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      "summary": "Bird's rebuilt developer API sends SMS and WhatsApp (plus email and voice) from one account, with an OpenAPI 3.1 spec, generated SDKs, a CLI and a hosted OAuth MCP server at mcp.bird.com.",
      "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/bird",
      "markdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/bird.md",
      "slimMarkdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/bird.min.md",
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      "repo": "https://github.com/messagebird/bird-ai",
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        "http",
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        "stdio"
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          "registry": "npm",
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      "pricingNotes": "Prepaid balance, pay as you go. US SMS $0.0035 a segment on long code or toll-free and $0.007 on short code, plus carrier fees. UK SMS $0.05. US 10DLC brand registration $4.50, campaign vetting $15, campaign fee $10 a month for most use cases ($1.50 low volume, $3 charity), billed quarterly. US WhatsApp $0.0084 per utility, authentication or service message and $0.03 per marketing message, Meta fees included. The no-card free tier covers email only. SDKs, CLI and MCP cost nothing extra (https://bird.com/pricing/sms.md).",
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        "level": "no",
        "evidence": "No x402 support in docs, pricing or MCP README (checked 2026-09-30).",
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        "typescript",
        "python",
        "webhooks",
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          "tasks"
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          "API keys with per-product read or write scopes, expiry and CIDR limits, and a read-only default login",
          "Idempotency-Key with a 3-hour window, Retry-After on 429 and typed error codes",
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          "No free SMS or WhatsApp allowance, and we found no way to top up the prepaid balance by API",
          "Rate-limit quotas aren't published, only returned in headers",
          "0.x releases several times a week, two of the last ten marked breaking",
          "No SLA found",
          "RCS in private beta and voice calls in preview"
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          "Read RateLimit-Policy on each response to learn your quota, it isn't in the docs",
          "Send an Idempotency-Key on writes, and change it if the body changes or you'll get 409 E01005",
          "Treat `accepted` as received by Bird, then read the message back to confirm delivery",
          "Connect to mcp.bird.com/dynamic if your client struggles with large tool lists",
          "Log in with `--scope` or `--yolo` before sending, the default CLI login is read-only"
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          "schema": 92,
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          "note": "Meta fee included"
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          "item": "WhatsApp marketing, US",
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              "date": "2026-10-04",
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      "slug": "infobip",
      "name": "Infobip API + MCP",
      "vendor": "Infobip",
      "vendorUrl": "https://www.infobip.com",
      "kind": "http-api",
      "category": "messaging",
      "summary": "Per-channel REST APIs and a unified Messages API for SMS, MMS, WhatsApp, RCS and Viber, plus 2FA.",
      "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/infobip",
      "markdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/infobip.md",
      "slimMarkdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/infobip.min.md",
      "jsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/infobip.json",
      "repo": "https://github.com/infobip/mcp",
      "license": "MIT",
      "transports": [
        "http",
        "streamable-http",
        "sse"
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          "registry": "npm",
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        {
          "registry": "pypi",
          "name": "infobip-api-python-client"
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      "auth": "mixed",
      "authNotes": "API key with scopes, sent as `Authorization: App \u003ckey\u003e`, or OAuth 2.0. Each account has its own base URL at \u003csubdomain\u003e.api.infobip.com. The MCP servers accept OAuth 2.1 with discovery or the same App key header.",
      "pricing": "usage",
