{ "data": { "a": { "slug": "datocms", "name": "DatoCMS", "vendor": "Dato Srl", "vendorUrl": "https://www.datocms.com", "kind": "http-api", "category": "cms", "summary": "DatoCMS is a hosted headless CMS from Dato Srl in Milan. Agents write records, assets, locales and schema through the REST Content Management API, the `datocms` CLI or a hosted MCP server, and read through a GraphQL Content Delivery API.", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/datocms", "markdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/datocms.md", "slimMarkdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/datocms.min.md", "jsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/datocms.json", "repo": "https://github.com/datocms/js-rest-api-clients", "license": "Proprietary service under Dato Srl's terms of service. The API clients in datocms/js-rest-api-clients and the CLI in datocms/cli are MIT", "transports": [ "http", "streamable-http" ], "remoteUrl": "https://site-api.datocms.com", "packages": [ { "registry": "npm", "name": "@datocms/cma-client-node" }, { "registry": "npm", "name": "@datocms/cma-client" }, { "registry": "npm", "name": "datocms" } ], "auth": "mixed", "authNotes": "Self-serve. The Content Management API takes an API token as a Bearer header. A person creates the token in the project's settings and binds it to a role, which limits it by model, action and environment. Every project starts with a read-only token, and tokens can be rotated by API. The hosted MCP server uses browser OAuth through oauth.datocms.com with PKCE and dynamic client registration, where the person picks projects and one of three access levels. Accounts on single sign-on can't use the MCP server. No app review or sales approval is needed.", "pricing": "freemium", "pricingNotes": "The Free plan needs no card and includes 25,000 Content Management API calls a month, 300 records and three sandbox environments, with no overage. Professional is €199 a month, or €149 a month billed yearly, with 100,000 management API calls and €9 per extra 100,000. Enterprise is sold through sales. Prices are in euros only (https://www.datocms.com/pricing, checked 2026-10-08).", "priceSummary": "Freemium", "where": "hosted", "x402": { "level": "no", "evidence": "No x402, MPP or L402 in the Content Management API docs, the MCP server docs or the pricing page (checked 2026-10-08).", "endpoints": [] }, "toolCount": 9, "popularity": { "githubStars": null, "npmWeekly": 152666, "pypiWeekly": null, "asOf": "2026-10-08" }, "docsUrl": "https://www.datocms.com/docs/content-management-api", "llmsTxt": "https://www.datocms.com/llms.txt", "capabilities": [ "cms.content", "cms.publish", "cms.assets", "cms.localisation", "cms.schema" ], "tags": [ "official", "hosted", "mcp", "oauth", "closed-source", "no-card", "free-tier", "llms-txt", "webhooks", "typescript", "cli", "graphql", "status-page", "iso27001" ], "lastRelease": "2026-10-01", "graded": true, "anchor": { "graded": true, "score": 74.4, "grade": "BB", "agentReady": true, "rank": 62, "ranked": true, "rankOf": 722, "categoryRank": 1, "methodology": "0.4", "run": "2026-10-01", "scores": { "ergonomics": 78, "maintenance": 81, "payments": 35, "reliability": 80, "schema": 85, "security": 77, "transparency": 80 }, "pending": [ "performance", "tasks" ], "assessment": { "confidence": "medium", "date": "2026-10-08" }, "negative": 0, "verdict": "The Content Management API publishes a JSON Hyper-Schema for 202 operations, 100 documented error codes and rate-limit headers, and the hosted MCP server adds OAuth with three access levels. There are no idempotency keys, the only official client library is JavaScript, audit logs are Enterprise only, and prices are in euros with no machine payment route.", "bestFor": "Teams on DatoCMS who want an agent to create, translate and publish records, upload assets or change models, testing first in a sandbox environment.", "strengths": [ "Machine-readable JSON Hyper-Schema at `https://site-api.datocms.com/docs/site-api-hyperschema.json` covering 53 resources and 202 operations, with 656 examples", "Error bodies carry one of 100 documented codes, a `doc_url` and a `transient` flag, and 429 responses carry `x-ratelimit-reset`", "API tokens bind to custom roles by model, action and environment, and every project starts with a read-only token", "Hosted MCP server with OAuth (PKCE, dynamic client registration, revocation), per-project selection and a read-only level