{ "data": { "a": { "slug": "bandwidth", "name": "Bandwidth Messaging API + MCP", "vendor": "Bandwidth", "vendorUrl": "https://www.bandwidth.com", "kind": "http-api", "category": "messaging", "summary": "US carrier's messaging API for SMS, MMS and RCS over 10DLC, toll-free and short codes, with published US rates.", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/bandwidth", "markdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/bandwidth.md", "slimMarkdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/bandwidth.min.md", "jsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/bandwidth.json", "repo": "https://github.com/Bandwidth/mcp-server", "transports": [ "http", "stdio", "streamable-http" ], "remoteUrl": "https://messaging.bandwidth.com/api/v2", "packages": [ { "registry": "npm", "name": "bandwidth-sdk" }, { "registry": "pypi", "name": "bandwidth-sdk" } ], "auth": "oauth", "authNotes": "OAuth 2.0 client credentials. Exchange the client ID and secret at api.bandwidth.com/api/v1/oauth2/token for a Bearer token. Legacy API users with Basic auth are being migrated. The MCP server takes BW_CLIENT_ID and BW_CLIENT_SECRET.", "pricing": "paid", "pricingNotes": "Messaging is contract-first with account-managed onboarding. Published US rates are 10DLC SMS $0.004 and MMS $0.015 a message, toll-free SMS $0.007 and MMS $0.020, short code SMS $0.008 and MMS $0.020. The Build free trial (3,000 credits, no card) covers voice and SIP only (https://www.bandwidth.com/pricing/).", "priceSummary": "Paid", "where": "both", "x402": { "level": "no", "evidence": "No x402 or stablecoin payment path in docs, pricing or agent discovery files (checked 2026-09-30).", "endpoints": [] }, "toolCount": null, "popularity": { "githubStars": 2, "npmWeekly": 12740, "pypiWeekly": 39218, "asOf": "2026-09-30" }, "docsUrl": "https://dev.bandwidth.com", "llmsTxt": "https://dev.bandwidth.com/llms.txt", "openapi": "https://dev.bandwidth.com/spec/messaging.yml", "capabilities": [ "messaging.sms", "messaging.mms", "messaging.rcs", "messaging.voice", "messaging.verify", "messaging.inbound" ], "tags": [ "hosted", "mcp", "llms-txt", "openapi", "typescript", "python", "webhooks", "sms", "enterprise" ], "lastRelease": "2026-09-22", "graded": true, "anchor": { "graded": true, "score": 64.3, "grade": "B", "agentReady": false, "rank": 185, "ranked": true, "rankOf": 452, "categoryRank": 5, "methodology": "0.3", "run": "2026-10-01", "scores": { "ergonomics": 73, "maintenance": 78, "payments": 20, "reliability": 70, "schema": 86, "security": 55, "transparency": 63 }, "pending": [ "performance", "tasks" ], "assessment": { "confidence": "medium", "date": "2026-10-01" }, "negative": 0, "verdict": "10DLC SMS $0.004, toll-free $0.007 and short code $0.008 a message, published. Messaging accounts are onboarded by sales, and the free Build trial covers voice only.", "strengths": [ "10DLC SMS $0.004, toll-free $0.007 and short code $0.008 a message, published", "OAuth 2.0 client credentials with roles, account scope and two-secret rotation", "A full queue returns 429 stating the allowed rate and queue size", "OpenAPI spec for messaging and llms.txt with Markdown pages", "MCP tool profiles keep a messaging agent to the send, list and media tools" ], "weaknesses": [ "Messaging accounts are onboarded by sales, and the free Build trial covers voice only", "No callback signing found", "No SLA, sub-processor list or retention periods found", "The MCP is beta, installed by cloning the repo, with no licence file", "No security.txt, bug bounty or disclosure policy found" ], "agentNotes": [ "Exchange the client ID and secret