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      "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.",
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      "license": "Closed service under the Angi Terms of Use (Angi Inc.), version 4.2 of 13 August 2026.",
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      "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.",
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        "home.pros",
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        "hosted",
        "official",
        "closed-source",
        "not-for-agents",
        "ios",
        "android"
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      "lastRelease": "2026-10-02",
      "graded": true,
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          "confidence": "medium",
          "date": "2026-10-14"
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        "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"
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          "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"
        ],
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          "kind": "remote",
          "measured": false
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        "avgRating": 0,
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            "basis": "public evidence",
            "confidence": "medium",
            "grade": "F",
            "methodology": "0.4",
            "pending": [
              "performance",
              "tasks"
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          "payments": 10,
          "reliability": 15,
          "schema": 0,
          "security": 5,
          "transparency": 35
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        "provenanceScore": 71
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        "capability": "https://letme.dev/home.jobs",
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        "legalEntity": "Angi Inc.",
        "domain": "angi.com",
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        "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."
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    "answer": "Houzz and Angi (including HomeAdvisor, now Angi Leads) score within a point of each other on agent readiness, 13.1 (F) and 12.7 (F). Angi (including HomeAdvisor, now Angi Leads) leads on security \u0026 auth and transparency \u0026 trust.",
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      "slug": "houzz",
      "name": "Houzz",
      "vendor": "Houzz Inc.",
      "vendorUrl": "https://www.houzz.com",
      "kind": "platform",
      "category": "home-services",
      "summary": "Houzz is a home design and remodelling platform where homeowners browse photos and find, review and contact architects, designers and builders. Houzz Pro is its business software for those professionals.",
      "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/houzz",
      "markdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/houzz.md",
      "slimMarkdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/houzz.min.md",
      "jsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/houzz.json",
      "license": "Closed service under the Houzz Terms of Use (Houzz Inc.).",
      "transports": [],
      "packages": [],
      "auth": "mixed",
      "authNotes": "A Houzz account on houzz.com or in the apps. Houzz Pro is a separate app for professionals. houzz.com/api answers \"Authentication Required. Please provide a valid token\" in XML, and no public documentation for it was found.",
      "pricing": "freemium",
      "pricingNotes": "The Houzz app is free on the App Store. No price for homeowners or for Houzz Pro was found in the pages read. Shop Houzz purchases after 5 August 2025 are run by Cart.com Holdings 2, LLC under licence (https://www.houzz.com/termsOfUse, checked 14 October 2026).",
      "priceSummary": "Freemium",
      "where": "local",
      "x402": {
        "level": "no",
        "evidence": "No x402, MPP or L402 found on houzz.com or in its terms, checked 14 October 2026.",
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        "home.reviews"
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        "hosted",
        "official",
        "closed-source",
        "not-for-agents",
        "ios",
        "android"
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          "confidence": "medium",
          "date": "2026-10-14"
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        "bestFor": "Homeowners researching design ideas and professionals themselves.",
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          "Three iOS releases between 13 August and 1 October 2026",
          "Terms and privacy policy published in full on houzz.com",
          "Houzz Pro gives professionals separate business software"
        ],
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          "No public API or MCP server an outside agent can call",
          "The terms forbid robots, scraping and training AI on platform content",
          "No status page, security.txt or dated terms found"
        ],
        "agentNotes": [
          "Don't plan to call Houzz from another agent. Hand the search or contact to the person on houzz.com or in the Houzz app",
          "Don't fetch /proMatch/ or review-writing paths. robots.txt disallows them for Claude agents"
        ],
        "metrics": {
          "kind": "remote",
          "measured": false
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            "basis": "public evidence",
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            "pending": [
              "performance",
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          "security": 0,
          "transparency": 32
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        "provenanceScore": 61
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      "letme": {
        "capability": "https://letme.dev/home.pros",
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        "legalEntity": "Houzz Inc.",
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        "domainRegistered": "2006-10-29",
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        "terms": "https://www.houzz.com/termsOfUse",
        "privacy": "https://www.houzz.com/privacyPolicy",
        "statusPage": "",
        "changelog": "",
        "securityTxt": "none",
        "checked": "2026-10-14",
        "notes": [
          "No date was found on the terms of use or the privacy policy.",
          "www.houzz.com/.well-known/security.txt returns 404. status.houzz.com returns 404.",
          "RDAP gives a registration date of 2006-10-29 for houzz.com."
