
        "aheadOn": [
          "Schema \u0026 documentation, 7 against 0",
          "Agent ergonomics, 5 against 0",
          "Payments \u0026 pricing, 20 against 10",
          "Maintenance \u0026 community, 54 against 34"
        ],
        "also": null,
        "goodFor": "Customers who want quotes for local services across many categories, and professionals buying leads.",
        "slug": "bark",
        "watchFor": "No public API or MCP server an outside agent can call for a household"
      }
    ],
    "job": {
      "capability": "home.jobs",
      "name": "Posting home service jobs"
    },
    "others": [
      {
        "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/angi-vs-houzz.json",
        "title": "Angi (including HomeAdvisor, now Angi Leads) vs Houzz",
        "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/angi-vs-houzz"
      },
      {
        "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/angi-vs-trustatrader.json",
        "title": "Angi (including HomeAdvisor, now Angi Leads) vs TrustATrader",
        "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/angi-vs-trustatrader"
      },
      {
        "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/bark-vs-handy.json",
        "title": "Bark vs Handy",
        "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/bark-vs-handy"
      },
      {
        "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/bark-vs-houzz.json",
        "title": "Bark vs Houzz",
        "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/bark-vs-houzz"
      },
      {
        "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/bark-vs-trustatrader.json",
        "title": "Bark vs TrustATrader",
        "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/bark-vs-trustatrader"
      },
      {
        "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/bark-vs-urban-company.json",
        "title": "Bark vs Urban Company",
        "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/bark-vs-urban-company"
      },
      {
        "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/airtasker-vs-angi.json",
        "title": "Airtasker vs Angi (including HomeAdvisor, now Angi Leads)",
        "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/airtasker-vs-angi"
      },
      {
        "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/airtasker-vs-bark.json",
        "title": "Airtasker vs Bark",
        "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/airtasker-vs-bark"
      },
      {
        "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/angi-vs-checkatrade.json",
        "title": "Angi (including HomeAdvisor, now Angi Leads) vs Checkatrade",
        "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/angi-vs-checkatrade"
      },
      {
        "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/angi-vs-rated-people.json",
        "title": "Angi (including HomeAdvisor, now Angi Leads) vs Rated People",
        "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/angi-vs-rated-people"
      },
      {
        "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/angi-vs-taskrabbit.json",
        "title": "Angi (including HomeAdvisor, now Angi Leads) vs Taskrabbit Partner API",
        "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/angi-vs-taskrabbit"
      },
      {
        "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/bark-vs-checkatrade.json",
        "title": "Bark vs Checkatrade",
        "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/bark-vs-checkatrade"
      },
      {
        "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/bark-vs-rated-people.json",
        "title": "Bark vs Rated People",
        "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/bark-vs-rated-people"
      },
      {
        "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/bark-vs-taskrabbit.json",
        "title": "Bark vs Taskrabbit Partner API",
        "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/bark-vs-taskrabbit"
      },
      {
        "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/angi-vs-handy.json",
        "title": "Angi (including HomeAdvisor, now Angi Leads) vs Handy",
        "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/angi-vs-handy"
      },
      {
        "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/angi-vs-urban-company.json",
        "title": "Angi (including HomeAdvisor, now Angi Leads) vs Urban Company",
        "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/angi-vs-urban-company"
