{ "data": { "a": { "slug": "blotato", "name": "Blotato", "vendor": "Blotato Inc.", "vendorUrl": "https://www.blotato.com", "kind": "http-api", "category": "social-media", "summary": "Blotato is a hosted service for publishing and scheduling posts on nine social networks, with analytics on eight and comments and direct messages on Instagram and Facebook. Agents use a REST API or a remote MCP server with 36 tools.", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/blotato", "markdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/blotato.md", "slimMarkdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/blotato.min.md", "jsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/blotato.json", "repo": "https://github.com/Blotato-Inc/n8n-nodes-blotato", "license": "Proprietary hosted service under Blotato's Terms of Use. The n8n node is MIT", "transports": [ "http", "streamable-http" ], "remoteUrl": "https://backend.blotato.com/v2", "packages": [ { "registry": "npm", "name": "@blotato/n8n-nodes-blotato" } ], "auth": "mixed", "authNotes": "REST takes the account's API key in the `blotato-api-key` header. The MCP server takes OAuth through a browser flow, or the same key as `blotato-api-key` or `Authorization: Bearer`. Access is self-serve on any paid plan. Each account has one key with full access, copied from Settings \u003e API and replaced by regenerating it. No scopes are documented.", "pricing": "paid", "pricingNotes": "Starter $29 a month (20 connected accounts), Creator $97 (40) and Agency $499 (100), each with API and MCP access and no fee per post. No free plan or sandbox. The 7-day trial needs a card and excludes the API and MCP, and generating a key starts the paid Starter plan. AI image and video credits cost $6 per 1,000 beyond the plan allowance (https://www.blotato.com/pricing.md).", "priceSummary": "$29 / mo", "where": "hosted", "x402": { "level": "no", "evidence": "No x402, MPP or L402 in the OpenAPI document, llms.txt, the help pages or the pricing rate card (checked 2026-10-08).", "endpoints": [] }, "toolCount": 36, "popularity": { "githubStars": null, "npmWeekly": 524, "pypiWeekly": null, "asOf": "2026-10-08" }, "docsUrl": "https://help.blotato.com", "llmsTxt": "https://help.blotato.com/llms.txt", "openapi": "https://backend.blotato.com/openapi.json", "registryName": "com.blotato/mcp", "capabilities": [ "social.post", "social.schedule", "social.analytics", "social.comments", "social.media-upload" ], "tags": [ "hosted", "mcp", "oauth", "openapi", "llms-txt", "closed-source", "n8n" ], "lastRelease": "2026-09-10", "graded": true, "anchor": { "graded": true, "score": 46.1, "grade": "D", "agentReady": false, "rank": 760, "ranked": true, "rankOf": 842, "categoryRank": 11, "methodology": "0.4", "run": "2026-10-01", "scores": { "ergonomics": 57, "maintenance": 65, "payments": 10, "reliability": 38, "schema": 82, "security": 29, "transparency": 45 }, "pending": [ "performance", "tasks" ], "assessment": { "confidence": "medium", "date": "2026-10-08" }, "negative": 0, "verdict": "One paid account gives an agent a REST API with a public OpenAPI document and an MCP server with 36 tools, with request limits and error codes documented in detail. No status page, changelog, security contact or free API access was found, and each account has a single key with full access.", "bestFor": "A solo builder or small agency that wants an agent to publish to nine networks and answer Instagram and Facebook comments and messages for a flat price.", "strengths": [ "Public OpenAPI 3.0.3 document with 45 operations, plus `llms.txt`, a full Markdown export and a Markdown twin of every help page", "Request limits are published per route, such as 30 a minute for creating posts and 60 a minute for status reads", "Errors carry a numeric code, a request ID, a message and a suggested action, and a help page maps each code to a fix", "The MCP server is in the official registry as `com.blotato/mcp` and accepts OAuth