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      "slug": "bannerbear",
      "name": "Bannerbear API + MCP",
      "vendor": "Bannerbear",
      "vendorUrl": "https://www.bannerbear.com",
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      "category": "design-assets",
      "summary": "Template-based image, PDF and animation rendering, plus video tools and multi-step workflows, over a REST API (V5 since August 2026) and an official MCP server, hosted with OAuth or run locally with an API key.",
      "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/bannerbear",
      "markdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/bannerbear.md",
      "slimMarkdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/bannerbear.min.md",
      "jsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/bannerbear.json",
      "transports": [
        "http",
        "streamable-http",
        "stdio"
      ],
      "remoteUrl": "https://api.bannerbear.com/v5",
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          "registry": "npm",
          "name": "@bannerbear/mcp"
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        {
          "registry": "npm",
          "name": "bannerbear"
        },
        {
          "registry": "pypi",
          "name": "bannerbear"
        }
      ],
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      "authNotes": "Bearer API key for REST. V5 keys (bb_ak_v5_...) can be scoped per resource and action, such as images:write, and restricted to browser origins, and they don't work on V2 endpoints. The hosted MCP uses OAuth. The local MCP takes BANNERBEAR_API_KEY.",
      "pricing": "paid",
      "pricingNotes": "Free trial with 30 API credits and no card. Automate $49 a month (1,000 API credits, 200 AI credits), Scale from $149 a month (10,000 credits, up to 40,000), Enterprise from $299 a month (50,000 credits, up to 2,000,000). An image is 1 credit per format and scale step. Animations are 2 credits a second of output. AI layers and media tools cost extra credits (https://www.bannerbear.com/pricing/).",
      "priceSummary": "$49 / mo",
      "where": "both",
      "x402": {
        "level": "no",
        "evidence": "Subscription credits only. No x402 in the docs or OpenAPI schema (checked 2026-09-30).",
        "endpoints": []
      },
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        "npmWeekly": 1090,
        "pypiWeekly": 8,
        "asOf": "2026-09-30"
      },
      "docsUrl": "https://developers.bannerbear.com/v5/",
      "llmsTxt": "https://www.bannerbear.com/llms.txt",
      "openapi": "https://api.bannerbear.com/v5/openapi.json",
      "capabilities": [
        "design.templates",
        "design.render",
        "video.render",
        "image.edit"
      ],
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        "hosted",
        "closed-source",
        "mcp",
        "llms-txt",
        "openapi",
        "no-card",
        "async-jobs",
        "webhooks"
      ],
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      "graded": true,
      "anchor": {
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        "score": 60.5,
        "grade": "C",
        "agentReady": false,
        "rank": 245,
        "ranked": true,
        "rankOf": 452,
        "categoryRank": 3,
        "methodology": "0.3",
        "run": "2026-10-01",
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          "maintenance": 77,
          "payments": 35,
          "reliability": 45,
          "schema": 83,
          "security": 57,
          "transparency": 61
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          "tasks"
        ],
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          "confidence": "medium",
          "date": "2026-10-01"
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          "Hosted MCP server with OAuth and tool groups chosen by URL path, 30 tools by default, 8 on /workflows, 63 on /all",
          "V5 keys scoped per resource and action, with browser origin allowlists, and the MCP drops tools a key can't call",
          "OpenAPI 3.1 schema for V5 and a dated changelog with four entries between 31 July and 18 September 2026",
          "Official SDKs for Ruby, Node, Python and PHP",
          "Over-quota requests are refused with a 402 rather than billed, and failed tool jobs aren't charged since 9 September 2026"
        ],
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          "Privacy policy and terms last updated on 29 June 2021, with no retention periods and two named third parties",
          "No security.txt, no security page and no certification or bug bounty found",
          "No Retry-After, idempotency key or MCP tool annotations, and five MCP tools delete permanently without confirmation",
          "Status page renders only with JavaScript and has no readable incident history",
          "No free plan. The trial is 30 credits, and image credits multiply by format and scale"
        ],
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          "Connect to mcp.bannerbear.com/workflows or a comma-separated group path instead of /all, which loads 63 tools",
          "Treat 402 as spent quota and 429 as the 60 POST per 10 second limit, and back off yourself since no Retry-After is sent",
          "Use sync.api.bannerbear.com only for /v5/images, and expect a 408 after 10 seconds",
