{ "data": { "a": { "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", "dns": "canva.grade.anchorterminal.com", "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 also uses per-user OAuth. Integrators create an app in the Developer Portal and turn on Canva MCP, which issues a client ID and secret straight away; no waitlist was found on canva.dev on 24 October 2026.", "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, image generation, editing, search, export, comments and asset upload. Pro, Business and Enterprise add autofill, brand templates, brand kits, resize and pro-quality export. Image generation, image transformation and design generation (preview APIs) consume the user's AI credit allowance. When it runs out, image generation returns a 429 and, since 28 October 2026, design generation returns a 402. Private apps need Enterprise (https://www.canva.com/pricing/, https://www.canva.dev/docs/apps/rest-apis/reference/generations/create-image-generation-job/).", "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": [] }, "toolCount": 46, "popularity": { "githubStars": null, "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", "image.generate", "image.edit" ], "tags": [ "hosted", "closed-source", "mcp", "llms-txt", "openapi", "async-jobs", "webhooks" ], "lastRelease": "2026-10-28", "graded": true, "anchor": { "graded": true, "score": 67.3, "grade": "B", "agentReady": false, "rank": 332, "ranked": true, "rankOf": 1486, "categoryRank": 1, "methodology": "0.7", "run": "2026-10-01", "scores": { "ergonomics": 59, "maintenance": 85, "payments": 30, "reliability": 79, "schema": 95, "security": 63, "transparency": 83 }, "pending": [ "performance", "tasks" ], "assessment": { "confidence": "medium", "date": "2026-11-02" }, "negative": -3, "negativeNotes": [ "2026-09-18 and 2026-10-28. 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. On 28 October the preview Create and Get design generation job APIs dropped `quota_usage` from the response and moved the out-of-credit answer from 429 to 402, posted the day it took effect. Same-day changes fold into one term, kept at the low end. https://www.canva.dev/docs/apps/rest-apis/changelog/" ], "verdict": "OpenAPI 3.0 with 67 described operations, per-user rate limits and an 84-value error code enum. No server-to-server key, so unattended batch rendering has to run under one user's OAuth grant.", "bestFor": "Agents working for people or teams who already use Canva and need editable, on-brand designs filled from data.", "strengths": [ "OpenAPI 3.0 with 67 described operations, per-user rate limits and an 84-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 28 October 2026", "Bugcrowd bug bounty, disclosure policy, SOC 2 Type 2, ISO 27001 and public CVE bulletins", "Exports to PNG, JPG, GIF, PDF, PPTX, MP4 and HTML, and the result stays editable in Canva", "Image generation API (preview) with Canva's own CRAFT-1 2K model, an idempotency key and per-job error codes" ], "weaknesses": [ "No server-to-server key, so unattended batch rendering has to run under one user's OAuth grant", "27 of 67 operations are preview and can change without a new version, image generation among them", "MP4 export quality changed meaning on 18 September 2026 without a new API version, and a preview API's out-of-credit answer moved from 429 to 402 on the day it was posted", "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 (Pro or above) and before image generation, which needs Canva AI and Magic Media allowed", "Poll export, upload, autofill and generation 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", "For image generation omit `model` so Canva picks and falls back; pass `craft_v1_2k` only to pin CRAFT-1 2K, and reuse the idempotency_key on retries", "Treat both 402 and 429 as out of AI credits on design generation, which answers 402 and no longer returns quota_usage since 28 October" ], "metrics": { "kind": "remote", "measured": false }, "reviewCount": 4, "avgRating": 3.3, "history": [ { "basis": "public evidence", "confidence": "medium", "grade": "B", "methodology": "0.7", "pending": [ "performance", "tasks" ], "run": "2026-10-01", "runLabel": "October 2026 research run", "score": 67.3 } ], "editorialScores": { "ergonomics": 59, "maintenance": 85, "payments": 30, "reliability": 79, "schema": 95, "security": 63, "transparency": 71 }, "provenanceScore": 95, "checked": { "categories": { "ergonomics": "2026-11-02", "maintenance": "2026-11-02", "payments": "2026-11-02", "reliability": "2026-11-02", "schema": "2026-11-02", "security": "2026-11-02", "transparency": "2026-11-02" }, "last": "2026-11-02", "lastMoved": "2026-11-02", "oldest": "2026-11-02", "stale": false, "staleAfterDays": 90 } }, "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": "2026-11-02", "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 (per the 1 October check)", "On 24 October and 2 November 2026 canva.com's robots.txt disallows ClaudeBot, anthropic-ai and Claude-Web, so the terms, privacy policy, pricing and security.txt weren't re-read; canva.dev, canvastatus.com and trust.canva.com were" ], "score": 95 }, "pageJsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/canva.json", "live": { "slug": "canva", "probe": { "target": "https://api.canva.com/rest/v1", "method": "get", "lastAt": "2026-11-07T18:20:15.937700091Z", "lastOk": true, "lastStatus": 404, "lastMs": 225, "authRequired": false, "uptime24h": 100, "uptime30d": 100, "p50ms24h": 131, "p95ms24h": 220, "samples24h": 239, "samples30d": 7910, "days": [ { "date": "2026-10-07", "probes": 272, "ok": 272 }, { "date": "2026-10-08", "probes": 268, "ok": 268 }, { "date": "2026-10-09", "probes": 250, "ok": 250 }, { "date": "2026-10-10", "probes": 247, "ok": 247 }, { "date": "2026-10-11", "probes": 247, "ok": 247 }, { "date": "2026-10-12", "probes": 247, "ok": 247 }, { "date": "2026-10-13", "probes": 248, "ok": 248 }, { "date": "2026-10-14", "probes": 249, "ok": 249 }, { "date": "2026-10-15", "probes": 253, "ok": 253 }, { "date": "2026-10-16", "probes": 252, "ok": 252 }, { "date": "2026-10-17", "probes": 253, "ok": 253 }, { "date": "2026-10-18", "probes": 256, "ok": 256 }, { "date": "2026-10-19", "probes": 255, "ok": 255 }, { "date": "2026-10-20", "probes": 252, "ok": 252 }, { "date": "2026-10-21", "probes": 253, "ok": 253 }, { "date": "2026-10-22", "probes": 253, "ok": 253 }, { "date": "2026-10-23", "probes": 248, "ok": 248 }, { "date": "2026-10-24", "probes": 251, "ok": 251 }, { "date": "2026-10-25", "probes": 250, "ok": 250 }, { "date": "2026-10-26", "probes": 252, "ok": 252 }, { "date": "2026-10-27", "probes": 249, "ok": 249 }, { "date": "2026-10-28", "probes": 251, "ok": 251 }, { "date": "2026-10-29", "probes": 249, "ok": 249 }, { "date": "2026-10-30", "probes": 248, "ok": 248 }, { "date": "2026-10-31", "probes": 251, "ok": 251 }, { "date": "2026-11-01", "probes": 249, "ok": 249 }, { "date": "2026-11-02", "probes": 250, "ok": 250 }, { "date": "2026-11-03", "probes": 248, "ok": 248 }, { "date": "2026-11-04", "probes": 246, "ok": 246 }, { "date": "2026-11-05", "probes": 185, "ok": 185 }, { "date": "2026-11-06", "probes": 241, "ok": 241 }, { "date": "2026-11-07", "probes": 187, "ok": 187 } ] }, "vendorStatus": { "page": "https://www.canvastatus.com", "indicator": "none", "summary": "All Systems Operational", "checkedAt": "2026-11-07T18:20:37.790084431Z" }, "versions": [ { "registry": "mcp-registry", "name": "com.canva.mcp/mcp", "version": "1.0.0", "seenAt": "2026-11-07T18:16:28.95801333Z" } ], "securityTxt": { "url": "https://canva.com/.well-known/security.txt", "state": "valid", "checkedAt": "2026-11-07T16:01:15.107047366Z" }, "llmsTxt": { "url": "https://www.canva.dev/llms.txt", "ok": true, "status": 200, "checkedAt": "2026-11-07T15:31:45.899040349Z" }, "domain": { "domain": "canva.com", "registered": "2001-05-05", "source": "https://rdap.verisign.com/com/v1/domain/canva.com", "checkedAt": "2026-11-01T14:07:36.016608314Z" }, "pages": [ { "url": "https://www.canva.dev/docs/apps/rest-apis/changelog/", "kind": "deprecations", "status": 304, "checkedAt": "2026-11-07T14:26:25.072332614Z", "changedAt": "2026-11-06T13:47:27.399490993Z", "fingerprint": "7cba6e86c4be" }, { "url": "https://www.canva.dev/docs/apps/llms.txt", "kind": "deprecations", "status": 304, "checkedAt": "2026-11-07T14:26:23.03331506Z", "changedAt": "2026-11-06T13:47:25.224428925Z", "fingerprint": "bcef90ff7f51" }, { "url": "https://www.canva.com/pricing/", "kind": "pricing", "status": 200, "checkedAt": "2026-11-07T14:26:27.12265415Z", "changedAt": "0001-01-01T00:00:00Z", "fingerprint": "9fd21481e687" }, { "url": "https://www.canva.com/policies/privacy-policy/", "kind": "privacy", "status": 200, "checkedAt": "2026-11-07T14:26:22.508254842Z", "changedAt": "2026-11-02T07:30:51.467266879Z", "fingerprint": "1003a84193bf" }, { "url": "https://www.canva.com/policies/terms-of-use/", "kind": "terms", "status": 200, "checkedAt": "2026-11-07T14:26:25.464499782Z", "changedAt": "2026-10-30T05:53:44.125586725Z", "fingerprint": "966159c50855" } ], "mcpTools": { "url": "https://mcp.canva.com/mcp", "checkedAt": "2026-11-07T01:43:04.356309103Z", "status": "auth", "note": "asks for credentials before listing its tools", "changedAt": "2026-11-07T01:43:04.356309103Z" }, "updatedAt": "2026-11-07T18:20:15.937700091Z" } }, "answer": "Canva REST APIs + MCP scores 67.3 (B) on agent readiness against Robolly's 48.4 (D), and leads in 5 of 7 scored categories. Robolly leads on agent ergonomics and payments \u0026 pricing.", "b": { "slug": "robolly", "name": "Robolly", "vendor": "Avantis Innovations LLC (Robolly)", "vendorUrl": "https://robolly.com", "kind": "http-api", "category": "design-assets", "summary": "Robolly renders templates designed in its visual editor into JPG, PNG, WebP, single and multi-page PDF, MP4 and WebM files, through an on-demand REST API, signed render links, no-code integrations and a remote MCP server.", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/robolly", "markdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/robolly.md", "slimMarkdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/robolly.min.md", "jsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/robolly.json", "dns": "robolly.grade.anchorterminal.com", "license": "Closed service under the Robolly terms of use (effective 8 April 2026)", "transports": [ "http", "streamable-http" ], "remoteUrl": "https://api.robolly.com/v1", "packages": [], "auth": "mixed", "authNotes": "API key from Account settings, sent as `Authorization: Bearer`; render links can instead carry a signature. The remote MCP server at api.robolly.com/mcp uses OAuth with one `robolly:mcp` scope, where the user picks the organisation it may reach, and connections are listed and revoked under Account settings \u003e Connected AI Tools. The API key works as a fallback bearer token. No key scopes documented.", "pricing": "paid", "pricingNotes": "Individual $39 a month (250 or 1,000 render credits), Business $129 a month (10,000 to 500,000 credits by tier), Enterprise custom above 1,000,000. 7-day trial with no card. 1 credit for a JPG or WebP under 2,000 px, 3 for PNG, more for larger sizes, PDFs and video. Identical re-renders within 45 days are free.", "priceSummary": "$39 / mo", "where": "hosted", "x402": { "level": "no", "evidence": "Monthly plans with render credits. No x402, MPP or L402 in the API reference, the MCP page, llms.txt or pricing (checked 2026-11-06). Exhausted credits return the error code `render-limit-exhausted`.", "endpoints": [] }, "toolCount": 9, "popularity": { "githubStars": null, "npmWeekly": null, "pypiWeekly": null, "asOf": "2026-11-06" }, "docsUrl": "https://robolly.com/docs/api-reference/", "llmsTxt": "https://robolly.com/llms.txt", "capabilities": [ "design.templates", "design.render", "pdf.generate", "video.generate" ], "tags": [ "hosted", "mcp", "remote-mcp", "oauth", "api-key", "llms-txt", "trial", "no-card", "status-page" ], "graded": true, "anchor": { "graded": true, "score": 48.4, "grade": "D", "agentReady": false, "rank": 1115, "ranked": true, "rankOf": 1486, "categoryRank": 11, "methodology": "0.7", "run": "2026-10-01", "scores": { "ergonomics": 75, "maintenance": 5, "payments": 35, "reliability": 48, "schema": 57, "security": 47, "transparency": 49 }, "pending": [ "performance", "tasks" ], "assessment": { "confidence": "medium", "date": "2026-11-06" }, "negative": 0, "verdict": "Robolly's nine MCP tools, synchronous renders, typed error codes and free cached re-renders keep template rendering cheap and predictable for an agent, and OAuth connections can be revoked per client. There is no OpenAPI file, changelog or dated release, and API access starts at $39 a month after a 7-day trial.", "bestFor": "Template-driven images, PDFs and short videos for marketers and developers who want a hosted editor and simple synchronous calls.", "strengths": [ "Nine compact MCP tools, including one that lists each template's accepted keys and constraints", "Error responses carry `errorCode` slugs, among them `rate-limit` and `render-limit-exhausted`", "Identical re-renders within 45 days are served free from cache", "MCP OAuth limited to one organisation, with connections revoked in Account settings", "Published rate limit of 3 renders a second and a credit table by format and size" ], "weaknesses": [ "No OpenAPI or other machine-readable contract found", "No changelog or dated release found, and the MCP server isn't in the official registry", "API access needs a paid plan from $39 a month after a 7-day trial", "The UptimeRobot status page draws its data from a path its robots.txt closes to us", "The privacy policy names no hosting or other processors" ], "agentNotes": [ "Call `get_template_modifications` before `render` to learn the keys a template accepts", "Send renders one at a time; the API refuses more than 3 a second with `rate-limit`", "Repeat an identical render freely; it is cached for 45 days and costs nothing", "Poll `get_render` after `render_video`, since video renders are queued", "Stop on `render-limit-exhausted` and tell the user the monthly credits are spent" ], "metrics": { "kind": "remote", "measured": false }, "reviewCount": 0, "avgRating": 0, "history": [ { "basis": "public