{ "data": { "a": { "slug": "creatomate", "name": "Creatomate", "vendor": "Creatomate", "vendorUrl": "https://creatomate.com", "kind": "http-api", "category": "design-assets", "summary": "Creatomate renders videos, images and GIFs from templates or from RenderScript, its JSON format. Agents reach it through a REST API with a project key or a hosted MCP server with OAuth.", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/creatomate", "markdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/creatomate.md", "slimMarkdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/creatomate.min.md", "jsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/creatomate.json", "repo": "https://github.com/creatomate/creatomate-node", "license": "Proprietary service under Creatomate's Terms and Conditions. The Node, PHP and Preview SDK libraries on GitHub are MIT", "transports": [ "http", "streamable-http" ], "remoteUrl": "https://api.creatomate.com/v2", "packages": [ { "registry": "npm", "name": "creatomate" }, { "registry": "npm", "name": "@creatomate/preview" } ], "auth": "mixed", "authNotes": "REST calls take a project API key as a bearer token. Each project has one key, copied from Project Settings after a browser signup, with no scopes found in the docs. The MCP server uses OAuth (authorisation code with PKCE S256, dynamic client registration, one scope, `mcp`), and each connection reaches one project. It also accepts the project key as a bearer token for headless use. Connections are listed and revoked under Account Settings.", "pricing": "paid", "pricingNotes": "Trial with 50 credits and no card, with output limited to 480 px per side. Paid plans are monthly credit allowances that do not carry over. The docs name Essential at $54 a month (2,000 credits) and Growth 10K at $129 (10,000 credits). Other plan prices are drawn by a Paddle script and were not read. An image is 1 credit and video is width x height x frame rate x seconds / 100,000,000 (checked 2026-10-08).", "priceSummary": "$54 / mo", "where": "hosted", "x402": { "level": "no", "evidence": "Subscription credits billed through Paddle. No x402, MPP or L402 in the docs, llms.txt or pricing page (checked 2026-10-08).", "endpoints": [] }, "toolCount": 8, "popularity": { "githubStars": 9, "npmWeekly": 12714, "pypiWeekly": null, "asOf": "2026-10-08" }, "docsUrl": "https://creatomate.com/docs/api/reference/introduction", "llmsTxt": "https://creatomate.com/llms.txt", "capabilities": [ "design.templates", "design.render", "video.render" ], "tags": [ "hosted", "closed-source", "mcp", "oauth", "llms-txt", "async-jobs", "webhooks", "video", "images" ], "lastRelease": "2026-09-03", "graded": true, "anchor": { "graded": true, "score": 47.7, "grade": "D", "agentReady": false, "rank": 737, "ranked": true, "rankOf": 842, "categoryRank": 5, "methodology": "0.4", "run": "2026-10-01", "scores": { "ergonomics": 67, "maintenance": 34, "payments": 35, "reliability": 40, "schema": 53, "security": 48, "transparency": 51 }, "pending": [ "performance", "tasks" ], "assessment": { "confidence": "medium", "date": "2026-10-08" }, "negative": 0, "verdict": "A hosted MCP server with eight tools, OAuth with PKCE and per-project connections sits beside a small REST API whose errors carry a hint and a documentation link, and `dry_run` validates a render at no cost. No status page, changelog, OpenAPI file or security contact was found, and the terms and privacy policy date from June 2022.", "bestFor": "Teams that render video, images and GIFs from templates or JSON and want an agent to draft templates and start renders through MCP.", "strengths": [ "Hosted MCP server at `https://api.creatomate.com/mcp` with eight named tools, OAuth authorisation code with PKCE and dynamic client registration", "Every API failure returns a `hint` and a `documentation` URL, confirmed first-hand on a 401", "`dry_run` on `POST /v2/renders` validates a request and returns the effective source with no credits spent", "Rate limit of 30 requests per 10 seconds is documented, with `X-RateLimit-*` headers on every response and `Retry-After` on 429", "Trial with 50 credits and no card, and a public credit formula (1 credit an image, 1 credit per 100 million video pixels)" ], "weaknesses": [ "No status page, incident history or SLA found. `status.creatomate.com` does not resolve", "No OpenAPI file and no changelog. `/v1` and `/v2` routes are both documented with no deprecation policy", "Plan prices on the pricing page are drawn by a Paddle script. The docs name only $54 (Essential) and $129 (Growth 10K)", "No security.txt, disclosure policy or certification found, and