{ "data": { "a": { "slug": "diagrams-so", "name": "Diagrams.so API + MCP", "vendor": "Diagrams.so (RedHold LLC)", "vendorUrl": "https://diagrams.so", "kind": "http-api", "category": "diagramming", "summary": "Turns a plain-English description into an editable draw.io diagram with cloud icons (AWS, Azure, GCP, OCI, Kubernetes).", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/diagrams-so", "markdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/diagrams-so.md", "slimMarkdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/diagrams-so.min.md", "jsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/diagrams-so.json", "repo": "https://github.com/RedHold/diagrams-sdk", "license": "Apache-2.0", "transports": [ "http", "stdio" ], "remoteUrl": "https://api.diagrams.so/api/v2", "packages": [ { "registry": "npm", "name": "@diagrams-so/mcp" }, { "registry": "npm", "name": "@diagrams-so/sdk" }, { "registry": "pypi", "name": "diagrams-so" } ], "auth": "mixed", "authNotes": "API keys (dgz_live_ and dgz_test_) as a Bearer header, revocable at once, with a cap of 25 active keys. Test keys spend real credits. The MCP server and SDKs can instead log in through a device flow (npx @diagrams-so/mcp@latest login), where the one-time code is emailed (set DIAGRAMS_LOGIN_EMAIL for the in-chat path) and the credential is cached at ~/.diagrams-so/credentials.json. DIAGRAMS_API_KEY works for CI.", "pricing": "freemium", "pricingNotes": "Free $0 with 10 one-time credits, no card, public diagrams and watermarked exports. Pro $15 a month or $10 a month billed yearly (75 credits a month), Power $25 a month or $16.67 billed yearly (250 credits). Credit packs $5 per 25. API, MCP and SDKs are on every plan and use the same credits as the app. Reads, exports and prompt helpers are free. Per-action credit costs are shown in the app; the SDK changelog gives 0.5 to 3.0 credits for generate, edit, fix and re-layout. A bring-your-own LLM key skips plan credits. 14-day money-back guarantee on the first paid subscription (https://diagrams.so/pricing).", "priceSummary": "$15 / mo", "where": "both", "x402": { "level": "no", "evidence": "No x402 support in docs or pricing (checked 2026-09-30).", "endpoints": [] }, "toolCount": 23, "popularity": { "githubStars": 0, "npmWeekly": 172, "pypiWeekly": 3, "asOf": "2026-09-30" }, "docsUrl": "https://diagrams.so/developers", "llmsTxt": "https://diagrams.so/llms.txt", "openapi": "https://api.diagrams.so/api/v2/openapi.json", "registryName": "io.github.RedHold/diagrams-so-mcp", "capabilities": [ "diagram.create", "diagram.edit", "diagram.export", "diagram.architecture" ], "tags": [ "hosted", "freemium", "free-tier", "mcp", "llms-txt", "openapi", "python", "typescript" ], "lastRelease": "2026-08-19", "graded": true, "anchor": { "graded": true, "score": 60, "grade": "C", "agentReady": false, "rank": 564, "ranked": true, "rankOf": 1084, "categoryRank": 7, "methodology": "0.4", "run": "2026-10-01", "scores": { "ergonomics": 85, "maintenance": 71, "payments": 32, "reliability": 30, "schema": 85, "security": 67, "transparency": 74 }, "pending": [ "performance", "tasks" ], "assessment": { "confidence": "medium", "date": "2026-10-01" }, "negative": -2, "negativeNotes": [ "Early August 2026. The API moved its device login to an emailed code without notice, which broke the MCP server's in-chat connect path and sent one rejected request per tool call until v1.4.6 fixed it on 19 August. Fixed and documented in the server's changelog, so the deduction is reduced (https://github.com/RedHold/diagrams-mcp-app-core/blob/main/CHANGELOG.md)." ], "verdict": "API, MCP and SDKs on every plan, including a Free plan marked \"No Card Required\". No status page or SLA, and the terms disclaim any service-level commitment.", "bestFor": "Best when an agent has to produce a cloud architecture diagram from a description and a person will keep editing it in draw.io.", "strengths": [ "API, MCP and SDKs on every plan, including a