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      "slug": "apitemplate-io",
      "name": "APITemplate.io",
      "vendor": "Alphacloud Technologies Pte Ltd",
      "vendorUrl": "https://apitemplate.io",
      "kind": "http-api",
      "category": "design-assets",
      "summary": "APITemplate.io generates PDF documents and JPEG or PNG images from reusable templates filled with JSON data, and converts HTML, Markdown or a web page to PDF. Agents call its REST API with an API key.",
      "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/apitemplate-io",
      "markdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/apitemplate-io.md",
      "slimMarkdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/apitemplate-io.min.md",
      "jsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/apitemplate-io.json",
      "license": "Proprietary service under APITemplate.io's Terms of Use. The SDK repositories have no licence file, and the Python client's `setup.py` names Apache 2.0",
      "transports": [
        "http"
      ],
      "remoteUrl": "https://rest.apitemplate.io/v2",
      "packages": [],
      "auth": "api-key",
      "authNotes": "Calls send an API key in the `X-API-KEY` header, or as `Authorization: Token \u003ckey\u003e`. A browser signup at app.apitemplate.io creates the key, self-serve, and it can be regenerated under API Integration. Each team has its own key, separate from the personal one. No scopes or read-only keys were found. Direct URL image links carry a per-template `auth` code in the query string, with a quota and an expiry.",
      "pricing": "freemium",
      "pricingNotes": "The free plan gives 50 images or PDFs a month and 3 templates with no card, so an agent's owner can start without a contract. PDF-only plans run from $24 a month for 3,000 PDFs to $179 for 25,000, and image and PDF plans from $35 for 1,500 files to $179 for 20,000, billed monthly. Annual billing is up to 20 per cent less. Overage billing exists only on Enterprise plans by request, with no rate published (checked 2026-10-09).",
      "priceSummary": "$24 / mo",
      "where": "hosted",
      "x402": {
        "level": "no",
        "evidence": "Monthly subscriptions paid through Stripe. No x402, MPP or L402 in the API description, the docs or the pricing page (checked 2026-10-09).",
        "endpoints": []
      },
      "toolCount": 0,
      "popularity": {
        "githubStars": null,
        "npmWeekly": null,
        "pypiWeekly": null,
        "asOf": "2026-10-09"
      },
      "docsUrl": "https://apitemplate.io/docs/",
      "openapi": "https://apitemplateio.s3.ap-southeast-1.amazonaws.com/redoc_apiv2/apitemplateiov2_api.yaml",
      "capabilities": [
        "design.templates",
        "design.render",
        "pdf.generate",
        "pdf.convert",
        "pdf.merge"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "hosted",
        "closed-source",
        "openapi",
        "no-card",
        "async-jobs",
        "webhooks",
        "images",
        "pdf",
        "regional-endpoints",
        "status-page",
        "sla"
      ],
      "graded": true,
      "anchor": {
        "graded": true,
        "score": 46.6,
        "grade": "D",
        "agentReady": false,
        "rank": 850,
        "ranked": true,
        "rankOf": 950,
        "categoryRank": 7,
        "methodology": "0.4",
        "run": "2026-10-01",
        "scores": {
          "ergonomics": 49,
          "maintenance": 11,
          "payments": 30,
          "reliability": 65,
          "schema": 52,
          "security": 53,
          "transparency": 59
        },
        "pending": [
          "performance",
          "tasks"
        ],
        "assessment": {
          "confidence": "medium",
          "date": "2026-10-09"
        },
        "negative": -2,
        "negativeNotes": [
          "2026-10-09. Two vendor documentation pages disagree on regional endpoints. The first-request guide (https://apitemplate.io/docs/getting-started/first-api-request) lists `rest.apitemplate.io` as the US default with `rest-eu` and `rest-sg` hosts. The API reference and REST guide (https://apitemplate.io/docs/integrations/rest-api) list it as the Singapore default with `rest-de` and `rest-us`. The vendor says data is processed and stored in the region of the endpoint, so the conflict affects data residency. We did not test which hostnames resolve. 2 points."