REST keys have no scopes", "Terms and privacy policy are dated 27 June 2022, define the Service as the website, and let Creatomate make user Content available to other users" ], "agentNotes": [ "Send `\"dry_run\": true` to `POST /v2/renders` before a paid render. It returns `valid`, `errors`, `warnings` and the effective source", "Read `warnings` on every render response. A modification keyed to an unknown element or property name is ignored without an error", "Keep under 30 requests per 10 seconds across the whole account, and wait for `Retry-After` on a 429", "Download each file when the webhook fires. Renders, their URLs and their status records are deleted after 30 days", "Use `render_scale` 0.5 for draft videos, about a quarter of the credits, and remember MCP `create_render` spends credits without a confirmation step from the server" ], "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": 47.7 } ], "editorialScores": { "ergonomics": 67, "maintenance": 34, "payments": 35, "reliability": 40, "schema": 53, "security": 48, "transparency": 37 }, "provenanceScore": 65 }, "connect": { "install": "npm install creatomate", "http": "curl -X POST https://api.creatomate.com/v2/renders -H \"Content-Type: application/json\" -H \"Authorization: Bearer $CREATOMATE_API_KEY\" -d '{\"template_id\": \"YOUR_TEMPLATE_ID\", \"dry_run\": true, \"modifications\": {\"Title-1\": \"Your headline here\"}}'", "claudeCode": "claude mcp add creatomate --transport http https://api.creatomate.com/mcp", "config": { "mcpServers": { "creatomate": { "url": "https://api.creatomate.com/mcp" } } } }, "letme": { "capability": "https://letme.dev/design.templates", "tool": "https://letme.dev/creatomate" }, "area": "design-diagrams", "unitPrices": [ { "item": "Essential", "unit": "month", "usd": 54, "note": "2,000 credits, price as stated in the docs" }, { "item": "Growth 10K", "unit": "month", "usd": 129, "note": "10,000 credits, price as stated in the docs" } ], "provenance": { "legalEntity": "Creatomate", "domain": "creatomate.com", "domainRegistered": "2021-03-27", "endpointOnVendorDomain": true, "terms": "https://creatomate.com/terms-of-service", "privacy": "https://creatomate.com/privacy-policy", "statusPage": "", "changelog": "", "securityTxt": "none", "checked": "2026-10-08", "notes": [ "The terms and privacy policy name the company as Creatomate, Leeuwarden, The Netherlands, with no legal form. The site footer gives the Dutch company number 90174356.", "Both documents are dated 27 June 2022 and define the Service as the website. They are the only terms and privacy policy published, and the terms cover subscriptions, so they govern API use. No DPA was found.", "The API and the MCP server answer at api.creatomate.com, and rendered files are served from cdn.creatomate.com.", "creatomate.com/.well-known/security.txt returns 404.", "No status page was found. status.creatomate.com does not resolve, and no page we read links to one.", "No changelog was found. /changelog returns 404 and /docs/changelog redirects to the docs introduction.", "RDAP for creatomate.com gives a registration date of 2021-03-27 and Cloudflare, Inc. as registrar." ], "score": 65 }, "pageJsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/creatomate.json", "live": { "slug": "creatomate", "probe": { "target": "https://api.creatomate.com/v2", "method": "get", "lastAt": "2026-10-09T09:26:47.330196653Z", "lastOk": true, "lastStatus": 404, "lastMs": 512, "authRequired": false, "uptime24h": 100, "uptime30d": 100, "p50ms24h": 480, "p95ms24h": 575, "samples24h": 20, "samples30d": 20, "days": [ { "date": "2026-10-09", "probes": 20, "ok": 20 } ] }, "updatedAt": "2026-10-09T09:26:47.330196653Z" } }, "answer": "Templated API + MCP scores 61.2 (C) on agent readiness against Creatomate's 47.7 (D), and leads in 4 of 7 scored categories. Creatomate leads on security \u0026 auth.", "b": { "slug": "templated", "name": "Templated API + MCP", "vendor": "Templated", "vendorUrl": "https://templated.io", "kind": "http-api", "category": "design-assets", "summary": "Template rendering to JPG, PNG, WebP, multi-page PDF and MP4 (up to 90 seconds at 60 fps) through one POST /v1/render endpoint, plus template, folder, upload and font management.", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/templated", "markdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/templated.md", "slimMarkdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/templated.min.md", "jsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/templated.json", "repo": "https://github.com/templated-io/mcp-server-templated", "license": "MIT", "transports": [ "http", "streamable-http", "stdio" ], "remoteUrl": "https://api.templated.io/v1", "packages": [ { "registry": "npm", "name": "mcp-server-templated" } ], "auth": "mixed", "authNotes": "Bearer API key from the dashboard, with full account access. The hosted MCP signs in with OAuth, or takes ?apiKey= in the URL for automations. The local MCP reads TEMPLATED_API_KEY. The MCP can be scoped by folder or external ID to isolate customers.", "pricing": "paid", "pricingNotes": "Free trial with 50 credits and no card. Starter $39 a month or $29 billed yearly (1,000 credits, 60 requests a minute), Scale $99 or $79 (5,000 credits, 150 a minute), Enterprise $229 or $179 (25,000 credits, 300 a minute), custom from $500 a month. 1 image or 1 PDF page is 1 credit. Video is width x height x fps x seconds / 50,000,000, so 10 seconds of 1080p at 30 fps is 13 credits (https://templated.io/pricing/).", "priceSummary": "$39 / mo", "where": "both", "x402": { "level": "no", "evidence": "Subscription credits only. No x402 in the docs or llms-full.txt (checked 2026-09-30).", "endpoints": [] }, "toolCount": 25, "popularity": { "githubStars": 3, "npmWeekly": 62, "pypiWeekly": null, "asOf": "2026-09-30" }, "docsUrl": "https://templated.io/docs/", "llmsTxt": "https://templated.io/llms.txt", "registryName": "io.github.templated-io/mcp-server-templated", "capabilities": [ "design.templates", "design.render", "video.render" ], "tags": [ "hosted", "mcp", "llms-txt", "no-card", "async-jobs", "webhooks" ], "lastRelease": "2026-09-08", "graded": true, "anchor": { "graded": true, "score": 61.2, "grade": "C", "agentReady": false, "rank": 430, "ranked": true, "rankOf": 842, "categoryRank": 3, "methodology": "0.4", "run": "2026-10-01", "scores": { "ergonomics": 63, "maintenance": 80, "payments": 35, "reliability": 75, "schema": 72, "security": 38, "transparency": 71 }, "pending": [ "performance", "tasks" ], "assessment": { "confidence": "medium", "date": "2026-10-01" }, "negative": 0, "verdict": "MIT-licensed MCP server with 25 tools, every one annotated with readOnlyHint and destructiveHint. One API key with full account access, and the MCP docs offer it as ?apiKey= in the URL.", "bestFor": "Agents and SaaS builders who render images, PDFs and short MP4s from templates and want a well-behaved MCP server they can fence per customer.", "strengths": [ "MIT-licensed MCP server with 25 tools, every one annotated with readOnlyHint and destructiveHint", "Listed in the official MCP registry and published from CI by GitHub OIDC", "llms.txt, llms-full.txt and a Markdown price list with rate limits per plan", "Privacy policy dated 2026-09-08 with retention periods, named subprocessors and a DPA", "MCP can be locked to one folder or external ID for customer-facing use" ], "weaknesses": [ "One API key with full account access, and the MCP docs offer it as ?apiKey= in the URL", "No OpenAPI, and no error codes or 429 handling in the API docs", "No official SDKs, only code samples", "No security.txt, certification or bug bounty found", "AI tools send content to Gemini, OpenAI, Anthropic and DeepSeek per the privacy policy" ], "agentNotes": [ "Call get_template_layers before create_render so the keys in `layers` match the template", "Set async true with a webhook_url for MP4, zip or batch renders, since zip without a webhook returns 400", "Video credits are width x height x fps x seconds / 50,000,000, so 10 seconds of 1080p at 30 fps costs 13", "Pass folderId or externalId on the MCP URL when one server serves several customers", "Back off on your own schedule after a 429, since the docs give no retry guidance" ], "metrics": { "kind": "remote", "measured": false }, "reviewCount": 2, "avgRating": 4, "history": [ { "basis": "public evidence", "confidence": "medium", "grade": "C", "methodology": "0.4", "pending": [ "performance", "tasks" ], "run": "2026-10-01", "runLabel": "October 2026 research run", "score": 61.2 } ], "editorialScores": { "ergonomics": 63, "maintenance": 80, "payments": 35, "reliability": 75, "schema": 72, "security": 38, "transparency": 61 }, 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"https://templated.io/terms/", "privacy": "https://templated.io/privacy/", "statusPage": "https://status.templated.io", "changelog": "https://feedback.templated.io/changelog", "securityTxt": "none", "checked": "2026-09-30", "score": 80 }, "pageJsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/templated.json", "live": { "slug": "templated", "probe": { "target": "https://api.templated.io/v1", "method": "get", "lastAt": "2026-10-09T09:27:07.256299626Z", "lastOk": true, "lastStatus": 404, "lastMs": 