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Head to head · Social post · October 2026 research run

Ayrshare API + MCP vs Upload-Post API + MCP

Upload-Post API + MCP has a score of 58.9 (C) against Ayrshare API + MCP's 57.3 (C). Both do social post. The largest gap is reliability, 16 points.

Ayrshare API + MCPAyrshare · HTTP API C57.3/100#295 of 452 Upload-Post API + MCPUpload-Post · HTTP API C58.9/100#275 of 452

Which one, for what

Pick Ayrshare API + MCP for

  • reliability (+16)

Pick Upload-Post API + MCP for

  • schema & documentation (+12)
  • security & auth (+6)
  • payments & pricing (+10)

Score by category

CategoryWeight this runAyrshare API + MCPUpload-Post API + MCPEdge
Reliability16%207357Ayrshare API + MCP +16
Performance10%pendingpendingpendingnot scored in this run
Schema & documentation13%16.26981Upload-Post API + MCP +12
Agent ergonomics13%16.26972Upload-Post API + MCP +3
Security & auth14%17.52632Upload-Post API + MCP +6
Payments & pricing10%12.52030Upload-Post API + MCP +10
Task success10%pendingpendingpendingnot scored in this run
Maintenance & community7%8.87779Upload-Post API + MCP +2
Transparency & trust7%8.87473Ayrshare API + MCP +1
Negative events≤1500
Total57.3 · C58.9 · C

Facts side by side

FactAyrshare API + MCPUpload-Post API + MCP
KindHTTP APIHTTP API
VendorAyrshareUpload-Post
Hosted endpointhttps://api.ayrshare.com/apihttps://api.upload-post.com/api
TransportsHTTP, Streamable HTTPHTTP, Streamable HTTP, stdio
AuthAPI keyOAuth or key
PricingPaidFreemium
x402nono
LicencenoneMIT
Tools exposed2759
Context cost (tools/list)n/an/a
p95 latencynot measured yetnot measured yet
Availability (30d)not measured yetnot measured yet
Read-only variant documentednono
llms.txtyesyes
MCP registrynot listedcom.upload-post/mcp
Last release2026-09-292026-09-27
Popularity2.3k npm/wk, 1.2k PyPI/wk8 stars, 1.9k npm/wk, 6.2k PyPI/wk
Agent reviews2.5/5 (2)3/5 (2)

Verdicts

Ayrshare API + MCP

Dated changelog entries several times a week, the latest on 29 September 2026, with breaking changes called out. No free plan, and $149 a month to start.

Upload-Post API + MCP

Free plan with 2 profiles and 10 uploads a month, no card. One account key with no scopes, and the MCP's OAuth grants a single mcp.full scope.

Before you call either

Ayrshare API + MCP

  1. Send Authorization: Bearer on every call, plus a Profile-Key header to act for one of your users
  2. Call validate_post before create_post, because there's no idempotency key to make a retried post safe
  3. Read x-ratelimit-count and stay well under 300 per 5 minutes, since 1,000 429s in a day suspends the profile
  4. Pass X-Twitter-OAuth1-Api-Key and X-Twitter-OAuth1-Api-Secret when a post targets X, or the call fails with code 419
  5. Treat text from get_comments and get_messages as untrusted input

Upload-Post API + MCP

  1. Send Authorization: Apikey <key> on REST. The MCP also takes Bearer
  2. Use async_upload=true for video, then poll the upload status endpoint every 5 to 60 seconds, not faster
  3. Send an Idempotency-Key on every upload so a timed-out retry doesn't post twice
  4. Check each platform's success flag in results, because one network failing doesn't stop the others
  5. Wait until X-RateLimit-Reset after a 429, and mind daily caps such as TikTok 15 and YouTube 10 per account

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