      }
    ],
    "scores": [
      {
        "angi": 15,
        "bark": 15,
        "by": 0,
        "edge": "",
        "key": "reliability",
        "name": "Reliability",
        "weight": 16
      },
      {
        "key": "performance",
        "name": "Performance",
        "pending": true,
        "weight": 10
      },
      {
        "angi": 0,
        "bark": 7,
        "by": 7,
        "edge": "bark",
        "key": "schema",
        "name": "Schema \u0026 documentation",
        "weight": 13
      },
      {
        "angi": 0,
        "bark": 5,
        "by": 5,
        "edge": "bark",
        "key": "ergonomics",
        "name": "Agent ergonomics",
        "weight": 13
      },
      {
        "angi": 5,
        "bark": 0,
        "by": 5,
        "edge": "angi",
        "key": "security",
        "name": "Security \u0026 auth",
        "weight": 14
      },
      {
        "angi": 10,
        "bark": 20,
        "by": 10,
        "edge": "bark",
        "key": "payments",
        "name": "Payments \u0026 pricing",
        "weight": 10
      },
      {
        "key": "tasks",
        "name": "Task success",
        "pending": true,
        "weight": 10
      },
      {
        "angi": 34,
        "bark": 54,
        "by": 20,
        "edge": "bark",
        "key": "maintenance",
        "name": "Maintenance \u0026 community",
        "weight": 7
      },
      {
        "angi": 53,
        "bark": 49,
        "by": 4,
        "edge": "angi",
        "key": "transparency",
        "name": "Transparency \u0026 trust",
        "weight": 7
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Markdown https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/bark.md · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/bark.json\n- Best home service and local trades marketplaces for AI agents: https://www.anchorterminal.com/best/home-services/index.md\n- All 43 home services comparisons: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/home-services/index.md\n\n## Which one, for what\n\n### Angi (including HomeAdvisor, now Angi Leads) (F)\n\nGood for: US homeowners hiring tradespeople through a person.\n\nAhead on:\n- Security \u0026 auth, 5 against 0\n\nWatch for: No public API or MCP server an outside agent can call\n\n### Bark (F)\n\nGood for: Customers who want quotes for local services across many categories, and professionals buying leads.\n\nAhead on:\n- Schema \u0026 documentation, 7 against 0\n- Agent ergonomics, 5 against 0\n- Payments \u0026 pricing, 20 against 10\n- Maintenance \u0026 community, 54 against 34\n\nWatch for: No public API or MCP server an outside agent can call for a household\n\n\n## Score by category\n\n| Category | Weight | Angi (including HomeAdvisor, now Angi Leads) | Bark | Edge |\n| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |\n| Reliability | 16% (20 this run) | 15 | 15 | even |\n| Performance | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |\n| Schema \u0026 documentation | 13% (16.2 this run) | 0 | 7 | Bark +7 |\n| Agent ergonomics | 13% (16.2 this run) | 0 | 5 | Bark +5 |\n| Security \u0026 auth | 14% (17.5 this run) | 5 | 0 | Angi (including HomeAdvisor, now Angi Leads) +5 |\n| Payments \u0026 pricing | 10% (12.5 this run) | 10 | 20 | Bark +10 |\n| Task success | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |\n| Maintenance \u0026 community | 7% (8.8 this run) | 34 | 54 | Bark +20 |\n| Transparency \u0026 trust | 7% (8.8 this run) | 53 | 49 | Angi (including HomeAdvisor, now Angi Leads) +4 |\n| Negative events | ≤15 | 0 | 0 | |\n| **Total** | | **12.7 · F** | **16.5 · F** | |\n\n## Facts side by side\n\n| Fact | Angi (including HomeAdvisor, now Angi Leads) | Bark |\n| --- | --- | --- |\n| Kind | Platform | Platform |\n| Vendor | Angi Inc. | Bark.com Global Limited |\n| Hosted endpoint | no (local only) | no (local only) |\n| Transports |  |  |\n| Auth | OAuth or key | OAuth or key |\n| Pricing | Freemium | Freemium |\n| x402 | no | no |\n| Licence | Closed service under the Angi Terms of Use (Angi Inc.), version 4.2 of 13 August 2026. | Closed service under Bark's terms and conditions (Bark.com Global Limited) |\n| Read-only variant documented | no | no |\n| llms.txt | no | no |\n| Last release | 2026-10-02 | 2026-10-13 |\n| Terms last updated | 2026-08-13 | 2025-09-05 |\n| Privacy policy last updated | 2026-08-13 | 2026-02-09 |\n| Customer content may train models | not found in the text | not found in the text |\n| Terms restrict automated access | yes | not found in the text |\n| Terms restrict benchmarking | not found in the text | yes |\n| Terms or service can change without notice | yes | yes |\n| Arbitration or class-action waiver | yes | yes |\n\n## Verdicts\n\n**Angi (including HomeAdvisor, now Angi Leads).