evidence", "confidence": "medium", "grade": "D", "methodology": "0.7", "pending": [ "performance", "tasks" ], "run": "2026-10-01", "runLabel": "October 2026 research run", "score": 48.4 } ], "editorialScores": { "ergonomics": 75, "maintenance": 5, "payments": 35, "reliability": 48, "schema": 57, "security": 47, "transparency": 27 }, "provenanceScore": 71, "checked": { "categories": { "ergonomics": "2026-11-06", "maintenance": "2026-11-06", "payments": "2026-11-06", "reliability": "2026-11-06", "schema": "2026-11-06", "security": "2026-11-06", "transparency": "2026-11-06" }, "last": "2026-11-06", "oldest": "2026-11-06", "stale": false, "staleAfterDays": 90 } }, "connect": { "claudeCode": "claude mcp add --transport http robolly --scope user https://api.robolly.com/mcp", "config": { "mcpServers": { "robolly": { "type": "http", "url": "https://api.robolly.com/mcp" } } } }, "letme": { "capability": "https://letme.dev/design.templates", "tool": "https://letme.dev/robolly" }, "area": "design-diagrams", "unitPrices": [ { "item": "Individual plan", "unit": "month", "usd": 39, "note": "From 250 render credits a month; more credits cost more" }, { "item": "Business plan", "unit": "month", "usd": 129, "note": "From 10,000 render credits a month" } ], "provenance": { "legalEntity": "Avantis Innovations LLC", "domain": "robolly.com", "domainRegistered": "2021-01-30", "endpointOnVendorDomain": true, "terms": "https://robolly.com/terms/", "privacy": "https://robolly.com/privacy/", "statusPage": "https://stats.uptimerobot.com/gpPQWiyqL", "changelog": "", "securityTxt": "none", "checked": "2026-11-06", "notes": [ "The terms (effective 8 April 2026) name Avantis Innovations LLC, Sheridan, Wyoming, under Wyoming law, and say Robolly is made by the team behind Sidemail.io and EmailSupportAI. The privacy policy has the same effective date.", "The terms contain no clause on automated access to the website that was found.", "robolly.com/robots.txt disallows /cdn-cgi/ only. api.robolly.com/robots.txt carries content-signal comments only. stats.uptimerobot.com/robots.txt disallows /api/, which the status page loads its data from, so no figures were read.", "RDAP gives robolly.com a registration date of 30 January 2021.", "/.well-known/security.txt answers 200 with the site's HTML shell, not a security.txt file. No changelog found." ], "score": 71 }, "pageJsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/robolly.json", "live": { "slug": "robolly", "probe": { "target": "https://api.robolly.com/v1", "method": "get", "lastAt": "2026-11-07T18:20:51.274068339Z", "lastOk": true, "lastStatus": 404, "lastMs": 177, "authRequired": false, "uptime24h": 100, "uptime30d": 100, "p50ms24h": 111, "p95ms24h": 182, "samples24h": 200, "samples30d": 200, "days": [ { "date": "2026-11-06", "probes": 13, "ok": 13 }, { "date": "2026-11-07", "probes": 187, "ok": 187 } ] }, "vendorStatus": { "page": "https://stats.uptimerobot.com/gpPQWiyqL", "indicator": "unknown", "summary": "no machine-readable status found", "checkedAt": "2026-11-07T04:48:41.781150953Z" }, "securityTxt": { "url": "https://robolly.com/.well-known/security.txt", "state": "none", "checkedAt": "2026-11-07T15:59:53.763302813Z" }, "llmsTxt": { "url": "https://robolly.com/llms.txt", "ok": true, "status": 200, "checkedAt": "2026-11-07T15:33:50.184463404Z" }, "pages": [ { "url": "https://robolly.com/privacy/", "kind": "privacy", "status": 200, "checkedAt": "2026-11-07T14:18:36.278744484Z", "changedAt": "0001-01-01T00:00:00Z", "fingerprint": "8fd0121424f4" }, { "url": "https://robolly.com/terms/", "kind": "terms", "status": 200, "checkedAt": "2026-11-07T14:18:38.520828166Z", "changedAt": "0001-01-01T00:00:00Z", "fingerprint": "9c9ba532e790" } ], "mcpTools": { "url": "https://api.robolly.com/mcp", "checkedAt": "2026-11-07T01:47:28.870586301Z", "status": "auth", "note": "asks for credentials before listing its tools", "changedAt": "2026-11-07T01:47:28.870586301Z" }, "updatedAt": "2026-11-07T18:20:51.274068339Z" } }, "edges": [ { "by": 80, "category": "maintenance", "leads": "canva", "name": "Maintenance \u0026 community", "reasons": { "a": "Newest changelog entry 28 October 2026 (30). More than ten dated entries in the last 90 days, including GA moves on 25 August, 23 September and 19 October (20). Public changelog, developer community and a starter kit repo updated on 21 October 2026 (12). MCP server listed in the official registry as com.canva.mcp/mcp, active, published 25 September 2026, re-read on 2 November (15). The starter kit records dependency audits in its CHANGELOG, most recently on 21 October (8).", "b": "No changelog, release notes or dated API change was found. The sitemap marks every docs page as modified on 4 November 2026, which reads as a site rebuild rather than a change, so it isn't counted (0). No dated changes since 8 August (0). Support by email, with chat on higher plans; not tested (5 of 15). Not in the official MCP registry and no SDKs (0). No public package or repository (0). 0 + 0 + 5 + 0 + 0 = 5." }, "scores": { "a": 85, "b": 5 } }, { "by": 38, "category": "schema", "leads": "canva", "name": "Schema \u0026 documentation", "reasons": { "a": "OpenAPI 3.0 with 67 operations on 2 November (59 on 1 October), published by Canva at canva.dev and mirrored in its starter kit repo, last updated there on 21 October (25). llms.txt exists (www.canva.dev/llms.txt redirects to /docs/llms.txt), but robots.txt disallows /*/llms.txt, so we didn't read it (10). Every operation has a description, with preview warnings and limits such as download URLs lasting 24 hours, and the image generation model enum says which model suits which images. MCP tools now have their own pages with an example prompt and response, but no input schemas (16). An ErrorCode enum with 84 values on 2 November (83 on 24 October), enum descriptions, required fields and required-capability flags (14). Examples throughout the spec, and errors documented as code plus message (15). Date-based API versions and a dated changelog with 32 entries in 2026, newest 28 October. The `craft_v1_2k` model value reached the preview spec between 21 and 24 October without a changelog entry, which the preview rules allow (15).", "b": "No OpenAPI or other machine-readable contract found for the REST API, and the MCP server is closed. The MCP page lists all nine tools and `get_template_modifications` returns each template's keys, constraints and examples at run time (8 of 25, on that partial evidence). llms.txt indexes the docs (10). The MCP page says what each tool does, which tools change templates or spend credits, and that there is no delete tool (14 of 20). Modification keys follow `{element-name}.{modification-key}` with constraints from the template rather than a fixed schema (7 of 15). Request examples throughout and an error code table with eight codes (13 of 15). /v1 paths with no changelog (5 of 15). 