        ],
        "verdict": "A public OpenAPI description covers 12 operations, with rate limits, four regional endpoints and a 99.9 per cent uptime SLA published. Each account or team has one unscoped API key, no changelog or deprecation notices were found, the SDK repositories date from September 2023, and two documentation pages name different regional hostnames.",
        "bestFor": "Owners who need invoices, certificates, reports and social images filled from templates, with HTML, URL and Markdown to PDF on the same key and a choice of storage region.",
        "strengths": [
          "OpenAPI 3.0.0 description of 12 operations is linked from the docs, with request samples in cURL, Python, PHP, Node.js and C# on the main operations",
          "Rate limits are published as 100 requests per 10 seconds per IP address and 100 concurrent synchronous PDF requests per account",
          "Regional endpoints in Singapore, Frankfurt, N. Virginia and Sydney process and store requests and output in the region, per the API reference",
          "The SLA page commits to 99.9 per cent monthly availability for the REST API and dashboard, with service credits of 10 to 50 per cent",
          "Free plan of 50 images or PDFs a month with no card, and output can skip vendor storage with `export_type=file` or `cloud_storage=0`"
        ],
        "weaknesses": [
          "One API key per account or team with no scopes or read-only mode, and `GET /v2/delete-object` deletes a file with a GET request",
          "No changelog, release notes or dated deprecation notices were found, and the terms allow the service to change with or without notice",
          "The five SDK repositories each hold a generated client committed on 17 September 2023, with no tags, no licence file and placeholder install commands",
          "The first-request guide names `rest-eu` and `rest-sg` hostnames and a US default, while the API reference names `rest-de` and `rest-us` and a Singapore default",
          "Errors are documented as one `status` and `message` object with no status codes listed, and no idempotency key exists for generation calls",
          "The terms of use forbid any robot or other automatic device accessing the Site or Service, and bar load or vulnerability testing without agreement. This matters before any probe is run"
        ],
        "agentNotes": [
          "Send the key in the `X-API-KEY` header and pick the regional host first, because requests and output are processed and stored in that region",
          "Call `GET /v2/list-templates` with `with_layer_info=1` before `POST /v2/create-image`, so the `name` values in `overrides` match the template's elements",
          "Set `meta` to your own reference on each generation and check `GET /v2/list-objects` before retrying, since there is no idempotency key",
          "Set `expiration` in minutes (1 to 10080) or `export_type=file` for sensitive output. By default the download URL does not expire",
          "For `async=1` you must pass `webhook_url`. The callback is a GET with the result in the query string, retried three times",
          "On HTTP 429 pause and retry on your own schedule. The docs give no `Retry-After` header or backoff interval"
        ],
        "metrics": {
          "kind": "remote",
          "measured": false
        },
        "reviewCount": 0,
        "avgRating": 0,
        "history": [
          {
            "basis": "public evidence",
            "confidence": "medium",
            "grade": "D",
            "methodology": "0.4",
            "pending": [
              "performance",
              "tasks"
            ],
            "run": "2026-10-01",
            "runLabel": "October 2026 research run",
            "score": 46.6
          }
        ],
        "editorialScores": {
          "ergonomics": 49,
          "maintenance": 11,
          "payments": 30,
          "reliability": 65,
          "schema": 52,
          "security": 53,
          "transparency": 58
        },
        "provenanceScore": 59
      },
      "connect": {
        "http": "curl -X POST \"https://rest.apitemplate.io/v2/create-image?template_id=TEMPLATE_ID\" -H \"X-API-KEY: YOUR_API_KEY\" -H \"Content-Type: application/json\" -d '{\"overrides\": [{\"name\": \"title\", \"text\": \"Hello World\"}]}'"
      },
      "letme": {
        "capability": "https://letme.dev/design.templates",
        "tool": "https://letme.dev/apitemplate-io"
      },
      "area": "design-diagrams",
      "unitPrices": [
        {
          "item": "PDF Basic",
          "unit": "month",
          "usd": 24,
          "note": "3,000 PDFs a month, 20 templates. $19 a month billed annually"
        },
        {
          "item": "PDF Standard",
          "unit": "month",
          "usd": 89,