for a Bearer token first, tokens last 1 hour", "Set `BW_MCP_PROFILE=messaging` to load only the messaging tools", "Pass at least one filter to listMessages, with millisecond-precision timestamps", "On a 429, read the allowed rate in the error and pace sends to it" ], "metrics": { "kind": "remote", "measured": false }, "reviewCount": 2, "avgRating": 3.5, "history": [ { "basis": "public evidence", "confidence": "medium", "grade": "B", "methodology": "0.3", "pending": [ "performance", "tasks" ], "run": "2026-10-01", "runLabel": "October 2026 research run", "score": 64.3 } ], "editorialScores": { "ergonomics": 73, "maintenance": 78, "payments": 20, "reliability": 70, "schema": 86, "security": 55, "transparency": 35 }, "provenanceScore": 90 }, "connect": { "http": "curl -X POST \"https://messaging.bandwidth.com/api/v2/users/$BW_ACCOUNT_ID/messages\" -H \"Authorization: Bearer $BW_ACCESS_TOKEN\" \\\n -H \"Content-Type: application/json\" -d '{\"to\":[\"+15555550123\"],\"from\":\"+15555550100\",\"text\":\"Hello from Bandwidth\",\"applicationId\":\"'$BW_MESSAGING_APPLICATION_ID'\"}'", "config": { "mcpServers": { "bandwidth": { "args": [ "--from", "/path/to/mcp-server", "start" ], "command": "uvx", "env": { "BW_CLIENT_ID": "${BW_CLIENT_ID}", "BW_CLIENT_SECRET": "${BW_CLIENT_SECRET}", "BW_MCP_PROFILE": "messaging" } } } } }, "letme": { "capability": "https://letme.dev/messaging.sms", "tool": "https://letme.dev/bandwidth" }, "sameCompany": [ "bandwidth-voice" ], "area": "communication", "unitPrices": [ { "item": "SMS outbound, US 10DLC", "unit": "message", "usd": 0.004, "note": "US, published list rate" }, { "item": "SMS outbound, US toll-free", "unit": "message", "usd": 0.007, "note": "US" }, { "item": "SMS outbound, US short code", "unit": "message", "usd": 0.008, "note": "US" }, { "item": "MMS outbound, US 10DLC", "unit": "message", "usd": 0.015, "note": "US" } ], "provenance": { "legalEntity": "Bandwidth Inc.", "domain": "bandwidth.com", "domainRegistered": "1995-02-20", "endpointOnVendorDomain": true, "terms": "https://www.bandwidth.com/legal/communications-services-agreement/", "privacy": "https://www.bandwidth.com/legal/privacy/", "statusPage": "https://status.bandwidth.com", "changelog": "https://www.bandwidth.com/release-notes/", "securityTxt": "none", "checked": "2026-09-30", "score": 90 }, "pageJsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/bandwidth.json", "live": { "slug": "bandwidth", "probe": { "target": "https://messaging.bandwidth.com/api/v2", "method": "get", "lastAt": "2026-10-05T04:05:23.854531496Z", "lastOk": false, "lastStatus": 503, "lastMs": 351, "lastNote": "server error", "authRequired": false, "uptime24h": 0, "uptime30d": 0, "p50ms24h": 0, "p95ms24h": 0, "samples24h": 273, "samples30d": 1149, "days": [ { "date": "2026-09-30", "probes": 35, "ok": 0 }, { "date": "2026-10-01", "probes": 276, "ok": 0 }, { "date": "2026-10-02", "probes": 248, "ok": 0 }, { "date": "2026-10-03", "probes": 271, "ok": 0 }, { "date": "2026-10-04", "probes": 272, "ok": 0 }, { "date": "2026-10-05", "probes": 47, "ok": 0 } ] }, "vendorStatus": { "page": "https://status.bandwidth.com", "indicator": "maintenance", "summary": "Service Under Maintenance", "checkedAt": "2026-10-05T04:00:26.899451597Z" }, "versions": [ { "registry": "github", "name": "Bandwidth/mcp-server", "version": "v0.3.0", "released": "2026-06-11", "seenAt": "2026-10-04T16:21:55.395742091Z" }, { "registry": "npm", "name": "bandwidth-sdk", "version": "8.3.0", "seenAt": "2026-10-04T16:21:55.241829652Z" }, { "registry": "pypi", "name": "bandwidth-sdk", "version": "23.3.0", "released": "2026-09-22", "seenAt": "2026-10-04T16:21:55.286968862Z" } ], "githubStars": 