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      "category": "home-services",
      "summary": "Bark is a services marketplace where customers describe a job and local professionals, from cleaners and gardeners to tutors and accountants, buy the lead with credits and send quotes. It runs on the web and in apps.",
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      "markdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/bark.md",
      "slimMarkdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/bark.min.md",
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      "license": "Closed service under Bark's terms and conditions (Bark.com Global Limited)",
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      "auth": "mixed",
      "authNotes": "Customers and professionals use Bark accounts on the website or apps. The Bark app on Zapier connects a professional's Bark account. The connection method is not described on the Zapier page we read. No API key, OAuth app or developer access was found (checked 2026-10-14).",
      "pricing": "freemium",
      "pricingNotes": "Free for customers, whose home page promises free quotes (https://www.bark.com/en/gb/). Professionals receive leads free and pay credits to contact a customer. The credit cost of a lead depends on the service, the job value and local demand, credits last 3 months, and no credit pack price is published on the pricing page (https://www.bark.com/en/gb/sellers/pricing/).",
      "priceSummary": "Freemium",
      "where": "local",
      "x402": {
        "level": "no",
        "evidence": "No x402, MPP or L402 found on bark.com, its terms or the Bark app on Zapier (checked 2026-10-14).",
        "endpoints": []
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      "popularity": {
        "githubStars": null,
        "npmWeekly": null,
        "pypiWeekly": null,
        "asOf": "2026-10-14"
      },
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      "capabilities": [
        "home.jobs",
        "home.quotes",
        "home.pros",
        "home.reviews"
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        "not-for-agents",
        "hosted",
        "official",
        "closed-source",
        "freemium",
        "ios",
        "android",
        "uk"
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      "lastRelease": "2026-10-13",
      "graded": true,
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          "confidence": "medium",
          "date": "2026-10-14"
        },
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        "verdict": "Bark matches customers with local professionals across home, events, lessons and business services, free for customers, with professionals paying in credits to respond. There is no public API or MCP server that acts for a household. A Bark app on Zapier lets a professional's automations search requests, buy leads and send quotes.",
        "bestFor": "Customers who want quotes for local services across many categories, and professionals buying leads.",
        "strengths": [
          "Free for customers, and professionals see leads free before paying to respond",
          "Customer app released 12 times between 30 June and 13 October 2026",
          "Terms and privacy notice are dated and name Bark.com Global Limited with its company number",
          "A Zapier app lets a professional automate searching, buying and quoting on leads"
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          "No public API or MCP server an outside agent can call for a household",
          "No credit pack prices published, and a lead's credit cost depends on job value and demand",
          "The Zapier app's Purchase Bark action spends credits, with no documented confirmation step",
          "No status page, security.txt or developer documentation found"
        ],
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          "Don't plan to call Bark for a household. Hand the request to the person on bark.com or the app",
          "For a professional's own leads, use the Bark app on Zapier, and ask before any Purchase Bark step, which spends credits",
          "Tell a professional that credits expire 3 months after purchase"
        ],
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          "kind": "remote",
          "measured": false
        },
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        "avgRating": 0,
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            "basis": "public evidence",
            "confidence": "medium",
            "grade": "F",
            "methodology": "0.4",
            "pending": [
              "performance",
              "tasks"
            ],
            "run": "2026-10-01",
            "runLabel": "October 2026 research run",
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          "maintenance": 54,
          "payments": 20,
          "reliability": 15,
          "schema": 7,
          "security": 0,
          "transparency": 38
        },
        "provenanceScore": 59
      },
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        "capability": "https://letme.dev/home.jobs",
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      "provenance": {
        "legalEntity": "Bark.com Global Limited",
        "domain": "bark.com",
        "domainRegistered": "1999-12-02",
        "endpointOnVendorDomain": null,
        "terms": "https://www.bark.com/en/gb/terms/",
        "privacy": "https://www.bark.com/en/gb/privacy/",
        "statusPage": "",
        "changelog": "",
        "securityTxt": "none",
        "checked": "2026-10-14",
        "notes": [
          "The customer terms (last updated 5 September 2025) name Bark.com Global Limited, company 10614196, VAT GB428734965.",
          "The privacy notice was last updated 9 February 2026.",
          "www.bark.com/.well-known/security.txt returns 404, and status.bark.com does not resolve.",
          "The Zapier app page doesn't say who built the integration.",
          "RDAP gives a registration date of 1999-12-02 for bark.com."
