{ "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 Webflow's 69.4 (B), and leads in 5 of 7 scored categories.", "b": { "slug": "webflow", "name": "Webflow", "vendor": "Webflow, Inc.", "vendorUrl": "https://webflow.com", "kind": "http-api", "category": "cms", "summary": "Webflow is a hosted website builder with a built-in CMS. Agents reach it through the Data API v2 (collections, items, assets, pages, locales, publishing) or the official hosted MCP server, which wraps that API in 34 tools.", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/webflow", "markdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/webflow.md", "slimMarkdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/webflow.min.md", "jsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/webflow.json", "repo": "https://github.com/webflow/openapi-spec", "license": "Proprietary service under Webflow's Terms of Service. The OpenAPI spec, the JavaScript and Python SDKs and the open-source MCP server on GitHub are MIT", "transports": [ "http", "streamable-http" ], "remoteUrl": "https://api.webflow.com/v2", "packages": [ { "registry": "npm", "name": "webflow-api" }, { "registry": "pypi", "name": "webflow" }, { "registry": "npm", "name": "webflow-mcp-server" } ], "auth": "mixed", "authNotes": "Self-serve. The Data API takes a Bearer token, either a site token or an OAuth access token. A site administrator creates a site token under Apps \u0026 integrations and picks read and write scopes. Each site allows 5 tokens and a token expires after 365 days without use. An OAuth app is registered in a workspace with its scopes, and only apps listed on the Marketplace go through review. The MCP server uses browser OAuth with PKCE and dynamic client registration, where a site owner or admin picks the sites or the workspace. Custom code endpoints and workspace activity logs aren't open to site tokens.", "pricing": "freemium", "pricingNotes": "The Starter site plan is free and includes the CMS APIs at 60 requests a minute, 50 CMS items and the MCP server, so an agent can start without a contract. Basic is $15 a month billed yearly and has no CMS. Premium is $25 a month billed yearly with 20,000 CMS items and 120 requests a minute. Team is $2,500 a month on an annual contract and Enterprise is sold through sales. Prices are per site (https://webflow.com/pricing, checked 2026-10-08).", "priceSummary": "$15 / mo", "where": "hosted", "x402": { "level": "no", "evidence": "No x402, MPP or L402 in the Data API docs, the MCP server docs or the pricing page (checked 2026-10-08).", "endpoints": [] }, "toolCount": 34, "popularity": { "githubStars": null, "npmWeekly": 85160, "pypiWeekly": 121246, "asOf": "2026-10-08" }, "docsUrl": "https://developers.webflow.com/data/docs", "llmsTxt": "https://developers.webflow.com/llms.txt", "openapi": "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/webflow/openapi-spec/main/openapi/v2.yml", "registryName": "com.webflow/mcp", "capabilities": [ "cms.content", "cms.publish", "cms.assets", "cms.schema", "cms.localisation" ], "tags": [ "official", "hosted", "mcp", "oauth", "openapi", "llms-txt", "closed-source", "free-tier", "webhooks", "typescript", "python", "status-page", "soc2", "iso27001" ], "lastRelease": "2026-10-07", "graded": true, "anchor": { "graded": true, "score": 69.4, "grade": "B", "agentReady": false, "rank": 160, "ranked": true, "rankOf": 722, "categoryRank": 3, "methodology": "0.4", "run": "2026-10-01", "scores": { "ergonomics": 72, "maintenance": 80, "payments": 30, "reliability": 79, "schema": 87, "security": 74, "transparency": 81 }, "pending": [ "performance", "tasks" ], "assessment": { "confidence": "medium", "date": "2026-10-08" }, "negative": -3, "negativeNotes": [ "7 October 2026. The Get Site Plan endpoint changed the `id` and `displayName` it returns for Starter sites and renamed some plans, in place. The changelog entry of the same date calls it a breaking change and no earlier notice was found. It is documented, so the deduction is small (https://developers.webflow.com/home/changelog/2026/10/7)." ], "verdict": "The