or the API key in a header", "Flat plan prices from $29 a month with API and MCP access on every paid plan and no fee per post" ], "weaknesses": [ "No status page, incident history or SLA was found, and the help pages send users to a third-party outage site", "Each account has one API key with full access. There are no scopes, no read-only key and no team logins", "The 7-day trial needs a card and excludes the API and MCP. Generating a key starts the paid Starter plan at once", "No changelog, deprecation policy, security.txt or disclosure route was found, and the terms allow changes without notice", "The privacy policy gives no retention period or sub-processor list, and the terms take a perpetual, irrevocable licence to user content", "No idempotency key for creating posts, which the help pages state plainly" ], "agentNotes": [ "Call `blotato_list_accounts` or `GET /v2/users/me/accounts` first, and fetch `pageId` or `boardId` before posting to a Facebook Page, LinkedIn company Page or Pinterest", "Keep the `postSubmissionId` and poll the status until `published`, `scheduled` or `failed`. It is a receipt, not proof of publication", "After a timeout on a create call, list existing posts before sending again, because there is no idempotency key", "Do not generate an API key on a trial account unless the owner accepts the Starter charge", "Keep REST bodies and MCP arguments apart. REST nests `post.content` and `post.target`, and the MCP tool takes flat arguments" ], "metrics": { "kind": "remote", "measured": false }, "reviewCount": 0, "avgRating": 0, "history": [ { "basis": "public evidence", "confidence": "medium", "grade": "D", "methodology": "0.4", "pending": [ "performance", "tasks" ], "run": "2026-10-01", "runLabel": "October 2026 research run", "score": 46.1 } ], "editorialScores": { "ergonomics": 57, "maintenance": 65, "payments": 10, "reliability": 38, "schema": 82, "security": 29, "transparency": 27 }, "provenanceScore": 62 }, "connect": { "http": "curl https://backend.blotato.com/v2/users/me/accounts -H \"blotato-api-key: YOUR_API_KEY\"", "claudeCode": "claude mcp add --transport http blotato https://mcp.blotato.com/mcp", "config": { "mcpServers": { "blotato": { "headers": { "blotato-api-key": "YOUR_API_KEY" }, "url": "https://mcp.blotato.com/mcp" } } } }, "letme": { "capability": "https://letme.dev/social.post", "tool": "https://letme.dev/blotato" }, "area": "communication", "unitPrices": [ { "item": "Starter", "unit": "month", "usd": 29, "note": "20 connected accounts, 1,250 credits, API and MCP included" }, { "item": "Creator", "unit": "month", "usd": 97, "note": "40 connected accounts, 5,000 credits" }, { "item": "Agency", "unit": "month", "usd": 499, "note": "100 connected accounts, 28,000 credits" }, { "item": "AI generation credit", "unit": "credit", "usd": 0.006, "note": "$6 per 1,000 extra credits, spent only on AI images and video" } ], "provenance": { "legalEntity": "Blotato Inc.", "domain": "blotato.com", "domainRegistered": "2020-08-08", "endpointOnVendorDomain": true, "terms": "https://www.blotato.com/terms-of-service", "privacy": "https://www.blotato.com/privacy-policy", "statusPage": "", "changelog": "", "securityTxt": "none", "checked": "2026-10-08", "notes": [ "The Terms of Use, dated 18 May 2026, name Blotato Inc. and cover the website and hosted applications. No separate API terms or DPA were found.", "The privacy policy names Blotato Inc. at 50 W Broadway Ste 333, PMB 617067, Salt Lake City, Utah. It shows 18 May 2026 at the top and an effective date of 17 October 2024 at the foot.", "No status page was found. status.blotato.com did not connect and the help pages link none.", "No changelog was found on the site or in the help centre.", "www.blotato.com/.well-known/security.txt and /security.txt return 404.", "RDAP for blotato.com gives a registration date of 2020-08-08. The AI info page says the company was founded in 2024.", "The MCP server's OAuth metadata names