        ],
        "score": 59
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      "pageJsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/bark.json"
    },
    "answer": "Bark and Rated People score within a point of each other on agent readiness, 16.5 (F) and 15.9 (F). Rated People leads on payments \u0026 pricing.",
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      "slug": "rated-people",
      "name": "Rated People",
      "vendor": "Averton Ltd (Checkatrade Group)",
      "vendorUrl": "https://www.ratedpeople.com",
      "kind": "platform",
      "category": "home-services",
      "summary": "Rated People is a UK website and app where homeowners post a job free and are matched with tradespeople, who contact them to quote. It is part of Checkatrade Group.",
      "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/rated-people",
      "markdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/rated-people.md",
      "slimMarkdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/rated-people.min.md",
      "jsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/rated-people.json",
      "license": "Closed service under the Rated People Platform Terms of Use (Averton Ltd)",
      "transports": [],
      "packages": [],
      "auth": "mixed",
      "authNotes": "An account on the Rated People website or homeowner app. No API key, OAuth app or developer access was found (checked 2026-10-14).",
      "pricing": "freemium",
      "pricingNotes": "Free for homeowners to post a job, per the home page (https://www.ratedpeople.com). Tradespeople buy Rated People leads only through Checkatrade membership, which starts at £30 a month and includes leads from both platforms (https://www.ratedpeople.com/blog/rated-people-joins-checkatrade-group, 17 September 2026).",
      "priceSummary": "Freemium",
      "where": "local",
      "x402": {
        "level": "no",
        "evidence": "No x402, MPP or L402 found on ratedpeople.com or in its terms (checked 2026-10-14).",
        "endpoints": []
      },
      "toolCount": null,
      "popularity": {
        "githubStars": null,
        "npmWeekly": null,
        "pypiWeekly": null,
        "asOf": "2026-10-14"
      },
      "capabilities": [
        "home.jobs",
        "home.quotes",
        "home.pros",
        "home.reviews"
      ],
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        "not-for-agents",
        "hosted",
        "official",
        "closed-source",
        "freemium",
        "ios",
        "android",
        "uk"
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      "lastRelease": "2026-10-13",
      "graded": true,
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        "graded": true,
        "score": 15.9,
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        "agentReady": false,
        "rank": 1050,
        "ranked": true,
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        "categoryRank": 5,
        "methodology": "0.4",
        "run": "2026-10-01",
        "scores": {
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          "maintenance": 54,
          "payments": 30,
          "reliability": 15,
          "schema": 0,
          "security": 0,
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        "pending": [
          "performance",
          "tasks"
        ],
        "assessment": {
          "confidence": "medium",
          "date": "2026-10-14"
        },
        "negative": 0,
        "verdict": "Rated People lets UK homeowners post a job free and hear from tradespeople, and since September 2026 it belongs to Checkatrade Group. There is no public API or MCP server an outside agent can call today. Checkatrade's keyless MCP server is the nearest route, since Rated People jobs go to Checkatrade Group tradespeople.",
        "bestFor": "UK homeowners who want to post a job and hear back from several tradespeople.",
        "strengths": [
          "Posting a job is free for homeowners, per the home page",
          "Platform terms dated 17 September 2026 name Averton Ltd with its company number and registered office",
          "Three homeowner app releases between 11 August and 13 October 2026",
          "The privacy notice describes retention of job media and the safeguards for transfers outside the UK"
        ],
        "weaknesses": [
          "No public API or MCP server an outside agent can call",
          "No status page, security.txt or disclosure policy found",
          "Tradesperson prices are given only as Checkatrade membership from £30 a month",
          "No sub-processor list or deprecation policy found"
        ],
        "agentNotes": [
          "Don't plan to call Rated People from another agent. Hand the job post to the person, or use the Checkatrade listing's MCP server to find Checkatrade Group trades",
          "Tell the person that posting a job is free and that tradespeople will contact them to quote"
        ],
        "metrics": {
          "kind": "remote",
          "measured": false
        },
        "reviewCount": 0,
        "avgRating": 0,
        "history": [
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            "basis": "public evidence",
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            "grade": "F",
            "methodology": "0.4",
            "pending": [
              "performance",
              "tasks"
            ],
            "run": "2026-10-01",
            "runLabel": "October 2026 research run",
            "score": 15.9
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        ],
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          "reliability": 15,
          "schema": 0,
          "security": 0,
          "transparency": 42
        },
        "provenanceScore": 59
      },
      "letme": {
        "capability": "https://letme.dev/home.jobs",
        "tool": "https://letme.dev/rated-people"
      },
      "area": "everyday",
      "provenance": {
        "legalEntity": "Averton Ltd",
        "domain": "ratedpeople.com",
        "domainRegistered": "2005-04-16",
        "endpointOnVendorDomain": null,
        "terms": "https://www.ratedpeople.com/terms-of-use",
        "privacy": "https://www.ratedpeople.com/privacy-notice",
        "statusPage": "",
        "changelog": "",
        "securityTxt": "none",
        "checked": "2026-10-14",
        "notes": [
          "The terms (effective 17 September 2026) name Averton Ltd, company 17439358, as part of Checkatrade Group.",
          "The privacy notice is Checkatrade's, with Vetted Ltd (company 04285394) as controller, and has no date.",
          "www.ratedpeople.com/.well-known/security.txt returns 404, and no status page was found.",
          "The App Store provider name is Rated People Ltd, which differs from the contracting entity in the terms.",
          "RDAP gives a registration date of 2005-04-16 for ratedpeople.com."