          "note": "12,000 PDFs a month, 180 templates. $69 a month billed annually"
        },
        {
          "item": "PDF Enterprise",
          "unit": "month",
          "usd": 179,
          "note": "25,000 PDFs a month, unlimited templates, own storage. $139 a month billed annually"
        },
        {
          "item": "Starter (image and PDF)",
          "unit": "month",
          "usd": 35,
          "note": "1,500 images or PDFs a month, 15 templates. $29 a month billed annually"
        },
        {
          "item": "Standard (image and PDF)",
          "unit": "month",
          "usd": 89,
          "note": "9,000 images or PDFs a month, 150 templates. $69 a month billed annually"
        },
        {
          "item": "Enterprise (image and PDF)",
          "unit": "month",
          "usd": 179,
          "note": "20,000 images or PDFs a month, unlimited templates, own storage. $139 a month billed annually"
        }
      ],
      "provenance": {
        "legalEntity": "Alphacloud Technologies Pte Ltd",
        "domain": "apitemplate.io",
        "domainRegistered": "",
        "endpointOnVendorDomain": true,
        "terms": "https://apitemplate.io/terms-of-use/",
        "privacy": "https://apitemplate.io/privacy-policy/",
        "statusPage": "https://status.apitemplate.io/",
        "changelog": "",
        "securityTxt": "none",
        "checked": "2026-10-09",
        "notes": [
          "The terms of use name Alphacloud Technologies Pte Ltd, a Singapore company. The DPA gives Unique Entity Number 201902224G and an address at 50 Lakeside Drive, Singapore 648315.",
          "The terms of use are dated 8 April 2022. They are the customer contract for the service and its APIs, covering subscriptions, fees, content and termination.",
          "The privacy policy is dated 21 January 2024 and covers the websites, the app and the APIs. It holds the sub-processor list and the storage regions.",
          "A Data Processing Agreement with standard contractual clauses is at apitemplate.io/data-processing-agreement/, and an SLA dated 13 February 2020 at apitemplate.io/service-level-agreement/.",
          "The API answers at rest.apitemplate.io and regional hosts under apitemplate.io, per the API reference. We sent no request to an API host.",
          "apitemplate.io/.well-known/security.txt returns 404.",
          "The status page is hosted by UptimeRobot. Its figures load by script from a path its robots.txt disallows.",
          "No changelog or release notes page was found on the site, in the docs or in the SDK repositories.",
          "The domain's registration date was not established. rdap.org answered 404 for apitemplate.io."
        ],
        "score": 59
      },
      "pageJsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/apitemplate-io.json",
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        "slug": "apitemplate-io",
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          "target": "https://rest.apitemplate.io/v2",
          "method": "get",
          "lastAt": "2026-10-10T02:54:46.129526623Z",
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          "p95ms24h": 1551,
          "samples24h": 115,
          "samples30d": 115,
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              "probes": 85,
              "ok": 85
            },
            {
              "date": "2026-10-10",
              "probes": 30,
              "ok": 30
            }
          ]
        },
        "vendorStatus": {
          "page": "https://status.apitemplate.io",
          "indicator": "unknown",
          "summary": "no machine-readable status found",
          "checkedAt": "2026-10-10T00:50:05.907079503Z"
        },
        "pages": [
          {
            "url": "https://apitemplate.io/privacy-policy/",
            "kind": "privacy",
            "status": 200,
            "checkedAt": "2026-10-09T18:32:36.641195644Z",
            "changedAt": "0001-01-01T00:00:00Z",
            "fingerprint": "a0f620060789"
          },
          {
            "url": "https://apitemplate.io/terms-of-use/",
            "kind": "terms",
            "status": 200,
            "checkedAt": "2026-10-09T18:32:39.292785112Z",
            "changedAt": "0001-01-01T00:00:00Z",
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        "updatedAt": "2026-10-10T02:54:46.129526623Z"
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    },
    "answer": "Creatomate scores 47.7 (D) on agent readiness against APITemplate.io's 46.6 (D), and leads in 4 of 7 scored categories. APITemplate.io leads on reliability, security \u0026 auth and transparency \u0026 trust.",
    "b": {
      "slug": "creatomate",
      "name": "Creatomate",
      "vendor": "Creatomate",
      "vendorUrl": "https://creatomate.com",
      "kind": "http-api",