enforced at the network layer", "Free plan with no card, 25,000 Content Management API calls a month and three sandbox environments for testing changes away from the primary" ], "weaknesses": [ "No idempotency keys in the reviewed documentation. Safe retries rest on optimistic locking and the JavaScript client's automatic retry", "The only official client library is JavaScript and TypeScript. No Python, Go, PHP or Ruby client appears in the documentation index", "Audit logs are an Enterprise feature with a default retention of two months", "A database upgrade on 19 September 2026 put every project in read-only mode for about four hours, over an hour past its announced window", "The terms let Dato Srl modify or discontinue API access with or without notice, and free projects are suspended for the rest of the month at a quota limit" ], "agentNotes": [ "Send `X-Api-Version: 3` and `Accept: application/json` on every request, with `Content-Type: application/vnd.api+json` on writes", "Records are `items`, models are `item_types` and assets are `uploads` in every path and payload", "Save a record, then call the publish endpoint as a separate PUT. Send `meta.current_version` on updates and re-fetch on `STALE_ITEM_VERSION`", "Stay under 60 requests every 3 seconds. On 429 wait the seconds in `x-ratelimit-reset`, and retry any error whose body has `transient` set to true", "Fork a sandbox environment for schema changes and promote it when checked. Use `POST /items/validate` to test a payload without saving it" ], "metrics": { "kind": "remote", "measured": false }, "reviewCount": 0, "avgRating": 0, "history": [ { "basis": "public evidence", "confidence": "medium", "grade": "BB", "methodology": "0.4", "pending": [ "performance", "tasks" ], "run": "2026-10-01", "runLabel": "October 2026 research run", "score": 74.4 } ], "editorialScores": { "ergonomics": 78, "maintenance": 81, "payments": 35, "reliability": 80, "schema": 85, "security": 77, "transparency": 65 }, "provenanceScore": 94 }, "connect": { "install": "npm install @datocms/cma-client-node", "http": "curl \\\n -H 'Authorization: Bearer \u003cYOUR-API-TOKEN\u003e' \\\n -H 'Accept: application/json' \\\n -H 'X-Api-Version: 3' \\\n https://site-api.datocms.com/site", "claudeCode": "claude mcp add --transport http DatoCMS https://mcp.datocms.com", "config": { "mcpServers": { "DatoCMS": { "type": "http", "url": "https://mcp.datocms.com" } } } }, "letme": { "capability": "https://letme.dev/cms.content", "tool": "https://letme.dev/datocms" }, "area": "business", "provenance": { "legalEntity": "Dato Srl", "domain": "datocms.com", "domainRegistered": "2016-03-18", "endpointOnVendorDomain": true, "terms": "https://www.datocms.com/legal/terms", "privacy": "https://www.datocms.com/legal/privacy-policy", "statusPage": "https://status.datocms.com", "changelog": "https://www.datocms.com/product-updates", "securityTxt": "valid", "checked": "2026-10-08", "notes": [ "The terms of service and the privacy policy name DATO SRL, Via U. Visconti di Modrone 2, 20122 Milano, Italy. The terms cover every plan except Enterprise, which has a separate agreement we did not find published.", "The Content Management API answers at site-api.datocms.com, the MCP server at mcp.datocms.com and the OAuth server at oauth.datocms.com.", "www.datocms.com/.well-known/security.txt gives security@datocms.com, a PGP key and the security policy page, and has no Expires field.", "The privacy policy carries no revision date in the Markdown copy we read. The GDPR page was last updated on 3 June 2026 and the security page on 2 September 2025.", "RDAP for datocms.com gives a registration date of 2016-03-18.", "The status page is the vendor's own, with a static mirror at status2.datocms.com and RSS, Atom and JSON history feeds. No data processing agreement was found on the legal pages." ], "score": 94 }, "pageJsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/datocms.json", "live": { "slug": "datocms", "probe": { "target": "https://site-api.datocms.com", "method": "get", "lastAt": "2026-10-08T21:12:08.526426623Z", "lastOk": true, "lastStatus": 404, "lastMs": 53, "authRequired": false, "uptime24h": 100, "uptime30d": 100, "p50ms24h": 73, "p95ms24h": 113, "samples24h": 21, "samples30d": 21, "days": [ { "date": "2026-10-08", "probes": 21, "ok": 21 } ] }, "vendorStatus": { "page": "https://status.datocms.com", "indicator": "unknown", "summary": "no machine-readable status