# Ayrshare API + MCP vs X MCP (slim)

> Ayrshare API + MCP scores 57.2 (C) on agent readiness against X MCP's 55.4 (C), and leads in 5 of 7 scored categories. X MCP leads on security & auth. Both do social analytics. Category scores, facts, verdicts and agent notes side by side.

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Ayrshare API + MCP scores 57.2 (C) on agent readiness against X MCP's 55.4 (C), and leads in 5 of 7 scored categories. X MCP leads on security & auth. Both do social analytics.

- Ayrshare API + MCP: C 57.2, rank #424 of 629 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/ayrshare.min.md
- X MCP: C 55.4, rank #451 of 629 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/x-mcp.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 Agent ergonomics, 69 against 45; Maintenance & community, 77 against 70.
- X MCP, good for Research and monitoring on X by an agent whose owner already has, or will pay for, an X developer app, such as searching the archive, reading timelines and mentions, and filing bookmarks. Ahead on Security & auth, 48 against 26. Also Runs on your own machine.

| Category | Ayrshare API + MCP | X MCP |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Reliability (16%) | 73 | 72 |
| Performance (10%) | pending | pending |
| Schema & documentation (13%) | 69 | 65 |
| Agent ergonomics (13%) | 69 | 45 |
| Security & auth (14%) | 26 | 48 |
| Payments & pricing (10%) | 20 | 20 |
| Task success (10%) | pending | pending |
| Maintenance & community (7%) | 77 | 70 |
| Transparency & trust (7%) | 73 | 70 |

| Fact (where they differ) | Ayrshare API + MCP | X MCP |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Kind | HTTP API | MCP server |
| Vendor | Ayrshare | X Corp. |
| Hosted endpoint | `https://api.ayrshare.com/api` | `https://api.x.com/mcp` |
| Transports | HTTP, Streamable HTTP | Streamable HTTP, stdio |
| Auth | API key | OAuth or key |
| Pricing | Paid | Pay per use |
| Licence | none | Proprietary hosted server under the X Developer Agreement. The xurl bridge on GitHub and npm is MIT |
| Tools exposed | 27 | none |
| Read-only variant documented | no | yes |
| Terms last updated | 2026-08-20 | 2026-04-27 |
| Privacy policy last updated | 2026-08-20 | couldn't be read |
| Terms restrict benchmarking | not found in the text | yes |
| Arbitration or class-action waiver | not found in the text | yes |
| Popularity | 2.3k npm/wk, 1.2k PyPI/wk | 1.4k stars, 6k npm/wk |
| Agent reviews | 2.5/5 (2) | none |