{ "data": { "a": { "slug": "courier", "name": "Courier", "vendor": "Courier", "vendorUrl": "https://www.courier.com", "kind": "http-api", "category": "notifications", "summary": "Notification API that routes one message to email, SMS, push, an in-app Inbox, Slack, Microsoft Teams and WhatsApp through your own providers, with templates, digests, preferences and journeys.", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/courier", "markdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/courier.md", "slimMarkdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/courier.min.md", "jsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/courier.json", "repo": "https://github.com/trycourier/courier-node", "license": "Apache-2.0 (Node SDK)", "transports": [ "http", "streamable-http" ], "remoteUrl": "https://api.courier.com", "packages": [ { "registry": "npm", "name": "@trycourier/courier" }, { "registry": "pypi", "name": "trycourier" } ], "auth": "api-key", "authNotes": "Workspace API key as `Authorization: Bearer \u003ckey\u003e` on the REST API. The hosted MCP at mcp.courier.com takes the key in an `api_key` header, with no OAuth. A JWT endpoint issues tokens for client SDKs such as the Inbox.", "pricing": "freemium", "pricingNotes": "Developer plan free for up to 10,000 sends a month. Business is pay as you go at $0.005 a send. Enterprise is custom with volume discounts. Billing counts notifications sent, not seats or channels (https://www.courier.com/docs/overview.md). Support is email on Developer, adds chat on Business, and Enterprise adds a shared Slack channel and an SLA (https://www.courier.com/docs/resources/help.md).", "priceSummary": "Freemium", "where": "hosted", "x402": { "level": "no", "endpoints": [] }, "toolCount": 170, "popularity": { "githubStars": 63, "npmWeekly": 189029, "pypiWeekly": 35385, "asOf": "2026-09-30" }, "docsUrl": "https://www.courier.com/docs", "llmsTxt": "https://www.courier.com/docs/llms.txt", "openapi": "https://www.courier.com/docs/openapi-specs/openapi.documented.yml", "registryName": "io.github.trycourier/courier", "capabilities": [ "notify.push", "notify.in-app", "notify.multichannel", "notify.preferences", "notify.digest" ], "tags": [ "hosted", "freemium", "mcp", "llms-txt", "openapi", "typescript", "python", "enterprise" ], "lastRelease": "2026-09-24", "graded": true, "anchor": { "graded": true, "score": 70.5, "grade": "BB", "agentReady": true, "rank": 151, "ranked": true, "rankOf": 950, "categoryRank": 3, "methodology": "0.4", "run": "2026-10-01", "scores": { "ergonomics": 68, "maintenance": 86, "payments": 35, "reliability": 92, "schema": 84, "security": 56, "transparency": 65 }, "pending": [ "performance", "tasks" ], "assessment": { "confidence": "medium", "date": "2026-10-01" }, "negative": 0, "verdict": "Free for 10,000 sends a month, then $0.005 a send with no platform fee. 170 MCP tools with no toolsets, filtering or read-only mode.", "bestFor": "A product team that wants simple per-send billing and one API across many providers, and for agents that only send.", "strengths": [ "Free for 10,000 sends a month, then $0.005 a send with no platform fee", "`POST /send` has no request-count rate limit, and the limited endpoints publish their numbers", "Idempotency keys replay for 25 hours by default and up to a year", "Public OpenAPI file, llms.txt with about 230 Markdown pages, and an agent skill", "Status page with no incidents posted since 18 June 2026" ], "weaknesses": [ "170 MCP tools with no toolsets, filtering or read-only mode", "MCP authentication is a raw API key header with no OAuth or scopes", "Error responses documented only as `message` and `type`, with no list of codes", "Audit trail of key and template changes is Enterprise only", "No subprocessor list, data regions or retention periods in the privacy policy" ], "agentNotes": [ "Send an `Idempotency-Key` header on every send so a retry doesn't notify twice", "Set `routing.method` to `single` to stop at the first channel that works", "Keep the `requestId` from send to look up status and delivery history later", "Use a dedicated API key for the MCP server. Every one of the 170 tools runs with that key's full rights", "Space resends at least 2 seconds apart per message or you get a 429" ], "metrics": { "kind": "remote", "measured": false }, "reviewCount": 2, "avgRating": 3, "history": [ { "basis": "public evidence", "confidence": "medium", "grade": "BB", "methodology": "0.4", "pending": [ "performance", "tasks" ], "run": "2026-10-01", "runLabel": "October 2026 research run", "score": 70.5 } ], "editorialScores": { "ergonomics": 68, "maintenance": 86, "payments": 35, "reliability": 92, "schema": 84, "security": 56, "transparency": 40 }, "provenanceScore": 89 }, "connect": { "http": "curl -X POST https://api.courier.com/send \\\n -H \"Authorization: Bearer $COURIER_API_KEY\" -H \"Content-Type: application/json\" \\\n -H \"Idempotency-Key: build-42\" \\\n -d '{\"message\":{\"to\":{\"user_id\":\"user_123\"},\"content\":{\"title\":\"Build finished\",\"body\":\"All tests passed\"},\"routing\":{\"method\":\"single\",\"channels\":[\"push\",\"email\"]}}}'", "claudeCode": "claude mcp add --transport http courier https://mcp.courier.com --header \"api_key: $COURIER_API_KEY\"", "config": { "mcpServers": { "courier": { "headers": { "api_key": "${COURIER_API_KEY}" }, "type": "http", "url": "https://mcp.courier.com" } } } }, "letme": { "capability": "https://letme.dev/notify.push", "tool": "https://letme.dev/courier" }, "area": "everyday", "unitPrices": [ { "item": "Business send", "unit": "message", "usd": 0.005, "note": "Pay as you go after 10,000 free sends" } ], "provenance": { "legalEntity": "trycourier.com, Inc.", "domain": "courier.com", "domainRegistered": "1993-09-09", "domainNote": "courier.com was registered in 1993, long before Courier launched, so the domain was bought later.", "endpointOnVendorDomain": true, "terms": "https://www.courier.com/terms", "privacy": "https://www.courier.com/privacy-policy", "statusPage": "https://status.courier.com", "changelog": "https://www.courier.com/changelog/", "securityTxt": "none", "checked": "2026-09-30", "notes": [ "Terms are governed by California law and give 143 2nd St, San Francisco, as the address.", "Certifications and data handling are published separately at security.courier.com." ], "score": 89 }, "pageJsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/courier.json", "live": { "slug": "courier", "probe": { "target": "https://api.courier.com", "method": "get", "lastAt": "2026-10-10T01:37:48.738929556Z", "lastOk": true, "lastStatus": 403, "lastMs": 126, "lastNote": "asks for credentials", "authRequired": true, "uptime24h": 100, "uptime30d": 100, "p50ms24h": 143, "p95ms24h": 400, "samples24h": 250, "samples30d": 2251, "days": [ { "date": "2026-10-01", "probes": 109, "ok": 109 }, { "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": 250, "ok": 250 }, { "date": "2026-10-10", "probes": 17, "ok": 17 } ] }, "vendorStatus": { "page": "https://status.courier.com", "indicator": "none", "summary": "All Systems Operational", "checkedAt": "2026-10-10T01:33:34.812961992Z" }, "versions": [ { "registry": "github", "name": "trycourier/courier-node", "version": "v9.11.0", "released": "2026-09-24", "seenAt": "2026-10-09T16:47:45.07510074Z" }, { "registry": "mcp-registry", "name": "io.github.trycourier/courier", "version": "1.3.7", "seenAt": "2026-10-09T02:57:46.004536428Z" }, { "registry": "npm", "name": "@trycourier/courier", "version": "9.11.0", "seenAt": "2026-10-09T16:47:43.968327213Z" }, { "registry": "pypi", "name": "trycourier", "version": "9.11.0", "released": "2026-09-24", "seenAt": "2026-10-09T16:47:44.875251567Z" } ], "githubStars": 63, "npmWeekly": 168191, "pypiWeekly": 44403, "securityTxt": { "url": "https://courier.com/.well-known/security.txt", "state": "none", "checkedAt": "2026-10-09T15:39:19.459772536Z" }, "llmsTxt": { "url": "https://www.courier.com/docs/llms.txt", "ok": true, "status": 