{ "data": { "a": { "slug": "anrok", "name": "Anrok", "vendor": "Anrok, Inc.", "vendorUrl": "https://www.anrok.com", "kind": "http-api", "category": "tax", "summary": "Anrok is a hosted sales tax, VAT and GST compliance platform for software and ecommerce sellers. Its API calculates tax and records transactions, and Anrok registers, files and remits. A remote MCP server gives AI assistants access to the account.", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/anrok", "markdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/anrok.md", "slimMarkdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/anrok.min.md", "jsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/anrok.json", "license": "Proprietary service under the Anrok SaaS Services Agreement. The OpenAPI file states \"All rights reserved\"", "transports": [ "http", "streamable-http" ], "remoteUrl": "https://api.anrok.com", "packages": [], "auth": "mixed", "authNotes": "The API takes a seller API key as a Bearer token, in the form {sellerId}/{apiKeyId}/secret.{secret}. Any seller account can create keys under Settings, Manage API keys. A key has a note and an enabled switch, with no scopes found. The MCP server uses OAuth 2.1 with PKCE (S256) and dynamic client registration. The user signs in with an Anrok login and approves any of six scopes (certificates, customers, products, registrations, transactionsRead, transactionsWrite), and access follows that user's role. A seller account comes through Anrok's sales team, and MCP needs a plan that includes it.", "pricing": "paid", "pricingNotes": "Starter is $100 per market a month, a market being one jurisdiction where the seller registers and files. Calculation, filing and MCP are included, and Anrok says high-volume Starter sellers may pay additional fees. Custom is quoted by sales and adds the advanced data API and address resolution API. No free tier or self-serve signup was found. Every seller account has a sandbox, and Anrok says pre-sale sandbox access is available to companies evaluating Custom (https://www.anrok.com/pricing, checked 2026-10-08).", "priceSummary": "$100 / mo", "where": "hosted", "x402": { "level": "no", "evidence": "No x402, MPP or L402 in the API docs, the OpenAPI spec or the pricing page (checked 2026-10-08).", "endpoints": [] }, "toolCount": 31, "popularity": { "githubStars": null, "npmWeekly": null, "pypiWeekly": null, "asOf": "2026-10-08" }, "docsUrl": "https://apidocs.anrok.com", "llmsTxt": "https://www.anrok.com/llms.txt", "openapi": "https://apidocs.anrok.com/openapi.yaml", "capabilities": [ "tax.calculate", "tax.transactions", "tax.exemptions", "tax.filing" ], "tags": [ "hosted", "paid", "closed-source", "api-key", "oauth", "mcp", "openapi", "sandbox", "sales-led", "status-page", "soc2" ], "lastRelease": "2026-10-06", "graded": true, "anchor": { "graded": true, "score": 61.6, "grade": "C", "agentReady": false, "rank": 361, "ranked": true, "rankOf": 722, "categoryRank": 2, "methodology": "0.4", "run": "2026-10-01", "scores": { "ergonomics": 70, "maintenance": 47, "payments": 15, "reliability": 88, "schema": 71, "security": 59, "transparency": 54 }, "pending": [ "performance", "tasks" ], "assessment": { "confidence": "medium", "date": "2026-10-08" }, "negative": 0, "verdict": "The public OpenAPI 3.1 spec covers 26 operations with typed error codes, and the remote MCP server uses OAuth 2.1 with six scopes and keeps voids, refunds and filing approval away from the model. Access needs a seller account arranged through sales, API keys carry no scopes, and no API changelog, SDK or subprocessor list was found.", "bestFor": "An agent working for a software or ecommerce seller that already uses Anrok and wants calculation, exemption certificates and filing status in one account.", "strengths": [ "Public OpenAPI 3.1 spec at apidocs.anrok.com/openapi.yaml with 26 operations, 45 enums and typed error codes on 409 responses", "Remote MCP server at mcp.anrok.com/mcp with OAuth 2.1, PKCE, dynamic client registration, six scopes and a revocation endpoint", "MCP has no void, negation or filing-approval tool, and Anrok says all write operations are audited", "Rate