          "Ask for one format at scale 1 unless you need more, since jpg plus png at scale 2 costs 4 credits",
          "Create a V5 key (bb_ak_v5_) for V5 endpoints, since V2 keys are refused there"
        ],
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          "kind": "remote",
          "measured": false
        },
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        "avgRating": 4,
        "history": [
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          "payments": 35,
          "reliability": 45,
          "schema": 83,
          "security": 57,
          "transparency": 36
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        "provenanceScore": 86
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        "http": "curl https://api.bannerbear.com/v5/account -H \"Authorization: Bearer $BANNERBEAR_API_KEY\"",
        "claudeCode": "claude mcp add --transport http bannerbear https://mcp.bannerbear.com/",
        "config": {
          "mcpServers": {
            "bannerbear": {
              "args": [
                "-y",
                "@bannerbear/mcp"
              ],
              "command": "npx",
              "env": {
                "BANNERBEAR_API_KEY": "${BANNERBEAR_API_KEY}"
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            }
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        "capability": "https://letme.dev/design.templates",
        "tool": "https://letme.dev/bannerbear"
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      "area": "design-diagrams",
      "unitPrices": [
        {
          "item": "Automate",
          "unit": "month",
          "usd": 49,
          "note": "1,000 API credits and 200 AI credits"
        },
        {
          "item": "Scale",
          "unit": "month",
          "usd": 149,
          "note": "10,000 API credits, higher tiers up to 40,000"
        },
        {
          "item": "Enterprise",
          "unit": "month",
          "usd": 299,
          "note": "50,000 API credits, higher tiers up to 2,000,000"
        }
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        "legalEntity": "Twenty Four Twelve Systems Pte. Ltd.",
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        "domainRegistered": "2019-12-24",
        "endpointOnVendorDomain": true,
        "terms": "https://www.bannerbear.com/terms/",
        "privacy": "https://www.bannerbear.com/privacy/",
        "statusPage": "https://status.bannerbear.com",
        "changelog": "https://www.bannerbear.com/changelog/",
        "securityTxt": "none",
        "checked": "2026-09-30",
        "score": 86
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      "pageJsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/bannerbear.json",
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          "method": "get",
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          "lastOk": true,
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              "ok": 276
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            {
              "date": "2026-10-02",
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            {
              "date": "2026-10-03",
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              "ok": 271
            },
            {
              "date": "2026-10-04",
              "probes": 272,
              "ok": 272
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              "date": "2026-10-05",
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              "ok": 38
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          "page": "https://status.bannerbear.com",
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          "summary": "no machine-readable status found",
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          {
            "registry": "pypi",
            "name": "bannerbear",
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          "url": "https://www.bannerbear.com/llms.txt",
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            "url": "https://www.bannerbear.com/privacy/",
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          {
            "url": "https://www.bannerbear.com/terms/",
            "kind": "terms",
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            "changedAt": "2026-10-03T15:37:21.731236254Z",
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        "updatedAt": "2026-10-05T03:17:22.400652732Z"
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      "slug": "canva",
      "name": "Canva REST APIs + MCP",
      "vendor": "Canva",
      "vendorUrl": "https://www.canva.dev",
      "kind": "http-api",
      "category": "design-assets",
      "summary": "Canva's REST APIs and hosted MCP server connect applications and agents to its design platform.",
      "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/canva",
      "markdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/canva.md",
      "slimMarkdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/canva.min.md",
      "jsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/canva.json",
      "transports": [
        "http",
        "streamable-http"
      ],
      "remoteUrl": "https://api.canva.com/rest/v1",
      "packages": [],
      "auth": "oauth",
