# DatoCMS vs Hygraph (slim)

> DatoCMS scores 74.4 (BB) on agent readiness against Hygraph's 69.3 (B), and leads in 5 of 7 scored categories. Hygraph leads on reliability. Both do cms content. Category scores, facts, verdicts and agent notes side by side.

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DatoCMS scores 74.4 (BB) on agent readiness against Hygraph's 69.3 (B), and leads in 5 of 7 scored categories. Hygraph leads on reliability. Both do cms content.

- DatoCMS: BB 74.4, rank #70 of 842 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/datocms.min.md
- Hygraph: B 69.3, rank #182 of 842 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/hygraph.min.md
- DatoCMS, good 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. Ahead on Schema & documentation, 85 against 78; Agent ergonomics, 78 against 72; Security & auth, 77 against 63; Maintenance & community, 81 against 74; Transparency & trust, 80 against 60. Also Agent-ready, a grade of BB or better.
- Hygraph, good for Teams on Hygraph who want an agent to create, localise and publish entries, upload assets or change schema, with delete and unpublish kept out of reach on MCP. Ahead on Reliability, 89 against 80.

| Category | DatoCMS | Hygraph |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Reliability (16%) | 80 | 89 |
| Performance (10%) | pending | pending |
| Schema & documentation (13%) | 85 | 78 |
| Agent ergonomics (13%) | 78 | 72 |
| Security & auth (14%) | 77 | 63 |
| Payments & pricing (10%) | 35 | 35 |
| Task success (10%) | pending | pending |
| Maintenance & community (7%) | 81 | 74 |
| Transparency & trust (7%) | 80 | 60 |

| Fact (where they differ) | DatoCMS | Hygraph |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Vendor | Dato Srl | Hygraph GmbH |
| Hosted endpoint | `https://site-api.datocms.com` | `https://mcp.hygraph.com/mcp` |
| 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 | Proprietary service under Hygraph GmbH's Terms of Service. The `@hygraph/management-sdk` package is MIT |
| Tools exposed | 9 | 17 |
| Read-only variant documented | yes | no |
| Last release | 2026-10-01 | 2026-09-30 |
| Terms last updated | couldn't be read | no date given |
| Privacy policy last updated | couldn't be read | no date given |
| Customer content may train models | couldn't be read | not found in the text |
| Terms restrict automated access | couldn't be read | not found in the text |
| Terms restrict benchmarking | couldn't be read | yes |
| Terms or service can change without notice | couldn't be read | yes |
| Arbitration or class-action waiver | couldn't be read | not found in the text |
| Popularity | 153k npm/wk | 52 stars, 8.6k npm/wk |