limit of 10 requests a second is published, and 429 responses carry an integer Retry-After header", "Status page shows no incident since 10 March 2026, and the security page lists SOC 1 Type II and SOC 2 Type II" ], "weaknesses": [ "No self-serve signup. Starter is $100 per market a month through \"Talk to us\", and Custom is quoted by sales", "API keys have a note and an enabled switch only. No scopes, read-only mode or expiry found in the help centre article", "No API changelog, deprecation policy or official SDK found. The spec is version 1.1 with no dated history", "List transactions, filings, tax ID validation, certificate requests and street-level international addresses are premium and enabled on request", "No security.txt, disclosure policy or public subprocessor list. The DPA is available on request only" ], "agentNotes": [ "Send every call as a POST with a JSON body to https://api.anrok.com, including reads such as /v1/seller/products/list", "Call createEphemeral for a quote and createOrUpdate only when the invoice is final. createOrUpdate saves the transaction for filing", "Reuse the same transaction id on a retry. createOrUpdate overwrites by id, so a repeat doesn't create a second record", "Expect transactionFrozenForFiling once a transaction is on a filed return. Negate it with createNegation and write a new id with a suffix such as :s2", "On 429 wait the number of seconds in Retry-After. The default limit is 10 requests a second per seller account" ], "metrics": { "kind": "remote", "measured": false }, "reviewCount": 0, "avgRating": 0, "history": [ { "basis": "public evidence", "confidence": "medium", "grade": "C", "methodology": "0.4", "pending": [ "performance", "tasks" ], "run": "2026-10-01", "runLabel": "October 2026 research run", "score": 61.6 } ], "editorialScores": { "ergonomics": 70, "maintenance": 47, "payments": 15, "reliability": 88, "schema": 71, "security": 59, "transparency": 38 }, "provenanceScore": 70 }, "connect": { "http": "curl https://api.anrok.com/v1/seller/transactions/createOrUpdate \\\n -H \"Authorization: Bearer $anrok_api_key\" \\\n --json '{\"id\":\"my-first-transaction\",\"accountingDate\":\"2023-01-01\",\"currencyCode\":\"USD\",\"lineItems\":[{\"productExternalId\":\"saas-product\",\"amount\":1050}],\"customerId\":\"customer-1\",\"customerName\":\"Customer 1\",\"customerAddress\":{\"country\":\"us\",\"line1\":\"310 S Houston St\",\"city\":\"Dallas\",\"state\":\"TX\",\"zipCode\":\"75202\"}}'", "claudeCode": "claude mcp add --transport http anrok https://mcp.anrok.com/mcp", "config": { "mcpServers": { "anrok": { "url": "https://mcp.anrok.com/mcp" } } } }, "letme": { "capability": "https://letme.dev/tax.calculate", "tool": "https://letme.dev/anrok" }, "area": "domain-data", "unitPrices": [ { "item": "Starter plan, per market", "unit": "month", "usd": 100, "note": "One market is one jurisdiction where the seller registers and files. Additional fees may apply at high transaction volumes" } ], "provenance": { "legalEntity": "Anrok, Inc.", "domain": "anrok.com", "domainRegistered": "2019-01-06", "endpointOnVendorDomain": true, "terms": "https://www.anrok.com/privacy-terms", "privacy": "https://www.anrok.com/privacy-terms", "statusPage": "https://anrok-status.com", "changelog": "", "securityTxt": "none", "checked": "2026-10-08", "notes": [ "The terms of service (last updated July 2026) name Anrok, Inc., a Delaware corporation, and are governed by California law with courts in San Francisco.", "Terms, the privacy notice (effective May 2024) and the Remittances Services Agreement (effective October 2025) share one page at anrok.com/privacy-terms.", "The API answers at api.anrok.com and the MCP server at mcp.anrok.com, both on the vendor's domain.", "www.anrok.com/.well-known/security.txt returns 404. The security page names no disclosure address or bug bounty.", "The Statuspage site answers at anrok.statuspage.io and gives its address as anrok-status.com. We found no link to it on the pages we read.", "No API changelog was found. anrok.com/type/product-updates is a blog of product announcements, the latest dated 7 July 2026.", "RDAP for anrok.com