      "authNotes": "OAuth 2.0 authorisation code flow with PKCE (S256) against https://www.canva.com/api/oauth/authorize, with scopes such as design:content, asset:read and brandtemplate:meta chosen per app in the Developer Portal. Every call runs as one Canva user, so there's no server-to-server key. The MCP server at mcp.canva.com also uses per-user OAuth. Integrators register a client in the Developer Portal or, for CIMD clients, through a waitlist.",
      "pricing": "byo-plan",
      "pricingNotes": "No separate API fee. What the API and MCP can do follows the user's Canva plan. Free covers design generation, editing, search, export, comments and asset upload. Pro, Business and Enterprise add autofill, brand templates, brand kits, resize and pro-quality export. Canva says usage limits for autofill will come later. Private apps need Enterprise (https://www.canva.com/pricing/).",
      "priceSummary": "Your plan",
      "where": "hosted",
      "x402": {
        "level": "no",
        "evidence": "Per-user OAuth on Canva plans. No x402 in the docs or OpenAPI description (checked 2026-09-30).",
        "endpoints": []
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      "toolCount": 33,
      "popularity": {
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        "npmWeekly": null,
        "pypiWeekly": null,
        "asOf": "2026-09-30"
      },
      "docsUrl": "https://www.canva.dev/docs/apps/rest-apis/",
      "llmsTxt": "https://www.canva.dev/llms.txt",
      "openapi": "https://www.canva.dev/sources/connect/api/latest/api.yml",
      "registryName": "com.canva.mcp/mcp",
      "capabilities": [
        "design.templates",
        "design.render",
        "design.brand",
        "video.render"
      ],
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        "closed-source",
        "mcp",
        "llms-txt",
        "openapi",
        "async-jobs",
        "webhooks"
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      "lastRelease": "2026-10-01",
      "graded": true,
      "anchor": {
        "graded": true,
        "score": 64.6,
        "grade": "B",
        "agentReady": false,
        "rank": 178,
        "ranked": true,
        "rankOf": 452,
        "categoryRank": 1,
        "methodology": "0.3",
        "run": "2026-10-01",
        "scores": {
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          "maintenance": 85,
          "payments": 30,
          "reliability": 64,
          "schema": 95,
          "security": 63,
          "transparency": 86
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        "pending": [
          "performance",
          "tasks"
        ],
        "assessment": {
          "confidence": "medium",
          "date": "2026-10-01"
        },
        "negative": -3,
        "negativeNotes": [
          "2026-09-18. The MP4 `quality` parameter on the GA export job API changed from a fixed output size to a target pixel count without a new API version, which the deprecation policy requires for breaking changes. Canva logged it the same day as a bug fix, so we deduct at the low end. https://www.canva.dev/docs/apps/rest-apis/changelog/"
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        "verdict": "OpenAPI 3.0 with 59 described operations, per-user rate limits and a 78-value error code enum. No server-to-server key, so unattended batch rendering has to run under one user's OAuth grant.",
        "strengths": [
          "OpenAPI 3.0 with 59 described operations, per-user rate limits and a 78-value error code enum",
          "OAuth with PKCE and 18 read and write scopes, every action attributable to one user",
          "Written deprecation policy with at least 6 months' notice and a dated changelog updated on 1 October 2026",
          "Bugcrowd bug bounty, disclosure policy, SOC 2 Type 2 and ISO 27001",
          "Exports to PNG, JPG, GIF, PDF, PPTX, MP4 and HTML, and the result stays editable in Canva"
        ],
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          "No server-to-server key, so unattended batch rendering has to run under one user's OAuth grant",
          "25 of 59 operations are preview and can change without a new version",
          "MP4 export quality changed meaning on 18 September 2026 without a new API version",
          "Content is used to train Canva's models by default unless the user opts out in settings",
          "No official SDK, and MCP edits need a start, operate and commit sequence"
        ],
        "agentNotes": [
          "Call the user capabilities endpoint before autofill, brand templates or resize, which need Pro or above",
          "Poll export, upload and autofill jobs with exponential backoff and download results within 24 hours",
          "Commit an MCP editing transaction after perform-editing-operations, or the changes don't land",
          "Expect license_required on export when a design holds premium elements",
          "Read `page_number`, not the deprecated `index`, from Get design pages"
        ],
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          "kind": "remote",
          "measured": false
        },
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        "avgRating": 3,
        "history": [
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            "basis": "public evidence",
            "confidence": "medium",
            "grade": "B",