        ],
        "score": 61
      },
      "pageJsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/houzz.json"
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        "a": "Platform",
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        "name": "Kind"
      },
      {
        "a": "Angi Inc.",
        "b": "Houzz Inc.",
        "name": "Vendor"
      },
      {
        "a": "no (local only)",
        "b": "no (local only)",
        "name": "Hosted endpoint"
      },
      {
        "a": "",
        "b": "",
        "name": "Transports"
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      {
        "a": "OAuth or key",
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        "a": "Freemium",
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        "a": "no",
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      {
        "a": "no",
        "b": "no",
        "name": "Read-only variant documented"
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      {
        "a": "no",
        "b": "no",
        "name": "llms.txt"
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        "a": "2026-10-02",
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        "a": "2026-08-13",
        "b": "2026-10-06",
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        "a": "2026-08-13",
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        "name": "Privacy policy last updated"
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      {
        "a": "not found in the text",
        "b": "not found in the text",
        "name": "Customer content may train models"
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      {
        "a": "yes",
        "b": "yes",
        "name": "Terms restrict automated access"
      },
      {
        "a": "not found in the text",
        "b": "not found in the text",
        "name": "Terms restrict benchmarking"
      },
      {
        "a": "yes",
        "b": "not found in the text",
        "name": "Terms or service can change without notice"
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      {
        "a": "yes",
        "b": "yes",
        "name": "Arbitration or class-action waiver"
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        "answer": "Houzz and Angi (including HomeAdvisor, now Angi Leads) score within a point of each other on agent readiness, 13.1 (F) and 12.7 (F). Angi (including HomeAdvisor, now Angi Leads) leads on security \u0026 auth and transparency \u0026 trust.",
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        "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/angi-vs-trustatrader.json",
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        "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/bark-vs-houzz.json",
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        "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/checkatrade-vs-houzz.json",
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        "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/handy-vs-houzz.json",
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        "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/houzz-vs-rated-people.json",
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        "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/houzz-vs-rated-people"
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        "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/houzz-vs-trustatrader.json",
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        "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/houzz-vs-trustatrader"
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        "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/houzz-vs-urban-company.json",
        "title": "Houzz vs Urban Company",
        "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/houzz-vs-urban-company"
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        "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/airtasker-vs-angi.json",
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        "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/angi-vs-bark.json",
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        "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/angi-vs-bark"
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        "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/angi-vs-checkatrade.json",
        "title": "Angi (including HomeAdvisor, now Angi Leads) vs Checkatrade",
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        "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/angi-vs-rated-people.json",
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        "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/angi-vs-rated-people"
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      {
        "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"
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      {
        "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/angi-vs-handy.json",
        "title": "Angi (including HomeAdvisor, now Angi Leads) vs Handy",
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      {
        "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/angi-vs-urban-company.json",
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      },
      {
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        "angi": 0,
        "by": 0,
        "edge": "",
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        "key": "schema",
        "name": "Schema \u0026 documentation",
        "weight": 13
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        "angi": 0,
        "by": 0,
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        "angi": 10,
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        "edge": "angi",
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      "houzz": "Houzz is a large design and remodelling platform for finding and reviewing professionals, with iOS releases every few weeks. There is no public API or MCP server an outside agent can call today. houzz.com/api asks for a token with no public documentation, and the terms forbid robots, scraping and AI training on its content."