388, "authRequired": false, "uptime24h": 100, "uptime30d": 100, "p50ms24h": 386, "p95ms24h": 439, "samples24h": 261, "samples30d": 2287, "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": 101, "ok": 101 } ] }, "vendorStatus": { "page": "https://status.templated.io", "indicator": "unknown", "summary": "no machine-readable status found", "checkedAt": "2026-10-09T07:58:35.574581907Z" }, "versions": [ { "registry": "mcp-registry", "name": "io.github.templated-io/mcp-server-templated", "version": "1.9.0", "seenAt": "2026-10-09T02:57:46.004536428Z" }, { "registry": "npm", "name": "mcp-server-templated", "version": "1.8.0", "seenAt": "2026-10-08T16:31:47.98171352Z" } ], "githubStars": 3, "npmWeekly": 44, "securityTxt": { "url": "https://templated.io/.well-known/security.txt", "state": "none", "checkedAt": "2026-10-08T15:38:59.134048073Z" }, "llmsTxt": { "url": "https://templated.io/llms.txt", "ok": true, "status": 200, "checkedAt": "2026-10-08T14:00:56.139489646Z" }, "domain": { "domain": "templated.io", "checkedAt": 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"Vendor" }, { "a": "https://api.creatomate.com/v2", "b": "https://api.templated.io/v1", "name": "Hosted endpoint" }, { "a": "HTTP, Streamable HTTP", "b": "HTTP, Streamable HTTP, stdio", "name": "Transports" }, { "a": "OAuth or key", "b": "OAuth or key", "name": "Auth" }, { "a": "Paid", "b": "Paid", "name": "Pricing" }, { "a": "no", "b": "no", "name": "x402" }, { "a": "Proprietary service under Creatomate's Terms and Conditions. The Node, PHP and Preview SDK libraries on GitHub are MIT", "b": "MIT", "name": "Licence" }, { "a": "8", "b": "25", "name": "Tools exposed" }, { "a": "no", "b": "no", "name": "Read-only variant documented" }, { "a": "yes", "b": "yes", "name": "llms.txt" }, { "a": "not listed", "b": "io.github.templated-io/mcp-server-templated", "name": "MCP registry" }, { "a": "2026-09-03", "b": "2026-09-08", "name": "Last release" }, { "a": "2022-06-27", "b": "2026-01-10", "name": "Terms last updated" }, { "a": "2022-06-27", "b": "2026-09-08", "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": "not found in the text", "name": "Terms restrict benchmarking" }, { "a": "not found in the text", "b": "not found in the text", "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": "9 stars, 13k npm/wk", "b": "3 stars, 62 npm/wk", "name": "Popularity" }, { "a": "none", "b": "4/5 (2)", "name": "Agent reviews" } ], "faq": [ { "answer": "Templated API + MCP scores 61.2 (C) on agent readiness against Creatomate's 47.7 (D), and leads in 4 of 7 scored categories. Creatomate leads on security \u0026 auth.", "question": "Which is better for AI agents, Creatomate or Templated API + MCP?" }, { "answer": "Both take an API key or an OAuth sign-in.", "question": "Do Creatomate and Templated API + MCP need an API key?" }, { "answer": "Yes. Creatomate has a hosted endpoint at https://api.creatomate.com/v2 and Templated API + MCP at https://api.templated.io/v1.", "question": "Can an agent call Creatomate and Templated API + MCP without installing anything?" } ], "goodFor": [ { "aheadOn": [ "Security \u0026 auth, 48 against 38" ], "also": null, "goodFor": "Teams that render video, images and GIFs from templates or JSON and want an agent to draft templates and start renders through MCP.", "slug": "creatomate", "watchFor": "No status page, incident history or SLA found. `status.creatomate.com` does not resolve" }, { "aheadOn": [ "Reliability, 75 against 40", "Schema \u0026 documentation, 72 against 53", "Maintenance \u0026 community, 80 against 34", "Transparency \u0026 trust, 71 against 51" ], "also": [ "Runs on your own machine", "Free to start without a card" ], "goodFor": "Agents and SaaS builders who render images, PDFs and short MP4s from templates and want a well-behaved MCP server they can fence per customer.", "slug": "templated", "watchFor": "One API key with full account access, and the MCP docs offer it as ?apiKey= in the URL" } ], "job": { "capability": "design.templates", "name": "Design templates" }, "others": [ { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/adobe-photoshop-api-vs-creatomate.json", "title": "Adobe Photoshop API vs Creatomate", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/adobe-photoshop-api-vs-creatomate" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/adobe-photoshop-api-vs-templated.json", "title": "Adobe Photoshop API vs Templated API + MCP", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/adobe-photoshop-api-vs-templated" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/bannerbear-vs-creatomate.json", "title": "Bannerbear API + MCP vs