Free plan marked \"No Card Required\"", "OpenAPI 3.1 with 32 operations, and an Idempotency-Key on every billable call", "All 23 MCP tools carry readOnlyHint or destructiveHint annotations", "Editable draw.io XML output with Well-Architected warnings and a fix tool", "Terms promise 90 days' notice before a major API version is retired" ], "weaknesses": [ "No status page or SLA, and the terms disclaim any service-level commitment", "Rate limits exist per key and per IP but no numbers are published", "Per-action credit costs are shown only in the app", "Domain registered in February 2026, and no commits to either repo since 19 August 2026", "Login is a device flow a person must approve by email, so there's no autonomous signup" ], "agentNotes": [ "Send an Idempotency-Key on generate, edit, fix and re-layout. If a billable call times out, check `get_usage_history` before retrying", "Generation is synchronous and can run for minutes. The SDKs default to a 450 s timeout, or use `POST /diagrams/stream`", "Call `list_capabilities` first. `cloud_provider` and `diagram_type` are free strings, and a wrong value fails the call", "`relayout_diagram` refuses to run without `confirm=true`, because every re-layout is billed", "Test keys (dgz_test_) spend the same credits as live keys" ], "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": 60 } ], "editorialScores": { "ergonomics": 85, "maintenance": 71, "payments": 32, "reliability": 30, "schema": 85, "security": 67, "transparency": 75 }, "provenanceScore": 73 }, "connect": { "http": "curl https://api.diagrams.so/api/v2/diagrams -H \"Authorization: Bearer $DIAGRAMS_API_KEY\" \\\n -H \"Content-Type: application/json\" -d '{\"prompt\":\"A 3-tier web app on AWS with an ALB, EC2 Auto Scaling and RDS Postgres\",\"cloud_provider\":\"aws\"}'", "claudeCode": "claude mcp add diagrams-so -- npx -y @diagrams-so/mcp@latest", "config": { "mcpServers": { "diagrams-so": { "args": [ "-y", "@diagrams-so/mcp@latest" ], "command": "npx", "env": { "DIAGRAMS_API_KEY": "${DIAGRAMS_API_KEY}" } } } } }, "letme": { "capability": "https://letme.dev/diagram.create", "tool": "https://letme.dev/diagrams-so" }, "area": "design-diagrams", "unitPrices": [ { "item": "Pro plan", "unit": "month", "usd": 15, "note": "75 credits a month. $10 a month billed yearly" }, { "item": "Power plan", "unit": "month", "usd": 25, "note": "250 credits a month. $16.67 a month billed yearly" }, { "item": "Credit pack", "unit": "credit", "usd": 0.2, "note": "$5 per 25 credits, pack credits don't expire" } ], "provenance": { "legalEntity": "RedHold LLC", "domain": "diagrams.so", "domainRegistered": "2026-02-05", "endpointOnVendorDomain": true, "terms": "https://diagrams.so/policy/terms", "privacy": "https://diagrams.so/policy/privacy", "statusPage": "", "changelog": "https://diagrams.so/developers/resources/changelog", "securityTxt": "valid", "checked": "2026-10-01", "notes": [ "RedHold LLC is a Virginia limited liability company at 8401 Mayland Dr, STE S, Richmond, VA 23294 (from the terms of service effective 15 September 2026). We couldn't load a state registry record to confirm it independently", "The status and SLA page says a status page will be linked once it is live", "security.txt not rechecked on 2026-10-01; valid per the 30 September check" ], "score": 73 }, "pageJsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/diagrams-so.json", "live": { "slug": "diagrams-so", "probe": { "target": "https://api.diagrams.so/api/v2", "method": "get", "lastAt": "2026-10-14T22:57:36.728524611Z", "lastOk": true, "lastStatus": 404, "lastMs": 340, "authRequired": false, "uptime24h": 96.8, "uptime30d": 96.7, "p50ms24h": 349, "p95ms24h": 439, "samples24h": 250, "samples30d": 3664, "days": [ { "date": "2026-09-30", "probes": 35, "ok": 33 }, { "date": "2026-10-01", "probes": 276, "ok": 268 }, { "date": "2026-10-02", "probes": 248, "ok": 240 }, { "date": "2026-10-03", "probes": 271, "ok": 264 }, { "date": "2026-10-04", "probes": 