      "category": "design-assets",
      "summary": "Creatomate renders videos, images and GIFs from templates or from RenderScript, its JSON format. Agents reach it through a REST API with a project key or a hosted MCP server with OAuth.",
      "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/creatomate",
      "markdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/creatomate.md",
      "slimMarkdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/creatomate.min.md",
      "jsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/creatomate.json",
      "repo": "https://github.com/creatomate/creatomate-node",
      "license": "Proprietary service under Creatomate's Terms and Conditions. The Node, PHP and Preview SDK libraries on GitHub are MIT",
      "transports": [
        "http",
        "streamable-http"
      ],
      "remoteUrl": "https://api.creatomate.com/v2",
      "packages": [
        {
          "registry": "npm",
          "name": "creatomate"
        },
        {
          "registry": "npm",
          "name": "@creatomate/preview"
        }
      ],
      "auth": "mixed",
      "authNotes": "REST calls take a project API key as a bearer token. Each project has one key, copied from Project Settings after a browser signup, with no scopes found in the docs. The MCP server uses OAuth (authorisation code with PKCE S256, dynamic client registration, one scope, `mcp`), and each connection reaches one project. It also accepts the project key as a bearer token for headless use. Connections are listed and revoked under Account Settings.",
      "pricing": "paid",
      "pricingNotes": "Trial with 50 credits and no card, with output limited to 480 px per side. Paid plans are monthly credit allowances that do not carry over. The docs name Essential at $54 a month (2,000 credits) and Growth 10K at $129 (10,000 credits). Other plan prices are drawn by a Paddle script and were not read. An image is 1 credit and video is width x height x frame rate x seconds / 100,000,000 (checked 2026-10-08).",
      "priceSummary": "$54 / mo",
      "where": "hosted",
      "x402": {
        "level": "no",
        "evidence": "Subscription credits billed through Paddle. No x402, MPP or L402 in the docs, llms.txt or pricing page (checked 2026-10-08).",
        "endpoints": []
      },
      "toolCount": 8,
      "popularity": {
        "githubStars": 9,
        "npmWeekly": 12714,
        "pypiWeekly": null,
        "asOf": "2026-10-08"
      },
      "docsUrl": "https://creatomate.com/docs/api/reference/introduction",
      "llmsTxt": "https://creatomate.com/llms.txt",
      "capabilities": [
        "design.templates",
        "design.render",
        "video.render"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "hosted",
        "closed-source",
        "mcp",
        "oauth",
        "llms-txt",
        "async-jobs",
        "webhooks",
        "video",
        "images"
      ],
      "lastRelease": "2026-09-03",
      "graded": true,
      "anchor": {
        "graded": true,
        "score": 47.7,
        "grade": "D",
        "agentReady": false,
        "rank": 829,
        "ranked": true,
        "rankOf": 950,
        "categoryRank": 6,
        "methodology": "0.4",
        "run": "2026-10-01",
        "scores": {
          "ergonomics": 67,
          "maintenance": 34,
          "payments": 35,
          "reliability": 40,
          "schema": 53,
          "security": 48,
          "transparency": 51
        },
        "pending": [
          "performance",
          "tasks"
        ],
        "assessment": {
          "confidence": "medium",
          "date": "2026-10-08"
        },
        "negative": 0,
        "verdict": "A hosted MCP server with eight tools, OAuth with PKCE and per-project connections sits beside a small REST API whose errors carry a hint and a documentation link, and `dry_run` validates a render at no cost. No status page, changelog, OpenAPI file or security contact was found, and the terms and privacy policy date from June 2022.",
        "bestFor": "Teams that render video, images and GIFs from templates or JSON and want an agent to draft templates and start renders through MCP.",
        "strengths": [
          "Hosted MCP server at `https://api.creatomate.com/mcp` with eight named tools, OAuth authorisation code with PKCE and dynamic client registration",
          "Every API failure returns a `hint` and a `documentation` URL, confirmed first-hand on a 401",
          "`dry_run` on `POST /v2/renders` validates a request and returns the effective source with no credits spent",
          "Rate limit of 30 requests per 10 seconds is documented, with `X-RateLimit-*` headers on every response and `Retry-After` on 429",
          "Trial with 50 credits and no card, and a public credit formula (1 credit an image, 1 credit per 100 million video pixels)"