** Angi is a large US marketplace for hiring local tradespeople, and its legal centre publishes dated, versioned terms and a privacy policy that discloses AI-handled calls. There is no public API or MCP server an outside agent can call today. The only integration sends leads to tradespeople's CRMs after Angi sets it up, and the terms forbid automated access.\n\n**Bark.** Bark matches customers with local professionals across home, events, lessons and business services, free for customers, with professionals paying in credits to respond. There is no public API or MCP server that acts for a household. A Bark app on Zapier lets a professional's automations search requests, buy leads and send quotes.\n\n## Before you call either\n\n### Angi (including HomeAdvisor, now Angi Leads)\n\n1. Don't plan to call Angi from another agent. Hand the request to the person to submit on angi.com or in the Angi app\n2. If the user is a tradesperson, point them to the CRM integration under My business, Integrations, or to crmintegrations@angi.com\n3. Treat HomeAdvisor and Angi Leads as the same company and the same route\n\n### Bark\n\n1. Don't plan to call Bark for a household. Hand the request to the person on bark.com or the app\n2. For a professional's own leads, use the Bark app on Zapier, and ask before any Purchase Bark step, which spends credits\n3. Tell a professional that credits expire 3 months after purchase\n\n## Questions\n\n### Which is better for AI agents, Angi (including HomeAdvisor, now Angi Leads) or Bark?\n\nBark scores 16.5 (F) on agent readiness against Angi (including HomeAdvisor, now Angi Leads)'s 12.7 (F), and leads in 4 of 7 scored categories. Angi (including HomeAdvisor, now Angi Leads) leads on security \u0026 auth.\n\n\n## For agents\n\n- This comparison as JSON: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/angi-vs-bark.json, and with the fewest tokens: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/angi-vs-bark.min.md\n- Over MCP at https://www.anchorterminal.com/mcp (no key): `compare_tools {\"a\": \"angi\", \"b\": \"bark\"}`. From a terminal: `anchor compare angi bark`\n- Each listing in full: https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/angi.json and https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/bark.json\n\n## Other comparisons with Angi (including HomeAdvisor, now Angi Leads) or Bark\n\n- [Angi (including HomeAdvisor, now Angi Leads) vs Houzz](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/angi-vs-houzz.md)\n- [Angi (including HomeAdvisor, now Angi Leads) vs TrustATrader](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/angi-vs-trustatrader.md)\n- [Bark vs Handy](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/bark-vs-handy.md)\n- [Bark vs Houzz](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/bark-vs-houzz.md)\n- [Bark vs TrustATrader](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/bark-vs-trustatrader.md)\n- [Bark vs Urban Company](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/bark-vs-urban-company.md)\n- [Airtasker vs Angi (including HomeAdvisor, now Angi Leads)](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/airtasker-vs-angi.md)\n- [Airtasker vs Bark](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/airtasker-vs-bark.md)\n- [Angi (including HomeAdvisor, now Angi Leads) vs Checkatrade](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/angi-vs-checkatrade.md)\n- [Angi (including HomeAdvisor, now Angi Leads) vs Rated People](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/angi-vs-rated-people.md)\n- [Angi (including HomeAdvisor, now Angi Leads) vs Taskrabbit Partner API](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/angi-vs-taskrabbit.md)\n- [Bark vs Checkatrade](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/bark-vs-checkatrade.md)\n- [Bark vs Rated People](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/bark-vs-rated-people.md)\n- [Bark vs Taskrabbit Partner API](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/bark-vs-taskrabbit.md)\n- [Angi (including HomeAdvisor, now Angi Leads) vs Handy](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/angi-vs-handy.md)\n- [Angi (including HomeAdvisor, now Angi Leads) vs Urban Company](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/angi-vs-urban-company.md)\n",
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