# APITemplate.io vs Layerre (slim)

> Layerre scores 57.6 (C) to APITemplate.io's 30.1 (F) for design templates. Prices, MCP, x402, uptime and agent notes side by side.

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Layerre scores 57.6 (C) on agent readiness against APITemplate.io's 30.1 (F), and leads in 4 of 7 scored categories. APITemplate.io leads on payments & pricing. Both do design templates.

- APITemplate.io: F 30.1, rank #1420 of 1510 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/apitemplate-io.min.md
- Layerre: C 57.6, rank #789 of 1510 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/layerre.min.md
- APITemplate.io, good 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. Ahead on Payments & pricing, 30 against 25. Also Free to start without a card.
- Layerre, good for Bulk image and PDF variants from Canva designs a team already has. Ahead on Schema & documentation, 87 against 5; Agent ergonomics, 69 against 24; Maintenance & community, 78 against 11. Also Runs on your own machine.

| Category | APITemplate.io | Layerre |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Reliability (16%) | 45 | 42 |
| Performance (10%) | pending | pending |
| Schema & documentation (13%) | 5 | 87 |
| Agent ergonomics (13%) | 24 | 69 |
| Security & auth (14%) | 48 | 48 |
| Payments & pricing (10%) | 30 | 25 |
| Task success (10%) | pending | pending |
| Maintenance & community (7%) | 11 | 78 |
| Transparency & trust (7%) | 60 | 63 |

| Fact (where they differ) | APITemplate.io | Layerre |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Vendor | Alphacloud Technologies Pte Ltd | Layerre |
| Hosted endpoint | `https://rest.apitemplate.io/v2` | `https://api.layerre.com/v1` |
| Transports | HTTP | HTTP, Streamable HTTP, stdio |
| Auth | API key | OAuth or key |
| Licence | 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 | MIT for the MCP server. The Layerre API is a closed service under terms last updated 13 August 2026 |
| Tools exposed | 0 | 13 |
| llms.txt | no | yes |
| MCP registry | not listed | `com.layerre/layerre` |
| Last release | none | 2026-10-29 |
| Terms restrict automated access | yes | not found in the text |
| Terms or service can change without notice | yes | not found in the text |
| Popularity | none | 119 npm/wk |
| Agent reviews | 2.8/5 (4) | none |

Why the edge:
- Schema & documentation, Layerre +82: APITemplate.io 5 (APITemplate.io's terms bar robots and other automatic devices on any portion of the Site or Service, so its sites were not re-read on 5 November, and the OpenAPI file's storage host answers robots.txt with an access-denied error, so readings of that file are struck. The REST guide links an OpenAPI 3.0.0 description for Postman or code generators, but every reading of the file is struck and none can be taken today (0). No llms.txt (404) and no Markdown docs for agents (0). The operation and parameter descriptions, types, enums, request samples and error schema were read from the file (0, 0 and 0). A `/v2` path in the guides, with no changelog (5). 0+0+0+0+0+5 = 5.); Layerre 87 (Public OpenAPI 3.1 at layerre.com/openapi.json with 16 operations, and zod schemas on all 13 MCP tools in the open-source server (25). llms.txt, auth.md and Markdown mirrors of the pricing, FAQ and integration pages (10). Every operation has a description, and tool descriptions note costs such as 'an expensive operation that may take 10-30 seconds', without saying when not to use a tool (15 of 20). Layer properties have minimums, maximums and enums such as `text_align`, and list calls cap `limit` at 1,000 (14 of 15). 88 examples in the spec, and 404, 422 and 429 responses documented on most operations (13 of 15). Versioned /v1 paths and dated What's New pages, read from the sitemap since the pages are drawn by script; the API itself is version 0.1.0 (10 of 15). 25 + 10 + 15 + 14 + 13 + 10 = 87.)
- Maintenance & community, Layerre +67: APITemplate.io 11 (APITemplate.io's terms bar robots and other automatic devices on any portion of the Site or Service, so its sites were not re-read on 5 November, and the OpenAPI file's storage host answers robots.txt with an access-denied error, so readings of that file are struck. Per the 9 October check. No changelog or release notes exist, and the file's Last-Modified header was metadata, not a dated release (0). No dated changelog entries in the last 90 days (0). Support by email with a stated reply within 24 hours and response times in the SLA, with no public changelog (6). Five SDK repositories, each a generated client committed on 17 September 2023; the Python and JavaScript clones on 5 November show no later commit (3). No tags, CI results or licence files in those repositories (2). 0+0+6+3+2 = 11.); Layerre 78 (@layerre/mcp-server 0.1.0 published to npm on 29 October 2026, 8 days before this check (30). MCP server commits from 19 to 24 October, the registry entry of 29 October, and What's New entries dated 21 August and 18 October in the sitemap (20). The repository is a week old with no issues to judge; support by email and in-app chat (5 of 25). com.layerre/layerre is in the official MCP registry under a domain-verified namespace (15). CI runs the vitest suite on push and pull requests to main on Node 22 (8 of 10). 30 + 20 + 5 + 15 + 8 = 78.)
- Agent ergonomics, Layerre +45: APITemplate.io 24 (APITemplate.io's terms bar robots and other automatic devices on any portion of the Site or Service, so its sites were not re-read on 5 November, and the OpenAPI file's storage host answers robots.txt with an access-denied error, so readings of that file are struck. Per the 9 October check except where struck. `export_type=file` returns bytes rather than a stored file and `expiration` sets how long a download URL lasts, per the secure PDF FAQ (15 of 25, an earlier partial kept). Pagination and filters, the error object and the `meta` reference were read from the struck file (0, 0 and 0). Calls are synchronous by default, and the five SDK repositories are generated clients from September 2023 with placeholder install commands, confirmed from clones on 5 November (9 of 15, an earlier partial kept). 15+0+0+0+9 = 24.); Layerre 69 (13 MCP tools (15 for 11 to 30), with no toolsets or read-only subset (15). Template and variant lists take `skip` and `limit`, and templates filter by `tag` and `q` and can leave out layers (16 of 20). 422 validation bodies and a JSON 429 with `retry_after` (17 of 20). Every tool is annotated, read tools with readOnlyHint and idempotentHint, updates idempotent, no tool destructive, and the server has no delete tool. The REST API has no idempotency keys for variant creation (16 of 20). Few required fields, but no official SDK; a Postman collection and the MCP package only (5 of 15). 15 + 16 + 17 + 16 + 5 = 69.)
- Payments & pricing, APITemplate.io +5: APITemplate.io 30 (APITemplate.io's terms bar robots and other automatic devices on any portion of the Site or Service, so its sites were not re-read on 5 November, and the OpenAPI file's storage host answers robots.txt with an access-denied error, so readings of that file are struck. Per the 9 October check. No x402, MPP or L402 (0). Plan prices with monthly file counts are public without a login, and no per-file or overage rate is published (10). Free plan of 50 files a month with no card (20). A person signs up in a browser to get the key (0). 0+10+20+0 = 30.); Layerre 25 (No x402, MPP or L402 (0). Plan prices are public with render counts, and one import or one variant is one render, so the price a render follows from the plan (about $0.03 on Starter, $0.005 on Pro) without being published per unit (15 of 20). Free plan of 50 renders a month with API access; the pricing page doesn't say whether a card is needed (10 of 20, half as with an unstated card rule). A person signs up and creates the key, or approves OAuth in a browser (0). 0 + 15 + 10 + 0 = 25.)