        ],
        "weaknesses": [
          "No status page, incident history or SLA found. `status.creatomate.com` does not resolve",
          "No OpenAPI file and no changelog. `/v1` and `/v2` routes are both documented with no deprecation policy",
          "Plan prices on the pricing page are drawn by a Paddle script. The docs name only $54 (Essential) and $129 (Growth 10K)",
          "No security.txt, disclosure policy or certification found, and REST keys have no scopes",
          "Terms and privacy policy are dated 27 June 2022, define the Service as the website, and let Creatomate make user Content available to other users"
        ],
        "agentNotes": [
          "Send `\"dry_run\": true` to `POST /v2/renders` before a paid render. It returns `valid`, `errors`, `warnings` and the effective source",
          "Read `warnings` on every render response. A modification keyed to an unknown element or property name is ignored without an error",
          "Keep under 30 requests per 10 seconds across the whole account, and wait for `Retry-After` on a 429",
          "Download each file when the webhook fires. Renders, their URLs and their status records are deleted after 30 days",
          "Use `render_scale` 0.5 for draft videos, about a quarter of the credits, and remember MCP `create_render` spends credits without a confirmation step from the server"
        ],
        "metrics": {
          "kind": "remote",
          "measured": false
        },
        "reviewCount": 0,
        "avgRating": 0,
        "history": [
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            "basis": "public evidence",
            "confidence": "medium",
            "grade": "D",
            "methodology": "0.4",
            "pending": [
              "performance",
              "tasks"
            ],
            "run": "2026-10-01",
            "runLabel": "October 2026 research run",
            "score": 47.7
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        ],
        "editorialScores": {
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          "maintenance": 34,
          "payments": 35,
          "reliability": 40,
          "schema": 53,
          "security": 48,
          "transparency": 37
        },
        "provenanceScore": 65
      },
      "connect": {
        "install": "npm install creatomate",
        "http": "curl -X POST https://api.creatomate.com/v2/renders -H \"Content-Type: application/json\" -H \"Authorization: Bearer $CREATOMATE_API_KEY\" -d '{\"template_id\": \"YOUR_TEMPLATE_ID\", \"dry_run\": true, \"modifications\": {\"Title-1\": \"Your headline here\"}}'",
        "claudeCode": "claude mcp add creatomate --transport http https://api.creatomate.com/mcp",
        "config": {
          "mcpServers": {
            "creatomate": {
              "url": "https://api.creatomate.com/mcp"
            }
          }
        }
      },
      "letme": {
        "capability": "https://letme.dev/design.templates",
        "tool": "https://letme.dev/creatomate"
      },
      "area": "design-diagrams",
      "unitPrices": [
        {
          "item": "Essential",
          "unit": "month",
          "usd": 54,
          "note": "2,000 credits, price as stated in the docs"
        },
        {
          "item": "Growth 10K",
          "unit": "month",
          "usd": 129,
          "note": "10,000 credits, price as stated in the docs"
        }
      ],
      "provenance": {
        "legalEntity": "Creatomate",
        "domain": "creatomate.com",
        "domainRegistered": "2021-03-27",
        "endpointOnVendorDomain": true,
        "terms": "https://creatomate.com/terms-of-service",
        "privacy": "https://creatomate.com/privacy-policy",
        "statusPage": "",
        "changelog": "",
        "securityTxt": "none",
        "checked": "2026-10-08",
        "notes": [
          "The terms and privacy policy name the company as Creatomate, Leeuwarden, The Netherlands, with no legal form. The site footer gives the Dutch company number 90174356.",
          "Both documents are dated 27 June 2022 and define the Service as the website. They are the only terms and privacy policy published, and the terms cover subscriptions, so they govern API use. No DPA was found.",
          "The API and the MCP server answer at api.creatomate.com, and rendered files are served from cdn.creatomate.com.",
          "creatomate.com/.well-known/security.txt returns 404.",
          "No status page was found. status.creatomate.com does not resolve, and no page we read links to one.",
          "No changelog was found. /changelog returns 404 and /docs/changelog redirects to the docs introduction.",
          "RDAP for creatomate.com gives a registration date of 2021-03-27 and Cloudflare, Inc. as registrar."