gives a registration date of 2019-01-06." ], "score": 70 }, "pageJsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/anrok.json", "live": { "slug": "anrok", "probe": { "target": "https://api.anrok.com", "method": "get", "lastAt": "2026-10-08T21:53:15.541083786Z", "lastOk": true, "lastStatus": 404, "lastMs": 148, "authRequired": false, "uptime24h": 100, "uptime30d": 100, "p50ms24h": 137, "p95ms24h": 196, "samples24h": 71, "samples30d": 71, "days": [ { "date": "2026-10-08", "probes": 71, "ok": 71 } ] }, "vendorStatus": { "page": "https://anrok-status.com", "indicator": "none", "summary": "All Systems Operational", "checkedAt": "2026-10-08T21:57:42.127588851Z" }, "securityTxt": { "url": "https://anrok.com/.well-known/security.txt", "state": "none", "checkedAt": "2026-10-08T15:38:57.64505605Z" }, "pages": [ { "url": "https://www.anrok.com/pricing", "kind": "pricing", "status": 200, "checkedAt": "2026-10-08T18:26:08.213536567Z", "changedAt": "0001-01-01T00:00:00Z", "fingerprint": "65c19e0d0b34" }, { "url": "https://www.anrok.com/privacy-terms", "kind": "terms", "status": 200, "checkedAt": "2026-10-08T18:26:10.475081688Z", "changedAt": "0001-01-01T00:00:00Z", "fingerprint": "4eecf8a9839f" } ], "updatedAt": "2026-10-08T21:57:42.127588851Z" } }, "answer": "Anrok scores 61.6 (C) on agent readiness against TaxCloud's 57.4 (C), and leads in 4 of 7 scored categories. TaxCloud leads on payments \u0026 pricing and maintenance \u0026 community.", "b": { "slug": "taxcloud", "name": "TaxCloud", "vendor": "The Federal Tax Authority, LLC (TaxCloud)", "vendorUrl": "https://taxcloud.com", "kind": "http-api", "category": "tax", "summary": "TaxCloud is a US sales tax service from The Federal Tax Authority, LLC. Its v3 REST API calculates tax on carts, records orders and refunds for filing, stores exemption certificates, verifies addresses and searches product tax codes.", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/taxcloud", "markdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/taxcloud.md", "slimMarkdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/taxcloud.min.md", "jsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/taxcloud.json", "repo": "https://github.com/FedTax/taxcloud-agent-skills", "license": "Proprietary service under TaxCloud's terms of service. The agent skills repository on GitHub is Apache-2.0", "transports": [ "http" ], "remoteUrl": "https://api.v3.taxcloud.com", "packages": [], "auth": "api-key", "authNotes": "A self-serve API key, generated by a signed-in user at Developer \u003e API in the web app and sent as `X-API-KEY`. Each request also carries a connection ID in the path, created at Integrations \u003e Custom API. The v3 APIs accept a JWT as `Authorization: Bearer` too, and the docs direct integrations to the key. Keys can be listed, created and deleted through the Management API, where creating one needs a signed-in user token. No OAuth, app review or partner approval applies.", "pricing": "paid", "pricingNotes": "The API needs the Premium plan, from $79 a month for 200 orders, with eight public tiers up to $1,299 for 40,000. Each calculation or address verification counts as a tenth of an order. A 30-day trial with Premium access needs no card, so an agent's owner can start without a contract. There is no sandbox (checked 2026-10-08).", "priceSummary": "$79 / mo", "where": "hosted", "x402": { "level": "no", "evidence": "No x402, MPP or L402 in the API reference, the guides or the pricing page (checked 2026-10-08).", "endpoints": [] }, "toolCount": null, "popularity": { "githubStars": 0, "npmWeekly": null, "pypiWeekly": null, "asOf": "2026-10-08" }, "docsUrl": "https://docs.taxcloud.com/", "llmsTxt": "https://docs.taxcloud.com/llms.txt", "openapi": "https://docs.taxcloud.com/openapi/api-reference.json", "capabilities": [ "tax.calculate", "tax.transactions", "tax.exemptions", "shipping.address-validation" ], "tags": [ "hosted", "closed-source", "api-key", "openapi", "llms-txt", "no-card", "us-only", "status-page", "agent-skills" ], "lastRelease": "2026-09-24", "graded": true, "anchor": { "graded": true, "score": 57.4, "grade": "C", "agentReady": false, "rank": 