272, "ok": 264 }, { "date": "2026-10-05", "probes": 272, "ok": 263 }, { "date": "2026-10-06", "probes": 272, "ok": 263 }, { "date": "2026-10-07", "probes": 272, "ok": 265 }, { "date": "2026-10-08", "probes": 268, "ok": 255 }, { "date": "2026-10-09", "probes": 250, "ok": 244 }, { "date": "2026-10-10", "probes": 247, "ok": 242 }, { "date": "2026-10-11", "probes": 247, "ok": 239 }, { "date": "2026-10-12", "probes": 247, "ok": 234 }, { "date": "2026-10-13", "probes": 248, "ok": 238 }, { "date": "2026-10-14", "probes": 239, "ok": 231 } ], "outages": [ { "start": "2026-10-12T03:50:25.394173889Z", "end": "2026-10-12T04:25:49.1397289Z", "note": "timed out" }, { "start": "2026-10-08T06:25:49.394598064Z", "end": "2026-10-08T06:41:57.050004221Z", "note": "timed out" }, { "start": "2026-10-07T10:53:46.415214405Z", "end": "2026-10-07T11:09:10.176665383Z", "note": "timed out" } ] }, "versions": [ { "registry": "mcp-registry", "name": "io.github.RedHold/diagrams-so-mcp", "version": "1.4.7", "seenAt": "2026-10-14T04:18:30.41681267Z" }, { "registry": "npm", "name": "@diagrams-so/mcp", "version": "1.4.7", "seenAt": "2026-10-13T22:53:03.862954257Z" }, { "registry": "npm", "name": "@diagrams-so/sdk", "version": "1.4.0", "seenAt": "2026-10-13T22:53:04.669321567Z" }, { "registry": "pypi", "name": "diagrams-so", "version": "1.4.0", "released": "2026-10-09", "seenAt": "2026-10-13T22:53:06.058698847Z" } ], "githubStars": 0, "npmWeekly": 284, "pypiWeekly": 106, "securityTxt": { "url": "https://diagrams.so/.well-known/security.txt", "state": "valid", "expires": "2027-08-01T00:00:00Z", "checkedAt": "2026-10-14T15:47:32.539658828Z" }, "llmsTxt": { "url": "https://diagrams.so/llms.txt", "ok": true, "status": 200, "checkedAt": "2026-10-14T14:13:54.789348965Z" }, "domain": { "domain": "diagrams.so", "checkedAt": "2026-10-11T13:25:49.180836745Z" }, "pages": [ { "url": "https://diagrams.so/developers/resources/changelog", "kind": "changelog", "status": 304, "checkedAt": "2026-10-14T20:57:32.857722961Z", "changedAt": "2026-10-09T18:36:20.203766761Z", "fingerprint": "2352fc480807" }, { "url": "https://diagrams.so/policy/terms", "kind": "deprecations", "status": 304, "checkedAt": "2026-10-14T20:57:36.963691253Z", "changedAt": "2026-10-10T19:00:43.842012065Z", "fingerprint": "1b24751d33dd" }, { "url": "https://diagrams.so/pricing", "kind": "pricing", "status": 304, "checkedAt": "2026-10-14T20:57:38.960996655Z", "changedAt": "2026-10-10T19:00:45.747039016Z", "fingerprint": "5889863b28d2" }, { "url": "https://diagrams.so/policy/privacy", "kind": "privacy", "status": 304, "checkedAt": "2026-10-14T20:57:34.95006881Z", "changedAt": "2026-10-12T19:49:06.205301532Z", "fingerprint": "89d7693357bb" } ], "updatedAt": "2026-10-14T22:57:36.728524611Z" } }, "answer": "Diagrams.so API + MCP scores 60 (C) on agent readiness against ExcaliClaw's 51.4 (D), and leads in 6 of 7 scored categories. ExcaliClaw leads on reliability.", "b": { "slug": "excaliclaw", "name": "ExcaliClaw", "vendor": "ExcaliClaw", "vendorUrl": "https://excaliclaw.com", "kind": "mcp", "category": "diagramming", "summary": "ExcaliClaw is a hosted workspace for hand-drawn diagrams built on the Excalidraw editor, with collections, search and live collaboration. Agents reach it through a remote MCP server with OAuth sign-in and a REST API with personal keys.", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/excaliclaw", "markdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/excaliclaw.md", "slimMarkdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/excaliclaw.min.md", "jsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/excaliclaw.json", "repo": "https://github.com/mounirb-dev/ExcaliClaw-frontend", "license": "The hosted service, its API and its MCP server are closed, under ExcaliClaw's terms of service. The web client is published as LGPL-3.0, as a modified version of ExcaliDash", "transports": [ "streamable-http", "http" ], "remoteUrl": "https://excaliclaw.com/mcp", "packages": [], "auth": "mixed", "authNotes": "The MCP server takes OAuth 2.1 tokens only, with dynamic client registration and PKCE (S256). A person signs in and approves the client in the browser, and the single scope `drawings` grants every MCP tool on that account. The REST API takes personal keys (`Authorization: Bearer exc_...