        ],
        "score": 59
      },
      "pageJsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/rated-people.json"
    },
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        "a": "Platform",
        "b": "Platform",
        "name": "Kind"
      },
      {
        "a": "Bark.com Global Limited",
        "b": "Averton Ltd (Checkatrade Group)",
        "name": "Vendor"
      },
      {
        "a": "no (local only)",
        "b": "no (local only)",
        "name": "Hosted endpoint"
      },
      {
        "a": "",
        "b": "",
        "name": "Transports"
      },
      {
        "a": "OAuth or key",
        "b": "OAuth or key",
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      {
        "a": "Freemium",
        "b": "Freemium",
        "name": "Pricing"
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      {
        "a": "no",
        "b": "no",
        "name": "x402"
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      {
        "a": "Closed service under Bark's terms and conditions (Bark.com Global Limited)",
        "b": "Closed service under the Rated People Platform Terms of Use (Averton Ltd)",
        "name": "Licence"
      },
      {
        "a": "no",
        "b": "no",
        "name": "Read-only variant documented"
      },
      {
        "a": "no",
        "b": "no",
        "name": "llms.txt"
      },
      {
        "a": "2026-10-13",
        "b": "2026-10-13",
        "name": "Last release"
      },
      {
        "a": "2025-09-05",
        "b": "2026-09-17",
        "name": "Terms last updated"
      },
      {
        "a": "2026-02-09",
        "b": "no date given",
        "name": "Privacy policy last updated"
      },
      {
        "a": "not found in the text",
        "b": "yes",
        "name": "Customer content may train models"
      },
      {
        "a": "not found in the text",
        "b": "not found in the text",
        "name": "Terms restrict automated access"
      },
      {
        "a": "yes",
        "b": "not found in the text",
        "name": "Terms restrict benchmarking"
      },
      {
        "a": "yes",
        "b": "not found in the text",
        "name": "Terms or service can change without notice"
      },
      {
        "a": "yes",
        "b": "not found in the text",
        "name": "Arbitration or class-action waiver"
      }
    ],
    "faq": [
      {
        "answer": "Bark and Rated People score within a point of each other on agent readiness, 16.5 (F) and 15.9 (F). Rated People leads on payments \u0026 pricing.",
        "question": "Which is better for AI agents, Bark or Rated People?"