475, "ranked": true, "rankOf": 722, "categoryRank": 6, "methodology": "0.4", "run": "2026-10-01", "scores": { "ergonomics": 64, "maintenance": 57, "payments": 34, "reliability": 66, "schema": 75, "security": 45, "transparency": 51 }, "pending": [ "performance", "tasks" ], "assessment": { "confidence": "medium", "date": "2026-10-08" }, "negative": 0, "verdict": "A 30-operation REST API with a public OpenAPI 3.1 contract, llms.txt, Markdown docs and a 30-day trial that needs no card. The vendor publishes no rate limit numbers, no SLA, no API changelog and no official v3 client library, and the security page names no audit or certification.", "bestFor": "An agent working for a US seller that needs tax on a cart at checkout, a record of orders and refunds for filing, and exemption certificates by customer.", "strengths": [ "OpenAPI 3.1 documents for the Sales Tax API (16 operations) and Management API (14), plus llms.txt and a Markdown copy of every docs page", "30-day trial with Premium plan access, the API included, and no card or payment method needed", "Refunds take an `idempotencyKey`, carts upsert by `cartId`, and a repeated void returns 204", "Errors are `application/problem+json` with `title`, `status`, `detail` and an `errors` list, which we confirmed on a 401", "Access keys can be listed, created and deleted through the Management API, and the bulk product delete needs a `confirm_delete` parameter" ], "weaknesses": [ "No rate limit numbers are published. The API page says only that the threshold is high and subject to change", "The security page says TaxCloud does not offer an SLA, and the terms supply the service as is", "No API changelog or deprecation policy was found, and the legacy v1 API has no published end date", "No official client library for v3 was found. The vendor's PHP library targets v1 and was last changed in June 2024", "Each calculation or address check counts as a tenth of an order against the plan, test connections included" ], "agentNotes": [ "Send `X-API-KEY` on every call and put the connection ID in the path, as in `/tax/connections/{connectionId}/carts`. A wrong ID returns 404", "Mark nexus states active in the account first. With none active the API returns zero tax and no error", "Use a separate test connection. There is no sandbox, and orders on a live connection go into filing", "Pass a stable `idempotencyKey` on refunds, and never convert the same cart twice. A second conversion creates a duplicate liability", "Void a wrong order before 12:00 AM Eastern on the 10th of the month after its `completedDate`. Later requests return 422" ], "metrics": { "kind": "remote", "measured": false }, "reviewCount": 0, "avgRating": 0, "history": [ { "basis": "public evidence", "confidence": "medium", "grade": "C", "methodology": "0.4", "pending": [ "performance", "tasks" ], "run": "2026-10-01", "runLabel": "October 2026 research run", "score": 57.4 } ], "editorialScores": { "ergonomics": 64, "maintenance": 57, "payments": 34, "reliability": 66, "schema": 75, "security": 45, "transparency": 33 }, "provenanceScore": 69 }, "connect": { "install": "npx skills add FedTax/taxcloud-agent-skills", "http": "curl https://api.v3.taxcloud.com/tax/connections/\u003cconnectionId\u003e/ping \\\n -H \"X-API-KEY: \u003capiKey\u003e\" \\\n -H \"Accept: application/json\"", "claudeCode": "claude mcp add --transport http taxcloud-docs https://docs.taxcloud.com/_mcp/server" }, "letme": { "capability": "https://letme.dev/tax.calculate", "tool": "https://letme.dev/taxcloud" }, "area": "domain-data", "unitPrices": [ { "item": "Premium, 200 orders a month", "unit": "month", "usd": 79, "note": "the plan with API access; a calculation or address verification counts as a tenth of an order" }, { "item": "Premium, 400 orders a month", "unit": "month", "usd": 149, "note": "monthly billing" }, { "item": "Premium, 1,000 orders a month", "unit": "month", "usd": 299, "note": "monthly billing" }, { "item": "Premium, 10,000 orders a month", "unit": "month", "usd": 749, "note": "monthly billing" }, { "item": "Starter, 100 orders a month", "unit": "month", "usd": 19, "note": "no API access" }, { "item": "Filing