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  "markdown": "Houzz and Angi (including HomeAdvisor, now Angi Leads) score within a point of each other on agent readiness, 13.1 (F) and 12.7 (F). Angi (including HomeAdvisor, now Angi Leads) leads on security \u0026 auth and transparency \u0026 trust. Both do finding tradespeople.\n\n- 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\n- Houzz: grade F, 13.1/100, rank #1058 of 1076. Markdown https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/houzz.md · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/houzz.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- Transparency \u0026 trust, 53 against 47\n\nWatch for: No public API or MCP server an outside agent can call\n\n### Houzz (F)\n\nGood for: Homeowners researching design ideas and professionals themselves.\n\nAhead on:\n- Maintenance \u0026 community, 54 against 34\n\nWatch for: No public API or MCP server an outside agent can call\n\n\n## Score by category\n\n| Category | Weight | Angi (including HomeAdvisor, now Angi Leads) | Houzz | 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 | 0 | even |\n| Agent ergonomics | 13% (16.2 this run) | 0 | 0 | even |\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 | 10 | even |\n| Task success | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |\n| Maintenance \u0026 community | 7% (8.8 this run) | 34 | 54 | Houzz +20 |\n| Transparency \u0026 trust | 7% (8.8 this run) | 53 | 47 | Angi (including HomeAdvisor, now Angi Leads) +6 |\n| Negative events | ≤15 | 0 | 0 | |\n| **Total** | | **12.7 · F** | **13.1 · F** | |\n\n## Facts side by side\n\n| Fact | Angi (including HomeAdvisor, now Angi Leads) | Houzz |\n| --- | --- | --- |\n| Kind | Platform | Platform |\n| Vendor | Angi Inc. | Houzz Inc. |\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 the Houzz Terms of Use (Houzz Inc.). |\n| Read-only variant documented | no | no |\n| llms.txt | no | no |\n| Last release | 2026-10-02 | 2026-10-01 |\n| Terms last updated | 2026-08-13 | 2026-10-06 |\n| Privacy policy last updated | 2026-08-13 | 2026-10-06 |\n| Customer content may train models | not found in the text | not found in the text |\n| Terms restrict automated access | yes | yes |\n| Terms restrict benchmarking | not found in the text | 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 | 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**Houzz.** Houzz is a large design and remodelling platform for finding and reviewing professionals, with iOS releases every few weeks. There is no public API or MCP server an outside agent can call today. houzz.com/api asks for a token with no public documentation, and the terms forbid robots, scraping and AI training on its content.\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### Houzz\n\n1. Don't plan to call Houzz from another agent. Hand the search or contact to the person on houzz.com or in the Houzz app\n2. Don't fetch /proMatch/ or review-writing paths. robots.txt disallows them for Claude agents\n\n## Questions\n\n### Which is better for AI agents, Angi (including HomeAdvisor, now Angi Leads) or Houzz?\n\nHouzz and Angi (including HomeAdvisor, now Angi Leads) score within a point of each other on agent readiness, 13.1 (F) and 12.7 (F). Angi (including HomeAdvisor, now Angi Leads) leads on security \u0026 auth and transparency \u0026 trust.\n\n\n## For agents\n\n- This comparison as JSON: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/angi-vs-houzz.json, and with the fewest tokens: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/angi-vs-houzz.min.md\n- Over MCP at https://www.anchorterminal.com/mcp (no key): `compare_tools {\"a\": \"angi\", \"b\": \"houzz\"}`. From a terminal: `anchor compare angi houzz`\n- Each listing in full: https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/angi.json and https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/houzz.json\n\n## Other comparisons with Angi (including HomeAdvisor, now Angi Leads) or Houzz\n\n- [Airtasker vs Houzz](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/airtasker-vs-houzz.md)\n- [Angi (including HomeAdvisor, now Angi Leads) vs TrustATrader](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/angi-vs-trustatrader.md)\n- [Bark vs Houzz](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/bark-vs-houzz.md)\n- [Checkatrade vs Houzz](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/checkatrade-vs-houzz.md)\n- [Handy vs Houzz](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/handy-vs-houzz.md)\n- [Houzz vs Rated People](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/houzz-vs-rated-people.md)\n- [Houzz vs TrustATrader](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/houzz-vs-trustatrader.md)\n- [Houzz vs Urban Company](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/houzz-vs-urban-company.md)\n- [Airtasker vs Angi (including HomeAdvisor, now Angi Leads)](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/airtasker-vs-angi.md)\n- [Angi (including HomeAdvisor, now Angi Leads) vs Bark](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/angi-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- [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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