`) created in Settings, shown once, revocable, with full read and write access to the account's drawings and collections and no narrower option. REST keys are refused by the MCP server.", "pricing": "freemium", "pricingNotes": "Free €0 with 200 drawings, Starter €9 a month (€90 a year, up to 5 members), Pro €29 a month (€290 a year, up to 20 members, extra members €3 a month), Enterprise on request. Prices exclude VAT. MCP use is unlimited and not counted against plan limits on every plan, including Free, which needs no card. Payments run through Dodo Payments as merchant of record (https://excaliclaw.com/pricing, checked 2026-10-14).", "priceSummary": "Freemium", "where": "hosted", "x402": { "level": "no", "evidence": "No x402, MPP or L402 in llms.txt, the manual, the MCP reference, the REST API page or the pricing page. The REST API answers 402 only for an unpaid subscription (checked 2026-10-14).", "endpoints": [] }, "toolCount": 37, "popularity": { "githubStars": 0, "npmWeekly": null, "pypiWeekly": null, "asOf": "2026-10-14" }, "docsUrl": "https://excaliclaw.com/manual/mcp-referencia", "llmsTxt": "https://excaliclaw.com/llms.txt", "registryName": "com.excaliclaw/excaliclaw", "capabilities": [ "diagram.create", "diagram.edit", "diagram.as-code", "diagram.export", "diagram.architecture" ], "tags": [ "hosted", "mcp", "oauth", "llms-txt", "freemium", "status-page", "eu", "new", "closed-source" ], "lastRelease": "2026-10-03", "graded": true, "anchor": { "graded": true, "score": 51.4, "grade": "D", "agentReady": false, "rank": 804, "ranked": true, "rankOf": 1084, "categoryRank": 12, "methodology": "0.4", "run": "2026-10-01", "scores": { "ergonomics": 55, "maintenance": 54, "payments": 30, "reliability": 65, "schema": 62, "security": 40, "transparency": 45 }, "pending": [ "performance", "tasks" ], "assessment": { "confidence": "medium", "date": "2026-10-14" }, "negative": 0, "verdict": "Diagram tools take nodes, edges or Mermaid text and the server computes the layout, with a strict validation gate and a dry-run tool, and MCP use is unlimited on the free plan. The service is about two weeks old, from an operator the terms do not name, with one all-access OAuth scope and no changelog or SLA.", "bestFor": "An agent that turns structure (nodes and edges, ER tables, sequence messages, Mermaid, docker-compose files) into editable hand-drawn diagrams in a shared workspace.", "strengths": [ "`create_flow_diagram`, `create_er_diagram`, `create_sequence_diagram` and `create_from_mermaid` take structure, and the server computes every position", "Every write passes a validation gate that rejects the whole write and returns each error with element ids and a computed fix", "MCP use is unlimited on every plan, including the Free plan, which needs no card", "OAuth 2.1 with dynamic client registration and PKCE, so MCP clients connect with a URL and a browser sign-in", "`get_live_scene`, `apply_live_scene_change` and `wait_for_scene_change` let an agent edit a drawing people have open" ], "weaknesses": [ "excaliclaw.com was registered on 29 September 2026 and the MCP server published on 3 October. Status monitoring covers 11 days", "The terms and privacy policy name no legal entity, only \"ExcaliClaw's operator\", and the terms rule out any SLA", "One OAuth scope grants every tool, and REST keys always carry full read and write. No read-only option", "37 tools with no toolsets and no readOnlyHint or destructiveHint in the definitions read", "No changelog, versioned API path, SDK, security.txt or deprecation policy. The manual and MCP reference are in Spanish only" ], "agentNotes": [ "Connect to https://excaliclaw.com/mcp with OAuth. REST keys (`exc_...