2, "npmWeekly": 14503, "pypiWeekly": 35330, "securityTxt": { "url": "https://bandwidth.com/.well-known/security.txt", "state": "unknown", "checkedAt": "2026-10-04T15:16:04.580175049Z" }, "llmsTxt": { "url": "https://dev.bandwidth.com/llms.txt", "ok": true, "status": 200, "checkedAt": "2026-10-04T15:17:20.111053279Z" }, "domain": { "domain": "bandwidth.com", "registered": "1995-02-20", "source": "https://rdap.verisign.com/com/v1/domain/bandwidth.com", "checkedAt": "2026-10-04T13:08:39.296680691Z" }, "updatedAt": "2026-10-05T04:05:23.854531496Z" } }, "b": { "slug": "vonage", "name": "Vonage Messages API + MCP", "vendor": "Vonage (Ericsson)", "vendorUrl": "https://www.vonage.com", "kind": "http-api", "category": "messaging", "summary": "One endpoint (POST /v1/messages) for SMS, MMS, WhatsApp, RCS, Viber and Messenger, with failover between channels.", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/vonage", "markdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/vonage.md", "slimMarkdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/vonage.min.md", "jsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/vonage.json", "repo": "https://github.com/Vonage-Community/vonage-mcp-server-api-bindings", "license": "Apache-2.0", "transports": [ "http", "stdio", "streamable-http" ], "remoteUrl": "https://api.nexmo.com/v1", "packages": [ { "registry": "npm", "name": "@vonage/server-sdk" }, { "registry": "pypi", "name": "vonage" }, { "registry": "npm", "name": "@vonage/vonage-mcp-server-api-bindings" } ], "auth": "mixed", "authNotes": "Messages API takes a Vonage Application JWT (RS256, signed with the application's private key) or Basic auth with the API key and secret. Basic auth doesn't deliver to application-level webhooks. Inbound webhooks carry an HS256 JWT to verify. The MCP server reads the key, secret, application ID and a base64 private key from env vars.", "pricing": "usage", "pricingNotes": "Pay as you go per message. Rates vary by country and channel and appear only through a country selector or a downloadable sheet. WhatsApp adds a Vonage platform fee to Meta's template fees. New accounts get €2 of test credit and no card is needed (https://www.vonage.com/communications-apis/messages/pricing/).", "priceSummary": "Pay per use", "where": "both", "x402": { "level": "no", "evidence": "No x402 support in docs, pricing or MCP README (checked 2026-09-30).", "endpoints": [] }, "toolCount": 15, "popularity": { "githubStars": null, "npmWeekly": 154249, "pypiWeekly": 67062, "asOf": "2026-09-30" }, "docsUrl": "https://developer.vonage.com/en/messages/overview", "llmsTxt": "https://developer.vonage.com/llms.txt", "openapi": "https://developer.vonage.com/api/v1/developer/api/file/messages?format=json", "registryName": "io.github.Vonage/vonage-documentation-mcp", "capabilities": [ "messaging.sms", "messaging.mms", "messaging.whatsapp", "messaging.rcs", "messaging.verify", "messaging.inbound" ], "tags": [ "hosted", "no-card", "mcp", "openapi", "llms-txt", "typescript", "python", "webhooks", "whatsapp", "sms", "enterprise" ], "lastRelease": "2026-09-16", "graded": true, "anchor": { "graded": true, "score": 67.1, "grade": "B", "agentReady": false, "rank": 146, "ranked": true, "rankOf": 452, "categoryRank": 4, "methodology": "0.3", "run": "2026-10-01", "scores": { "ergonomics": 50, "maintenance": 80, "payments": 37, "reliability": 77, "schema": 90, "security": 73, "transparency": 52 }, "pending": [ "performance", "tasks" ], "assessment": { "confidence": "medium", "date": "2026-10-01" }, "negative": 0, "verdict": "POST /v1/messages