      "pricingNotes": "Pay as you go. The SMS page shows the average across networks, about $0.0082 a message to the US and $0.044 to the UK. US WhatsApp $0.00476 per utility or authentication message, $0.0374 per marketing message and $0.005 per free-form message; the first 1,000 service conversations per WhatsApp Business Account a month are free. The 60-day free trial allows up to 100 messages per channel to your verified number (https://www.infobip.com/sms/pricing).",
      "priceSummary": "Pay per use",
      "where": "hosted",
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        "level": "no",
        "evidence": "No x402 support in docs, pricing or MCP README (checked 2026-09-30).",
        "endpoints": []
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      "openapi": "https://api.infobip.com/platform/1/openapi",
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        "messaging.mms",
        "messaging.whatsapp",
        "messaging.rcs",
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        "messaging.inbound"
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        "free-tier",
        "mcp",
        "llms-txt",
        "openapi",
        "webhooks",
        "whatsapp",
        "sms",
        "enterprise"
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          "tasks"
        ],
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          "confidence": "medium",
          "date": "2026-10-01"
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        "negative": 0,
        "verdict": "API keys with scopes, expiry dates and IP allowlists, and OAuth 2.1 on the MCP servers. Europe-wide traffic processing degraded on 2026-08-10 (about 1 hour) and 2026-08-15 (about 3 hours).",
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          "API keys with scopes, expiry dates and IP allowlists, and OAuth 2.1 on the MCP servers",
          "18 hosted MCP servers split by channel, with the Message server at 1 or 2 tools",
          "One OpenAPI 3.1 spec for the whole platform, plus llms.txt and a no-key docs MCP",
          "Valid security.txt, ISO 27001, 27017 and 27018, and SOC 2 Type 2",
          "Sub-processor page with data locations and change alerts"
        ],
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          "Europe-wide traffic processing degraded on 2026-08-10 (about 1 hour) and 2026-08-15 (about 3 hours)",
          "No messaging rate limits or SLA published",
          "Published SMS prices are network averages, and per-network rates need a portal login",
          "JavaScript SDK unreleased since November 2023",
          "No webhook signing found"
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          "Use the account's own base URL (\u003csubdomain\u003e.api.infobip.com), not a generic host",
          "Connect only the MCP server for the channel you need, the RCS server alone has 27 tools",
          "Create a key with only the scopes the agent needs and an expiry date",
          "Send trial messages from ServiceSMS to verified numbers only (up to 5)"
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          "measured": false
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        "http": "curl -X POST \"https://$INFOBIP_BASE_URL/sms/3/messages\" \\\n  -H \"Authorization: App $INFOBIP_API_KEY\" -H \"Content-Type: application/json\" \\\n  -d '{\"messages\":[{\"sender\":\"ServiceSMS\",\"destinations\":[{\"to\":\"447415774332\"}],\"content\":{\"text\":\"Hello from Infobip\"}}]}'",
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        "config": {
          "mcpServers": {
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              "headers": {
                "Authorization": "App ${INFOBIP_API_KEY}"
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          "summary": "All Systems Operational",
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Markdown https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/infobip.md · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/infobip.json\n\n## Which one, for what\n\nPick Bird API + MCP for reliability (+30), agent ergonomics (+34), security \u0026 auth (+18), payments \u0026 pricing (+10), maintenance \u0026 community (+23).\n\nPick Infobip API + MCP for nothing in particular (no category where it leads by five points or more).