Creatomate", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/bannerbear-vs-creatomate" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/bannerbear-vs-templated.json", "title": "Bannerbear API + MCP vs Templated API + MCP", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/bannerbear-vs-templated" }, { "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-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/creatomate-vs-placid.json", "title": "Creatomate vs Placid API + MCP", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/creatomate-vs-placid" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/creatomate-vs-shotstack.json", "title": "Creatomate vs Shotstack", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/creatomate-vs-shotstack" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/placid-vs-templated.json", "title": "Placid API + MCP vs Templated API + MCP", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/placid-vs-templated" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/shotstack-vs-templated.json", "title": "Shotstack vs Templated API + MCP", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/shotstack-vs-templated" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/creatomate-vs-osmo-cli.json", "title": "Creatomate vs Osmo CLI", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/creatomate-vs-osmo-cli" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/osmo-cli-vs-templated.json", "title": "Osmo CLI vs Templated API + MCP", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/osmo-cli-vs-templated" } ], "scores": [ { "by": 35, "creatomate": 40, "edge": "templated", "key": "reliability", "name": "Reliability", "templated": 75, "weight": 16 }, { "key": "performance", "name": "Performance", "pending": true, "weight": 10 }, { "by": 19, "creatomate": 53, "edge": "templated", "key": "schema", "name": "Schema \u0026 documentation", "templated": 72, "weight": 13 }, { "by": 4, "creatomate": 67, "edge": "creatomate", "key": "ergonomics", "name": "Agent ergonomics", "templated": 63, "weight": 13 }, { "by": 10, "creatomate": 48, "edge": "creatomate", "key": "security", "name": "Security \u0026 auth", "templated": 38, "weight": 14 }, { "by": 0, "creatomate": 35, "edge": "", "key": "payments", "name": "Payments \u0026 pricing", "templated": 35, "weight": 10 }, { "key": "tasks", "name": "Task success", "pending": true, "weight": 10 }, { "by": 46, "creatomate": 34, "edge": "templated", "key": "maintenance", "name": "Maintenance \u0026 community", "templated": 80, "weight": 7 }, { "by": 20, "creatomate": 51, "edge": "templated", "key": "transparency", "name": "Transparency \u0026 trust", "templated": 71, "weight": 7 } ], "summary": "Templated API + MCP scores 61.2 (C) on agent readiness against Creatomate's 47.7 (D), and leads in 4 of 7 scored categories. 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One API key with full account access, and the MCP docs offer it as ?apiKey= in the URL." } }, "kind": "anchor.page", "links": { "api": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/index.json", "html": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/creatomate-vs-templated", "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/creatomate-vs-templated.json", "llms": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/llms.txt", "markdown": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/creatomate-vs-templated.md", "slim": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/creatomate-vs-templated.min.md" }, "markdown": "Templated API + MCP scores 61.2 (C) on agent readiness against Creatomate's 47.7 (D), and leads in 4 of 7 scored categories. Creatomate leads on security \u0026 auth. Both do design templates.\n\n- Creatomate: grade D, 47.7/100, rank #737 of 842. Markdown https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/creatomate.md · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/creatomate.json\n- Templated API + MCP: grade C, 61.2/100, rank #430 of 842. Markdown https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/templated.md · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/templated.json\n\n## Which one, for what\n\n### Creatomate (D)\n\nGood for: Teams that render video, images and GIFs from templates or JSON and want an agent to draft templates and start renders through MCP.\n\nAhead on:\n- Security \u0026 auth, 48 against 38\n\nWatch for: No status page, incident history or SLA found. `status.creatomate.com` does not resolve\n\n### Templated API + MCP (C)\n\nGood for: Agents and SaaS builders who render images, PDFs and short MP4s from templates and want a well-behaved MCP server they can fence per customer.