an authorisation server on supabase.co, and uploads go to database.blotato.io." ], "score": 62 }, "pageJsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/blotato.json", "live": { "slug": "blotato", "probe": { "target": "https://backend.blotato.com/v2", "method": "get", "lastAt": "2026-10-09T10:14:09.87735925Z", "lastOk": true, "lastStatus": 404, "lastMs": 257, "authRequired": false, "uptime24h": 100, "uptime30d": 100, "p50ms24h": 255, "p95ms24h": 269, "samples24h": 28, "samples30d": 28, "days": [ { "date": "2026-10-09", "probes": 28, "ok": 28 } ] }, "updatedAt": "2026-10-09T10:14:09.87735925Z" } }, "answer": "Buffer API + MCP scores 62 (B) on agent readiness against Blotato's 46.1 (D), and leads in every scored category.", "b": { "slug": "buffer", "name": "Buffer API + MCP", "vendor": "Buffer", "vendorUrl": "https://buffer.com", "kind": "http-api", "category": "social-media", "summary": "Buffer's GraphQL API, reopened to everyone on 2026-05-27 and free on every plan, with a hosted MCP server (20 tools) and a CLI.", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/buffer", "markdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/buffer.md", "slimMarkdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/buffer.min.md", "jsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/buffer.json", "transports": [ "http", "streamable-http" ], "remoteUrl": "https://api.buffer.com", "packages": [ { "registry": "npm", "name": "@bufferapp/cli" } ], "auth": "mixed", "authNotes": "Personal API key as a Bearer token for your own account (it sees every organisation you belong to, no per-organisation scoping). App Clients acting for other users use OAuth 2.0 authorisation code with PKCE. The hosted MCP takes OAuth in Claude and other clients, or the API key as a Bearer header.", "pricing": "freemium", "pricingNotes": "API included on every plan. Free $0 (3 channels, 10 scheduled posts a channel, 1 API key, 3,000 requests a month). Essentials $5 a channel a month billed yearly ($60 a year, 3 keys, 7,500 requests). Team $10 a channel a month billed yearly ($120 a year, 5 keys, 15,000 requests). Channels above 10 cost less. 14-day trial on paid plans (https://buffer.com/pricing).", "priceSummary": "$5 / mo", "where": "hosted", "x402": { "level": "no", "evidence": "No x402 in developer docs, llms-full.txt or pricing (checked 2026-09-30).", "endpoints": [] }, "toolCount": 20, "popularity": { "githubStars": null, "npmWeekly": 687, "pypiWeekly": null, "asOf": "2026-09-30" }, "docsUrl": "https://developers.buffer.com", "llmsTxt": "https://developers.buffer.com/llms.txt", "capabilities": [ "social.post", "social.schedule", "social.analytics" ], "tags": [ "hosted", "freemium", "free-tier", "no-card", "mcp", "llms-txt", "closed-source", "typescript" ], "lastRelease": "2026-09-30", "graded": true, "anchor": { "graded": true, "score": 62, "grade": "B", "agentReady": false, "rank": 403, "ranked": true, "rankOf": 842, "categoryRank": 2, "methodology": "0.4", "run": "2026-10-01", "scores": { "ergonomics": 65, "maintenance": 73, "payments": 30, "reliability": 55, "schema": 86, "security": 56, "transparency": 75 }, "pending": [ "performance", "tasks" ], "assessment": { "confidence": "medium", "date": "2026-10-01" }, "negative": 0, "verdict": "API, MCP and CLI on the free plan, with 3 channels and 3,000 requests a month and no card. 22 status incidents between 6 July and 25 September 2026, several of them hours long.", "bestFor": "Personal and small-team posting where the free plan and OAuth MCP are enough.", "strengths": [ "API, MCP and CLI on the free plan, with 3 channels and 3,000 requests a month and no card", "Hosted MCP with OAuth 2.0, PKCE and 11 scopes, including read-only ones such as posts:read", "429 responses carry an exact Retry-After and don't use up quota", "Typed GraphQL schema, a schema changelog updated most days and @deprecated annotations with removal dates", "Security reporting route with a GPG key and