# Angi (including HomeAdvisor, now Angi Leads) vs Handy

> Angi scores 12.7 (F) to Handy's 10 (F) for booking home services. Prices, MCP, x402, uptime and agent notes side by side.

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- Updated: 2026-10-14

Angi (including HomeAdvisor, now Angi Leads) scores 12.7 (F) on agent readiness against Handy's 10 (F), and leads in 2 of 7 scored categories. Both do booking home services.

- Angi (including HomeAdvisor, now Angi Leads): grade F, 12.7/100, rank #1061 of 1076. Markdown https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/angi.md · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/angi.json
- Handy: grade F, 10/100, rank #1069 of 1076. Markdown https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/handy.md · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/handy.json
- Best home service and local trades marketplaces for AI agents: https://www.anchorterminal.com/best/home-services/index.md
- All 43 home services comparisons: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/home-services/index.md

## Which one, for what

### Angi (including HomeAdvisor, now Angi Leads) (F)

Good for: US homeowners hiring tradespeople through a person.

Ahead on:
- Maintenance & community, 34 against 4

Watch for: No public API or MCP server an outside agent can call

### Handy (F)

Good for: A person booking a cleaner or handyperson at a set time.

Watch for: No public API or MCP server an outside agent can call


## Score by category

| Category | Weight | Angi (including HomeAdvisor, now Angi Leads) | Handy | Edge |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Reliability | 16% (20 this run) | 15 | 15 | even |
| Performance | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |
| Schema & documentation | 13% (16.2 this run) | 0 | 0 | even |
| Agent ergonomics | 13% (16.2 this run) | 0 | 0 | even |
| Security & auth | 14% (17.5 this run) | 5 | 5 | even |
| Payments & pricing | 10% (12.5 this run) | 10 | 10 | even |
| Task success | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |
| Maintenance & community | 7% (8.8 this run) | 34 | 4 | Angi (including HomeAdvisor, now Angi Leads) +30 |
| Transparency & trust | 7% (8.8 this run) | 53 | 52 | Angi (including HomeAdvisor, now Angi Leads) +1 |
| Negative events | ≤15 | 0 | 0 | |
| **Total** | | **12.7 · F** | **10 · F** | |

## Facts side by side

| Fact | Angi (including HomeAdvisor, now Angi Leads) | Handy |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Kind | Platform | Platform |
| Vendor | Angi Inc. | Handy Technologies, Inc. (Angi) |
| Hosted endpoint | no (local only) | no (local only) |
| Transports |  |  |
| Auth | OAuth or key | OAuth or key |
| Pricing | Freemium | Pay per use |
| x402 | no | no |
| Licence | Closed service under the Angi Terms of Use (Angi Inc.), version 4.2 of 13 August 2026. | Closed service under the Handy Terms of Use / User Agreement, last updated 8 July 2024. |
| Read-only variant documented | no | no |
| llms.txt | no | no |
| Last release | 2026-10-02 | 2025-10-13 |
| Terms last updated | 2026-08-13 | 2024-07-08 |
| Privacy policy last updated | 2026-08-13 | 2023-06-22 |
| Customer content may train models | not found in the text | not found in the text |
| Terms restrict automated access | yes | yes |
| Terms restrict benchmarking | not found in the text | not found in the text |
| Terms or service can change without notice | yes | yes |
| Arbitration or class-action waiver | yes | yes |

## Verdicts

**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.

**Handy.** Handy books cleaning, handyman and assembly jobs in the US, Canada and the UK, with a guarantee on jobs paid through Handy. There is no public API or MCP server an outside agent can call today. Businesses can ask to partner with Handy, but no partner documentation is public, and the iOS app was last updated in October 2025.

## Before you call either

### Angi (including HomeAdvisor, now Angi Leads)

1. 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
2. If the user is a tradesperson, point them to the CRM integration under My business, Integrations, or to crmintegrations@angi.com
3. Treat HomeAdvisor and Angi Leads as the same company and the same route

### Handy

1. Don't plan to call Handy from another agent. Hand the booking to the person on handy.com or in the Handy app
2. For a business that wants Handy services for its customers, point it to the Partner with Handy route on handy.com

## Questions

### Which is better for AI agents, Angi (including HomeAdvisor, now Angi Leads) or Handy?

Angi (including HomeAdvisor, now Angi Leads) scores 12.7 (F) on agent readiness against Handy's 10 (F), and leads in 2 of 7 scored categories.


## For agents

- This comparison as JSON: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/angi-vs-handy.json, and with the fewest tokens: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/angi-vs-handy.min.md
- Over MCP at https://www.anchorterminal.com/mcp (no key): `compare_tools {"a": "angi", "b": "handy"}`. From a terminal: `anchor compare angi handy`
- Each listing in full: https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/angi.json and https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/handy.json

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