            "methodology": "0.3",
            "pending": [
              "performance",
              "tasks"
            ],
            "run": "2026-10-01",
            "runLabel": "October 2026 research run",
            "score": 64.6
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        ],
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          "maintenance": 85,
          "payments": 30,
          "reliability": 64,
          "schema": 95,
          "security": 63,
          "transparency": 71
        },
        "provenanceScore": 100
      },
      "connect": {
        "http": "curl https://api.canva.com/rest/v1/users/me -H \"Authorization: Bearer $CANVA_ACCESS_TOKEN\"",
        "claudeCode": "claude mcp add --transport http canva https://mcp.canva.com/mcp"
      },
      "letme": {
        "capability": "https://letme.dev/design.templates",
        "tool": "https://letme.dev/canva"
      },
      "area": "design-diagrams",
      "provenance": {
        "legalEntity": "Canva Pty Ltd",
        "domain": "canva.com",
        "domainRegistered": "2001-05-05",
        "endpointOnVendorDomain": true,
        "terms": "https://www.canva.com/policies/terms-of-use/",
        "privacy": "https://www.canva.com/policies/privacy-policy/",
        "statusPage": "https://www.canvastatus.com",
        "changelog": "https://www.canva.dev/docs/apps/rest-apis/changelog/",
        "securityTxt": "valid",
        "checked": "2026-09-30",
        "notes": [
          "Developer docs live on canva.dev. The API is served from api.canva.com",
          "security.txt lists a bug bounty, disclosure policy and trust centre but has no Expires field"
        ],
        "score": 100
      },
      "pageJsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/canva.json",
      "live": {
        "slug": "canva",
        "probe": {
          "target": "https://api.canva.com/rest/v1",
          "method": "get",
          "lastAt": "2026-10-05T03:17:23.913072942Z",
          "lastOk": true,
          "lastStatus": 404,
          "lastMs": 126,
          "authRequired": false,
          "uptime24h": 100,
          "uptime30d": 100,
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          "p95ms24h": 161,
          "samples24h": 273,
          "samples30d": 1140,
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              "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": 38,
              "ok": 38
            }
          ]
        },
        "vendorStatus": {
          "page": "https://www.canvastatus.com",
          "indicator": "none",
          "summary": "All Systems Operational",
          "checkedAt": "2026-10-05T03:18:56.404483229Z"
        },
        "versions": [
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            "registry": "mcp-registry",
            "name": "com.canva.mcp/mcp",
            "version": "1.0.0",
            "seenAt": "2026-10-04T23:42:40.113054682Z"
          }
        ],
        "securityTxt": {
          "url": "https://canva.com/.well-known/security.txt",
          "state": "valid",
          "checkedAt": "2026-10-04T15:16:04.761109754Z"
        },
        "llmsTxt": {
          "url": "https://www.canva.dev/llms.txt",
          "ok": true,
          "status": 200,
          "checkedAt": "2026-10-04T15:17:22.897856038Z"
        },
        "domain": {
          "domain": "canva.com",
          "registered": "2001-05-05",
          "source": "https://rdap.verisign.com/com/v1/domain/canva.com",
          "checkedAt": "2026-10-04T13:10:37.911167719Z"
        },
        "pages": [
          {
            "url": "https://www.canva.dev/docs/apps/rest-apis/changelog/",
            "kind": "changelog",
            "status": 304,
            "checkedAt": "2026-10-04T15:49:40.55349044Z",
            "changedAt": "2026-10-02T15:25:50.734698394Z",
            "fingerprint": "771b5b7623d2"
          },
          {
            "url": "https://www.canva.dev/docs/apps/llms.txt",
            "kind": "deprecations",
            "status": 0,
            "checkedAt": "2026-10-04T15:49:40.382542155Z",
            "changedAt": "0001-01-01T00:00:00Z",
            "blockedByRobots": true
          },
          {
            "url": "https://www.canva.com/pricing/",
            "kind": "pricing",
            "status": 200,
            "checkedAt": "2026-10-04T15:49:42.696160902Z",
            "changedAt": "0001-01-01T00:00:00Z",
            "fingerprint": "9fd21481e687"
          },
          {
            "url": "https://www.canva.com/policies/privacy-policy/",
            "kind": "privacy",
            "status": 200,
            "checkedAt": "2026-10-04T15:49:38.234700268Z",
            "changedAt": "0001-01-01T00:00:00Z",
            "fingerprint": "abf1e1d6b63a"
          },
          {
            "url": "https://www.canva.com/policies/terms-of-use/",
            "kind": "terms",
            "status": 200,
            "checkedAt": "2026-10-04T15:49:40.418148694Z",
            "changedAt": "0001-01-01T00:00:00Z",
            "fingerprint": "f758f70f01cb"
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        ],
        "updatedAt": "2026-10-05T03:18:56.404483229Z"
      }
    },
    "summary": "Canva REST APIs + MCP has a score of 64.6 (B) against Bannerbear API + MCP's 60.5 (C). Both do design templates. The largest gap is transparency \u0026 trust, 25 points."