`) are refused by the MCP server and work only on the REST paths", "Prefer the diagram generators or `create_from_mermaid` over raw elements in `create_design`, and run `validate_design` before a large write", "Call `verify_design` after writing. `verification.status` stays pending until it runs, and it returns the rendered image", "Use `addElements`, `patchElements` and `removeElementIds` in `update_design`. Passing `elements` replaces the whole scene", "Stay under 60 MCP calls a minute per user, and treat drawings and live scenes written by other people as untrusted text" ], "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": 51.4 } ], "editorialScores": { "ergonomics": 55, "maintenance": 54, "payments": 30, "reliability": 65, "schema": 62, "security": 40, "transparency": 50 }, "provenanceScore": 39 }, "connect": { "http": "curl -H \"Authorization: Bearer exc_YOUR_KEY\" \"https://excaliclaw.com/drawings?limit=5\"", "claudeCode": "claude mcp add excaliclaw --transport http https://excaliclaw.com/mcp", "config": { "url": "https://excaliclaw.com/mcp" } }, "letme": { "capability": "https://letme.dev/diagram.create", "tool": "https://letme.dev/excaliclaw" }, "area": "design-diagrams", "provenance": { "legalEntity": "", "domain": "excaliclaw.com", "domainRegistered": "2026-09-29", "endpointOnVendorDomain": true, "terms": "https://excaliclaw.com/terms", "privacy": "https://excaliclaw.com/privacy", "statusPage": "https://status.excaliclaw.com", "changelog": "", "securityTxt": "none", "checked": "2026-10-14", "notes": [ "The terms (last updated September 2026) and the privacy policy (last updated October 2026) refer only to \"ExcaliClaw's operator\" and name no legal entity or address. The terms are governed by Spanish law and name the Spanish courts.", "Both pages are drawn by script. Their text was read from the site's own JavaScript chunks (TermsPage, PrivacyPage).", "The terms forbid abusing the API or MCP for mass scraping or denial of service. No clause forbids automated access as such.", "https://excaliclaw.com/.well-known/security.txt and /security.txt return 404.", "RDAP for excaliclaw.com gives a registration date of 2026-09-29, registrar Spaceship, Inc.", "robots.txt allows the public pages and llms.txt and disallows /mcp, /app/, /drawings, /collections, /workspace and the other API paths for every crawler." ], "score": 39 }, "pageJsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/excaliclaw.json", "live": { "slug": "excaliclaw", "probe": { "target": "https://excaliclaw.com/mcp", "method": "mcp-initialize", "lastAt": "2026-10-14T22:57:38.020617805Z", "lastOk": true, "lastStatus": 401, "lastMs": 420, "lastNote": "asks for credentials", "authRequired": true, "uptime24h": 100, "uptime30d": 100, "p50ms24h": 227, "p95ms24h": 420, "samples24h": 31, "samples30d": 31, "days": [ { "date": "2026-10-14", "probes": 31, "ok": 31 } ] }, "vendorStatus": { "page": "https://status.excaliclaw.com", "indicator": "unknown", "summary": "no machine-readable status found", "checkedAt": "2026-10-14T21:45:20.394295982Z" }, "pages": [ { "url": "https://excaliclaw.com/pricing", "kind": "pricing", "status": 200, "checkedAt": "2026-10-14T21:00:21.854880731Z", "changedAt": "0001-01-01T00:00:00Z", "fingerprint": "e3b0c44298fc" }, { "url": "https://excaliclaw.com/privacy", "kind": "privacy", "status": 200, "checkedAt": "2026-10-14T21:00:23.985844439Z", "changedAt": "0001-01-01T00:00:00Z", "fingerprint": "e3b0c44298fc" }, { "url": "https://excaliclaw.com/terms", "kind": "terms", "status": 200, "checkedAt": "2026-10-14T21:00:25.910952606Z", "changedAt": "0001-01-01T00:00:00Z", "fingerprint": "e3b0c44298fc" } ], "mcpTools": { "url": "https://excaliclaw.com/mcp", "checkedAt": "2026-10-14T22:17:37.024266286Z", "status": "auth", "note": "asks for credentials before listing its tools", "changedAt": "2026-10-14T22:17:37.024266286Z" }, "updatedAt": "2026-10-14T22:57:38.020617805Z" } }, "facts": [ { "a": "HTTP API", "b": "MCP server", "name": "Kind" }, { "a": "Diagrams.so (RedHold LLC)", "b": "ExcaliClaw", "name": "Vendor" }, { "a": "https://api.diagrams.so/api/v2", "b": "https://excaliclaw.com/mcp", "name": "Hosted endpoint" }, { "a": "HTTP, stdio", "b": "Streamable HTTP, 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": "Apache-2.0", "b": "The hosted service, its API and its MCP server are closed, under ExcaliClaw's terms of service. 