# Bark vs Rated People (slim)

> Bark and Rated People score within a point of each other for posting home service jobs, 16.5 and 15.9 out of 100. Prices, MCP, x402, uptime and agent notes side by side.

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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 & pricing. Both do posting home service jobs.

- Bark: F 16.5, rank #1048 of 1076 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/bark.min.md
- Rated People: F 15.9, rank #1050 of 1076 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/rated-people.min.md
- Bark, good for Customers who want quotes for local services across many categories, and professionals buying leads. Ahead on Schema & documentation, 7 against 0; Agent ergonomics, 5 against 0.
- Rated People, good for UK homeowners who want to post a job and hear back from several tradespeople. Ahead on Payments & pricing, 30 against 20.

| Category | Bark | Rated People |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Reliability (16%) | 15 | 15 |
| Performance (10%) | pending | pending |
| Schema & documentation (13%) | 7 | 0 |
| Agent ergonomics (13%) | 5 | 0 |
| Security & auth (14%) | 0 | 0 |
| Payments & pricing (10%) | 20 | 30 |
| Task success (10%) | pending | pending |
| Maintenance & community (7%) | 54 | 54 |
| Transparency & trust (7%) | 49 | 51 |

| Fact (where they differ) | Bark | Rated People |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Vendor | Bark.com Global Limited | Averton Ltd (Checkatrade Group) |
| 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) |
| Terms last updated | 2025-09-05 | 2026-09-17 |
| Privacy policy last updated | 2026-02-09 | no date given |
| Customer content may train models | not found in the text | yes |
| Terms restrict benchmarking | yes | not found in the text |
| Terms or service can change without notice | yes | not found in the text |
| Arbitration or class-action waiver | yes | not found in the text |