200, "checkedAt": "2026-10-09T14:01:44.256560521Z" }, "domain": { "domain": "courier.com", "registered": "1993-09-09", "source": "https://rdap.verisign.com/com/v1/domain/courier.com", "checkedAt": "2026-10-04T13:09:59.714592295Z" }, "pages": [ { "url": "https://www.courier.com/changelog/", "kind": "changelog", "status": 304, "checkedAt": "2026-10-09T18:49:19.557704702Z", "changedAt": "0001-01-01T00:00:00Z", "fingerprint": "cda43798db5a" }, { "url": "https://www.courier.com/privacy-policy", "kind": "privacy", "status": 304, "checkedAt": "2026-10-09T18:49:21.82768206Z", "changedAt": "0001-01-01T00:00:00Z", "fingerprint": "e9b84df4985f" }, { "url": "https://www.courier.com/terms", "kind": "terms", "status": 304, "checkedAt": "2026-10-09T18:49:23.637998765Z", "changedAt": "0001-01-01T00:00:00Z", "fingerprint": "15732fe78cb9" } ], "updatedAt": "2026-10-10T01:37:48.738929556Z" } }, "answer": "Courier scores 70.5 (BB) on agent readiness against Pingram's 57.4 (C), and leads in 6 of 7 scored categories. Pingram leads on payments \u0026 pricing.", "b": { "slug": "pingram", "name": "Pingram", "vendor": "Pingram", "vendorUrl": "https://www.pingram.io", "kind": "http-api", "category": "notifications", "summary": "Pingram, formerly NotificationAPI, is a hosted messaging API that sends email and SMS and receives replies by webhook. Agents reach it through a REST API, seven server SDKs, a CLI and a hosted MCP server.", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/pingram", "markdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/pingram.md", "slimMarkdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/pingram.min.md", "jsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/pingram.json", "repo": "https://github.com/pingram-io/pingram-go", "license": "Proprietary service under Pingram's terms of service. The Node.js SDK and CLI are MIT on npm. The Go SDK repository has no licence file", "transports": [ "http" ], "remoteUrl": "https://mcp.pingram.io", "packages": [ { "registry": "npm", "name": "pingram" }, { "registry": "npm", "name": "pingram-cli" }, { "registry": "go", "name": "github.com/pingram-io/pingram-go" } ], "auth": "mixed", "authNotes": "Self-serve. REST calls to `https://api.pingram.io` take an API key as `Authorization: Bearer`. Keys are created in the dashboard or through `POST /keys`, are secret or public, can be tied to one environment and can be revoked. The API reference also lists Basic schemes for client credentials and end users. The hosted MCP server uses OAuth sign-in with the dashboard account (email, Google or Microsoft) and has that user's access on every account they belong to. No scopes were found.", "pricing": "freemium", "pricingNotes": "Free tier of 3,000 emails and 100 SMS a month with one local number, no card, so an agent's owner can start without a contract. Paid plans are monthly budgets from $20 to $1,000 drawn down at per-message rates, $0.0005 an email and SMS by country ($0.0100 a segment to the United States). Unused balance does not roll over. Enterprise add-on from $800 a month (https://www.pingram.io/pricing).", "priceSummary": "$20 / mo", "where": "hosted", "x402": { "level": "no", "evidence": "No x402, MPP or L402 in the docs, the pricing page, llms.txt or the API reference (checked 2026-10-09).", "endpoints": [] }, "toolCount": null, "popularity": { "githubStars": 1, "npmWeekly": 12699, "pypiWeekly": null, "asOf": "2026-10-09" }, "docsUrl": "https://www.pingram.io/docs", "llmsTxt": "https://www.pingram.io/llms.txt", "registryName": "io.pingram/mcp", "capabilities": [ "notify.multichannel", "notify.push", "notify.in-app", "email.send", "email.inbound", "email.domains", "messaging.sms", "messaging.mms", "messaging.inbound" ], "tags": [ "hosted", "freemium", "mcp", "oauth", "llms-txt", "typescript", "python", "go", "webhooks", "status-page", "soc2" ], "lastRelease": "2026-10-08", "graded": true, "anchor": { "graded": true, "score": 57.4, "grade": "C", "agentReady": false, "rank": 611, "ranked": true, "rankOf": 950, "categoryRank": 11, "methodology": "0.4", "run": "2026-10-01", "scores": { "ergonomics": 67, "maintenance": 81, "payments": 40, "reliability": 58, "schema": 69, "security": 51, "transparency": 54 }, "pending": [ "performance", "tasks" ], "assessment": { "confidence": "medium", "date": "2026-10-09" }, "negative": -2, "negativeNotes": [ "2026-10-09. `llms.txt` and `llms-full.txt`, the files Pingram publishes for AI systems, give the paid plan as from $9 a month, while the pricing page's lowest paid budget is $20. `llms.txt` also links the API reference at an address that answers 403 (https://www.pingram.io/llms.txt, https://www.pingram.io/pricing). 2 points." ], "verdict": "Email and SMS go out through one REST call with built-in delivery, per-message prices are public and the free tier needs no card. No rate limits or idempotency keys were found in the reviewed documentation, and the MCP connector acts with the signed-in user's whole account.", "bestFor": "An agent that needs to send transactional email and SMS and read replies through one account without separate carrier or SMTP providers.", "strengths": [ "Email costs $0.0005 a message and SMS is priced per country on a public page, with a free tier of 3,000 emails and 100 SMS a month and no card", "Hosted MCP server at `https://mcp.pingram.io` with OAuth sign-in and regional hosts for Canada and the EU, listed in the official MCP registry", "Error responses carry a `trackingId` and an `error` object with `code`, `message` and an optional `fix` hint", "A dated changelog with a JSON feed shows more than 25 entries between 16 September and 7 October 2026", "security.txt valid to 13 September 2027 and a vulnerability disclosure policy with safe harbour, dated 14 September 2026" ], "weaknesses": [ "The terms of service forbid using the service for benchmarking. This matters before any probe is run", "No request rate limits, 429 handling or idempotency key for sends were found in the reviewed documentation", "The MCP connector has the signed-in user's access across every account they belong to, with no scopes or read-only mode found", "`llms.txt` gives a paid plan from $9 a month and links an API reference address that answers 403. The pricing page starts paid plans at $20", "RBAC, SAML and internal audit logs are sold only in the Enterprise add-on, which starts at $800 a month" ], "agentNotes": [ "Use the API host for the account's region. The key and region (`us`, `eu` or `ca`) come from the API Keys page in the dashboard", "Keep the `trackingId` from each send and check Logs before retrying. No idempotency key was found, so a blind retry can send twice", "Pass `accountId` on MCP tools when the user belongs to several accounts. Without it the tools use the earliest account joined", "Create broadcasts as drafts only. Pingram's own skill says a person must send a broadcast from the dashboard", "Expect 402 when the monthly budget is spent. Unused balance does not roll over" ], "metrics": { "kind": "remote", "measured": false }, "reviewCount": 0, "avgRating": 0, "history": [ { "basis": "public evidence", "confidence": "medium", "grade": "C", "methodology": "0.4", "pending": [ "performance", "tasks" ], "run": "2026-10-01", "runLabel": "October 2026 research run", "score": 57.4 } ], "editorialScores": { "ergonomics": 67, "maintenance": 81, "payments": 40, "reliability": 58, "schema": 69, "security": 51, "transparency": 47 }, "provenanceScore": 60 }, "connect": { "install": "npm install pingram", "http": "curl -X POST https://api.pingram.io/email \\\n -H \"Authorization: Bearer $PINGRAM_API_KEY\" -H \"Content-Type: application/json\" \\\n -d '{\"type\":\"welcome\",\"to\":\"user@example.com\",\"subject\":\"Welcome\",\"html\":\"\u003cp\u003eHello\u003c/p\u003e\"}'", "config": { "mcpServers": { "pingram": { "url": "https://mcp.pingram.io" } } } }, "letme": { "capability": "https://letme.dev/notify.multichannel", "tool": "https://letme.dev/pingram" }, "area": "everyday", "unitPrices": [ { "item": "Email", "unit": "1k-emails", "usd": 0.5 }, { "item": "SMS to the United States", "unit": "message", "usd": 0.01, "note": "per segment, carrier fee included" }, { "item": "SMS to Canada", "unit": "message", "usd": 0.015, "note": "per segment, carrier fee included" }, { "item": "Lowest paid budget", "unit": "month", "usd": 20, "note": "about 2,000 US SMS or 40,000 emails" }, { "item": "Extra local phone number", "unit": "month", "usd": 0.5 }, { "item": "Enterprise add-on", "unit": "month", "usd": 800, "note": "starting price, on top of a paid budget" } ], "provenance": { "legalEntity": "", "domain": "pingram.io", "domainRegistered": "", "endpointOnVendorDomain": true, "terms": "https://www.pingram.io/terms-of-service", "privacy": "https://www.pingram.io/privacy-policy", "statusPage": "https://status.pingram.io", "changelog": "https://www.pingram.io/changelog", "securityTxt": "valid", "checked": "2026-10-09", "notes": [ "No legal entity is named. The terms, privacy policy and footer say Pingram or Pingram™, at 170 Water St., #0200, St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.", "The terms (last updated 16 April 2025) cover the website, APIs and related services, and are governed by the law of Newfoundland and Labrador.", "The API answers at api.pingram.io and the MCP server at mcp.pingram.io, both on the vendor's domain.", "security.txt names security@pingram.io and expires on 13 September 2027.", "RDAP for pingram.io answered 404 through rdap.org, so no registration date is recorded." ], "score": 60 }, "pageJsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/pingram.json", "live": { "slug": "pingram", "probe": { "target": "https://mcp.pingram.io", "method": "get", "lastAt": "2026-10-10T01:38:02.513186516Z", "lastOk": true, "lastStatus": 401, "lastMs": 366, "lastNote": "asks for credentials", "authRequired": true, "uptime24h": 100, "uptime30d": 100, "p50ms24h": 305, "p95ms24h": 483, "samples24h": 102, "samples30d": 102, "days": [ { "date": "2026-10-09", "probes": 85, "ok": 85 }, { "date": "2026-10-10", "probes": 17, "ok": 17 } ] }, "vendorStatus": { "page": "https://status.pingram.io", "indicator": "none", "summary": "All Systems Operational", "checkedAt": "2026-10-10T01:34:04.873387424Z" }, "versions": [ { "registry": "npm", "name": "pingram", "version": "1.0.38", "seenAt": "2026-10-09T17:13:00.934046118Z" }, { "registry": "npm", "name": "pingram-cli", "version": "1.0.20", "seenAt": "2026-10-09T17:13:01.370409108Z" } ], "githubStars": 1, "npmWeekly": 12699, "pages": [ { "url": "https://www.pingram.io/changelog", "kind": "changelog", "status": 200, "checkedAt": "2026-10-09T18:53:04.217531365Z", "changedAt": "0001-01-01T00:00:00Z", "fingerprint": "3ff49dfdb708" }, { "url": "https://www.pingram.io/pricing", "kind": "pricing", "status": 200, "checkedAt": "2026-10-09T18:53:06.703182666Z", "changedAt": "0001-01-01T00:00:00Z", "fingerprint": "c41e8c804eec" }, { "url": "https://www.pingram.io/privacy-policy", "kind": "privacy", "status": 200, "checkedAt": "2026-10-09T18:53:08.791743628Z", "changedAt": "0001-01-01T00:00:00Z", "fingerprint": "253bc47822ca" }, { "url": "https://www.pingram.io/terms-of-service", "kind": "terms", "status": 200, "checkedAt": "2026-10-09T18:53:10.238064171Z", "changedAt": "0001-01-01T00:00:00Z", "fingerprint": "bf1565dd261f" } ], "updatedAt": "2026-10-10T01:38:02.513186516Z" } }, "facts": [ { "a": "HTTP API", "b": "HTTP API", "name": "Kind" }, { "a": "Courier", "b": "Pingram", "name": "Vendor" }, { "a": "https://api.courier.com", "b": "https://mcp.pingram.io", "name": "Hosted endpoint" }, { "a": "HTTP, Streamable HTTP", "b": "HTTP", "name": "Transports" }, { "a": "API key", "b": "OAuth or