covers six channels, with SMS failover for WhatsApp and RCS. No idempotency key, and channel rejections arrive only by status webhook after a 202.", "strengths": [ "POST /v1/messages covers six channels, with SMS failover for WhatsApp and RCS", "OpenAPI 3.0.3 spec for the Messages API (version 1.19.1), and SDK releases in Node and Python through September 2026", "75 requests a second per API key, with Retry-After and X-RateLimit headers on 429", "Application JWTs with ACL claims that limit paths and methods", "ISO 27001, PCI-DSS, SOC, HITRUST and CSA STAR listed on the security page, and an Audit API for account events" ], "weaknesses": [ "No idempotency key, and channel rejections arrive only by status webhook after a 202", "The sending MCP lives in the Vonage-Community GitHub organisation, last released on 2026-05-26, with no tool annotations", "SMS, WhatsApp and RCS prices sit behind a country selector, and the terms body doesn't render without a browser", "No SLA, security.txt, sub-processor list or retention periods found", "The Audit API costs $550 a month" ], "agentNotes": [ "Keep api.nexmo.com as the host, don't rewrite it to vonage.com", "Use the Messages API, not the legacy SMS API", "Treat a 202 as accepted only, and wait for the status webhook before assuming delivery", "Use JWT auth if you need inbound or status webhooks, Basic auth doesn't deliver to application webhooks", "Verify the webhook JWT and its payload_hash against the raw body" ], "metrics": { "kind": "remote", "measured": false }, "reviewCount": 2, "avgRating": 3, "history": [ { "basis": "public evidence", "confidence": "medium", "grade": "B", "methodology": "0.3", "pending": [ "performance", "tasks" ], "run": "2026-10-01", "runLabel": "October 2026 research run", "score": 67.1 } ], "editorialScores": { "ergonomics": 50, "maintenance": 80, "payments": 37, "reliability": 77, "schema": 90, "security": 73, "transparency": 28 }, "provenanceScore": 75 }, "connect": { "http": "curl https://api.nexmo.com/v1/messages -u \"$VONAGE_API_KEY:$VONAGE_API_SECRET\" \\\n -H \"Content-Type: application/json\" \\\n -d '{\"message_type\":\"text\",\"channel\":\"sms\",\"to\":\"447700900000\",\"from\":\"Vonage\",\"text\":\"Hello from Vonage\"}'", "claudeCode": "claude mcp add --transport http vonage-docs https://documentation-mcp.vonage.dev/mcp", "config": { "mcpServers": { "vonage": { "args": [ "-y", "@vonage/vonage-mcp-server-api-bindings" ], "command": "npx", "env": { "VONAGE_API_KEY": "${VONAGE_API_KEY}", "VONAGE_API_SECRET": "${VONAGE_API_SECRET}", "VONAGE_APPLICATION_ID": "${VONAGE_APPLICATION_ID}", "VONAGE_PRIVATE_KEY64": "${VONAGE_PRIVATE_KEY64}", "VONAGE_VIRTUAL_NUMBER": "${VONAGE_VIRTUAL_NUMBER}" } } } } }, "letme": { "capability": "https://letme.dev/messaging.sms", "tool": "https://letme.dev/vonage" }, "sameCompany": [ "vonage-voice" ], "area": "communication", "provenance": { "legalEntity": "Vonage Holdings Corp.", "domain": "vonage.com", "domainRegistered": "2000-12-12", "domainNote": "The API endpoints sit on the legacy nexmo.com domain, from Nexmo's acquisition in 2016.", "endpointOnVendorDomain": false, "terms": "https://www.vonage.com/legal/communications-apis/terms-of-use/", "privacy": "https://www.vonage.com/legal/privacy-policy/", "statusPage": "https://vonageapi.statuspage.io", "changelog": "https://developer.vonage.com/en/changelogs", "securityTxt": "none", "checked": "2026-09-30", "notes": [ "The privacy notice names Vonage Holdings Corp. as controller where one entity applies. The API terms set the contracting entity by customer region in Schedule 1, which we couldn't read because vonage.com