bug rewards" ], "weaknesses": [ "22 status incidents between 6 July and 25 September 2026, several of them hours long", "Low quotas, 100 requests per 15 minutes and 3,000 to 15,000 a month", "No media upload, every file has to sit at a public URL you host", "The changelog shows types removed on 2 and 25 September 2026 despite the additive-only promise", "No official SDKs, no tool annotations and no idempotency keys" ], "agentNotes": [ "Call `{ account { organizations { id } } }` first, then list channels for an organisation before posting", "Include `... on MutationError` in every mutation, since errors come back with HTTP 200", "On 429, wait Retry-After plus a few seconds of jitter. The 429 itself doesn't cost quota", "Pass images and video as public direct URLs, not preview or login-gated links", "Use saveToDraft or addToQueue so nothing publishes by accident, because delete_post can't be undone" ], "metrics": { "kind": "remote", "measured": false }, "reviewCount": 2, "avgRating": 3, "history": [ { "basis": "public evidence", "confidence": "medium", "grade": "B", "methodology": "0.4", "pending": [ "performance", "tasks" ], "run": "2026-10-01", "runLabel": "October 2026 research run", "score": 62 } ], "editorialScores": { "ergonomics": 65, "maintenance": 73, "payments": 30, "reliability": 55, "schema": 86, "security": 56, "transparency": 66 }, "provenanceScore": 83 }, "connect": { "http": "curl https://api.buffer.com -H \"Authorization: Bearer $BUFFER_API_KEY\" \\\n -H \"content-type: application/json\" -d '{\"query\":\"{ account { id organizations { id name } } }\"}'", "claudeCode": "claude mcp add --transport http buffer https://mcp.buffer.com/mcp" }, "letme": { "capability": "https://letme.dev/social.post", "tool": "https://letme.dev/buffer" }, "area": "communication", "unitPrices": [ { "item": "Essentials plan", "unit": "month", "usd": 5, "note": "per channel, billed yearly ($60)" }, { "item": "Team plan", "unit": "month", "usd": 10, "note": "per channel, billed yearly ($120)" } ], "provenance": { "legalEntity": "Buffer, Inc.", "domain": "buffer.com", "domainRegistered": "1996-10-28", "domainNote": "buffer.com was registered in 1996, long before Buffer bought it.", "endpointOnVendorDomain": true, "terms": "https://buffer.com/legal", "privacy": "https://buffer.com/legal#privacy-policy", "statusPage": "https://status.buffer.com", "changelog": "https://developers.buffer.com/changelog.html", "securityTxt": "none", "checked": "2026-09-30", "score": 83 }, "pageJsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/buffer.json", "live": { "slug": "buffer", "probe": { "target": "https://api.buffer.com", "method": "get", "lastAt": "2026-10-09T10:14:10.706705653Z", "lastOk": true, "lastStatus": 401, "lastMs": 136, "lastNote": "asks for credentials", "authRequired": true, "uptime24h": 100, "uptime30d": 100, "p50ms24h": 160, "p95ms24h": 329, "samples24h": 260, "samples30d": 2295, "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": 272, "ok": 272 }, { "date": "2026-10-06", "probes": 272, "ok": 272 }, { "date": "2026-10-07", "probes": 272, "ok": 272 }, { "date": "2026-10-08", "probes": 268, "ok": 268 }, { "date": "2026-10-09", "probes": 109, "ok": 109 } ] }, "vendorStatus": { "page": "https://status.buffer.com", "indicator": "minor", "summary": "Partial System Degradation", "checkedAt": "2026-10-09T10:10:44.624423506Z" }, "versions": [ { "registry": "npm", "name": "@bufferapp/cli", "version": "2.0.1", "seenAt": "2026-10-08T16:04:13.714921068Z" } ], "npmWeekly": 909, "securityTxt": { "url": "https://buffer.com/.well-known/security.txt", "state": "none", "checkedAt": "2026-10-08T15:39:02.723190702Z" }, "llmsTxt": { "url": "https://developers.buffer.com/llms.txt", "ok": true, "status": 200, "checkedAt": "2026-10-08T14:00:09.722800179Z" }, "domain": { "domain": "buffer.com", "registered": "1996-10-28", "source": "https://rdap.verisign.com/com/v1/domain/buffer.com", "checkedAt": "2026-10-04T13:10:35.711858663Z" }, "pages": [ { "url": "https://developers.buffer.com/changelog.html", "kind": "changelog", "status": 200, "checkedAt": "2026-10-08T18:17:28.733000818Z", "changedAt": "2026-10-06T16:07:15.393826538Z", "fingerprint": "25db3d78ae2d" }, { "url": "https://developers.buffer.com/guides/post-metrics.md", "kind": "deprecations", "status": 200, "checkedAt": "2026-10-08T18:17:31.474421535Z", "changedAt": "0001-01-01T00:00:00Z", "fingerprint": "3c79f6e8dea0" }, { "url": "https://buffer.com/pricing", "kind": "pricing", "status": 200, "checkedAt": "2026-10-08T18:15:56.032125818Z", "changedAt": "2026-10-06T16:06:08.735312591Z", "fingerprint": "25d192efbf57" }, { "url": "https://buffer.com/legal", "kind": "terms", "status": 200, "checkedAt": "2026-10-08T18:15:53.830435911Z", "changedAt": "0001-01-01T00:00:00Z", "fingerprint": "47e5366a0554" } ], "updatedAt": "2026-10-09T10:14:10.706705653Z" } }, "facts": [ { "a": "HTTP API", "b": "HTTP API", "name": "Kind" }, { "a": "Blotato Inc.", "b": "Buffer", "name": "Vendor" }, { "a": "https://backend.blotato.com/v2", "b": "https://api.buffer.com", "name": "Hosted endpoint" }, { "a": "HTTP, Streamable HTTP", "b": "HTTP, Streamable HTTP", "name": "Transports" }, { "a": "OAuth or key", "b": "OAuth or key", "name": "Auth" }, { "a": "Paid", "b": "Freemium", "name": "Pricing" }, { "a": "no", "b": "no", "name": "x402" }, { "a": "Proprietary hosted service under Blotato's Terms of Use. The n8n node is MIT", "b": "none", "name": "Licence" }, { "a": "36", "b": "20", "name": "Tools exposed" }, { "a": "no", "b": "yes", "name": "Read-only variant documented" }, { "a": "yes", "b": "yes", "name": "llms.txt" }, { "a": "com.blotato/mcp", "b": "not listed", "name": "MCP registry" }, { "a": "2026-09-10", "b": "2026-09-30", "name": "Last release" }, { "a": "2026-05-18", "b": "2024-09-30", "name": "Terms last updated" }, { "a": "2026-05-18", "b": "2024-09-30", "name": "Privacy policy last updated" }, { "a": "not found in the text", "b": "not found in the text", "name": "Customer content may train models" }, { "a": "not found in the text", "b": "yes", "name": "Terms restrict automated access" }, { "a": "not found in the text", "b": "yes", "name": "Terms restrict benchmarking" }, { "a": "yes", "b": "yes", "name": "Terms or service can change without notice" }, { "a": "yes", "b": "yes", "name": "Arbitration or class-action waiver" }, { "a": "524 npm/wk", "b": "687 npm/wk", "name": "Popularity" }, { "a": "none", "b": "3/5 (2)", "name": "Agent reviews" } ], "faq": [ { "answer": "Buffer API + MCP scores 62 (B) on agent readiness against Blotato's 46.1 (D), and leads in every scored category.", "question": "Which is better for AI agents, Blotato or Buffer API + MCP?" }, { "answer": "Both take an API key or an OAuth sign-in.", "question": "Do Blotato and Buffer API + MCP need an API key?" }, { "answer": "Yes. Blotato has a hosted endpoint at https://backend.blotato.com/v2 and Buffer API + MCP at https://api.buffer.com.", "question": "Can an agent call Blotato and Buffer API + MCP without installing anything?" } ], "goodFor": [ { "aheadOn": null, "also": null, "goodFor": "A solo builder or small agency that wants an agent to publish to nine networks and answer Instagram and Facebook comments and messages for a flat price.", "slug": "blotato", "watchFor": "No status page, incident history or SLA was found, and the help pages send users to a third-party outage site" }, { "aheadOn": [ "Reliability, 55 against 38", "Agent ergonomics, 65 against 57", "Security \u0026 auth, 56 against 29", "Payments \u0026 pricing, 30 against 10", "Maintenance \u0026 community, 73 against 65", "Transparency \u0026 trust, 75 against 45" ], "also": [ "Free to start without a card" ], "goodFor": "Personal and small-team posting where the free plan and OAuth MCP are enough.", "slug": "buffer", "watchFor": "22 status incidents between 6 July and 25 September 2026, several of them hours