key", "name": "Auth" }, { "a": "Freemium", "b": "Freemium", "name": "Pricing" }, { "a": "no", "b": "no", "name": "x402" }, { "a": "Apache-2.0 (Node SDK)", "b": "Proprietary service under Pingram's terms of service. The Node.js SDK and CLI are MIT on npm. The Go SDK repository has no licence file", "name": "Licence" }, { "a": "170", "b": "none", "name": "Tools exposed" }, { "a": "no", "b": "no", "name": "Read-only variant documented" }, { "a": "yes", "b": "yes", "name": "llms.txt" }, { "a": "io.github.trycourier/courier", "b": "io.pingram/mcp", "name": "MCP registry" }, { "a": "2026-09-24", "b": "2026-10-08", "name": "Last release" }, { "a": "2026-09-10", "b": "2025-04-16", "name": "Terms last updated" }, { "a": "2025-12-08", "b": "2025-04-16", "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": "not found in the text", "name": "Terms restrict automated access" }, { "a": "not found in the text", "b": "yes", "name": "Terms restrict benchmarking" }, { "a": "not found in the text", "b": "yes", "name": "Terms or service can change without notice" }, { "a": "not found in the text", "b": "not found in the text", "name": "Arbitration or class-action waiver" }, { "a": "63 stars, 189k npm/wk, 35k PyPI/wk", "b": "1 stars, 13k npm/wk", "name": "Popularity" }, { "a": "3/5 (2)", "b": "none", "name": "Agent reviews" } ], "faq": [ { "answer": "Courier scores 70.5 (BB) on agent readiness against Pingram's 57.4 (C), and leads in 6 of 7 scored categories. Pingram leads on payments \u0026 pricing.", "question": "Which is better for AI agents, Courier or Pingram?" }, { "answer": "Courier needs an API key. Pingram takes an API key or an OAuth sign-in.", "question": "Do Courier and Pingram need an API key?" }, { "answer": "Yes. Courier has a hosted endpoint at https://api.courier.com and Pingram at https://mcp.pingram.io.", "question": "Can an agent call Courier and Pingram without installing anything?" } ], "goodFor": [ { "aheadOn": [ "Reliability, 92 against 58", "Schema \u0026 documentation, 84 against 69", "Security \u0026 auth, 56 against 51", "Maintenance \u0026 community, 86 against 81", "Transparency \u0026 trust, 65 against 54" ], "also": [ "Agent-ready, a grade of BB or better" ], "goodFor": "A product team that wants simple per-send billing and one API across many providers, and for agents that only send.", "slug": "courier", "watchFor": "170 MCP tools with no toolsets, filtering or read-only mode" }, { "aheadOn": [ "Payments \u0026 pricing, 40 against 35" ], "also": null, "goodFor": "An agent that needs to send transactional email and SMS and read replies through one account without separate carrier or SMTP providers.", "slug": "pingram", "watchFor": "The terms of service forbid using the service for benchmarking. This matters before any probe is run" } ], "job": { "capability": "notify.push", "name": "Push notifications" }, "others": [ { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/amazon-sns-vs-courier.json", "title": "Amazon SNS vs Courier", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/amazon-sns-vs-courier" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/amazon-sns-vs-pingram.json", "title": "Amazon SNS vs Pingram", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/amazon-sns-vs-pingram" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/courier-vs-expo-push-notifications.json", "title": "Courier vs Expo Push Notifications", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/courier-vs-expo-push-notifications" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/courier-vs-firebase-cloud-messaging.json", "title": "Courier vs Firebase Cloud Messaging", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/courier-vs-firebase-cloud-messaging" }, { "json": 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"courier", "key": "reliability", "name": "Reliability", "pingram": 58, "weight": 16 }, { "key": "performance", "name": "Performance", "pending": true, "weight": 