found", "checkedAt": "2026-10-08T19:38:25.080597068Z" }, "updatedAt": "2026-10-08T21:12:08.526426623Z" } }, "answer": "DatoCMS scores 74.4 (BB) on agent readiness against Directus's 67.1 (B), and leads in 4 of 7 scored categories. Directus leads on payments \u0026 pricing and maintenance \u0026 community.", "b": { "slug": "directus", "name": "Directus", "vendor": "Monospace Inc. (Directus)", "vendorUrl": "https://directus.com", "kind": "http-api", "category": "cms", "summary": "Directus is a source-available headless CMS and data platform that runs on an SQL database, self-hosted or on a paid cloud. Agents manage items, files and the data model through REST, GraphQL and a built-in MCP server.", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/directus", "markdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/directus.md", "slimMarkdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/directus.min.md", "jsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/directus.json", "repo": "https://github.com/directus/directus", "license": "MSCL-1.0-GPL (Monospace Sustainable Core Licence 1.0), source-available with a licence key for paid tiers, each version converting to GPL-3.0 after four years. `@directus/sdk` is MIT", "transports": [ "http", "streamable-http" ], "packages": [ { "registry": "npm", "name": "directus" }, { "registry": "npm", "name": "@directus/sdk" }, { "registry": "npm", "name": "@directus/specs" } ], "auth": "mixed", "authNotes": "Self-serve on your own instance, with no app review or partner approval. The MCP server at `/mcp` accepts OAuth (PKCE, with dynamic client registration or client ID metadata documents, both off by default) and issues a token with the `mcp:access` scope that works only on the MCP endpoint. REST, GraphQL and MCP also accept a static token, one per user, which doesn't expire and is sent as `Authorization: Bearer` or as `?access_token=` in the URL. Log-in tokens are short-lived with a refresh token. Every credential acts with its user's access policies, down to collection, action, field and item rule.", "pricing": "freemium", "pricingNotes": "The Core tier is free to self-host with 3 Studio seats, 25 collections and 5 flows, with no card, account or contract, so an agent can start at once. Team is $499 a month on an annual term or $599 monthly, Enterprise is priced by sales, and Directus Cloud hosting is a $99 a month add-on with a 14-day trial. The Open Innovation Grant lifts the limits for organisations under $5M revenue and 50 employees (checked 2026-10-08).", "priceSummary": "$499 / mo", "where": "local", "x402": { "level": "no", "evidence": "No x402, MPP or L402 in the docs index, the pricing page or the repository's MCP source (checked 2026-10-08).", "endpoints": [] }, "toolCount": 12, "popularity": { "githubStars": 38295, "npmWeekly": 22588, "pypiWeekly": null, "asOf": "2026-10-08" }, "docsUrl": "https://directus.com/docs", "llmsTxt": "https://directus.com/docs/llms.txt", "openapi": "https://github.com/directus/directus/blob/main/packages/specs/src/openapi.yaml", "capabilities": [ "cms.content", "cms.schema", "cms.assets", "cms.publish", "cms.localisation" ], "tags": [ "source-available", "self-hosted", "hosted", "mcp", "oauth", "openapi", "llms-txt", "graphql", "typescript", "sql", "status-page", "soc2" ], "lastRelease": "2026-10-07", "graded": true, "anchor": { "graded": true, "score": 67.1, "grade": "B", "agentReady": false, "rank": 217, "ranked": true, "rankOf": 722, "categoryRank": 5, "methodology": "0.4", "run": "2026-10-01", "scores": { "ergonomics": 73, "maintenance": 86, "payments": 55, "reliability": 82, "schema": 81, "security": 68, "transparency": 61 }, "pending": [ "performance", "tasks" ], "assessment": { "confidence": "medium", "date": "2026-10-08" }, "negative": -6, "negativeNotes": [ "5 August 2026. Directus published GHSA-97xr-jchp-xm3c (critical, CVSS 9.2, no CVE). On versions before 12.1.0, a public WebSocket client could read, create, update or delete items in user collections after a failed authentication message. At least 20 advisories were published between 24 June and 2 September 2026, at least 11 rated high, among them SQL injection through geometry fields (GHSA-chfm-g7r3-vv42) and a TUS upload authorisation bypass (GHSA-xjxq-pj7h-g676). The critical fix shipped in 12.1.0 on 1 July, before publication, the vendor published every advisory itself, and none mentions exploitation, so we deduct 6 of a possible 