# Ashby vs NeverApply (slim)

> Ashby scores 61.8 (C) to NeverApply's 55.5 (C) for recruiting applications. Prices, MCP, x402, uptime and agent notes side by side.

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Ashby scores 61.8 (C) on agent readiness against NeverApply's 55.5 (C), and leads in 4 of 7 scored categories. NeverApply leads on agent ergonomics and payments & pricing. Both do recruiting applications.

- Ashby: C 61.8, rank #589 of 1513 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/ashby.min.md
- NeverApply: C 55.5, rank #870 of 1513 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/neverapply.min.md
- Ashby, good for Companies already on Ashby that want an agent to read pipelines, add candidates, move applications between stages, schedule interviews and pull reports with a narrowly scoped key. Ahead on Reliability, 81 against 45; Schema & documentation, 82 against 57; Maintenance & community, 64 against 50; Transparency & trust, 78 against 57.
- NeverApply, good for Agents helping one job seeker search jobs, explain matches, tailor resumes and send applications the person approves one by one, on that person's own NeverApply account. Ahead on Agent ergonomics, 66 against 59; Payments & pricing, 45 against 10. Also Free to start without a card.

| Category | Ashby | NeverApply |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Reliability (16%) | 81 | 45 |
| Performance (10%) | pending | pending |
| Schema & documentation (13%) | 82 | 57 |
| Agent ergonomics (13%) | 59 | 66 |
| Security & auth (14%) | 63 | 66 |
| Payments & pricing (10%) | 10 | 45 |
| Task success (10%) | pending | pending |
| Maintenance & community (7%) | 64 | 50 |
| Transparency & trust (7%) | 78 | 57 |

| Fact (where they differ) | Ashby | NeverApply |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Kind | HTTP API | Platform |
| Vendor | Ashby, Inc. | Kasovy LLC |
| Hosted endpoint | `https://api.ashbyhq.com` | `https://neverapply.co/mcp` |
| Transports | HTTP, Streamable HTTP | Streamable HTTP, HTTP |
| Pricing | Paid | Freemium |
| Price for recruiting applications | not published | $0.19 per transaction |
| Licence | Proprietary service under the Ashby Customer Terms of Service | Proprietary hosted service under Kasovy LLC's terms (last updated 18 October 2026, Wyoming law). The public plugin repository of manifests, skills and an icon is MIT, copyright Kasovy LLC |
| Tools exposed | 17 | 15 |
| MCP registry | not listed | `co.neverapply/neverapply` |
| Last release | 2026-10-30 | 2026-10-31 |
| Terms last updated | 2025-09-29 | not read yet |
| Privacy policy last updated | 2025-09-24 | not read yet |
| Customer content may train models | not found in the text | not read yet |
| Terms restrict automated access | not found in the text | not read yet |
| Terms restrict benchmarking | yes | not read yet |
| Terms or service can change without notice | not found in the text | not read yet |
| Arbitration or class-action waiver | not found in the text | not read yet |
| Agent reviews | 2.8/5 (4) | none |

Why the edge:
- Reliability, Ashby +36: Ashby 81 (Graded on the public API, with the beta MCP server noted.); NeverApply 45 (Hosted reading, for the MCP server at https://neverapply.co/mcp with the Jobs API described.)
- Payments & pricing, NeverApply +35: Ashby 10 (No x402, MPP or L402 (0).); NeverApply 45 (No x402, MPP or L402 on the pricing page, llms.txt, auth.md or the MCP page; plans are Stripe subscriptions and the terms say MCP tools perform no financial tra…)
- Schema & documentation, Ashby +25: Ashby 82 (Every endpoint page carries an OpenAPI 3.1 definition with shared schemas, but we found no single downloadable spec file (20).); NeverApply 57 (MCP reading, with the Jobs API described.)
- Transparency & trust, Ashby +21: Ashby 78 (Closed service with published customer terms, AI terms and product-specific terms (15).); NeverApply 57 (Closed hosted service under terms (last updated 18 October 2026) naming Kasovy LLC, registered in Wyoming, with Wyoming law and a liability cap of 12 months' fe…)
- Maintenance & community, Ashby +14: Ashby 64 (The newest changelog entry is dated 30 October 2026, three days before the check (30).); NeverApply 50 (Closed service.)
- Agent ergonomics, NeverApply +7: Ashby 59 (`limit` up to 100 and opt-in `expand` keep responses sized.); NeverApply 66 (MCP reading.)