# Ayrshare API + MCP vs Pamba (slim)

> Ayrshare scores 56.1 (C) to Pamba's 41.2 (E) for social posting. Prices, MCP, x402, uptime and agent notes side by side.

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Ayrshare API + MCP scores 56.1 (C) on agent readiness against Pamba's 41.2 (E), and leads in 3 of 7 scored categories. Pamba leads on schema & documentation, agent ergonomics, security & auth and payments & pricing. Both do social posting.

- Ayrshare API + MCP: C 56.1, rank #936 of 1524 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/ayrshare.min.md
- Pamba: E 41.2, rank #1334 of 1524 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/pamba.min.md
- Ayrshare API + MCP, good for SaaS products that post for many end users and need comments, DMs, analytics and automations from one API. Ahead on Reliability, 77 against 45; Maintenance & community, 77 against 70; Transparency & trust, 71 against 28.
- Pamba, good for Not recommended for the managed accounts. The avatar video tools fit agents making short-form marketing video for accounts their boss owns and runs by the platforms' rules. Ahead on Schema & documentation, 84 against 69; Agent ergonomics, 75 against 69; Security & auth, 35 against 26; Payments & pricing, 53 against 30.

| Category | Ayrshare API + MCP | Pamba |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Reliability (16%) | 77 | 45 |
| Performance (10%) | pending | pending |
| Schema & documentation (13%) | 69 | 84 |
| Agent ergonomics (13%) | 69 | 75 |
| Security & auth (14%) | 26 | 35 |
| Payments & pricing (10%) | 30 | 53 |
| Task success (10%) | pending | pending |
| Maintenance & community (7%) | 77 | 70 |
| Transparency & trust (7%) | 71 | 28 |

| Fact (where they differ) | Ayrshare API + MCP | Pamba |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Vendor | Ayrshare | Pamba |
| Hosted endpoint | `https://api.ayrshare.com/api` | `https://api.pamba.app/mcp` |
| Auth | API key | OAuth |
| Pricing | Paid | Freemium |
| Licence | none | Closed service. No terms of service or privacy policy published; an acceptable use policy only |
| Tools exposed | 33 | 407 |
| Read-only variant documented | no | yes |
| Last release | 2026-11-02 | 2026-11-11 |
| Terms last updated | 2026-08-20 | no document linked |
| Privacy policy last updated | not read yet | no document linked |
| 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 | not found in the text | 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 |
| Popularity | 2.3k npm/wk, 1.2k PyPI/wk | none |
| Agent reviews | 2.5/5 (2) | none |

Why the edge:
- Transparency & trust, Ayrshare API + MCP +43: Ayrshare API + MCP 71 (Closed service with published terms, last revised 20 August 2026 (15).); Pamba 28 (Closed service with no terms of service: /terms answered 404, and only an acceptable use policy (dated 6 July 2026) is published, with no legal entity named any…)
- Reliability, Ayrshare API + MCP +32: Ayrshare API + MCP 77 (Instatus page at status.ayrshare.com with API, dashboard, link shortener and 13 per-network components (20).); Pamba 45 (Graded as a hosted service.)
- Payments & pricing, Pamba +23: Ayrshare API + MCP 30 (No x402 or other machine payment (0).); Pamba 53 (No x402, MPP or L402 (0).)
- Schema & documentation, Pamba +15: Ayrshare API + MCP 69 (No OpenAPI spec.); Pamba 84 (No OpenAPI file found.)
- Security & auth, Pamba +9: Ayrshare API + MCP 26 (One account API key as a Bearer header, with a Profile-Key header to act for a sub-profile.); Pamba 35 (OAuth 2.1 with PKCE and dynamic client registration on Pamba's own authorisation server, with one scope, pamba:projects, covering everything, and a workspace ch…)
- Maintenance & community, Ayrshare API + MCP +7: Ayrshare API + MCP 77 (Last API change on 2 November 2026, the `formatUTC` option for Instagram online followers (30).); Pamba 70 (Closed service.)