15. https://github.com/directus/directus/security/advisories/GHSA-97xr-jchp-xm3c ; https://github.com/directus/directus/security/advisories" ], "verdict": "The built-in MCP server works under the connecting user's permissions, supports OAuth limited to the MCP endpoint and blocks deletes unless an administrator allows them. Since version 12 a licence check caps the free Core tier at 3 Studio seats, 25 collections and 5 flows, and the default tool list carries about 79 KB of instructions.", "bestFor": "Teams that already keep content in an SQL database and want an agent to edit items, files and the data model under a named user's permissions.", "strengths": [ "MCP OAuth with PKCE issues tokens with the `mcp:access` scope and the MCP endpoint as audience, and administrators can revoke registered clients", "Deletes through MCP are refused unless the Allow Deletes setting is on, and the MCP server itself is off by default", "Registry mode at `/mcp?tool_mode=registry` cuts the tool list to `search`, `execute` and `schema`", "Content versioning has REST endpoints to save, compare and promote a version, and revisions record each change", "Six tagged releases between 29 July and 7 October 2026, with breaking changes listed per version in the docs" ], "weaknesses": [ "Version 12 (10 June 2026) added licence enforcement. The free Core tier allows 3 Studio seats, 25 collections and 5 flows, and an instance over its limits is locked after a grace period", "The licence is MSCL-1.0-GPL, source-available and not OSI approved, with a ban on competing use and on bypassing the licence key", "Static tokens never expire, are stored in plain text in `directus_users`, and the MCP guide shows them in the URL as `?access_token=`", "Releases don't follow semantic versioning, and 12.1 to 12.5 each carried breaking changes", "At least 20 security advisories were published between June and September 2026, one rated critical and at least 11 rated high" ], "agentNotes": [ "Connect with OAuth or an `Authorization: Bearer` header. Don't put the token in the URL as `?access_token=`, where it can be logged", "Use `/mcp?tool_mode=registry` when the client loads every tool definition. Default mode sends each tool's full instructions, about 79 KB in total", "Read the `schema` tool before writing. Item payloads are untyped objects, so field names and types come only from the data model", "Publish a version with `POST /versions/{id}/promote` over REST. The MCP `items` tool refuses system collections such as `directus_versions`", "Count translation and junction tables against the 25-collection Core limit before creating collections" ], "metrics": { "kind": "local", "measured": false }, "reviewCount": 0, "avgRating": 0, "history": [ { "basis": "public evidence", "confidence": "medium", "grade": "B", "methodology": "0.4", "pending": [ "performance", "tasks" ], "run": "2026-10-01", "runLabel": "October 2026 research run", "score": 67.1 } ], "editorialScores": { "ergonomics": 73, "maintenance": 86, "payments": 55, "reliability": 82, "schema": 81, "security": 68, "transparency": 55 }, "provenanceScore": 66 }, "connect": { "install": "npm install @directus/sdk", "claudeCode": "claude mcp add --transport http directus https://your-directus-url.com/mcp", "config": { "mcpServers": { "directus": { "headers": { "Authorization": "Bearer your-generated-token" }, "url": "https://your-directus-url.com/mcp" } } } }, "letme": { "capability": "https://letme.dev/cms.content", "tool": "https://letme.dev/directus" }, "area": "business", "unitPrices": [ { "item": "Core, self-hosted", "unit": "month", "usd": 0, "note": "3 Studio seats, 25 collections, 5 flows" }, { "item": "Team", "unit": "month", "usd": 499, "note": "annual term, or $599 billed monthly. 10 seats, 50 collections, 20 flows" }, { "item": "Team extra seat", "unit": "seat-month", "usd": 50, "note": "Studio users only" }, { "item": "Directus Cloud hosting add-on", "unit": "month", "usd": 99, "note": "for Core, Team and Open Innovation Grant projects" } ], "provenance": { "legalEntity": "Monospace Inc. (doing business as Directus)", "domain": "directus.com", "domainRegistered": "1997-02-06", "endpointOnVendorDomain": false, "terms": "https://directus.com/license", "privacy": "https://directus.com/privacy", "statusPage": "https://status.directus.cloud", "changelog": "https://github.com/directus/directus/releases", "securityTxt": "none", "checked": "2026-10-08", "notes": [ "The privacy policy (last updated 9 June 