      }
    ],
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      {
        "aheadOn": [
          "Schema \u0026 documentation, 7 against 0",
          "Agent ergonomics, 5 against 0"
        ],
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      },
      {
        "aheadOn": [
          "Payments \u0026 pricing, 30 against 20"
        ],
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        "goodFor": "UK homeowners who want to post a job and hear back from several tradespeople.",
        "slug": "rated-people",
        "watchFor": "No public API or MCP server an outside agent can call"
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    ],
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      "name": "Posting home service jobs"
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      {
        "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/bark-vs-handy.json",
        "title": "Bark vs Handy",
        "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/bark-vs-handy"
      },
      {
        "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/bark-vs-houzz.json",
        "title": "Bark vs Houzz",
        "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/bark-vs-houzz"
      },
      {
        "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/bark-vs-trustatrader.json",
        "title": "Bark vs TrustATrader",
        "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/bark-vs-trustatrader"
      },
      {
        "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/bark-vs-urban-company.json",
        "title": "Bark vs Urban Company",
        "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/bark-vs-urban-company"
      },
      {
        "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/handy-vs-rated-people.json",
        "title": "Handy vs Rated People",
        "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/handy-vs-rated-people"
      },
      {
        "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/houzz-vs-rated-people.json",
        "title": "Houzz vs Rated People",
        "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/houzz-vs-rated-people"
      },
      {
        "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/rated-people-vs-trustatrader.json",
        "title": "Rated People vs TrustATrader",
        "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/rated-people-vs-trustatrader"
      },
      {
        "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/rated-people-vs-urban-company.json",
        "title": "Rated People vs Urban Company",
        "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/rated-people-vs-urban-company"
      },
      {
        "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/airtasker-vs-bark.json",
        "title": "Airtasker vs Bark",
        "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/airtasker-vs-bark"
      },
      {
        "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/airtasker-vs-rated-people.json",
        "title": "Airtasker vs Rated People",
        "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/airtasker-vs-rated-people"
      },
      {
        "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/angi-vs-bark.json",
        "title": "Angi (including HomeAdvisor, now Angi Leads) vs Bark",
        "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/angi-vs-bark"
      },
      {
        "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/angi-vs-rated-people.json",
        "title": "Angi (including HomeAdvisor, now Angi Leads) vs Rated People",
        "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/angi-vs-rated-people"
      },
      {
        "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/bark-vs-checkatrade.json",
        "title": "Bark vs Checkatrade",
        "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/bark-vs-checkatrade"
      },
      {
        "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/bark-vs-taskrabbit.json",
        "title": "Bark vs Taskrabbit Partner API",
        "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/bark-vs-taskrabbit"
      },
      {
        "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/checkatrade-vs-rated-people.json",
        "title": "Checkatrade vs Rated People",
        "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/checkatrade-vs-rated-people"
      },
      {
        "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/rated-people-vs-taskrabbit.json",
        "title": "Rated People vs Taskrabbit Partner API",
        "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/rated-people-vs-taskrabbit"
      }
    ],
    "scores": [
      {
        "bark": 15,
        "by": 0,
        "edge": "",
        "key": "reliability",
        "name": "Reliability",
        "rated-people": 15,
        "weight": 16
      },
      {
        "key": "performance",
        "name": "Performance",
        "pending": true,
        "weight": 10
      },
      {
        "bark": 7,
        "by": 7,
        "edge": "bark",
        "key": "schema",
        "name": "Schema \u0026 documentation",
        "rated-people": 0,
        "weight": 13
      },
      {
        "bark": 5,
        "by": 5,
        "edge": "bark",
        "key": "ergonomics",
        "name": "Agent ergonomics",
        "rated-people": 0,
        "weight": 13
      },
      {
        "bark": 0,
        "by": 0,
        "edge": "",
        "key": "security",
        "name": "Security \u0026 auth",
        "rated-people": 0,
        "weight": 14
      },
      {
        "bark": 20,
        "by": 10,
        "edge": "rated-people",
        "key": "payments",
        "name": "Payments \u0026 pricing",
        "rated-people": 30,
        "weight": 10
      },
      {
        "key": "tasks",
        "name": "Task success",
        "pending": true,
        "weight": 10
      },
      {
        "bark": 54,
        "by": 0,
        "edge": "",
        "key": "maintenance",
        "name": "Maintenance \u0026 community",
        "rated-people": 54,
        "weight": 7
      },
      {
        "bark": 49,
        "by": 2,
        "edge": "rated-people",
        "key": "transparency",
        "name": "Transparency \u0026 trust",
        "rated-people": 51,
        "weight": 7
      }
    ],
    "summary": "Bark and Rated People score within a point of each other on agent readiness, 16.5 (F) and 15.9 (F). Rated People leads on payments \u0026 pricing. Both do posting home service jobs.",
    "verdicts": {
      "bark": "Bark matches customers with local professionals across home, events, lessons and business services, free for customers, with professionals paying in credits to respond. There is no public API or MCP server that acts for a household. A Bark app on Zapier lets a professional's automations search requests, buy leads and send quotes.",
      "rated-people": "Rated People lets UK homeowners post a job free and hear from tradespeople, and since September 2026 it belongs to Checkatrade Group. There is no public API or MCP server an outside agent can call today. Checkatrade's keyless MCP server is the nearest route, since Rated People jobs go to Checkatrade Group tradespeople."