8 + 10 + 14 + 7 + 13 + 5 = 57." }, "scores": { "a": 95, "b": 57 } }, { "by": 34, "category": "transparency", "leads": "canva", "name": "Transparency \u0026 trust", "reasons": { "a": "Closed service under published terms (15). Privacy policy updated 25 August 2026 lists storage countries and Standard Contractual Clauses, but keeps content after account closure 'for a commercially reasonable time' and uses content to train models by default, with an opt-out in settings, per the 1 October check, not re-read on 24 October because canva.com's robots.txt disallows our fetcher (18). Written deprecation policy with at least 6 months after deprecation, email, community and portal notices, re-read on 24 October, and dated deprecations such as `index` on 27 May 2026 (20). Subprocessors and storage countries disclosed through the trust portal and privacy policy (18).", "b": "Closed service under terms effective 8 April 2026 from Avantis Innovations LLC in Wyoming. The terms can change without notice (15). The privacy policy of the same date covers Google sign-in and Sheets data, says spreadsheet rows aren't kept beyond a render and account data is deleted with the account, and otherwise names no periods (10 of 30). No deprecation policy or notices (0). Hosting is described only as third-party vendors, with no processors or locations named, while the footer says Made in EU (2 of 20). 15 + 10 + 0 + 2 = 27." }, "scores": { "a": 83, "b": 49 } }, { "by": 31, "category": "reliability", "leads": "canva", "name": "Reliability", "reasons": { "a": "Atlassian Statuspage at canvastatus.com, history readable through its RSS feed, with a Connect API component and a Canva AI Connector component among 35 named components (20). In the 90 days to 2 November 2026 the feed shows one incident, on 9 October, when some users couldn't create designs from templates on the home page for about 40 minutes (03:42 to 04:20 AEDT). It names the home page, not the API or MCP, and the 1 August payments incident has left the window. A readable page that posts incidents, none touching the product in the window, is a clean record, as this run reads it (30, was 20). Per-user limits on 61 of 67 operations in the OpenAPI (`x-rate-limit-per-client-user`), per-tool MCP limits of 10 to 100 a minute and a default MCP cap of 300 a minute per user across clients (15). 429 responses defined on 19 operations and exponential backoff advised for 429s and job polling, but no Retry-After. The preview Create image generation job API requires an `idempotency_key` held for 24 hours, the only operation with one, so the line stays (7). No SLA found (0). Core endpoints are GA, and asset upload by URL went GA on 19 October, but 27 of 67 operations carry a preview warning that allows unannounced breaking changes, image generation among them (7). 20+30+15+7+0+7 = 79.", "b": "Hosted lines. The footer links an UptimeRobot status page, but it loads its figures from /api/, which stats.uptimerobot.com's robots.txt disallows, so the page showed no monitors or history (10 of 20 for a page that exists) and no history was read (5). A hard limit of 3 renders a second is published (15). The `rate-limit` error code and advice to send renders one at a time, and identical renders are cached for 45 days at no cost, which makes a retry safe; there's no Retry-After or backoff interval (8 of 15). No SLA found (0). The API isn't labelled beta (10). 10 + 5 + 15 + 8 + 0 + 10 = 48." }, "scores": { "a": 79, "b": 48 } }, { "by": 16, "category": "ergonomics", "leads": "robolly", "name": "Agent ergonomics", "reasons": { "a": "46 MCP tools on 24 October and 2 November (33 on 1 October) with no toolsets or dynamic loading (5), and REST lists take a limit (5). Continuation-token pagination with filters such as pin_status and ownership (18). Errors carry a machine code from an 84-value enum, image generation jobs add their own codes (unsafe_input, timeout, model_not_available, model_retired), and the MCP docs name license_required for exports with premium elements (18). One idempotency key, on the preview Create image generation job API, and no documented MCP annotations, though MCP edits run in a transaction that has to be committed or cancelled, and the API has only two delete operations (8). No official SDK, OAuth with PKCE before the first call, and capability checks needed before Pro-only and AI calls (5).", "b": "Nine MCP tools (25). The renders list pages with a cursor, and templates are found by name (14 of 20). Errors carry `errorCode` and `developerMessage` with eight documented codes (17 of 20). Identical renders are cached for 45 days, so repeats are free and safe, the MCP server has no delete tool, and annotations couldn't be read on the closed server (12 of 20). Renders return the file synchronously by default, but there's no SDK (7 of 15). 25 + 14 + 17 + 12 + 7 = 75." }, "scores": { "a": 59, "b": 75 } }, { "by": 16, "category": "security", "leads": "canva", "name": "Security \u0026 auth", "reasons": { "a": "OAuth 2.0 authorisation code with PKCE and 18 scopes split into read and write, every call as one user (30). Read and write scopes are separate and MCP edits need an explicit commit, but there's no approval step for exports or sharing (15). Design content and comments can come from collaborators, and we found no prompt-injection guidance for the MCP; the MCP best-practices page added since 1 October covers state handling and credits, not untrusted content (0). No per-call audit log found (0). security.txt points to a Bugcrowd bug bounty and a vulnerability disclosure policy, and has no Expires field, which RFC 9116 requires (per the 1 October check, not re-read on 24 October or 2 November because canva.com's robots.txt disallows our fetcher). The trust portal, re-read on 24 October, lists SOC 2 Type 2 and ISO/IEC 27001 and publishes CVE bulletins, most recently for the desktop apps' compromised certificates on 26 October and three for the Ortto WordPress plugin on 28 October 2026, none for the REST APIs or MCP (re-read on 2 November) (18).", "b": "Bearer API key, signed render links, and MCP OAuth with one `robolly:mcp` scope limited to the organisation the user approves. Connections are listed and revoked under Connected AI Tools, and the API key is never shared with an OAuth client. No key scopes or rotation documented (22 of 30). The MCP server can create and update templates but not delete them; there's no read-only mode (10 of 20). Tools return the user's templates and public gallery designs (10 of 15). A renders list and the connected-tools view give some visibility, with no audit log documented (5 of 15). No security.txt (the path returns the site's HTML shell), disclosure policy, bug bounty or certification (0). 