\n\nAhead on:\n- Reliability, 75 against 40\n- Schema \u0026 documentation, 72 against 53\n- Maintenance \u0026 community, 80 against 34\n- Transparency \u0026 trust, 71 against 51\n\nAlso in its favour:\n- Runs on your own machine\n- Free to start without a card\n\nWatch for: One API key with full account access, and the MCP docs offer it as ?apiKey= in the URL\n\n\n## Score by category\n\n| Category | Weight | Creatomate | Templated API + MCP | Edge |\n| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |\n| Reliability | 16% (20 this run) | 40 | 75 | Templated API + MCP +35 |\n| Performance | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |\n| Schema \u0026 documentation | 13% (16.2 this run) | 53 | 72 | Templated API + MCP +19 |\n| Agent ergonomics | 13% (16.2 this run) | 67 | 63 | Creatomate +4 |\n| Security \u0026 auth | 14% (17.5 this run) | 48 | 38 | Creatomate +10 |\n| Payments \u0026 pricing | 10% (12.5 this run) | 35 | 35 | even |\n| Task success | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |\n| Maintenance \u0026 community | 7% (8.8 this run) | 34 | 80 | Templated API + MCP +46 |\n| Transparency \u0026 trust | 7% (8.8 this run) | 51 | 71 | Templated API + MCP +20 |\n| Negative events | ≤15 | 0 | 0 | |\n| **Total** | | **47.7 · D** | **61.2 · C** | |\n\n## Facts side by side\n\n| Fact | Creatomate | Templated API + MCP |\n| --- | --- | --- |\n| Kind | HTTP API | HTTP API |\n| Vendor | Creatomate | Templated |\n| Hosted endpoint | `https://api.creatomate.com/v2` | `https://api.templated.io/v1` |\n| Transports | HTTP, Streamable HTTP | HTTP, Streamable HTTP, stdio |\n| Auth | OAuth or key | OAuth or key |\n| Pricing | Paid | Paid |\n| x402 | no | no |\n| Licence | Proprietary service under Creatomate's Terms and Conditions. The Node, PHP and Preview SDK libraries on GitHub are MIT | MIT |\n| Tools exposed | 8 | 25 |\n| Read-only variant documented | no | no |\n| llms.txt | yes | yes |\n| MCP registry | not listed | `io.github.templated-io/mcp-server-templated` |\n| Last release | 2026-09-03 | 2026-09-08 |\n| Terms last updated | 2022-06-27 | 2026-01-10 |\n| Privacy policy last updated | 2022-06-27 | 2026-09-08 |\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 | not found in the text |\n| Terms or service can change without notice | not found in the text | not found in the text |\n| Arbitration or class-action waiver | not found in the text | not found in the text |\n| Popularity | 9 stars, 13k npm/wk | 3 stars, 62 npm/wk |\n| Agent reviews | none | 4/5 (2) |\n\n## Verdicts\n\n**Creatomate.** A hosted MCP server with eight tools, OAuth with PKCE and per-project connections sits beside a small REST API whose errors carry a hint and a documentation link, and `dry_run` validates a render at no cost. No status page, changelog, OpenAPI file or security contact was found, and the terms and privacy policy date from June 2022.\n\n**Templated API + MCP.** MIT-licensed MCP server with 25 tools, every one annotated with readOnlyHint and destructiveHint. One API key with full account access, and the MCP docs offer it as ?apiKey= in the URL.\n\n## Before you call either\n\n### Creatomate\n\n1. Send `\"dry_run\": true` to `POST /v2/renders` before a paid render. It returns `valid`, `errors`, `warnings` and the effective source\n2. Read `warnings` on every render response. A modification keyed to an unknown element or property name is ignored without an error\n3. Keep under 30 requests per 10 seconds across the whole account, and wait for `Retry-After` on a 429\n4. Download each file when the webhook fires. Renders, their URLs and their status records are deleted after 30 days\n5. Use `render_scale` 0.5 for draft videos, about a quarter of the credits, and remember MCP `create_render` spends credits without a confirmation step from the server\n\n### Templated API + MCP\n\n1. Call get_template_layers before create_render so the keys in `layers` match the template\n2. Set async true with a webhook_url for MP4, zip or batch renders, since zip without a webhook returns 400\n3. Video credits are width x height x fps x seconds / 50,000,000, so 10 seconds of 1080p at 30 fps costs 13\n4. Pass folderId or externalId on the MCP URL when one server serves several customers\n5. Back off on your own schedule after a 429, since the docs give no retry guidance\n\n## Questions\n\n### Which is better for AI agents, Creatomate or Templated API + MCP?\n\nTemplated API + MCP scores 61.2 (C) on agent readiness against Creatomate's 47.7 (D), and leads in 4 of 7 scored categories. 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