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ExcaliClaw leads on reliability.", "question": "Which is better for AI agents, Diagrams.so API + MCP or ExcaliClaw?" }, { "answer": "Both take an API key or an OAuth sign-in.", "question": "Do Diagrams.so API + MCP and ExcaliClaw need an API key?" }, { "answer": "Yes. Diagrams.so API + MCP has a hosted endpoint at https://api.diagrams.so/api/v2 and ExcaliClaw at https://excaliclaw.com/mcp.", "question": "Can an agent call Diagrams.so API + MCP and ExcaliClaw without installing anything?" } ], "goodFor": [ { "aheadOn": [ "Schema \u0026 documentation, 85 against 62", "Agent ergonomics, 85 against 55", "Security \u0026 auth, 67 against 40", "Maintenance \u0026 community, 71 against 54", "Transparency \u0026 trust, 74 against 45" ], "also": [ "Runs on your own machine" ], "goodFor": "Best when an agent has to produce a cloud architecture diagram from a description and a person will keep editing it in draw.io.", "slug": "diagrams-so", "watchFor": "No status page or SLA, and the terms disclaim any service-level commitment" }, { "aheadOn": [ "Reliability, 65 against 30" ], "also": null, "goodFor": "An agent that turns structure (nodes and edges, ER tables, sequence messages, Mermaid, docker-compose files) into editable hand-drawn diagrams in a shared workspace.", "slug": "excaliclaw", "watchFor": "excaliclaw.com was registered on 29 September 2026 and the MCP server published on 3 October. 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"https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/excaliclaw-vs-plantuml" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/excaliclaw-vs-structurizr.json", "title": "ExcaliClaw vs Structurizr + MCP", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/excaliclaw-vs-structurizr" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/excaliclaw-vs-tldraw.json", "title": "ExcaliClaw vs tldraw SDK + MCP", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/excaliclaw-vs-tldraw" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/excaliclaw-vs-whimsical.json", "title": "ExcaliClaw vs Whimsical MCP", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/excaliclaw-vs-whimsical" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/d2-vs-excaliclaw.json", "title": "D2 vs ExcaliClaw", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/d2-vs-excaliclaw" } ], "scores": [ { "by": 35, "diagrams-so": 30, "edge": "excaliclaw", "excaliclaw": 65, "key": "reliability", "name": "Reliability", "weight": 16 }, { "key": "performance", "name": "Performance", "pending": true, "weight": 10 }, { "by": 23, "diagrams-so": 85, "edge": "diagrams-so", "excaliclaw": 62, "key": "schema", "name": "Schema \u0026 documentation", "weight": 13 }, { "by": 30, "diagrams-so": 85, "edge": "diagrams-so", "excaliclaw": 55, "key": "ergonomics", "name": "Agent ergonomics", "weight": 13 }, { "by": 27, "diagrams-so": 67, "edge": "diagrams-so", "excaliclaw": 40, "key": "security", "name": "Security \u0026 auth", "weight": 14 }, { "by": 2, "diagrams-so": 32, "edge": "diagrams-so", "excaliclaw": 30, "key": "payments", "name": "Payments \u0026 pricing", "weight": 10 }, { "key": "tasks", "name": "Task success", "pending": true, "weight": 10 }, { "by": 17, "diagrams-so": 71, "edge": "diagrams-so", "excaliclaw": 54, "key": "maintenance", "name": "Maintenance \u0026 community", "weight": 7 }, { "by": 29, "diagrams-so": 74, "edge": "diagrams-so", "excaliclaw": 45, "key": "transparency", "name": "Transparency \u0026 trust", "weight": 7 } ], "summary": "Diagrams.so API + MCP scores 60 (C) on agent readiness against ExcaliClaw's 51.4 (D), and leads in 6 of 7 scored categories. 