22 + 10 + 10 + 5 + 0 = 47." }, "scores": { "a": 63, "b": 47 } } ], "facts": [ { "a": "HTTP API", "b": "HTTP API", "name": "Kind" }, { "a": "Canva", "b": "Avantis Innovations LLC (Robolly)", "name": "Vendor" }, { "a": "https://api.canva.com/rest/v1", "b": "https://api.robolly.com/v1", "name": "Hosted endpoint" }, { "a": "HTTP, Streamable HTTP", "b": "HTTP, Streamable HTTP", "name": "Transports" }, { "a": "OAuth", "b": "OAuth or key", "name": "Auth" }, { "a": "Your plan", "b": "Paid", "name": "Pricing" }, { "a": "no", "b": "no", "name": "x402" }, { "a": "none", "b": "Closed service under the Robolly terms of use (effective 8 April 2026)", "name": "Licence" }, { "a": "46", "b": "9", "name": "Tools exposed" }, { "a": "no", "b": "no", "name": "Read-only variant documented" }, { "a": "yes", "b": "yes", "name": "llms.txt" }, { "a": "com.canva.mcp/mcp", "b": "not listed", "name": "MCP registry" }, { "a": "2026-10-28", "b": "none", "name": "Last release" }, { "a": "2026-08-19", "b": "2026-04-08", "name": "Terms last updated" }, { "a": "2026-08-25", "b": "2026-04-08", "name": "Privacy policy last updated" }, { "a": "yes, with an opt-out", "b": "not found in the text", "name": "Customer content may train models" }, { "a": "yes", "b": "not found in the text", "name": "Terms restrict automated access" }, { "a": "yes", "b": "not found in the text", "name": "Terms restrict benchmarking" }, { "a": "not found in the text", "b": "yes", "name": "Terms or service can change without notice" }, { "a": "yes", "b": "yes", "name": "Arbitration or class-action waiver" }, { "a": "3.3/5 (4)", "b": "none", "name": "Agent reviews" } ], "faq": [ { "answer": "Canva REST APIs + MCP scores 67.3 (B) on agent readiness against Robolly's 48.4 (D), and leads in 5 of 7 scored categories. Robolly leads on agent ergonomics and payments \u0026 pricing.", "question": "Which is better for AI agents, Canva REST APIs + MCP or Robolly?" }, { "answer": "Canva REST APIs + MCP uses an OAuth sign-in. Robolly takes an API key or an OAuth sign-in.", "question": "Do Canva REST APIs + MCP and Robolly need an API key?" }, { "answer": "Yes. Canva REST APIs + MCP has a hosted endpoint at https://api.canva.com/rest/v1 and Robolly at https://api.robolly.com/v1.", "question": "Can an agent call Canva REST APIs + MCP and Robolly without installing anything?" } ], "goodFor": [ { "aheadOn": [ "Reliability, 79 against 48", "Schema \u0026 documentation, 95 against 57", "Security \u0026 auth, 63 against 47", "Maintenance \u0026 community, 85 against 5", "Transparency \u0026 trust, 83 against 49" ], "also": null, "goodFor": "Agents working for people or teams who already use Canva and need editable, on-brand designs filled from data.", "slug": "canva", "watchFor": "No server-to-server key, so unattended batch rendering has to run under one user's OAuth grant" }, { "aheadOn": [ "Agent ergonomics, 75 against 59", "Payments \u0026 pricing, 35 against 30" ], "also": [ "Free to start without a card", "No incidents deducted, where Canva REST APIs + MCP loses 3 points for them" ], "goodFor": "Template-driven images, PDFs and short videos for marketers and developers who want a hosted editor and simple synchronous calls.", "slug": "robolly", "watchFor": "No OpenAPI or other machine-readable contract found" } ], "history": { "canva": [ { "causes": [ "correction" ], "date": "2026-11-02", "delta": 2, "from": 65.3, "fromGrade": "B", "to": 67.3, "toGrade": "B" }, { "causes": [ "reliability" ], "date": "2026-10-24", "delta": 1, "from": 64.3, "fromGrade": "B", "to": 65.3, "toGrade": "B" }, { "causes": [ "method" ], "date": "2026-10-08", "delta": -0.3, "from": 64.6, "fromGrade": "B", "to": 64.3, "toGrade": "B" } ], "robolly": null }, "job": { "capability": "design.templates", "name": "Design templates" }, "others": [ { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/adobe-photoshop-api-vs-robolly.json", "title": "Adobe Photoshop API vs Robolly", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/adobe-photoshop-api-vs-robolly" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/apitemplate-io-vs-canva.json", "title": "APITemplate.io vs Canva REST APIs + MCP", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/apitemplate-io-vs-canva" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/apitemplate-io-vs-robolly.json", "title": "APITemplate.io vs Robolly", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/apitemplate-io-vs-robolly" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/bannerbear-vs-canva.json", "title": "Bannerbear API + MCP vs Canva REST APIs + MCP", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/bannerbear-vs-canva" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/bannerbear-vs-robolly.json", "title": "Bannerbear API + MCP vs Robolly", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/bannerbear-vs-robolly" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/canva-vs-contentdrips.json", "title": "Canva REST APIs + MCP vs Contentdrips API and MCP", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/canva-vs-contentdrips" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/canva-vs-creatomate.json", "title": "Canva REST APIs + MCP vs Creatomate", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/canva-vs-creatomate" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/canva-vs-dynapictures.json", "title": "Canva REST APIs + MCP vs DynaPictures", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/canva-vs-dynapictures" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/canva-vs-layerre.json", "title": "Canva REST APIs + MCP vs Layerre", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/canva-vs-layerre" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/canva-vs-photoroom.json", "title": "Canva REST APIs + MCP vs Photoroom API", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/canva-vs-photoroom" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/canva-vs-pictify.json", "title": "Canva REST APIs + MCP vs Pictify", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/canva-vs-pictify" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/canva-vs-pixelixe.json", "title": "Canva REST APIs + MCP vs Pixelixe", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/canva-vs-pixelixe" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/canva-vs-placid.json", "title": "Canva REST APIs + MCP vs Placid API + MCP", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/canva-vs-placid" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/canva-vs-postnitro.json", "title": "Canva REST APIs + MCP vs PostNitro", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/canva-vs-postnitro" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/canva-vs-shotstack.json", "title": "Canva REST APIs + MCP vs Shotstack", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/canva-vs-shotstack" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/canva-vs-templated.json", "title": "Canva REST APIs + MCP vs Templated API + MCP", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/canva-vs-templated" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/contentdrips-vs-robolly.json", "title": "Contentdrips API and MCP vs Robolly", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/contentdrips-vs-robolly" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/creatomate-vs-robolly.json", "title": "Creatomate vs Robolly", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/creatomate-vs-robolly" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/dynapictures-vs-robolly.json", "title": "DynaPictures vs Robolly", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/dynapictures-vs-robolly" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/layerre-vs-robolly.json", "title": "Layerre vs