Data API has a public OpenAPI 3.1 spec with 140 operations, scoped OAuth and site tokens, and CMS items that stay drafts until a separate publish call. The MCP server loads 34 multi-action tools and can't create new localised CMS items. The free plan holds 50 CMS items, and the activity log needs the $2,500 Team plan.", "bestFor": "Teams whose website already runs on Webflow and who want an agent to draft, update and publish CMS items, fix metadata or manage assets.", "strengths": [ "Public OpenAPI 3.1 spec for Data API v2 with 140 operations, MIT, last synced on 2 September 2026, plus llms.txt and a Markdown copy of every docs page", "OAuth and site tokens take read and write scope pairs per resource (cms, assets, pages, sites and others), and each site allows at most 5 tokens", "CMS items are created and updated as drafts. Publishing an item or the whole site is a separate call", "429 responses carry Retry-After, every response carries X-RateLimit-Remaining, and the JavaScript and Python SDKs back off automatically", "Hosted MCP server at mcp.webflow.com/mcp is listed in the official MCP registry as com.webflow/mcp and has its own component on the status page" ], "weaknesses": [ "The MCP server documents 34 tools (27 data, 3 Designer session, 4 utility), each with several actions, and a granted tool grants all its actions", "No idempotency keys on Data API writes in the reviewed documentation. Site publish is limited to one successful call a minute", "The MCP server can't create new localised CMS items. It reads and updates existing items in secondary locales", "The Starter plan allows 50 CMS items and 60 requests a minute. The site activity log that records agent changes is listed on Team ($2,500 a month) and Enterprise", "On 7 October 2026 Get Site Plan changed its `id` and `displayName` values in place, marked as breaking in the changelog entry of the same day" ], "agentNotes": [ "Send the token as `Authorization: Bearer` to https://api.webflow.com/v2. Ask for `cms:read` and `cms:write` only, plus `sites:write` if the task publishes", "Create or update items first, then call Publish Items or Publish Site. An item with `isDraft` true and a `lastPublished` date is live with unpublished changes", "Stay under 60 requests a minute on Starter and Basic and 120 on Premium, read X-RateLimit-Remaining, and wait for Retry-After on 429", "Page item lists with `limit` (maximum 100) and `offset`, and filter with `filter[\u003cfieldSlug\u003e][\u003coperator\u003e]`, up to 10 terms", "Upload an asset in two steps (create the asset with a file hash, then POST the bytes to the presigned URL). Write localised content with the item's `cmsLocaleId`" ], "metrics": { "kind": "remote", "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": 69.4 } ], "editorialScores": { "ergonomics": 72, "maintenance": 80, "payments": 30, "reliability": 79, "schema": 87, "security": 74, "transparency": 65 }, "provenanceScore": 97 }, "connect": { "install": "npm install webflow-api", "http": "curl --request GET \\\n --url https://api.webflow.com/v2/sites \\\n --header 'accept: application/json' \\\n --header 'authorization: Bearer YOUR_API_TOKEN'", "claudeCode": "claude mcp add --transport http webflow https://mcp.webflow.com/mcp" }, "letme": { "capability": "https://letme.dev/cms.content", "tool": "https://letme.dev/webflow" }, "area": "business", "unitPrices": [ { "item": "Basic site plan", "unit": "month", "usd": 15, "note": "billed yearly, per site, no CMS" }, { "item": "Premium site plan", "unit": "month", "usd": 25, "note": "billed yearly, per site, 20,000 CMS items and 120 requests a minute" }, { "item": "Team platform plan", "unit": "month", "usd": 2500, "note": "annual contract, 5 full and 5 limited seats included" } ], "provenance": { "legalEntity": "Webflow, Inc.", "domain": "webflow.com", "domainRegistered": "2003-03-31", "endpointOnVendorDomain": true, "terms": "https://webflow.com/legal/terms", "privacy": "https://webflow.com/legal/privacy", "statusPage": "https://status.webflow.com", "changelog": "https://developers.webflow.com/home/changelog", "securityTxt": "valid", "checked": "2026-10-08", "notes": [ "The Terms of Service name Webflow, Inc., a Delaware corporation at 398 11th Street, Floor 2, San Francisco, CA 94103, and are governed by California law.", "The Terms of Service (effective 15 November 2023) govern the platform and incorporate the Developer Terms of Service at https://webflow.com/legal/developer-terms-of-service, which cover API use and rate limits.", "The privacy policy is effective 17 March 2025. The DPA is effective 15 November 2023 and the sub-processor list was updated on 9 July 2026.", "The Data API answers at api.webflow.com and the MCP server at mcp.webflow.com.", "webflow.com/.well-known/security.txt points to a Bugcrowd disclosure programme and expires on 31 December 2026.", "RDAP for webflow.com gives a registration date of 2003-03-31.", "status.webflow.com runs on Statuspage with components for the Data API and the MCP server." ], "score": 97 }, "pageJsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/webflow.json", "live": { "slug": "webflow", "probe": { "target": "https://api.webflow.com/v2", "method": "get", "lastAt": "2026-10-08T21:12:25.795467505Z", "lastOk": true, "lastStatus": 404, "lastMs": 266, "authRequired": false, "uptime24h": 100, "uptime30d": 100, "p50ms24h": 268, "p95ms24h": 436, "samples24h": 41, "samples30d": 41, "days": [ { "date": "2026-10-08", "probes": 41, "ok": 41 } ] }, "vendorStatus": { "page": "https://status.webflow.com", "indicator": "none", "summary": "All Systems Operational", "checkedAt": "2026-10-08T21:06:30.472872275Z" }, "pages": [ { "url": "https://developers.webflow.com/home/changelog", "kind": "changelog", "status": 200, "checkedAt": "2026-10-08T18:18:03.444775017Z", "changedAt": "0001-01-01T00:00:00Z", "fingerprint": "26398a0d385c" }, { "url": "https://webflow.com/pricing", "kind": "pricing", "status": 200, "checkedAt": "2026-10-08T18:25:48.086194416Z", "changedAt": "0001-01-01T00:00:00Z", "fingerprint": "1895a791460c" }, { "url": "https://webflow.com/legal/privacy", "kind": "privacy", "status": 200, "checkedAt": "2026-10-08T18:25:43.849393456Z", "changedAt": "0001-01-01T00:00:00Z", "fingerprint": "1dc949e66fd3" }, { "url": "https://webflow.com/legal/terms", "kind": "terms", "status": 200, "checkedAt": "2026-10-08T18:25:46.083572378Z", "changedAt": "0001-01-01T00:00:00Z", "fingerprint": "fab4ea21138a" } ], "updatedAt": "2026-10-08T21:12:25.795467505Z" } }, "facts": [ { "a": "HTTP API", "b": "HTTP API", "name": "Kind" }, { "a": "Dato Srl", "b": "Webflow, Inc.", "name": "Vendor" }, { "a": "https://site-api.datocms.com", "b": "https://api.webflow.com/v2", "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": "Proprietary service under Webflow's Terms of Service. 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DatoCMS has a hosted endpoint at https://site-api.datocms.com and Webflow at https://api.webflow.com/v2.", "question": "Can an agent call DatoCMS and Webflow without installing anything?" } ], "goodFor": [ { "aheadOn": [ "Agent ergonomics, 78 against 72", "Payments \u0026 pricing, 35 against 30" ], "also": [ "Agent-ready, a grade of BB or better", "Free to start without a card", "No incidents deducted, where Webflow loses 3 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": null, "also": null, "goodFor": "Teams whose website already runs on Webflow and who want an agent to draft, update and publish CMS items, fix metadata or manage assets.", "slug": "webflow", "watchFor": "The MCP server documents 34 tools (27 data, 3 Designer session, 4 utility), each with several actions, and a granted tool grants all its actions" } ], "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-webflow.json", "title": "Contentstack vs Webflow", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/contentstack-vs-webflow" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/datocms-vs-directus.json", "title": "DatoCMS vs