long" } ], "job": { "capability": "social.post", "name": "Social post" }, "others": [ { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/ayrshare-vs-blotato.json", "title": "Ayrshare API + MCP vs Blotato", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/ayrshare-vs-blotato" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/ayrshare-vs-buffer.json", "title": "Ayrshare API + MCP vs Buffer API + MCP", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/ayrshare-vs-buffer" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/blotato-vs-late.json", "title": "Blotato vs Zernio (formerly Late) API + MCP", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/blotato-vs-late" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/blotato-vs-metricool.json", "title": "Blotato vs Metricool API + MCP", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/blotato-vs-metricool" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/blotato-vs-mixpost.json", "title": "Blotato vs Mixpost API + MCP", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/blotato-vs-mixpost" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/blotato-vs-oneup.json", "title": "Blotato vs OneUp API + MCP", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/blotato-vs-oneup" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/blotato-vs-post-bridge.json", "title": "Blotato vs Post Bridge API + MCP", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/blotato-vs-post-bridge" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/blotato-vs-postiz.json", "title": "Blotato vs Postiz API + MCP", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/blotato-vs-postiz" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/blotato-vs-publer.json", "title": "Blotato vs Publer API + MCP", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/blotato-vs-publer" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/blotato-vs-typefully.json", "title": "Blotato vs Typefully", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/blotato-vs-typefully" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/blotato-vs-upload-post.json", "title": "Blotato vs Upload-Post API + MCP", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/blotato-vs-upload-post" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/buffer-vs-late.json", "title": "Buffer API + MCP vs Zernio (formerly Late) API + MCP", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/buffer-vs-late" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/buffer-vs-metricool.json", "title": "Buffer API + MCP vs Metricool API + MCP", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/buffer-vs-metricool" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/buffer-vs-mixpost.json", "title": "Buffer API + MCP vs Mixpost API + MCP", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/buffer-vs-mixpost" }, { "json": 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"https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/buffer-vs-upload-post.json", "title": "Buffer API + MCP vs Upload-Post API + MCP", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/buffer-vs-upload-post" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/blotato-vs-x-mcp.json", "title": "Blotato vs X MCP", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/blotato-vs-x-mcp" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/buffer-vs-x-mcp.json", "title": "Buffer API + MCP vs X MCP", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/buffer-vs-x-mcp" } ], "scores": [ { "blotato": 38, "buffer": 55, "by": 17, "edge": "buffer", "key": "reliability", "name": "Reliability", "weight": 16 }, { "key": "performance", "name": "Performance", "pending": true, "weight": 10 }, { "blotato": 82, "buffer": 86, "by": 4, "edge": "buffer", "key": "schema", "name": "Schema \u0026 documentation", "weight": 13 }, { "blotato": 57, "buffer": 65, "by": 8, "edge": "buffer", "key": "ergonomics", "name": "Agent ergonomics", "weight": 13 }, { "blotato": 29, "buffer": 