2026) names Monospace Inc., doing business as Directus, a Delaware corporation, at 223 Bedford Ave STE A #855, Brooklyn, New York. The terms page, dated 28 April 2025, gives the same entity.", "`terms` points at the MSCL-1.0-GPL licence text, which governs a self-hosted install. directus.com/terms reads as website terms of use, and Directus Cloud has separate Cloud policies at directus.com/cloud-policies.", "The privacy policy says personal information processed for customers of the product is handled under customer agreements, not the policy. No public DPA was found.", "A self-hosted install answers on its owner's domain. It contacts licensing.directus.com when a licence key is set and telemetry.directus.io for usage reports.", "https://directus.com/.well-known/security.txt returned 404 on 8 October 2026. directus.io redirects to directus.com.", "RDAP for directus.com gives a registration date of 1997-02-06, which predates the company's use of the domain.", "The status page runs on Statuspage and covers Directus Cloud regions and the dashboard, not self-hosted installs." ], "score": 66 }, "pageJsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/directus.json", "live": { "slug": "directus", "vendorStatus": { "page": "https://status.directus.cloud", "indicator": "none", "summary": "All Systems Operational", "checkedAt": "2026-10-08T21:05:59.495414141Z" }, "updatedAt": "2026-10-08T21:05:59.495414141Z" } }, "facts": [ { "a": "HTTP API", "b": "HTTP API", "name": "Kind" }, { "a": "Dato Srl", "b": "Monospace Inc. (Directus)", "name": "Vendor" }, { "a": "https://site-api.datocms.com", "b": "no (local only)", "name": "Hosted endpoint" }, { "a": "HTTP, Streamable HTTP", "b": "HTTP, Streamable HTTP", "name": "Transports" }, { "a": "OAuth or key", "b": "OAuth or key", "name": "Auth" }, { "a": "Freemium", "b": "Freemium", "name": "Pricing" }, { "a": "no", "b": "no", "name": "x402" }, { "a": "Proprietary service under Dato Srl's terms of service. The API clients in datocms/js-rest-api-clients and the CLI in datocms/cli are MIT", "b": "MSCL-1.0-GPL (Monospace Sustainable Core Licence 1.0), source-available with a licence key for paid tiers, each version converting to GPL-3.0 after four years. `@directus/sdk` is MIT", "name": "Licence" }, { "a": "9", "b": "12", "name": "Tools exposed" }, { "a": "yes", "b": "no", "name": "Read-only variant documented" }, { "a": "yes", "b": "yes", "name": "llms.txt" }, { "a": "2026-10-01", "b": "2026-10-07", "name": "Last release" }, { "a": "couldn't be read", "b": "no date given", "name": "Terms last updated" }, { "a": "couldn't be read", "b": "2026-06-09", "name": "Privacy policy last updated" }, { "a": "couldn't be read", "b": "not found in the text", "name": "Customer content may train models" }, { "a": "couldn't be read", "b": "not found in the text", "name": "Terms restrict automated access" }, { "a": "couldn't be read", "b": "yes", "name": "Terms restrict benchmarking" }, { "a": "couldn't be read", "b": "not found in the text", "name": "Terms or service can change without notice" }, { "a": "couldn't be read", "b": "not found in the text", "name": "Arbitration or class-action waiver" }, { "a": "153k npm/wk", "b": "38k stars, 23k npm/wk", "name": "Popularity" } ], "faq": [ { "answer": "DatoCMS scores 74.4 (BB) on agent readiness against Directus's 67.1 (B), and leads in 4 of 7 scored categories. Directus leads on payments \u0026 pricing and maintenance \u0026 community.", "question": "Which is better for AI agents, DatoCMS or Directus?" }, { "answer": "Both take an API key or an OAuth sign-in.", "question": "Do DatoCMS and Directus need an API key?" }, { "answer": "DatoCMS has a hosted endpoint at https://site-api.datocms.com. No hosted endpoint is listed for Directus.", "question": "Can an agent call DatoCMS and Directus without installing anything?" } ], "goodFor": [ { "aheadOn": [ "Agent ergonomics, 78 against 73", "Security \u0026 auth, 77 against 68", "Transparency \u0026 trust, 80 against 61" ], "also": [ "Agent-ready, a grade of BB or better", "A hosted endpoint, with nothing to install", "Free to start without a card", "No incidents deducted, where Directus loses 6 points for them" ], "goodFor": "Teams on DatoCMS who want an agent to create, translate and publish records, upload assets or change models, testing first in a sandbox environment.", "slug": "datocms", "watchFor": "No idempotency keys in the reviewed documentation. Safe retries rest on optimistic