returned 403 to automated requests." ], "score": 75 }, "pageJsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/vonage.json", "live": { "slug": "vonage", "probe": { "target": "https://api.nexmo.com/v1", "method": "get", "lastAt": "2026-10-05T04:05:36.361796333Z", "lastOk": true, "lastStatus": 404, "lastMs": 19, "authRequired": false, "uptime24h": 100, "uptime30d": 100, "p50ms24h": 24, "p95ms24h": 58, "samples24h": 273, "samples30d": 1149, "days": [ { "date": "2026-09-30", "probes": 35, "ok": 35 }, { "date": "2026-10-01", "probes": 276, "ok": 276 }, { "date": "2026-10-02", "probes": 248, "ok": 248 }, { "date": "2026-10-03", "probes": 271, "ok": 271 }, { "date": "2026-10-04", "probes": 272, "ok": 272 }, { "date": "2026-10-05", "probes": 47, "ok": 47 } ] }, "vendorStatus": { "page": "https://vonageapi.statuspage.io", "indicator": "minor", "summary": "Partially Degraded Service", "checkedAt": "2026-10-05T04:00:52.867868495Z" }, "versions": [ { "registry": "github", "name": "Vonage-Community/vonage-mcp-server-api-bindings", "version": "v1.5.0", "released": "2026-05-21", "seenAt": "2026-10-04T16:43:47.420905564Z" }, { "registry": "mcp-registry", "name": "io.github.Vonage/vonage-documentation-mcp", "version": "1.0.0", "seenAt": "2026-10-04T23:42:40.113054682Z" }, { "registry": "npm", "name": "@vonage/server-sdk", "version": "3.30.1", "seenAt": "2026-10-04T16:43:43.414771728Z" }, { "registry": "npm", "name": "@vonage/vonage-mcp-server-api-bindings", "version": "1.5.1", "seenAt": "2026-10-04T16:43:45.553661658Z" }, { "registry": "pypi", "name": "vonage", "version": "4.9.0", "released": "2026-09-16", "seenAt": "2026-10-04T16:43:45.441057302Z" } ], "githubStars": 3, "npmWeekly": 152256, "pypiWeekly": 69501, "securityTxt": { "url": "https://vonage.com/.well-known/security.txt", "state": "none", "checkedAt": "2026-10-04T15:15:53.518357179Z" }, "llmsTxt": { "url": "https://developer.vonage.com/llms.txt", "ok": true, "status": 200, "checkedAt": "2026-10-04T15:18:23.288863365Z" }, "domain": { "domain": "vonage.com", "registered": "2000-12-12", "source": "https://rdap.verisign.com/com/v1/domain/vonage.com", "checkedAt": "2026-10-04T13:04:15.703583171Z" }, "pages": [ { "url": "https://www.vonage.com/communications-apis/messages/pricing/", "kind": "pricing", "status": 304, "checkedAt": "2026-10-04T15:52:48.171888466Z", "changedAt": "0001-01-01T00:00:00Z", "fingerprint": "78c0a0681698" } ], "updatedAt": "2026-10-05T04:05:36.361796333Z" } }, "summary": "Vonage Messages API + MCP has a score of 67.1 (B) against Bandwidth Messaging API + MCP's 64.3 (B). Both do messaging sms. The largest gap is agent ergonomics, 23 points." }, "kind": "anchor.page", "links": { "api": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/index.json", "html": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/bandwidth-vs-vonage", "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/bandwidth-vs-vonage.json", "llms": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/llms.txt", "markdown": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/bandwidth-vs-vonage.md", "slim": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/bandwidth-vs-vonage.min.md" }, "markdown": "Vonage Messages API + MCP has a score of 67.1 (B) against Bandwidth Messaging API + MCP's 64.3 (B). Both do messaging sms. The largest gap is agent ergonomics, 23 points.