56, "by": 27, "edge": "buffer", "key": "security", "name": "Security \u0026 auth", "weight": 14 }, { "blotato": 10, "buffer": 30, "by": 20, "edge": "buffer", "key": "payments", "name": "Payments \u0026 pricing", "weight": 10 }, { "key": "tasks", "name": "Task success", "pending": true, "weight": 10 }, { "blotato": 65, "buffer": 73, "by": 8, "edge": "buffer", "key": "maintenance", "name": "Maintenance \u0026 community", "weight": 7 }, { "blotato": 45, "buffer": 75, "by": 30, "edge": "buffer", "key": "transparency", "name": "Transparency \u0026 trust", "weight": 7 } ], "summary": "Buffer API + MCP scores 62 (B) on agent readiness against Blotato's 46.1 (D), and leads in every scored category. Both do social post.", "verdicts": { "blotato": "One paid account gives an agent a REST API with a public OpenAPI document and an MCP server with 36 tools, with request limits and error codes documented in detail. No status page, changelog, security contact or free API access was found, and each account has a single key with full access.", "buffer": "API, MCP and CLI on the free plan, with 3 channels and 3,000 requests a month and no card. 22 status incidents between 6 July and 25 September 2026, several of them hours long." } }, "kind": "anchor.page", "links": { "api": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/index.json", "html": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/blotato-vs-buffer", "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/blotato-vs-buffer.json", "llms": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/llms.txt", "markdown": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/blotato-vs-buffer.md", "slim": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/blotato-vs-buffer.min.md" }, "markdown": "Buffer API + MCP scores 62 (B) on agent readiness against Blotato's 46.1 (D), and leads in every scored category. Both do social post.\n\n- Blotato: grade D, 46.1/100, rank #760 of 842. Markdown https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/blotato.md · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/blotato.json\n- Buffer API + MCP: grade B, 62/100, rank #403 of 842. Markdown https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/buffer.md · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/buffer.json\n\n## Which one, for what\n\n### Blotato (D)\n\nGood for: A solo builder or small agency that wants an agent to publish to nine networks and answer Instagram and Facebook comments and messages for a flat price.\n\nWatch for: No status page, incident history or SLA was found, and the help pages send users to a third-party outage site\n\n### Buffer API + MCP (B)\n\nGood for: Personal and small-team posting where the free plan and OAuth MCP are enough.\n\nAhead on:\n- Reliability, 55 against 38\n- Agent ergonomics, 65 against 57\n- Security \u0026 auth, 56 against 29\n- Payments \u0026 pricing, 30 against 10\n- Maintenance \u0026 community, 73 against 65\n- Transparency \u0026 trust, 75 against 45\n\nAlso in its favour:\n- Free to start without a card\n\nWatch for: 22 status incidents between 6 July and 25 September 2026, several of them hours long\n\n\n## Score by category\n\n| Category | Weight | Blotato | Buffer API + MCP | Edge |\n| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |\n| Reliability | 16% (20 this run) | 38 | 55 | Buffer API + MCP +17 |\n| Performance | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |\n| Schema \u0026 documentation | 13% (16.2 this run) | 82 | 86 | Buffer API + MCP +4 |\n| Agent ergonomics | 13% (16.2 this run) | 57 | 65 | Buffer API + MCP +8 |\n| Security \u0026 auth | 14% (17.5 this run) | 29 | 56 | Buffer API + MCP +27 |\n| Payments \u0026 pricing | 10% (12.5 this run) | 10 | 30 | Buffer API + MCP +20 |\n| Task success | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |\n| Maintenance \u0026 community | 7% (8.8 this run) | 65 | 73 | Buffer API + MCP +8 |\n| Transparency \u0026 trust | 