subscription, one return a month", "unit": "month", "usd": 39, "note": "separate from the order plan; surcharges for Colorado and Louisiana" } ], "provenance": { "legalEntity": "The Federal Tax Authority, LLC (d/b/a TaxCloud)", "domain": "taxcloud.com", "domainRegistered": "2003-10-06", "endpointOnVendorDomain": true, "terms": "https://taxcloud.com/legal/tos/", "privacy": "https://taxcloud.com/legal/privacy-policy/", "statusPage": "https://status.taxcloud.com", "changelog": "", "securityTxt": "none", "checked": "2026-10-08", "notes": [ "The terms of service (last updated March 2025) are with The Federal Tax Authority, LLC, a Washington limited liability company, and govern access to and use of the services. No separate API terms were found.", "The privacy policy (last updated 1 February 2025) covers the website including the TaxCloud platform. No data processing agreement or sub-processor list was found on the legal page.", "The API host is api.v3.taxcloud.com and the legacy host is api.taxcloud.net. RDAP gives a registration date of 2003-10-06 for taxcloud.com, with Network Solutions, LLC as registrar.", "status.taxcloud.com redirects to https://taxcloud.statuspage.datadoghq.com, a Datadog status page created on 28 January 2026.", "taxcloud.com/.well-known/security.txt returns 404.", "No changelog was found. docs.taxcloud.com/changelog returns 404." ], "score": 69 }, "pageJsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/taxcloud.json", "live": { "slug": "taxcloud", "probe": { "target": "https://api.v3.taxcloud.com", "method": "get", "lastAt": "2026-10-08T21:53:35.391027886Z", "lastOk": true, "lastStatus": 404, "lastMs": 350, "authRequired": false, "uptime24h": 100, "uptime30d": 100, "p50ms24h": 337, "p95ms24h": 377, "samples24h": 28, "samples30d": 28, "days": [ { "date": "2026-10-08", "probes": 28, "ok": 28 } ] }, "vendorStatus": { "page": "https://status.taxcloud.com", "indicator": "unknown", "summary": "no machine-readable status found", "checkedAt": "2026-10-08T19:39:15.801163493Z" }, "updatedAt": "2026-10-08T21:53:35.391027886Z" } }, "facts": [ { "a": "HTTP API", "b": "HTTP API", "name": "Kind" }, { "a": "Anrok, Inc.", "b": "The Federal Tax Authority, LLC (TaxCloud)", "name": "Vendor" }, { "a": "https://api.anrok.com", "b": "https://api.v3.taxcloud.com", "name": "Hosted endpoint" }, { "a": "HTTP, Streamable HTTP", "b": "HTTP", "name": "Transports" }, { "a": "OAuth or key", "b": "API key", "name": "Auth" }, { "a": "Paid", "b": "Paid", "name": "Pricing" }, { "a": "no", "b": "no", "name": "x402" }, { "a": "Proprietary service under the Anrok SaaS Services Agreement. The OpenAPI file states \"All rights reserved\"", "b": "Proprietary service under TaxCloud's terms of service. The agent skills repository on GitHub is Apache-2.0", "name": "Licence" }, { "a": "31", "b": "none", "name": "Tools exposed" }, { "a": "no", "b": "no", "name": "Read-only variant documented" }, { "a": "yes", "b": "yes", "name": "llms.txt" }, { "a": "2026-10-06", "b": "2026-09-24", "name": "Last release" }, { "a": "2026-07-01", "b": "2025-03-01", "name": "Terms last updated" }, { "a": "2026-07-01", "b": "2025-02-01", "name": "Privacy policy last updated" }, { "a": "not found in the text", "b": "yes", "name": "Customer content may train models" }, { "a": "yes", "b": "yes", "name": "Terms restrict automated access" }, { "a": "yes", "b": "yes", "name": "Terms restrict benchmarking" }, { "a": "not found in the text", "b": "yes", "name": "Terms or service can change without notice" }, { "a": "not found in the text", "b": "not found in the text", "name": "Arbitration or class-action waiver" }, { "a": "none", "b": "0 stars", "name": "Popularity" } ], "faq": [ { "answer": "Anrok scores 61.6 (C) on agent readiness against TaxCloud's 57.4 (C), and leads in 4 of 7 scored categories. TaxCloud leads on payments \u0026 pricing and maintenance \u0026 community.", "question": "Which is better for AI agents, Anrok or TaxCloud?" }, { "answer": "Anrok takes an API key or an OAuth sign-in. TaxCloud needs an API key.", "question": "Do Anrok and TaxCloud need an API key?" }, { "answer": "Yes. Anrok has a hosted endpoint