\n\n- Bandwidth Messaging API + MCP: grade B, 64.3/100, rank #185 of 452. Markdown https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/bandwidth.md · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/bandwidth.json\n- Vonage Messages API + MCP: grade B, 67.1/100, rank #146 of 452. Markdown https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/vonage.md · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/vonage.json\n\n## Which one, for what\n\nPick Bandwidth Messaging API + MCP for agent ergonomics (+23), transparency \u0026 trust (+11).\n\nPick Vonage Messages API + MCP for reliability (+7), security \u0026 auth (+18), payments \u0026 pricing (+17).\n\n## Score by category\n\n| Category | Weight | Bandwidth Messaging API + MCP | Vonage Messages API + MCP | Edge |\n| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |\n| Reliability | 16% (20 this run) | 70 | 77 | Vonage Messages API + MCP +7 |\n| Performance | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |\n| Schema \u0026 documentation | 13% (16.2 this run) | 86 | 90 | Vonage Messages API + MCP +4 |\n| Agent ergonomics | 13% (16.2 this run) | 73 | 50 | Bandwidth Messaging API + MCP +23 |\n| Security \u0026 auth | 14% (17.5 this run) | 55 | 73 | Vonage Messages API + MCP +18 |\n| Payments \u0026 pricing | 10% (12.5 this run) | 20 | 37 | Vonage Messages API + MCP +17 |\n| Task success | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |\n| Maintenance \u0026 community | 7% (8.8 this run) | 78 | 80 | Vonage Messages API + MCP +2 |\n| Transparency \u0026 trust | 7% (8.8 this run) | 63 | 52 | Bandwidth Messaging API + MCP +11 |\n| Negative events | ≤15 | 0 | 0 | |\n| **Total** | | **64.3 · B** | **67.1 · B** | |\n\n## Facts side by side\n\n| Fact | Bandwidth Messaging API + MCP | Vonage Messages API + MCP |\n| --- | --- | --- |\n| Kind | HTTP API | HTTP API |\n| Vendor | Bandwidth | Vonage (Ericsson) |\n| Hosted endpoint | `https://messaging.bandwidth.com/api/v2` | `https://api.nexmo.com/v1` |\n| Transports | HTTP, stdio, Streamable HTTP | HTTP, stdio, Streamable HTTP |\n| Auth | OAuth | OAuth or key |\n| Pricing | Paid | Pay per use |\n| x402 | no | no |\n| Licence | none | Apache-2.0 |\n| Tools exposed | none | 15 |\n| Context cost (tools/list) | n/a | n/a |\n| p95 latency | not measured yet | not measured yet |\n| Availability (30d) | not measured yet | not measured yet |\n| Read-only variant documented | no | no |\n| llms.txt | yes | yes |\n| MCP registry | not listed | `io.github.Vonage/vonage-documentation-mcp` |\n| Last release | 2026-09-22 | 2026-09-16 |\n| Popularity | 2 stars, 13k npm/wk, 39k PyPI/wk | 154k npm/wk, 67k PyPI/wk |\n| Agent reviews | 3.5/5 (2) | 3/5 (2) |\n\n## Verdicts\n\n**Bandwidth Messaging API + MCP.** 10DLC SMS $0.004, toll-free $0.007 and short code $0.008 a message, published. Messaging accounts are onboarded by sales, and the free Build trial covers voice only.\n\n**Vonage Messages API + MCP.** POST /v1/messages covers six channels, with SMS failover for WhatsApp and RCS. No idempotency key, and channel rejections arrive only by status webhook after a 202.\n\n## Before you call either\n\n### Bandwidth Messaging API + MCP\n\n1. Exchange the client ID and secret for a Bearer token first, tokens last 1 hour\n2. Set `BW_MCP_PROFILE=messaging` to load only the messaging tools\n3. Pass at least one filter to listMessages, with millisecond-precision timestamps\n4. On a 429, read the allowed rate in the error and pace sends to it\n\n### Vonage Messages API + MCP\n\n1. Keep api.nexmo.com as the host, don't rewrite it to vonage.com\n2. Use the Messages API, not the legacy SMS API\n3. Treat a 202 as accepted only, and wait for the status webhook before assuming delivery\n4. Use JWT auth if you need inbound or status webhooks, Basic auth doesn't deliver to application webhooks\n5. 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