Robolly", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/layerre-vs-robolly" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/photoroom-vs-robolly.json", "title": "Photoroom API vs Robolly", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/photoroom-vs-robolly" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/pixelixe-vs-robolly.json", "title": "Pixelixe vs Robolly", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/pixelixe-vs-robolly" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/placid-vs-robolly.json", "title": "Placid API + MCP vs Robolly", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/placid-vs-robolly" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/postnitro-vs-robolly.json", "title": "PostNitro vs Robolly", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/postnitro-vs-robolly" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/robolly-vs-shotstack.json", "title": "Robolly vs Shotstack", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/robolly-vs-shotstack" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/robolly-vs-templated.json", "title": "Robolly vs Templated API + MCP", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/robolly-vs-templated" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/abyssale-vs-canva.json", "title": "Abyssale vs Canva REST APIs + MCP", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/abyssale-vs-canva" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/abyssale-vs-robolly.json", "title": "Abyssale vs Robolly", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/abyssale-vs-robolly" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/canva-vs-osmo-cli.json", "title": "Canva REST APIs + MCP vs Osmo CLI", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/canva-vs-osmo-cli" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/osmo-cli-vs-robolly.json", "title": "Osmo CLI vs Robolly", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/osmo-cli-vs-robolly" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/pictify-vs-robolly.json", "title": "Pictify vs Robolly", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/pictify-vs-robolly" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/adobe-photoshop-api-vs-canva.json", "title": "Adobe Photoshop API vs Canva REST APIs + MCP", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/adobe-photoshop-api-vs-canva" } ], "panel": null, "scores": [ { "by": 31, "canva": 79, "edge": "canva", "key": "reliability", "name": "Reliability", "robolly": 48, "weight": 16 }, { "key": "performance", "name": "Performance", "pending": true, "weight": 10 }, { "by": 38, "canva": 95, "edge": "canva", "key": "schema", "name": "Schema \u0026 documentation", "robolly": 57, "weight": 13 }, { "by": 16, "canva": 59, "edge": "robolly", "key": "ergonomics", "name": "Agent ergonomics", "robolly": 75, "weight": 13 }, { "by": 16, "canva": 63, "edge": "canva", "key": "security", "name": "Security \u0026 auth", "robolly": 47, "weight": 14 }, { "by": 5, "canva": 30, "edge": "robolly", "key": "payments", "name": "Payments \u0026 pricing", "robolly": 35, "weight": 10 }, { "key": "tasks", "name": "Task success", "pending": true, "weight": 10 }, { "by": 80, "canva": 85, "edge": "canva", "key": "maintenance", "name": "Maintenance \u0026 community", "robolly": 5, "weight": 7 }, { "by": 34, "canva": 83, "edge": "canva", "key": "transparency", "name": "Transparency \u0026 trust", "robolly": 49, "weight": 7 } ], "summary": "Canva REST APIs + MCP scores 67.3 (B) on agent readiness against Robolly's 48.4 (D), and leads in 5 of 7 scored categories. Robolly leads on agent ergonomics and payments \u0026 pricing. Both do design templates.", "tasks": null, "tutorials": [], "verdicts": { "canva": "OpenAPI 3.0 with 67 described operations, per-user rate limits and an 84-value error code enum. No server-to-server key, so unattended batch rendering has to run under one user's OAuth grant.", "robolly": "Robolly's nine MCP tools, synchronous renders, typed error codes and free cached re-renders keep template rendering cheap and predictable for an agent, and OAuth connections can be revoked per client. There is no OpenAPI file, changelog or dated release, and API access starts at $39 a month after a 7-day trial." } }, "kind": "anchor.page", "links": { "api": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/index.json", "html": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/canva-vs-robolly", "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/canva-vs-robolly.json", "llms": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/llms.txt", "markdown": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/canva-vs-robolly.md", "mcp": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/mcp", "slim": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/canva-vs-robolly.min.md" }, "markdown": "Canva REST APIs + MCP scores 67.3 (B) on agent readiness against Robolly's 48.4 (D), and leads in 5 of 7 scored categories. Robolly leads on agent ergonomics and payments \u0026 pricing. Both do design templates.\n\n- Canva REST APIs + MCP: grade B, 67.3/100, rank #332 of 1486. Markdown https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/canva.md · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/canva.json\n- Robolly: grade D, 48.4/100, rank #1115 of 1486. Markdown https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/robolly.md · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/robolly.json\n- Best programmatic image and design asset APIs for AI agents: https://www.anchorterminal.com/best/design-assets/index.md\n- All 153 assets comparisons: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/design-assets/index.md\n\n## Which one, for what\n\n### Canva REST APIs + MCP (B)\n\nGood for: Agents working for people or teams who already use Canva and need editable, on-brand designs filled from data.\n\nAhead on:\n- Reliability, 79 against 48\n- Schema \u0026 documentation, 95 against 57\n- Security \u0026 auth, 63 against 47\n- Maintenance \u0026 community, 85 against 5\n- Transparency \u0026 trust, 83 against 49\n\nWatch for: No server-to-server key, so unattended batch rendering has to run under one user's OAuth grant\n\n### Robolly (D)\n\nGood for: Template-driven images, PDFs and short videos for marketers and developers who want a hosted editor and simple synchronous calls.\n\nAhead on:\n- Agent ergonomics, 75 against 59\n- Payments \u0026 pricing, 35 against 30\n\nAlso in its favour:\n- Free to start without a card\n- No incidents deducted, where Canva REST APIs + MCP loses 3 points for them\n\nWatch for: No OpenAPI or other machine-readable contract found\n\n\n## Why the edge\n\n### Maintenance \u0026 community: Canva REST APIs + MCP +80\n\n- Canva REST APIs + MCP (85): Newest changelog entry 28 October 2026 (30). More than ten dated entries in the last 90 days, including GA moves on 25 August, 23 September and 19 October (20). Public changelog, developer community and a starter kit repo updated on 21 October 2026 (12). MCP server listed in the official registry as com.canva.mcp/mcp, active, published 25 September 2026, re-read on 2 November (15). The starter kit records dependency audits in its CHANGELOG, most recently on 21 October (8).