        ],
        "score": 65
      },
      "pageJsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/creatomate.json",
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          "lastAt": "2026-10-10T02:54:51.863261387Z",
          "lastOk": true,
          "lastStatus": 404,
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          "samples30d": 199,
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              "ok": 169
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              "probes": 30,
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            "name": "creatomate/creatomate-node",
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          "url": "https://creatomate.com/.well-known/security.txt",
          "state": "none",
          "checkedAt": "2026-10-09T15:39:32.389741363Z"
        },
        "llmsTxt": {
          "url": "https://creatomate.com/llms.txt",
          "ok": true,
          "status": 200,
          "checkedAt": "2026-10-09T14:01:44.779402276Z"
        },
        "pages": [
          {
            "url": "https://creatomate.com/privacy-policy",
            "kind": "privacy",
            "status": 200,
            "checkedAt": "2026-10-09T18:34:24.174070325Z",
            "changedAt": "0001-01-01T00:00:00Z",
            "fingerprint": "7679daa5c968"
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          {
            "url": "https://creatomate.com/terms-of-service",
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Markdown https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/creatomate.md · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/creatomate.json\n- Best programmatic image and design asset APIs for AI agents: https://www.anchorterminal.com/best/design-assets/index.md\n- All 45 assets comparisons: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/design-assets/index.md\n\n## Which one, for what\n\n### APITemplate.io (D)\n\nGood for: Owners who need invoices, certificates, reports and social images filled from templates, with HTML, URL and Markdown to PDF on the same key and a choice of storage region.\n\nAhead on:\n- Reliability, 65 against 40\n- Security \u0026 auth, 53 against 48\n- Transparency \u0026 trust, 59 against 51\n\nAlso in its favour:\n- Free to start without a card\n\nWatch for: One API key per account or team with no scopes or read-only mode, and `GET /v2/delete-object` deletes a file with a GET request\n\n### Creatomate (D)\n\nGood for: Teams that render video, images and GIFs from templates or JSON and want an agent to draft templates and start renders through MCP.\n\nAhead on:\n- Agent ergonomics, 67 against 49\n- Payments \u0026 pricing, 35 against 30\n- Maintenance \u0026 community, 34 against 11\n\nWatch for: No status page, incident history or SLA found. `status.creatomate.com` does not resolve\n\n\n## Score by category\n\n| Category | Weight | APITemplate.io | Creatomate | Edge |\n| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |\n| Reliability | 16% (20 this run) | 65 | 40 | APITemplate.io +25 |\n| Performance | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |\n| Schema \u0026 documentation | 13% (16.2 this run) | 52 | 53 | Creatomate +1 |\n| Agent ergonomics | 13% (16.2 this run) | 49 | 67 | Creatomate +18 |\n| Security \u0026 auth | 14% (17.5 this run) | 53 | 48 | APITemplate.io +5 |\n| Payments \u0026 pricing | 10% (12.5 this run) | 30 | 35 | Creatomate +5 |\n| Task success | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |\n| Maintenance \u0026 community | 7% (8.8 this run) | 11 | 34 | Creatomate +23 |\n| Transparency \u0026 trust | 7% (8.8 this run) | 59 | 51 | APITemplate.io +8 |\n| Negative events | ≤15 | -2 | 0 | |\n| **Total** | | **46.6 · D** | **47.7 · D** | |\n\n## Facts side by side\n\n| Fact | APITemplate.io | Creatomate |\n| --- | --- | --- |\n| Kind | HTTP API | HTTP API |\n| Vendor | Alphacloud Technologies Pte Ltd | Creatomate |\n| Hosted endpoint | `https://rest.apitemplate.io/v2` | `https://api.creatomate.com/v2` |\n| Transports | HTTP | HTTP, Streamable HTTP |\n| Auth | API key | OAuth or key |\n| Pricing | Freemium | Paid |\n| x402 | no | no |\n| Licence | Proprietary service under APITemplate.io's Terms of Use. 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