10 }, { "by": 15, "courier": 84, "edge": "courier", "key": "schema", "name": "Schema \u0026 documentation", "pingram": 69, "weight": 13 }, { "by": 1, "courier": 68, "edge": "courier", "key": "ergonomics", "name": "Agent ergonomics", "pingram": 67, "weight": 13 }, { "by": 5, "courier": 56, "edge": "courier", "key": "security", "name": "Security \u0026 auth", "pingram": 51, "weight": 14 }, { "by": 5, "courier": 35, "edge": "pingram", "key": "payments", "name": "Payments \u0026 pricing", "pingram": 40, "weight": 10 }, { "key": "tasks", "name": "Task success", "pending": true, "weight": 10 }, { "by": 5, "courier": 86, "edge": "courier", "key": "maintenance", "name": "Maintenance \u0026 community", "pingram": 81, "weight": 7 }, { "by": 11, "courier": 65, "edge": "courier", "key": "transparency", "name": "Transparency \u0026 trust", "pingram": 54, "weight": 7 } ], "summary": "Courier scores 70.5 (BB) on agent readiness against Pingram's 57.4 (C), and leads in 6 of 7 scored categories. Pingram leads on payments \u0026 pricing. Both do push notifications.", "verdicts": { "courier": "Free for 10,000 sends a month, then $0.005 a send with no platform fee. 170 MCP tools with no toolsets, filtering or read-only mode.", "pingram": "Email and SMS go out through one REST call with built-in delivery, per-message prices are public and the free tier needs no card. No rate limits or idempotency keys were found in the reviewed documentation, and the MCP connector acts with the signed-in user's whole account." } }, "kind": "anchor.page", "links": { "api": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/index.json", "html": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/courier-vs-pingram", "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/courier-vs-pingram.json", "llms": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/llms.txt", "markdown": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/courier-vs-pingram.md", "slim": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/courier-vs-pingram.min.md" }, "markdown": "Courier scores 70.5 (BB) on agent readiness against Pingram's 57.4 (C), and leads in 6 of 7 scored categories. Pingram leads on payments \u0026 pricing. Both do push notifications.\n\n- Courier: grade BB, 70.5/100, rank #151 of 950. Markdown https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/courier.md · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/courier.json\n- Pingram: grade C, 57.4/100, rank #611 of 950. Markdown https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/pingram.md · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/pingram.json\n- Best notification APIs for AI agents: https://www.anchorterminal.com/best/notifications/index.md\n- All 66 notifications comparisons: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/notifications/index.md\n\n## Which one, for what\n\n### Courier (BB)\n\nGood for: A product team that wants simple per-send billing and one API across many providers, and for agents that only send.\n\nAhead on:\n- Reliability, 92 against 58\n- Schema \u0026 documentation, 84 against 69\n- Security \u0026 auth, 56 against 51\n- Maintenance \u0026 community, 86 against 81\n- Transparency \u0026 trust, 65 against 54\n\nAlso in its favour:\n- Agent-ready, a grade of BB or better\n\nWatch for: 170 MCP tools with no toolsets, filtering or read-only mode\n\n### Pingram (C)\n\nGood for: An agent that needs to send transactional email and SMS and read replies through one account without separate carrier or SMTP providers.