at https://api.anrok.com and TaxCloud at https://api.v3.taxcloud.com.", "question": "Can an agent call Anrok and TaxCloud without installing anything?" } ], "goodFor": [ { "aheadOn": [ "Reliability, 88 against 66", "Agent ergonomics, 70 against 64", "Security \u0026 auth, 59 against 45" ], "also": null, "goodFor": "An agent working for a software or ecommerce seller that already uses Anrok and wants calculation, exemption certificates and filing status in one account.", "slug": "anrok", "watchFor": "No self-serve signup. Starter is $100 per market a month through \"Talk to us\", and Custom is quoted by sales" }, { "aheadOn": [ "Payments \u0026 pricing, 34 against 15", "Maintenance \u0026 community, 57 against 47" ], "also": [ "Free to start without a card" ], "goodFor": "An agent working for a US seller that needs tax on a cart at checkout, a record of orders and refunds for filing, and exemption certificates by customer.", "slug": "taxcloud", "watchFor": "No rate limit numbers are published. 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The vendor publishes no rate limit numbers, no SLA, no API changelog and no official v3 client library, and the security page names no audit or certification." } }, "kind": "anchor.page", "links": { "api": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/index.json", "html": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/anrok-vs-taxcloud", "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/anrok-vs-taxcloud.json", "llms": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/llms.txt", "markdown": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/anrok-vs-taxcloud.md", "slim": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/anrok-vs-taxcloud.min.md" }, "markdown": "Anrok scores 61.6 (C) on agent readiness against TaxCloud's 57.4 (C), and leads in 4 of 7 scored categories. TaxCloud leads on payments \u0026 pricing and maintenance \u0026 community. Both do tax calculate.\n\n- Anrok: grade C, 61.6/100, rank #361 of 722. Markdown https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/anrok.md · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/anrok.json\n- TaxCloud: grade C, 57.4/100, rank #475 of 722. Markdown https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/taxcloud.md · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/taxcloud.json\n\n## Which one, for what\n\n### Anrok (C)\n\nGood for: An agent working for a software or ecommerce seller that already uses Anrok and wants calculation, exemption certificates and filing status in one account.\n\nAhead on:\n- Reliability, 88 against 66\n- Agent ergonomics, 70 against 64\n- Security \u0026 auth, 59 against 45\n\nWatch for: No self-serve signup. Starter is $100 per market a month through \"Talk to us\", and Custom is quoted by sales\n\n### TaxCloud (C)\n\nGood for: An agent working for a US seller that needs tax on a cart at checkout, a record of orders and refunds for filing, and exemption certificates by customer.\n\nAhead on:\n- Payments \u0026 pricing, 34 against 15\n- Maintenance \u0026 community, 57 against 47\n\nAlso in its favour:\n- Free to start without a card\n\nWatch for: No rate limit numbers are published. The API page says only that the threshold is high and subject to change\n\n\n## Score by category\n\n| Category | Weight | Anrok | TaxCloud | Edge |\n| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |\n| Reliability | 16% (20 this run) | 88 | 66 | Anrok +22 |\n| Performance | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |\n| Schema \u0026 documentation | 13% (16.2 this run) | 71 | 75 | TaxCloud +4 |\n| Agent ergonomics | 13% (16.2 this run) | 70 | 64 | Anrok +6 |\n| Security \u0026 auth | 14% (17.5 this run) | 59 | 45 | Anrok +14 |\n| Payments \u0026 pricing | 10% (12.5 this run) | 15 | 34 | TaxCloud +19 |\n| Task success | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |\n| Maintenance \u0026 community | 7% (8.8 this run) | 47 | 57 | TaxCloud +10 |\n| Transparency \u0026 trust | 7% (8.8 this run) | 54 | 51 | Anrok +3 |\n| Negative events | ≤15 | 0 | 0 | |\n| **Total** | | **61.6 · C** | **57.4 · C** | |\n\n## Facts side by