\n\n## Score by category\n\n| Category | Weight | Bird API + MCP | Infobip API + MCP | Edge |\n| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |\n| Reliability | 16% (20 this run) | 73 | 43 | Bird API + MCP +30 |\n| Performance | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |\n| Schema \u0026 documentation | 13% (16.2 this run) | 92 | 90 | Bird API + MCP +2 |\n| Agent ergonomics | 13% (16.2 this run) | 90 | 56 | Bird API + MCP +34 |\n| Security \u0026 auth | 14% (17.5 this run) | 85 | 67 | Bird API + MCP +18 |\n| Payments \u0026 pricing | 10% (12.5 this run) | 35 | 25 | Bird API + MCP +10 |\n| Task success | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |\n| Maintenance \u0026 community | 7% (8.8 this run) | 83 | 60 | Bird API + MCP +23 |\n| Transparency \u0026 trust | 7% (8.8 this run) | 80 | 78 | Bird API + MCP +2 |\n| Negative events | ≤15 | 0 | 0 | |\n| **Total** | | **77.7 · BB** | **59.3 · C** | |\n\n## Facts side by side\n\n| Fact | Bird API + MCP | Infobip API + MCP |\n| --- | --- | --- |\n| Kind | HTTP API | HTTP API |\n| Vendor | Bird (formerly MessageBird) | Infobip |\n| Hosted endpoint | `https://us1.platform.bird.com/v1` | `https://api.infobip.com` |\n| Transports | HTTP, Streamable HTTP, stdio | HTTP, Streamable HTTP, SSE (legacy) |\n| Auth | OAuth or key | OAuth or key |\n| Pricing | Pay per use | Pay per use |\n| x402 | no | no |\n| Licence | MIT | MIT |\n| Tools exposed | none | none |\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 | yes | no |\n| llms.txt | yes | yes |\n| MCP registry | `com.bird/mcp` | `com.infobip/mcp` |\n| Last release | 2026-10-01 | 2026-09-09 |\n| Popularity | 6 stars, 67k npm/wk | 36 stars, 18k npm/wk |\n| Agent reviews | 3.6/5 (8) | 2.5/5 (2) |\n\n## Verdicts\n\n**Bird API + MCP.** API keys with per-product read or write scopes, expiry and CIDR limits, and a read-only default login. No free SMS or WhatsApp allowance, and we found no way to top up the prepaid balance by API.\n\n**Infobip API + MCP.** API keys with scopes, expiry dates and IP allowlists, and OAuth 2.1 on the MCP servers. Europe-wide traffic processing degraded on 2026-08-10 (about 1 hour) and 2026-08-15 (about 3 hours).\n\n## Before you call either\n\n### Bird API + MCP\n\n1. Read RateLimit-Policy on each response to learn your quota, it isn't in the docs\n2. Send an Idempotency-Key on writes, and change it if the body changes or you'll get 409 E01005\n3. Treat `accepted` as received by Bird, then read the message back to confirm delivery\n4. Connect to mcp.bird.com/dynamic if your client struggles with large tool lists\n5. Log in with `--scope` or `--yolo` before sending, the default CLI login is read-only\n\n### Infobip API + MCP\n\n1. Use the account's own base URL (\u003csubdomain\u003e.api.infobip.com), not a generic host\n2. Connect only the MCP server for the channel you need, the RCS server alone has 27 tools\n3. Create a key with only the scopes the agent needs and an expiry date\n4. Send trial messages from ServiceSMS to verified numbers only (up to 5)\n\n## Other comparisons with Bird API + MCP or Infobip API + MCP\n\n- [Bandwidth Messaging API + MCP vs Bird API + MCP](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/bandwidth-vs-bird.md)\n- [Bandwidth Messaging API + MCP vs Infobip API + MCP](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/bandwidth-vs-infobip.md)\n- [Bird API + MCP vs ClickSend SMS API + MCP](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/bird-vs-clicksend.md)\n- [Bird API + MCP vs Plivo API](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/bird-vs-plivo.md)\n- [Bird API + MCP vs Sinch Messaging APIs + MCP](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/bird-vs-sinch.md)\n- [Bird API + MCP vs Telnyx API + MCP](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/bird-vs-telnyx.md)\n- [Bird API + MCP vs Twilio API + MCP](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/bird-vs-twilio.md)\n- [Bird API + MCP vs Vonage Messages API + MCP](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/bird-vs-vonage.md)\n- [ClickSend SMS API + MCP vs Infobip API + MCP](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/clicksend-vs-infobip.md)\n- [Infobip API + MCP vs Plivo API](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/infobip-vs-plivo.md)\n- [Infobip API + MCP vs Sinch Messaging APIs + MCP](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/infobip-vs-sinch.md)\n- [Infobip API + MCP vs Telnyx API + MCP](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/infobip-vs-telnyx.md)\n- [Infobip API + MCP vs Twilio API + MCP](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/infobip-vs-twilio.md)\n- [Infobip API + MCP vs Vonage Messages API + MCP](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/infobip-vs-vonage.md)\n- [360dialog WhatsApp API + MCP vs Bird API + MCP](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/360dialog-vs-bird.md)\n- [360dialog WhatsApp API + MCP vs Infobip API + MCP](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/360dialog-vs-infobip.md)\n",
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