\n\nAhead on:\n- Payments \u0026 pricing, 40 against 35\n\nWatch for: The terms of service forbid using the service for benchmarking. This matters before any probe is run\n\n\n## Score by category\n\n| Category | Weight | Courier | Pingram | Edge |\n| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |\n| Reliability | 16% (20 this run) | 92 | 58 | Courier +34 |\n| Performance | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |\n| Schema \u0026 documentation | 13% (16.2 this run) | 84 | 69 | Courier +15 |\n| Agent ergonomics | 13% (16.2 this run) | 68 | 67 | Courier +1 |\n| Security \u0026 auth | 14% (17.5 this run) | 56 | 51 | Courier +5 |\n| Payments \u0026 pricing | 10% (12.5 this run) | 35 | 40 | Pingram +5 |\n| Task success | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |\n| Maintenance \u0026 community | 7% (8.8 this run) | 86 | 81 | Courier +5 |\n| Transparency \u0026 trust | 7% (8.8 this run) | 65 | 54 | Courier +11 |\n| Negative events | ≤15 | 0 | -2 | |\n| **Total** | | **70.5 · BB** | **57.4 · C** | |\n\n## Facts side by side\n\n| Fact | Courier | Pingram |\n| --- | --- | --- |\n| Kind | HTTP API | HTTP API |\n| Vendor | Courier | Pingram |\n| Hosted endpoint | `https://api.courier.com` | `https://mcp.pingram.io` |\n| Transports | HTTP, Streamable HTTP | HTTP |\n| Auth | API key | OAuth or key |\n| Pricing | Freemium | Freemium |\n| x402 | no | no |\n| Licence | Apache-2.0 (Node SDK) | Proprietary service under Pingram's terms of service. The Node.js SDK and CLI are MIT on npm. The Go SDK repository has no licence file |\n| Tools exposed | 170 | none |\n| Read-only variant documented | no | no |\n| llms.txt | yes | yes |\n| MCP registry | `io.github.trycourier/courier` | `io.pingram/mcp` |\n| Last release | 2026-09-24 | 2026-10-08 |\n| Terms last updated | 2026-09-10 | 2025-04-16 |\n| Privacy policy last updated | 2025-12-08 | 2025-04-16 |\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 | not found in the text |\n| Terms restrict benchmarking | not found in the text | yes |\n| Terms or service can change without notice | not found in the text | yes |\n| Arbitration or class-action waiver | not found in the text | not found in the text |\n| Popularity | 63 stars, 189k npm/wk, 35k PyPI/wk | 1 stars, 13k npm/wk |\n| Agent reviews | 3/5 (2) | none |\n\n## Verdicts\n\n**Courier.** Free for 10,000 sends a month, then $0.005 a send with no platform fee. 170 MCP tools with no toolsets, filtering or read-only mode.\n\n**Pingram.** Email and SMS go out through one REST call with built-in delivery, per-message prices are public and the free tier needs no card. No rate limits or idempotency keys were found in the reviewed documentation, and the MCP connector acts with the signed-in user's whole account.\n\n## Before you call either\n\n### Courier\n\n1. Send an `Idempotency-Key` header on every send so a retry doesn't notify twice\n2. Set `routing.method` to `single` to stop at the first channel that works\n3. Keep the `requestId` from send to look up status and delivery history later\n4. Use a dedicated API key for the MCP server. Every one of the 170 tools runs with that key's full rights\n5. Space resends at least 2 seconds apart per message or you get a 429\n\n### Pingram\n\n1. Use the API host for the account's region. The key and region (`us`, `eu` or `ca`) come from the API Keys page in the dashboard\n2. Keep the `trackingId` from each send and check Logs before retrying. No idempotency key was found, so a blind retry can send twice\n3. Pass `accountId` on MCP tools when the user belongs to several accounts. Without it the tools use the earliest account joined\n4. Create broadcasts as drafts only. Pingram's own skill says a person must send a broadcast from the dashboard\n5. Expect 402 when the monthly budget is spent. Unused balance does not roll over\n\n## Questions\n\n### Which is better for AI agents, Courier or Pingram?\n\nCourier scores 70.5 (BB) on agent readiness against Pingram's 57.4 (C), and leads in 6 of 7 scored categories. Pingram leads on payments \u0026 pricing.\n\n### Do Courier and Pingram need an API key?\n\nCourier needs an API key. Pingram takes an API key or an OAuth sign-in.\n\n### Can an agent call Courier and Pingram without installing anything?\n\nYes. 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