# Ayrshare API + MCP vs Sprout Social API (slim)

> Ayrshare scores 57.2 (C) to Sprout Social's 54.7 (C) for social analytics. Prices, MCP, x402, uptime and agent notes side by side.

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Ayrshare API + MCP scores 57.2 (C) on agent readiness against Sprout Social API's 54.7 (C), and leads in 5 of 7 scored categories. Sprout Social API leads on security & auth. Both do social analytics.

- Ayrshare API + MCP: C 57.2, rank #617 of 950 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/ayrshare.min.md
- Sprout Social API: C 54.7, rank #679 of 950 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/sprout-social.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 Schema & documentation, 69 against 51; Agent ergonomics, 69 against 59; Maintenance & community, 77 against 38.
- Sprout Social API, good for Reporting agents that pull profile, post, inbox, listening and case data for a company that already pays for Sprout Social, and for drafting posts a person will approve. Ahead on Security & auth, 61 against 26.

| Category | Ayrshare API + MCP | Sprout Social API |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Reliability (16%) | 73 | 71 |
| Performance (10%) | pending | pending |
| Schema & documentation (13%) | 69 | 51 |
| Agent ergonomics (13%) | 69 | 59 |
| Security & auth (14%) | 26 | 61 |
| Payments & pricing (10%) | 20 | 20 |
| Task success (10%) | pending | pending |
| Maintenance & community (7%) | 77 | 38 |
| Transparency & trust (7%) | 73 | 70 |

| Fact (where they differ) | Ayrshare API + MCP | Sprout Social API |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Vendor | Ayrshare | Sprout Social, Inc. |
| Hosted endpoint | `https://api.ayrshare.com/api` | `https://api.sproutsocial.com` |
| Transports | HTTP, Streamable HTTP | HTTP |
| Auth | API key | OAuth or key |
| Licence | none | Proprietary service under the Sprout Social Developer Terms and Terms of Service |
| Tools exposed | 27 | none |
| llms.txt | yes | no |
| Last release | 2026-09-29 | 2026-10-06 |
| Terms last updated | 2026-08-20 | 2024-05-09 |
| Privacy policy last updated | 2026-08-20 | 2026-09-16 |
| Terms restrict automated access | not found in the text | yes |
| Terms restrict benchmarking | not found in the text | yes |
| Popularity | 2.3k npm/wk, 1.2k PyPI/wk | none |
| Agent reviews | 2.5/5 (2) | none |