locking and the JavaScript client's automatic retry" }, { "aheadOn": [ "Payments \u0026 pricing, 55 against 35", "Maintenance \u0026 community, 86 against 81" ], "also": null, "goodFor": "Teams that already keep content in an SQL database and want an agent to edit items, files and the data model under a named user's permissions.", "slug": "directus", "watchFor": "Version 12 (10 June 2026) added licence enforcement. The free Core tier allows 3 Studio seats, 25 collections and 5 flows, and an instance over its limits is locked after a grace period" } ], "job": { "capability": "cms.content", "name": "Cms content" }, "others": [ { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/contentstack-vs-datocms.json", "title": "Contentstack vs DatoCMS", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/contentstack-vs-datocms" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/contentstack-vs-directus.json", "title": "Contentstack vs Directus", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/contentstack-vs-directus" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/datocms-vs-ghost.json", "title": "DatoCMS vs Ghost", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/datocms-vs-ghost" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/datocms-vs-payload.json", "title": "DatoCMS vs Payload", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/datocms-vs-payload" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/datocms-vs-sanity.json", "title": "DatoCMS vs Sanity", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/datocms-vs-sanity" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/datocms-vs-storyblok.json", "title": "DatoCMS vs Storyblok", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/datocms-vs-storyblok" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/datocms-vs-strapi.json", "title": "DatoCMS vs Strapi", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/datocms-vs-strapi" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/datocms-vs-webflow.json", "title": "DatoCMS vs Webflow", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/datocms-vs-webflow" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/datocms-vs-wordpress.json", "title": "DatoCMS vs WordPress", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/datocms-vs-wordpress" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/directus-vs-ghost.json", "title": "Directus vs Ghost", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/directus-vs-ghost" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/directus-vs-payload.json", "title": "Directus vs Payload", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/directus-vs-payload" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/directus-vs-sanity.json", "title": "Directus vs Sanity", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/directus-vs-sanity" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/directus-vs-storyblok.json", "title": "Directus vs Storyblok", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/directus-vs-storyblok" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/directus-vs-strapi.json", "title": "Directus vs Strapi", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/directus-vs-strapi" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/directus-vs-webflow.json", "title": "Directus vs Webflow", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/directus-vs-webflow" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/directus-vs-wordpress.json", "title": "Directus vs WordPress", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/directus-vs-wordpress" } ], "scores": [ { "by": 2, "datocms": 80, "directus": 82, "edge": "directus", "key": "reliability", "name": "Reliability", "weight": 16 }, { "key": "performance", "name": "Performance", "pending": true, "weight": 10 }, { "by": 4, "datocms": 85, "directus": 81, "edge": "datocms", "key": "schema", "name": "Schema \u0026 documentation", "weight": 13 }, { "by": 5, "datocms": 78, "directus": 73, "edge": "datocms", "key": "ergonomics", "name": "Agent ergonomics", "weight": 13 }, { "by": 9, "datocms": 77, "directus": 68, "edge": "datocms", "key": "security", "name": "Security \u0026 auth", "weight": 14 }, { "by": 20, "datocms": 35, "directus": 55, "edge": "directus", "key": "payments", "name": "Payments \u0026 pricing", "weight": 10 }, { "key": "tasks", "name": "Task success", "pending": true, "weight": 10 }, { "by": 5, "datocms": 81, "directus": 