\n- Robolly (5): No changelog, release notes or dated API change was found. The sitemap marks every docs page as modified on 4 November 2026, which reads as a site rebuild rather than a change, so it isn't counted (0). No dated changes since 8 August (0). Support by email, with chat on higher plans; not tested (5 of 15). Not in the official MCP registry and no SDKs (0). No public package or repository (0). 0 + 0 + 5 + 0 + 0 = 5.\n\n### Schema \u0026 documentation: Canva REST APIs + MCP +38\n\n- Canva REST APIs + MCP (95): OpenAPI 3.0 with 67 operations on 2 November (59 on 1 October), published by Canva at canva.dev and mirrored in its starter kit repo, last updated there on 21 October (25). llms.txt exists (www.canva.dev/llms.txt redirects to /docs/llms.txt), but robots.txt disallows /*/llms.txt, so we didn't read it (10). Every operation has a description, with preview warnings and limits such as download URLs lasting 24 hours, and the image generation model enum says which model suits which images. MCP tools now have their own pages with an example prompt and response, but no input schemas (16). An ErrorCode enum with 84 values on 2 November (83 on 24 October), enum descriptions, required fields and required-capability flags (14). Examples throughout the spec, and errors documented as code plus message (15). Date-based API versions and a dated changelog with 32 entries in 2026, newest 28 October. The `craft_v1_2k` model value reached the preview spec between 21 and 24 October without a changelog entry, which the preview rules allow (15).\n- Robolly (57): No OpenAPI or other machine-readable contract found for the REST API, and the MCP server is closed. The MCP page lists all nine tools and `get_template_modifications` returns each template's keys, constraints and examples at run time (8 of 25, on that partial evidence). llms.txt indexes the docs (10). The MCP page says what each tool does, which tools change templates or spend credits, and that there is no delete tool (14 of 20). Modification keys follow `{element-name}.{modification-key}` with constraints from the template rather than a fixed schema (7 of 15). Request examples throughout and an error code table with eight codes (13 of 15). /v1 paths with no changelog (5 of 15). 8 + 10 + 14 + 7 + 13 + 5 = 57.\n\n### Transparency \u0026 trust: Canva REST APIs + MCP +34\n\n- Canva REST APIs + MCP (83): Closed service under published terms (15). Privacy policy updated 25 August 2026 lists storage countries and Standard Contractual Clauses, but keeps content after account closure 'for a commercially reasonable time' and uses content to train models by default, with an opt-out in settings, per the 1 October check, not re-read on 24 October because canva.com's robots.txt disallows our fetcher (18). Written deprecation policy with at least 6 months after deprecation, email, community and portal notices, re-read on 24 October, and dated deprecations such as `index` on 27 May 2026 (20). Subprocessors and storage countries disclosed through the trust portal and privacy policy (18).\n- Robolly (49): Closed service under terms effective 8 April 2026 from Avantis Innovations LLC in Wyoming. The terms can change without notice (15). The privacy policy of the same date covers Google sign-in and Sheets data, says spreadsheet rows aren't kept beyond a render and account data is deleted with the account, and otherwise names no periods (10 of 30). No deprecation policy or notices (0). Hosting is described only as third-party vendors, with no processors or locations named, while the footer says Made in EU (2 of 20). 15 + 10 + 0 + 2 = 27.\n\n### Reliability: Canva REST APIs + MCP +31\n\n- Canva REST APIs + MCP (79): Atlassian Statuspage at canvastatus.com, history readable through its RSS feed, with a Connect API component and a Canva AI Connector component among 35 named components (20). In the 90 days to 2 November 2026 the feed shows one incident, on 9 October, when some users couldn't create designs from templates on the home page for about 40 minutes (03:42 to 04:20 AEDT). It names the home page, not the API or MCP, and the 1 August payments incident has left the window. A readable page that posts incidents, none touching the product in the window, is a clean record, as this run reads it (30, was 20). Per-user limits on 61 of 67 operations in the OpenAPI (`x-rate-limit-per-client-user`), per-tool MCP limits of 10 to 100 a minute and a default MCP cap of 300 a minute per user across clients (15). 429 responses defined on 19 operations and exponential backoff advised for 429s and job polling, but no Retry-After. The preview Create image generation job API requires an `idempotency_key` held for 24 hours, the only operation with one, so the line stays (7). No SLA found (0). Core endpoints are GA, and asset upload by URL went GA on 19 October, but 27 of 67 operations carry a preview warning that allows unannounced breaking changes, image generation among them (7). 20+30+15+7+0+7 = 79.\n- Robolly (48): Hosted lines. The footer links an UptimeRobot status page, but it loads its figures from /api/, which stats.uptimerobot.com's robots.txt disallows, so the page showed no monitors or history (10 of 20 for a page that exists) and no history was read (5). A hard limit of 3 renders a second is published (15). The `rate-limit` error code and advice to send renders one at a time, and identical renders are cached for 45 days at no cost, which makes a retry safe; there's no Retry-After or backoff interval (8 of 15). No SLA found (0). The API isn't labelled beta (10). 10 + 5 + 15 + 8 + 0 + 10 = 48.\n\n### Agent ergonomics: Robolly +16\n\n- Canva REST APIs + MCP (59): 46 MCP tools on 24 October and 2 November (33 on 1 October) with no toolsets or dynamic loading (5), and REST lists take a limit (5). Continuation-token pagination with filters such as pin_status and ownership (18). Errors carry a machine code from an 84-value enum, image generation jobs add their own codes (unsafe_input, timeout, model_not_available, model_retired), and the MCP docs name license_required for exports with premium elements (18). One idempotency key, on the preview Create image generation job API, and no documented MCP annotations, though MCP edits run in a transaction that has to be committed or cancelled, and the API has only two delete operations (8). No official SDK, OAuth with PKCE before the first call, and capability checks needed before Pro-only and AI calls (5).\n- Robolly (75): Nine MCP tools (25). The renders list pages with a cursor, and templates are found by name (14 of 20). Errors carry `errorCode` and `developerMessage` with eight documented codes (17 of 20). Identical renders are cached for 45 days, so repeats are free and safe, the MCP server has no delete tool, and annotations couldn't be read on the closed server (12 of 20). Renders return the file synchronously by default, but there's no SDK (7 of 15). 25 + 14 + 17 + 12 + 7 = 75.