    }
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    "api": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/index.json",
    "html": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/bark-vs-rated-people",
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Markdown https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/rated-people.md · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/rated-people.json\n- Best home service and local trades marketplaces for AI agents: https://www.anchorterminal.com/best/home-services/index.md\n- All 43 home services comparisons: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/home-services/index.md\n\n## Which one, for what\n\n### Bark (F)\n\nGood for: Customers who want quotes for local services across many categories, and professionals buying leads.\n\nAhead on:\n- Schema \u0026 documentation, 7 against 0\n- Agent ergonomics, 5 against 0\n\nWatch for: No public API or MCP server an outside agent can call for a household\n\n### Rated People (F)\n\nGood for: UK homeowners who want to post a job and hear back from several tradespeople.\n\nAhead on:\n- Payments \u0026 pricing, 30 against 20\n\nWatch for: No public API or MCP server an outside agent can call\n\n\n## Score by category\n\n| Category | Weight | Bark | Rated People | Edge |\n| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |\n| Reliability | 16% (20 this run) | 15 | 15 | even |\n| Performance | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |\n| Schema \u0026 documentation | 13% (16.2 this run) | 7 | 0 | Bark +7 |\n| Agent ergonomics | 13% (16.2 this run) | 5 | 0 | Bark +5 |\n| Security \u0026 auth | 14% (17.5 this run) | 0 | 0 | even |\n| Payments \u0026 pricing | 10% (12.5 this run) | 20 | 30 | Rated People +10 |\n| Task success | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |\n| Maintenance \u0026 community | 7% (8.8 this run) | 54 | 54 | even |\n| Transparency \u0026 trust | 7% (8.8 this run) | 49 | 51 | Rated People +2 |\n| Negative events | ≤15 | 0 | 0 | |\n| **Total** | | **16.5 · F** | **15.9 · F** | |\n\n## Facts side by side\n\n| Fact | Bark | Rated People |\n| --- | --- | --- |\n| Kind | Platform | Platform |\n| Vendor | Bark.com Global Limited | Averton Ltd (Checkatrade Group) |\n| Hosted endpoint | no (local only) | no (local only) |\n| Transports |  |  |\n| Auth | OAuth or key | OAuth or key |\n| Pricing | Freemium | Freemium |\n| x402 | no | no |\n| Licence | Closed service under Bark's terms and conditions (Bark.com Global Limited) | Closed service under the Rated People Platform Terms of Use (Averton Ltd) |\n| Read-only variant documented | no | no |\n| llms.txt | no | no |\n| Last release | 2026-10-13 | 2026-10-13 |\n| Terms last updated | 2025-09-05 | 2026-09-17 |\n| Privacy policy last updated | 2026-02-09 | no date given |\n| Customer content may train models | not found in the text | yes |\n| Terms restrict automated access | not found in the text | not found in the text |\n| Terms restrict benchmarking | yes | not found in the text |\n| Terms or service can change without notice | yes | not found in the text |\n| Arbitration or class-action waiver | yes | not found in the text |\n\n## Verdicts\n\n**Bark.** Bark matches customers with local professionals across home, events, lessons and business services, free for customers, with professionals paying in credits to respond. There is no public API or MCP server that acts for a household. A Bark app on Zapier lets a professional's automations search requests, buy leads and send quotes.\n\n**Rated People.** Rated People lets UK homeowners post a job free and hear from tradespeople, and since September 2026 it belongs to Checkatrade Group. There is no public API or MCP server an outside agent can call today. Checkatrade's keyless MCP server is the nearest route, since Rated People jobs go to Checkatrade Group tradespeople.\n\n## Before you call either\n\n### Bark\n\n1. Don't plan to call Bark for a household. Hand the request to the person on bark.com or the app\n2. For a professional's own leads, use the Bark app on Zapier, and ask before any Purchase Bark step, which spends credits\n3. Tell a professional that credits expire 3 months after purchase\n\n### Rated People\n\n1. Don't plan to call Rated People from another agent. Hand the job post to the person, or use the Checkatrade listing's MCP server to find Checkatrade Group trades\n2. Tell the person that posting a job is free and that tradespeople will contact them to quote\n\n## Questions\n\n### Which is better for AI agents, Bark or Rated People?\n\nBark and Rated People score within a point of each other on agent readiness, 16.5 (F) and 15.9 (F). Rated People leads on payments \u0026 pricing.\n\n\n## For agents\n\n- This comparison as JSON: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/bark-vs-rated-people.json, and with the fewest tokens: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/bark-vs-rated-people.min.md\n- Over MCP at https://www.anchorterminal.com/mcp (no key): `compare_tools {\"a\": \"bark\", \"b\": \"rated-people\"}`. 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