86, "edge": "directus", "key": "maintenance", "name": "Maintenance \u0026 community", "weight": 7 }, { "by": 19, "datocms": 80, "directus": 61, "edge": "datocms", "key": "transparency", "name": "Transparency \u0026 trust", "weight": 7 } ], "summary": "DatoCMS scores 74.4 (BB) on agent readiness against Directus's 67.1 (B), and leads in 4 of 7 scored categories. Directus leads on payments \u0026 pricing and maintenance \u0026 community. Both do cms content.", "verdicts": { "datocms": "The Content Management API publishes a JSON Hyper-Schema for 202 operations, 100 documented error codes and rate-limit headers, and the hosted MCP server adds OAuth with three access levels. There are no idempotency keys, the only official client library is JavaScript, audit logs are Enterprise only, and prices are in euros with no machine payment route.", "directus": "The built-in MCP server works under the connecting user's permissions, supports OAuth limited to the MCP endpoint and blocks deletes unless an administrator allows them. Since version 12 a licence check caps the free Core tier at 3 Studio seats, 25 collections and 5 flows, and the default tool list carries about 79 KB of instructions." } }, "kind": "anchor.page", "links": { "api": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/index.json", "html": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/datocms-vs-directus", "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/datocms-vs-directus.json", "llms": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/llms.txt", "markdown": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/datocms-vs-directus.md", "slim": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/datocms-vs-directus.min.md" }, "markdown": "DatoCMS scores 74.4 (BB) on agent readiness against Directus's 67.1 (B), and leads in 4 of 7 scored categories. Directus leads on payments \u0026 pricing and maintenance \u0026 community. Both do cms content.\n\n- DatoCMS: grade BB, 74.4/100, rank #62 of 722. Markdown https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/datocms.md · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/datocms.json\n- Directus: grade B, 67.1/100, rank #217 of 722. Markdown https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/directus.md · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/directus.json\n\n## Which one, for what\n\n### DatoCMS (BB)\n\nGood for: Teams on DatoCMS who want an agent to create, translate and publish records, upload assets or change models, testing first in a sandbox environment.\n\nAhead on:\n- Agent ergonomics, 78 against 73\n- Security \u0026 auth, 77 against 68\n- Transparency \u0026 trust, 80 against 61\n\nAlso in its favour:\n- Agent-ready, a grade of BB or better\n- A hosted endpoint, with nothing to install\n- Free to start without a card\n- No incidents deducted, where Directus loses 6 points for them\n\nWatch for: No idempotency keys in the reviewed documentation. Safe retries rest on optimistic locking and the JavaScript client's automatic retry\n\n### Directus (B)\n\nGood for: Teams that already keep content in an SQL database and want an agent to edit items, files and the data model under a named user's permissions.\n\nAhead on:\n- Payments \u0026 pricing, 55 against 35\n- Maintenance \u0026 community, 86 against 81\n\nWatch for: Version 12 (10 June 2026) added licence enforcement. The free Core tier allows 3 Studio seats, 25 collections and 5 flows, and an instance over its limits is locked after a grace period\n\n\n## Score by category\n\n| Category | Weight | DatoCMS | Directus | Edge |\n| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |\n| Reliability | 16% (20 this run) | 80 | 82 | Directus +2 |\n| Performance | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |\n| Schema \u0026 documentation | 13% (16.2 this run) | 85 | 81 | DatoCMS +4 |\n| Agent ergonomics | 13% (16.2 this run) | 78 | 73 | DatoCMS +5 |\n| Security \u0026 auth | 14% (17.5 this run) | 77 | 68 | DatoCMS +9 |\n| Payments \u0026 pricing | 10% (12.5 this run) | 35 | 55 | Directus +20 |\n| Task success | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |\n| Maintenance \u0026 community | 7% (8.8 this run) | 81 | 86 | Directus +5 |\n| Transparency \u0026 trust | 7% (8.8 this run) | 80 | 61 | DatoCMS +19 |\n| Negative events | ≤15 | 0 | -6 | |\n| **Total** | | **74.4 · BB** | **67.1 · B** | |\n\n## Facts side by side\n\n| Fact | DatoCMS | Directus |\n| --- | --- | --- |\n| Kind | HTTP API | HTTP API |\n| Vendor | Dato Srl | Monospace Inc. (Directus) |\n| Hosted endpoint | `https://site-api.datocms.com` | no (local only) |\n| Transports | HTTP, Streamable HTTP | HTTP, Streamable HTTP |\n| Auth | OAuth or key | OAuth or key |\n| Pricing | Freemium | Freemium |\n| x402 | no | no |\n| Licence | Proprietary service under Dato Srl's terms of service. The API clients in datocms/js-rest-api-clients and the CLI in datocms/cli are MIT | MSCL-1.0-GPL (Monospace Sustainable Core Licence 1.0), source-available with a licence key for paid tiers, each version converting to GPL-3.0 after four years. `@directus/sdk` is MIT |\n| Tools exposed | 9 | 12 |\n| Read-only variant documented | yes | no |\n| llms.txt | yes | yes |\n| Last release | 2026-10-01 | 2026-10-07 |\n| Terms last updated | couldn't be read | no date given |\n| Privacy policy last updated | couldn't be read | 2026-06-09 |\n| Customer content may train models | couldn't be read | not found in the text |\n| Terms restrict automated access | couldn't be read | not found in the text |\n| Terms restrict benchmarking | couldn't be read | yes |\n| Terms or service can change without notice | couldn't be read | not found in the text |\n| Arbitration or class-action waiver | couldn't be read | not found in the text |\n| Popularity | 153k npm/wk | 38k stars, 23k npm/wk |\n\n## Verdicts\n\n**DatoCMS.** The Content Management API publishes a JSON Hyper-Schema for 202 operations, 100 documented error codes and rate-limit headers, and the hosted MCP server adds OAuth with three access levels. There are no idempotency keys, the only official client library is JavaScript, audit logs are Enterprise only, and prices are in euros with no machine payment route.\n\n**Directus.** The built-in MCP server works under the connecting user's permissions, supports OAuth limited to the MCP endpoint and blocks deletes unless an administrator allows them. Since version 12 a licence check caps the free Core tier at 3 Studio seats, 25 collections and 5 flows, and the default tool list carries about 79 KB of instructions.\n\n## Before you call either\n\n### DatoCMS\n\n1. Send `X-Api-Version: 3` and `Accept: application/json` on every request, with `Content-Type: application/vnd.api+json` on writes\n2. Records are `items`, models are `item_types` and assets are `uploads` in every path and payload\n3. Save a record, then call the publish endpoint as a separate PUT. Send `meta.current_version` on updates and re-fetch on `STALE_ITEM_VERSION`\n4. Stay under 60 requests every 3 seconds. On 429 wait the seconds in `x-ratelimit-reset`, and retry any error whose body has `transient` set to true\n5. Fork a sandbox environment for schema changes and promote it when checked. Use `POST /items/validate` to test a payload without saving it\n\n### Directus\n\n1. Connect with OAuth or an `Authorization: Bearer` header. Don't put the token in the URL as `?access_token=`, where it can be logged\n2. Use `/mcp?tool_mode=registry` when the client loads every tool definition. Default mode sends each tool's full instructions, about 79 KB in total\n3. Read the `schema` tool before writing. Item payloads are untyped objects, so field names and types come only from the data model\n4. Publish a version with `POST /versions/{id}/promote` over REST. The MCP `items` tool refuses system collections such as `directus_versions`\n5. Count translation and junction tables against the 25-collection Core limit before creating collections\n\n## Questions\n\n### Which is better for AI agents, DatoCMS or Directus?\n\nDatoCMS scores 74.4 (BB) on agent readiness against Directus's 67.1 (B), and leads in 4 of 7 scored categories. Directus leads on payments \u0026 pricing and maintenance \u0026 community.\n\n### Do DatoCMS and Directus need an API key?\n\nBoth take an API key or an OAuth sign-in.\n\n### Can an agent call DatoCMS and Directus without installing anything?\n\nDatoCMS has a hosted endpoint at https://site-api.datocms.com. No hosted endpoint is listed for Directus.\n\n\n## For agents\n\n- This comparison as JSON: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/datocms-vs-directus.json, and with the fewest tokens: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/datocms-vs-directus.min.md\n- Over MCP at https://www.anchorterminal.com/mcp (no key): `compare_tools {\"a\": \"datocms\", \"b\": \"directus\"}`. 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