Directus", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/datocms-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-wordpress.json", "title": "DatoCMS vs WordPress", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/datocms-vs-wordpress" }, { "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/ghost-vs-webflow.json", "title": "Ghost vs Webflow", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/ghost-vs-webflow" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/payload-vs-webflow.json", "title": "Payload vs Webflow", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/payload-vs-webflow" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/sanity-vs-webflow.json", "title": "Sanity vs Webflow", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/sanity-vs-webflow" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/storyblok-vs-webflow.json", "title": "Storyblok vs Webflow", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/storyblok-vs-webflow" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/strapi-vs-webflow.json", "title": "Strapi vs Webflow", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/strapi-vs-webflow" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/webflow-vs-wordpress.json", "title": "Webflow vs WordPress", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/webflow-vs-wordpress" } ], "scores": [ { "by": 1, "datocms": 80, "edge": "datocms", "key": "reliability", "name": "Reliability", "webflow": 79, "weight": 16 }, { "key": "performance", "name": "Performance", "pending": true, "weight": 10 }, { "by": 2, "datocms": 85, "edge": "webflow", "key": "schema", "name": "Schema \u0026 documentation", "webflow": 87, "weight": 13 }, { "by": 6, "datocms": 78, "edge": "datocms", "key": "ergonomics", "name": "Agent ergonomics", "webflow": 72, "weight": 13 }, { "by": 3, "datocms": 77, "edge": "datocms", "key": "security", "name": "Security \u0026 auth", "webflow": 74, "weight": 14 }, { "by": 5, "datocms": 35, "edge": "datocms", "key": "payments", "name": "Payments \u0026 pricing", "webflow": 30, "weight": 10 }, { "key": "tasks", "name": "Task success", "pending": true, "weight": 10 }, { "by": 1, "datocms": 81, "edge": "datocms", "key": "maintenance", "name": "Maintenance \u0026 community", "webflow": 80, "weight": 7 }, { "by": 1, "datocms": 80, "edge": "webflow", "key": "transparency", "name": "Transparency \u0026 trust", "webflow": 81, "weight": 7 } ], "summary": "DatoCMS scores 74.4 (BB) on agent readiness against Webflow's 69.4 (B), and leads in 5 of 7 scored categories. 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The free plan holds 50 CMS items, and the activity log needs the $2,500 Team plan." } }, "kind": "anchor.page", "links": { "api": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/index.json", "html": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/datocms-vs-webflow", "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/datocms-vs-webflow.json", "llms": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/llms.txt", "markdown": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/datocms-vs-webflow.md", "slim": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/datocms-vs-webflow.min.md" }, "markdown": "DatoCMS scores 74.4 (BB) on agent readiness against Webflow's 69.4 (B), and leads in 5 of 7 scored categories. 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- Webflow: grade B, 69.4/100, rank #160 of 722. Markdown https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/webflow.md · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/webflow.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 72\n- Payments \u0026 pricing, 35 against 30\n\nAlso in its favour:\n- Agent-ready, a grade of BB or better\n- Free to start without a card\n- No incidents deducted, where Webflow loses 3 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### Webflow (B)\n\nGood for: Teams whose website already runs on Webflow and who want an agent to draft, update and publish CMS items, fix metadata or manage assets.