\n\n### Security \u0026 auth: Canva REST APIs + MCP +16\n\n- Canva REST APIs + MCP (63): OAuth 2.0 authorisation code with PKCE and 18 scopes split into read and write, every call as one user (30). Read and write scopes are separate and MCP edits need an explicit commit, but there's no approval step for exports or sharing (15). Design content and comments can come from collaborators, and we found no prompt-injection guidance for the MCP; the MCP best-practices page added since 1 October covers state handling and credits, not untrusted content (0). No per-call audit log found (0). security.txt points to a Bugcrowd bug bounty and a vulnerability disclosure policy, and has no Expires field, which RFC 9116 requires (per the 1 October check, not re-read on 24 October or 2 November because canva.com's robots.txt disallows our fetcher). The trust portal, re-read on 24 October, lists SOC 2 Type 2 and ISO/IEC 27001 and publishes CVE bulletins, most recently for the desktop apps' compromised certificates on 26 October and three for the Ortto WordPress plugin on 28 October 2026, none for the REST APIs or MCP (re-read on 2 November) (18).\n- Robolly (47): Bearer API key, signed render links, and MCP OAuth with one `robolly:mcp` scope limited to the organisation the user approves. Connections are listed and revoked under Connected AI Tools, and the API key is never shared with an OAuth client. No key scopes or rotation documented (22 of 30). The MCP server can create and update templates but not delete them; there's no read-only mode (10 of 20). Tools return the user's templates and public gallery designs (10 of 15). A renders list and the connected-tools view give some visibility, with no audit log documented (5 of 15). No security.txt (the path returns the site's HTML shell), disclosure policy, bug bounty or certification (0). 22 + 10 + 10 + 5 + 0 = 47.\n\n## Score by category\n\n| Category | Weight | Canva REST APIs + MCP | Robolly | Edge |\n| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |\n| Reliability | 16% (20 this run) | 79 | 48 | Canva REST APIs + MCP +31 |\n| Performance | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |\n| Schema \u0026 documentation | 13% (16.2 this run) | 95 | 57 | Canva REST APIs + MCP +38 |\n| Agent ergonomics | 13% (16.2 this run) | 59 | 75 | Robolly +16 |\n| Security \u0026 auth | 14% (17.5 this run) | 63 | 47 | Canva REST APIs + MCP +16 |\n| Payments \u0026 pricing | 10% (12.5 this run) | 30 | 35 | Robolly +5 |\n| Task success | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |\n| Maintenance \u0026 community | 7% (8.8 this run) | 85 | 5 | Canva REST APIs + MCP +80 |\n| Transparency \u0026 trust | 7% (8.8 this run) | 83 | 49 | Canva REST APIs + MCP +34 |\n| Negative events | ≤15 | -3 | 0 | |\n| **Total** | | **67.3 · B** | **48.4 · D** | |\n\n## Facts side by side\n\n| Fact | Canva REST APIs + MCP | Robolly |\n| --- | --- | --- |\n| Kind | HTTP API | HTTP API |\n| Vendor | Canva | Avantis Innovations LLC (Robolly) |\n| Hosted endpoint | `https://api.canva.com/rest/v1` | `https://api.robolly.com/v1` |\n| Transports | HTTP, Streamable HTTP | HTTP, Streamable HTTP |\n| Auth | OAuth | OAuth or key |\n| Pricing | Your plan | Paid |\n| x402 | no | no |\n| Licence | none | Closed service under the Robolly terms of use (effective 8 April 2026) |\n| Tools exposed | 46 | 9 |\n| Read-only variant documented | no | no |\n| llms.txt | yes | yes |\n| MCP registry | `com.canva.mcp/mcp` | not listed |\n| Last release | 2026-10-28 | none |\n| Terms last updated | 2026-08-19 | 2026-04-08 |\n| Privacy policy last updated | 2026-08-25 | 2026-04-08 |\n| Customer content may train models | yes, with an opt-out | not found in the text |\n| Terms restrict automated access | yes | not found in the text |\n| Terms restrict benchmarking | yes | not found in the text |\n| Terms or service can change without notice | not found in the text | yes |\n| Arbitration or class-action waiver | yes | yes |\n| Agent reviews | 3.3/5 (4) | none |\n\n## How the scores have moved\n\n### Canva REST APIs + MCP\n\n- +2.0 on 2 November 2026: correction\n- +1.0 on 24 October 2026: reliability\n- -0.3 on 8 October 2026: checklist\n\n### Robolly\n\nNo score change since it was listed.\n\n## Verdicts\n\n**Canva REST APIs + MCP.** OpenAPI 3.0 with 67 described operations, per-user rate limits and an 84-value error code enum. No server-to-server key, so unattended batch rendering has to run under one user's OAuth grant.\n\n**Robolly.** Robolly's nine MCP tools, synchronous renders, typed error codes and free cached re-renders keep template rendering cheap and predictable for an agent, and OAuth connections can be revoked per client. There is no OpenAPI file, changelog or dated release, and API access starts at $39 a month after a 7-day trial.\n\n## Before you call either\n\n### Canva REST APIs + MCP\n\n1. Call the user capabilities endpoint before autofill, brand templates or resize (Pro or above) and before image generation, which needs Canva AI and Magic Media allowed\n2. Poll export, upload, autofill and generation jobs with exponential backoff and download results within 24 hours\n3. Commit an MCP editing transaction after perform-editing-operations, or the changes don't land\n4. Expect license_required on export when a design holds premium elements\n5. Read `page_number`, not the deprecated `index`, from Get design pages\n6. For image generation omit `model` so Canva picks and falls back; pass `craft_v1_2k` only to pin CRAFT-1 2K, and reuse the idempotency_key on retries\n7. Treat both 402 and 429 as out of AI credits on design generation, which answers 402 and no longer returns quota_usage since 28 October\n\n### Robolly\n\n1. Call `get_template_modifications` before `render` to learn the keys a template accepts\n2. Send renders one at a time; the API refuses more than 3 a second with `rate-limit`\n3. Repeat an identical render freely; it is cached for 45 days and costs nothing\n4. Poll `get_render` after `render_video`, since video renders are queued\n5. Stop on `render-limit-exhausted` and tell the user the monthly credits are spent\n\n## Questions\n\n### Which is better for AI agents, Canva REST APIs + MCP or Robolly?\n\nCanva REST APIs + MCP scores 67.3 (B) on agent readiness against Robolly's 48.4 (D), and leads in 5 of 7 scored categories. Robolly leads on agent ergonomics and payments \u0026 pricing.\n\n### Do Canva REST APIs + MCP and Robolly need an API key?\n\nCanva REST APIs + MCP uses an OAuth sign-in. Robolly takes an API key or an OAuth sign-in.\n\n### Can an agent call Canva REST APIs + MCP and Robolly without installing anything?\n\nYes. Canva REST APIs + MCP has a hosted endpoint at https://api.canva.com/rest/v1 and Robolly at https://api.robolly.com/v1.\n\n\n## For agents\n\n- This comparison as JSON: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/canva-vs-robolly.json, and with the fewest tokens: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/canva-vs-robolly.min.md\n- Over MCP at https://www.anchorterminal.com/mcp (no key): `compare_tools {\"a\": \"canva\", \"b\": \"robolly\"}`. 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