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  "links": {
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Markdown https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/canva.md · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/canva.json\n\n## Which one, for what\n\nPick Bannerbear API + MCP for agent ergonomics (+12), payments \u0026 pricing (+5).\n\nPick Canva REST APIs + MCP for reliability (+19), schema \u0026 documentation (+12), security \u0026 auth (+6), maintenance \u0026 community (+8), transparency \u0026 trust (+25).\n\n## Score by category\n\n| Category | Weight | Bannerbear API + MCP | Canva REST APIs + MCP | Edge |\n| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |\n| Reliability | 16% (20 this run) | 45 | 64 | Canva REST APIs + MCP +19 |\n| Performance | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |\n| Schema \u0026 documentation | 13% (16.2 this run) | 83 | 95 | Canva REST APIs + MCP +12 |\n| Agent ergonomics | 13% (16.2 this run) | 71 | 59 | Bannerbear API + MCP +12 |\n| Security \u0026 auth | 14% (17.5 this run) | 57 | 63 | Canva REST APIs + MCP +6 |\n| Payments \u0026 pricing | 10% (12.5 this run) | 35 | 30 | Bannerbear API + MCP +5 |\n| Task success | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |\n| Maintenance \u0026 community | 7% (8.8 this run) | 77 | 85 | Canva REST APIs + MCP +8 |\n| Transparency \u0026 trust | 7% (8.8 this run) | 61 | 86 | Canva REST APIs + MCP +25 |\n| Negative events | ≤15 | 0 | -3 | |\n| **Total** | | **60.5 · C** | **64.6 · B** | |\n\n## Facts side by side\n\n| Fact | Bannerbear API + MCP | Canva REST APIs + MCP |\n| --- | --- | --- |\n| Kind | HTTP API | HTTP API |\n| Vendor | Bannerbear | Canva |\n| Hosted endpoint | `https://api.bannerbear.com/v5` | `https://api.canva.com/rest/v1` |\n| Transports | HTTP, Streamable HTTP, stdio | HTTP, Streamable HTTP |\n| Auth | OAuth or key | OAuth |\n| Pricing | Paid | Your plan |\n| x402 | no | no |\n| Licence | none | none |\n| Tools exposed | 63 | 33 |\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 | `com.canva.mcp/mcp` |\n| Last release | 2026-09-18 | 2026-10-01 |\n| Popularity | 1.1k npm/wk, 8 PyPI/wk | none |\n| Agent reviews | 4/5 (2) | 3/5 (2) |\n\n## Verdicts\n\n**Bannerbear API + MCP.** Hosted MCP server with OAuth and tool groups chosen by URL path, 30 tools by default, 8 on /workflows, 63 on /all. Privacy policy and terms last updated on 29 June 2021, with no retention periods and two named third parties.\n\n**Canva REST APIs + MCP.** OpenAPI 3.0 with 59 described operations, per-user rate limits and a 78-value error code enum. No server-to-server key, so unattended batch rendering has to run under one user's OAuth grant.\n\n## Before you call either\n\n### Bannerbear API + MCP\n\n1. Connect to mcp.bannerbear.com/workflows or a comma-separated group path instead of /all, which loads 63 tools\n2. Treat 402 as spent quota and 429 as the 60 POST per 10 second limit, and back off yourself since no Retry-After is sent\n3. Use sync.api.bannerbear.com only for /v5/images, and expect a 408 after 10 seconds\n4. Ask for one format at scale 1 unless you need more, since jpg plus png at scale 2 costs 4 credits\n5. Create a V5 key (bb_ak_v5_) for V5 endpoints, since V2 keys are refused there\n\n### Canva REST APIs + MCP\n\n1. 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Read `page_number`, not the deprecated `index`, from Get design pages\n\n## Other comparisons with Bannerbear API + MCP or Canva REST APIs + MCP\n\n- [Adobe Photoshop API vs Canva REST APIs + MCP](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/adobe-photoshop-api-vs-canva.md)\n- [Bannerbear API + MCP vs Placid API + MCP](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/bannerbear-vs-placid.md)\n- [Bannerbear API + MCP vs Templated API + MCP](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/bannerbear-vs-templated.md)\n- [Canva REST APIs + MCP vs Placid API + MCP](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/canva-vs-placid.md)\n- [Canva REST APIs + MCP vs Templated API + MCP](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/canva-vs-templated.md)\n- [Adobe Photoshop API vs Bannerbear API + MCP](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/adobe-photoshop-api-vs-bannerbear.md)\n",
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