\n\nWatch for: The MCP server documents 34 tools (27 data, 3 Designer session, 4 utility), each with several actions, and a granted tool grants all its actions\n\n\n## Score by category\n\n| Category | Weight | DatoCMS | Webflow | Edge |\n| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |\n| Reliability | 16% (20 this run) | 80 | 79 | DatoCMS +1 |\n| Performance | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |\n| Schema \u0026 documentation | 13% (16.2 this run) | 85 | 87 | Webflow +2 |\n| Agent ergonomics | 13% (16.2 this run) | 78 | 72 | DatoCMS +6 |\n| Security \u0026 auth | 14% (17.5 this run) | 77 | 74 | DatoCMS +3 |\n| Payments \u0026 pricing | 10% (12.5 this run) | 35 | 30 | DatoCMS +5 |\n| Task success | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |\n| Maintenance \u0026 community | 7% (8.8 this run) | 81 | 80 | DatoCMS +1 |\n| Transparency \u0026 trust | 7% (8.8 this run) | 80 | 81 | Webflow +1 |\n| Negative events | ≤15 | 0 | -3 | |\n| **Total** | | **74.4 · BB** | **69.4 · B** | |\n\n## Facts side by side\n\n| Fact | DatoCMS | Webflow |\n| --- | --- | --- |\n| Kind | HTTP API | HTTP API |\n| Vendor | Dato Srl | Webflow, Inc. |\n| Hosted endpoint | `https://site-api.datocms.com` | `https://api.webflow.com/v2` |\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 | Proprietary service under Webflow's Terms of Service. The OpenAPI spec, the JavaScript and Python SDKs and the open-source MCP server on GitHub are MIT |\n| Tools exposed | 9 | 34 |\n| Read-only variant documented | yes | no |\n| llms.txt | yes | yes |\n| MCP registry | not listed | `com.webflow/mcp` |\n| Last release | 2026-10-01 | 2026-10-07 |\n| Terms last updated | couldn't be read | 2023-11-15 |\n| Privacy policy last updated | couldn't be read | 2025-03-17 |\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 | not found in the text |\n| Terms or service can change without notice | couldn't be read | yes |\n| Arbitration or class-action waiver | couldn't be read | yes |\n| Popularity | 153k npm/wk | 85k npm/wk, 121k PyPI/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**Webflow.** The Data API has a public OpenAPI 3.1 spec with 140 operations, scoped OAuth and site tokens, and CMS items that stay drafts until a separate publish call. The MCP server loads 34 multi-action tools and can't create new localised CMS items. The free plan holds 50 CMS items, and the activity log needs the $2,500 Team plan.\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### Webflow\n\n1. Send the token as `Authorization: Bearer` to https://api.webflow.com/v2. Ask for `cms:read` and `cms:write` only, plus `sites:write` if the task publishes\n2. Create or update items first, then call Publish Items or Publish Site. An item with `isDraft` true and a `lastPublished` date is live with unpublished changes\n3. Stay under 60 requests a minute on Starter and Basic and 120 on Premium, read X-RateLimit-Remaining, and wait for Retry-After on 429\n4. Page item lists with `limit` (maximum 100) and `offset`, and filter with `filter[\u003cfieldSlug\u003e][\u003coperator\u003e]`, up to 10 terms\n5. Upload an asset in two steps (create the asset with a file hash, then POST the bytes to the presigned URL). Write localised content with the item's `cmsLocaleId`\n\n## Questions\n\n### Which is better for AI agents, DatoCMS or Webflow?\n\nDatoCMS scores 74.4 (BB) on agent readiness against Webflow's 69.4 (B), and leads in 5 of 7 scored categories.\n\n### Do DatoCMS and Webflow need an API key?\n\nBoth take an API key or an OAuth sign-in.\n\n### Can an agent call DatoCMS and Webflow without installing anything?\n\nYes. DatoCMS has a hosted endpoint at https://site-api.datocms.com and Webflow at https://api.webflow.com/v2.\n\n\n## For agents\n\n- This comparison as JSON: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/datocms-vs-webflow.json, and with the fewest tokens: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/datocms-vs-webflow.min.md\n- Over MCP at https://www.anchorterminal.com/mcp (no key): `compare_tools {\"a\": \"datocms\", \"b\": \"webflow\"}`. 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