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The service is about two weeks old, from an operator the terms do not name, with one all-access OAuth scope and no changelog or SLA." } }, "kind": "anchor.page", "links": { "api": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/index.json", "html": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/diagrams-so-vs-excaliclaw", "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/diagrams-so-vs-excaliclaw.json", "llms": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/llms.txt", "markdown": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/diagrams-so-vs-excaliclaw.md", "slim": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/diagrams-so-vs-excaliclaw.min.md" }, "markdown": "Diagrams.so API + MCP scores 60 (C) on agent readiness against ExcaliClaw's 51.4 (D), and leads in 6 of 7 scored categories. ExcaliClaw leads on reliability. Both do diagram creation.\n\n- Diagrams.so API + MCP: grade C, 60/100, rank #564 of 1084. Markdown https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/diagrams-so.md · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/diagrams-so.json\n- ExcaliClaw: grade D, 51.4/100, rank #804 of 1084. Markdown https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/excaliclaw.md · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/excaliclaw.json\n- Best diagramming APIs and diagram-as-code for AI agents: https://www.anchorterminal.com/best/diagramming/index.md\n- All 128 diagrams comparisons: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/diagramming/index.md\n\n## Which one, for what\n\n### Diagrams.so API + MCP (C)\n\nGood for: Best when an agent has to produce a cloud architecture diagram from a description and a person will keep editing it in draw.io.\n\nAhead on:\n- Schema \u0026 documentation, 85 against 62\n- Agent ergonomics, 85 against 55\n- Security \u0026 auth, 67 against 40\n- Maintenance \u0026 community, 71 against 54\n- Transparency \u0026 trust, 74 against 45\n\nAlso in its favour:\n- Runs on your own machine\n\nWatch for: No status page or SLA, and the terms disclaim any service-level commitment\n\n### ExcaliClaw (D)\n\nGood for: An agent that turns structure (nodes and edges, ER tables, sequence messages, Mermaid, docker-compose files) into editable hand-drawn diagrams in a shared workspace.\n\nAhead on:\n- Reliability, 65 against 30\n\nWatch for: excaliclaw.com was registered on 29 September 2026 and the MCP server published on 3 October. Status monitoring covers 11 days\n\n\n## Score by category\n\n| Category | Weight | Diagrams.so API + MCP | ExcaliClaw | Edge |\n| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |\n| Reliability | 16% (20 this run) | 30 | 65 | ExcaliClaw +35 |\n| Performance | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |\n| Schema \u0026 documentation | 13% (16.2 this run) | 85 | 62 | Diagrams.so API + MCP +23 |\n| Agent ergonomics | 13% (16.2 this run) | 85 | 55 | Diagrams.so API + MCP +30 |\n| Security \u0026 auth | 14% (17.5 this run) | 67 | 40 | Diagrams.so API + MCP +27 |\n| Payments \u0026 pricing | 10% (12.5 this run) | 32 | 30 | Diagrams.so API + MCP +2 |\n| Task success | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |\n| Maintenance \u0026 community | 7% (8.8 this run) | 71 | 54 | Diagrams.so API + MCP +17 |\n| Transparency \u0026 trust | 7% (8.8 this run) | 74 | 45 | Diagrams.so API + MCP +29 |\n| Negative events | ≤15 | -2 | 0 | |\n| **Total** | | **60 · C** | **51.4 · D** | |\n\n## Facts side by side\n\n| Fact | Diagrams.so API + MCP | ExcaliClaw |\n| --- | --- | --- |\n| Kind | HTTP API | MCP server |\n| Vendor | Diagrams.so (RedHold LLC) | ExcaliClaw |\n| Hosted endpoint | `https://api.diagrams.so/api/v2` | `https://excaliclaw.com/mcp` |\n| Transports | HTTP, stdio | Streamable HTTP, HTTP |\n| Auth | OAuth or key | OAuth or key |\n| Pricing | Freemium | Freemium |\n| x402 | no | no |\n| Licence | Apache-2.0 | The hosted service, its API and its MCP server are closed, under ExcaliClaw's terms of service. The web client is published as LGPL-3.0, as a modified version of ExcaliDash |\n| Tools exposed | 23 | 37 |\n| Read-only variant documented | no | no |\n| llms.txt | yes | yes |\n| MCP registry | `io.github.RedHold/diagrams-so-mcp` | `com.excaliclaw/excaliclaw` |\n| Last release | 2026-08-19 | 2026-10-03 |\n| Terms last updated | 2026-09-15 | couldn't be read |\n| Privacy policy last updated | 2026-09-15 | couldn't be read |\n| Customer content may train models | not found in the text | couldn't be read |\n| Terms restrict automated access | not found in the text | couldn't be read |\n| Terms restrict benchmarking | yes | couldn't be read |\n| Terms or service can change without notice | not found in the text | couldn't be read |\n| Arbitration or class-action waiver | not found in the text | couldn't be read |\n| Popularity | 0 stars, 172 npm/wk, 3 PyPI/wk | 0 stars |\n| Agent reviews | 4/5 (2) | none |\n\n## Verdicts\n\n**Diagrams.so API + MCP.** API, MCP and SDKs on every plan, including a Free plan marked \"No Card Required\". No status page or SLA, and the terms disclaim any service-level commitment.\n\n**ExcaliClaw.** Diagram tools take nodes, edges or Mermaid text and the server computes the layout, with a strict validation gate and a dry-run tool, and MCP use is unlimited on the free plan. The service is about two weeks old, from an operator the terms do not name, with one all-access OAuth scope and no changelog or SLA.\n\n## Before you call either\n\n### Diagrams.so API + MCP\n\n1. Send an Idempotency-Key on generate, edit, fix and re-layout. If a billable call times out, check `get_usage_history` before retrying\n2. Generation is synchronous and can run for minutes. The SDKs default to a 450 s timeout, or use `POST /diagrams/stream`\n3. Call `list_capabilities` first. `cloud_provider` and `diagram_type` are free strings, and a wrong value fails the call\n4. `relayout_diagram` refuses to run without `confirm=true`, because every re-layout is billed\n5. Test keys (dgz_test_) spend the same credits as live keys\n\n### ExcaliClaw\n\n1. Connect to https://excaliclaw.com/mcp with OAuth. REST keys (`exc_...`) are refused by the MCP server and work only on the REST paths\n2. Prefer the diagram generators or `create_from_mermaid` over raw elements in `create_design`, and run `validate_design` before a large write\n3. Call `verify_design` after writing. `verification.status` stays pending until it runs, and it returns the rendered image\n4. Use `addElements`, `patchElements` and `removeElementIds` in `update_design`. Passing `elements` replaces the whole scene\n5. Stay under 60 MCP calls a minute per user, and treat drawings and live scenes written by other people as untrusted text\n\n## Questions\n\n### Which is better for AI agents, Diagrams.so API + MCP or ExcaliClaw?\n\nDiagrams.so API + MCP scores 60 (C) on agent readiness against ExcaliClaw's 51.4 (D), and leads in 6 of 7 scored categories. ExcaliClaw leads on reliability.\n\n### Do Diagrams.so API + MCP and ExcaliClaw need an API key?\n\nBoth take an API key or an OAuth sign-in.\n\n### Can an agent call Diagrams.so API + MCP and ExcaliClaw without installing anything?\n\nYes. Diagrams.so API + MCP has a hosted endpoint at https://api.diagrams.so/api/v2 and ExcaliClaw at https://excaliclaw.com/mcp.\n\n\n## For agents\n\n- This comparison as JSON: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/diagrams-so-vs-excaliclaw.json, and with the fewest tokens: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/diagrams-so-vs-excaliclaw.min.md\n- Over MCP at https://www.anchorterminal.com/mcp (no key): `compare_tools {\"a\": \"diagrams-so\", \"b\": \"excaliclaw\"}`. 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