side\n\n| Fact | Anrok | TaxCloud |\n| --- | --- | --- |\n| Kind | HTTP API | HTTP API |\n| Vendor | Anrok, Inc. | The Federal Tax Authority, LLC (TaxCloud) |\n| Hosted endpoint | `https://api.anrok.com` | `https://api.v3.taxcloud.com` |\n| Transports | HTTP, Streamable HTTP | HTTP |\n| Auth | OAuth or key | API key |\n| Pricing | Paid | Paid |\n| x402 | no | no |\n| Licence | Proprietary service under the Anrok SaaS Services Agreement. The OpenAPI file states \"All rights reserved\" | Proprietary service under TaxCloud's terms of service. The agent skills repository on GitHub is Apache-2.0 |\n| Tools exposed | 31 | none |\n| Read-only variant documented | no | no |\n| llms.txt | yes | yes |\n| Last release | 2026-10-06 | 2026-09-24 |\n| Terms last updated | 2026-07-01 | 2025-03-01 |\n| Privacy policy last updated | 2026-07-01 | 2025-02-01 |\n| Customer content may train models | not found in the text | yes |\n| Terms restrict automated access | yes | yes |\n| Terms restrict benchmarking | yes | yes |\n| Terms or service can change without notice | not found in the text | yes |\n| Arbitration or class-action waiver | not found in the text | not found in the text |\n| Popularity | none | 0 stars |\n\n## Verdicts\n\n**Anrok.** The public OpenAPI 3.1 spec covers 26 operations with typed error codes, and the remote MCP server uses OAuth 2.1 with six scopes and keeps voids, refunds and filing approval away from the model. Access needs a seller account arranged through sales, API keys carry no scopes, and no API changelog, SDK or subprocessor list was found.\n\n**TaxCloud.** A 30-operation REST API with a public OpenAPI 3.1 contract, llms.txt, Markdown docs and a 30-day trial that needs no card. The vendor publishes no rate limit numbers, no SLA, no API changelog and no official v3 client library, and the security page names no audit or certification.\n\n## Before you call either\n\n### Anrok\n\n1. Send every call as a POST with a JSON body to https://api.anrok.com, including reads such as /v1/seller/products/list\n2. Call createEphemeral for a quote and createOrUpdate only when the invoice is final. createOrUpdate saves the transaction for filing\n3. Reuse the same transaction id on a retry. createOrUpdate overwrites by id, so a repeat doesn't create a second record\n4. Expect transactionFrozenForFiling once a transaction is on a filed return. Negate it with createNegation and write a new id with a suffix such as :s2\n5. On 429 wait the number of seconds in Retry-After. The default limit is 10 requests a second per seller account\n\n### TaxCloud\n\n1. Send `X-API-KEY` on every call and put the connection ID in the path, as in `/tax/connections/{connectionId}/carts`. A wrong ID returns 404\n2. Mark nexus states active in the account first. With none active the API returns zero tax and no error\n3. Use a separate test connection. There is no sandbox, and orders on a live connection go into filing\n4. Pass a stable `idempotencyKey` on refunds, and never convert the same cart twice. A second conversion creates a duplicate liability\n5. Void a wrong order before 12:00 AM Eastern on the 10th of the month after its `completedDate`. Later requests return 422\n\n## Questions\n\n### Which is better for AI agents, Anrok or TaxCloud?\n\nAnrok scores 61.6 (C) on agent readiness against TaxCloud's 57.4 (C), and leads in 4 of 7 scored categories. TaxCloud leads on payments \u0026 pricing and maintenance \u0026 community.\n\n### Do Anrok and TaxCloud need an API key?\n\nAnrok takes an API key or an OAuth sign-in. TaxCloud needs an API key.\n\n### Can an agent call Anrok and TaxCloud without installing anything?\n\nYes. Anrok has a hosted endpoint at https://api.anrok.com and TaxCloud at https://api.v3.taxcloud.com.\n\n\n## For agents\n\n- This comparison as JSON: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/anrok-vs-taxcloud.json, and with the fewest tokens: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/anrok-vs-taxcloud.min.md\n- Over MCP at https://www.anchorterminal.com/mcp (no key): `compare_tools {\"a\": \"anrok\", \"b\": \"taxcloud\"}`. 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