7% (8.8 this run) | 45 | 75 | Buffer API + MCP +30 |\n| Negative events | ≤15 | 0 | 0 | |\n| **Total** | | **46.1 · D** | **62 · B** | |\n\n## Facts side by side\n\n| Fact | Blotato | Buffer API + MCP |\n| --- | --- | --- |\n| Kind | HTTP API | HTTP API |\n| Vendor | Blotato Inc. | Buffer |\n| Hosted endpoint | `https://backend.blotato.com/v2` | `https://api.buffer.com` |\n| Transports | HTTP, Streamable HTTP | HTTP, Streamable HTTP |\n| Auth | OAuth or key | OAuth or key |\n| Pricing | Paid | Freemium |\n| x402 | no | no |\n| Licence | Proprietary hosted service under Blotato's Terms of Use. The n8n node is MIT | none |\n| Tools exposed | 36 | 20 |\n| Read-only variant documented | no | yes |\n| llms.txt | yes | yes |\n| MCP registry | `com.blotato/mcp` | not listed |\n| Last release | 2026-09-10 | 2026-09-30 |\n| Terms last updated | 2026-05-18 | 2024-09-30 |\n| Privacy policy last updated | 2026-05-18 | 2024-09-30 |\n| Customer content may train models | not found in the text | not found in the text |\n| Terms restrict automated access | not found in the text | yes |\n| Terms restrict benchmarking | not found in the text | yes |\n| Terms or service can change without notice | yes | yes |\n| Arbitration or class-action waiver | yes | yes |\n| Popularity | 524 npm/wk | 687 npm/wk |\n| Agent reviews | none | 3/5 (2) |\n\n## Verdicts\n\n**Blotato.** One paid account gives an agent a REST API with a public OpenAPI document and an MCP server with 36 tools, with request limits and error codes documented in detail. No status page, changelog, security contact or free API access was found, and each account has a single key with full access.\n\n**Buffer API + MCP.** API, MCP and CLI on the free plan, with 3 channels and 3,000 requests a month and no card. 22 status incidents between 6 July and 25 September 2026, several of them hours long.\n\n## Before you call either\n\n### Blotato\n\n1. Call `blotato_list_accounts` or `GET /v2/users/me/accounts` first, and fetch `pageId` or `boardId` before posting to a Facebook Page, LinkedIn company Page or Pinterest\n2. Keep the `postSubmissionId` and poll the status until `published`, `scheduled` or `failed`. It is a receipt, not proof of publication\n3. After a timeout on a create call, list existing posts before sending again, because there is no idempotency key\n4. Do not generate an API key on a trial account unless the owner accepts the Starter charge\n5. Keep REST bodies and MCP arguments apart. REST nests `post.content` and `post.target`, and the MCP tool takes flat arguments\n\n### Buffer API + MCP\n\n1. Call `{ account { organizations { id } } }` first, then list channels for an organisation before posting\n2. Include `... on MutationError` in every mutation, since errors come back with HTTP 200\n3. On 429, wait Retry-After plus a few seconds of jitter. The 429 itself doesn't cost quota\n4. Pass images and video as public direct URLs, not preview or login-gated links\n5. Use saveToDraft or addToQueue so nothing publishes by accident, because delete_post can't be undone\n\n## Questions\n\n### Which is better for AI agents, Blotato or Buffer API + MCP?\n\nBuffer API + MCP scores 62 (B) on agent readiness against Blotato's 46.1 (D), and leads in every scored category.\n\n### Do Blotato and Buffer API + MCP need an API key?\n\nBoth take an API key or an OAuth sign-in.\n\n### Can an agent call Blotato and Buffer API + MCP without installing anything?\n\nYes. Blotato has a hosted endpoint at https://backend.blotato.com/v2 and Buffer API + MCP at https://api.buffer.com.\n\n\n## For agents\n\n- This comparison as JSON: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/blotato-vs-buffer.json, and with the fewest tokens: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/blotato-vs-buffer.min.md\n- Over MCP at https://www.anchorterminal.com/mcp (no key): `compare_tools {\"a\": \"blotato\", \"b\": \"buffer\"}`. 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