{ "data": { "a": { "slug": "dotcms", "name": "dotCMS", "vendor": "dotCMS LLC", "vendorUrl": "https://www.dotcms.com", "kind": "mcp", "category": "cms", "summary": "dotCMS is an enterprise CMS with headless REST APIs, workflows and push publishing, run as dotCMS Cloud or self-hosted. Agents use the @dotcms/mcp-server package, which searches the instance's OpenAPI spec and runs API calls in a sandbox.", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/dotcms", "markdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/dotcms.md", "slimMarkdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/dotcms.min.md", "jsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/dotcms.json", "dns": "dotcms.grade.anchorterminal.com", "repo": "https://github.com/dotCMS/core", "license": "BUSL-1.1", "transports": [ "stdio" ], "packages": [ { "registry": "npm", "name": "@dotcms/mcp-server" } ], "auth": "api-key", "authNotes": "The MCP server reads DOTCMS_URL and AUTH_TOKEN. API tokens are JWTs issued for a dotCMS user, carry that user's role permissions, take an expiry in days, and are created by administrators in the user manager or through /api/v1/authentication/api-token. The docs recommend a separate user and role per application; the MCP server needs write permission for content types, content and workflows. Tokens are injected outside the sandbox, so sandboxed code never sees them.", "pricing": "freemium", "pricingNotes": "dotCMS is free with every capability for companies under $5 million in revenue under its BSL licence, self-hosted. Cloud plans (Starter, Professional, Business, Enterprise) are priced on request, with monthly request and bandwidth allowances and SLAs of 99.5 to 99.9 per cent.", "priceSummary": "Freemium", "where": "local", "x402": { "level": "no", "evidence": "No x402, MPP or L402 in the MCP README, the dev docs or the pricing page (checked 2026-11-06).", "endpoints": [] }, "toolCount": 7, "popularity": { "githubStars": null, "npmWeekly": 43, "pypiWeekly": null, "asOf": "2026-11-06" }, "docsUrl": "https://dev.dotcms.com/docs/build/integrations/dotai/mcp-server", "llmsTxt": "https://dev.dotcms.com/llms.txt", "capabilities": [ "cms.content", "cms.publish", "cms.assets", "cms.schema", "cms.localisation" ], "tags": [ "official", "mcp", "stdio", "self-hosted", "hosted", "source-available", "llms-txt", "sales-led", "sla", "typescript" ], "lastRelease": "2026-09-02", "graded": true, "anchor": { "graded": true, "score": 57.7, "grade": "C", "agentReady": false, "rank": 780, "ranked": true, "rankOf": 1486, "categoryRank": 12, "methodology": "0.7", "run": "2026-10-01", "scores": { "ergonomics": 68, "maintenance": 75, "payments": 35, "reliability": 47, "schema": 65, "security": 63, "transparency": 54 }, "pending": [ "performance", "tasks" ], "assessment": { "confidence": "low", "date": "2026-11-06" }, "negative": 0, "verdict": "dotCMS's MCP server keeps the tool list to seven by letting the agent search the instance's OpenAPI spec and run API calls in a sandbox that never sees the token. It is a pre-1.0 package that needs a write token, and cloud prices are on request.", "bestFor": "Enterprises already on dotCMS who want an agent to manage content and pages.", "strengths": [ "Seven tools in code mode, with the instance's OpenAPI spec searchable from the sandbox", "The API token stays outside the sandbox, which only receives results", "JWT tokens per user with role permissions and an expiry", "security.txt with PGP, a bounty-backed disclosure policy and LTS security backports", "Free with every capability for organisations under $5 million in revenue" ], "weaknesses": [ "Pre-1.0 package, with the dev docs still pointing at the beta tag", "The server needs a token with write permission for content types, content and workflows", "execute can call any endpoint, and no read-only mode or annotations were found", "Cloud prices are on request only", "Source-available under the BSL, not an OSI licence" ], "agentNotes": [ "Search the spec with `search` before writing an `execute` call, and return only the fields you need", "Use a token for a dedicated user and role, not an administrator's", "Confirm with the user before execute calls that publish, archive or delete content", "Keep results small with pick and first, since output is capped at about 25,000 characters", "Use download_assets for theme folders so files land on disk instead of in context" ], "metrics": { "kind": "local", "measured": false }, "reviewCount": 0, "avgRating": 0, "history": [ { "basis": "public evidence", "confidence": "low", "grade": "C", "methodology": "0.7", "pending": [ "performance", "tasks" ], "run": "2026-10-01", "runLabel": "October 2026 research run", "score": 57.7 } ], "editorialScores": { "ergonomics": 68, "maintenance": 75, "payments": 35, "reliability": 47, "schema": 65, "security": 63, "transparency": 51 }, "provenanceScore": 57, "checked": { "categories": { "ergonomics": "2026-11-06", "maintenance": "2026-11-06", "payments": "2026-11-06", "reliability": "2026-11-06", "schema": "2026-11-06", "security": "2026-11-06", "transparency": "2026-11-06" }, "last": "2026-11-06", "oldest": "2026-11-06", "stale": false, "staleAfterDays": 90 } }, "connect": { "install": "npx -y @dotcms/mcp-server", "config": { "mcpServers": { "dotcms": { "args": [ "-y", "@dotcms/mcp-server" ], "command": "npx", "env": { "AUTH_TOKEN": "your-api-token", "DOTCMS_URL": "https://your-dotcms-instance.com" } } } } }, "letme": { "capability": "https://letme.dev/cms.content", "tool": "https://letme.dev/dotcms" }, "area": "business", "provenance": { "legalEntity": "dotCMS LLC", "domain": "dotcms.com", "domainRegistered": "", "endpointOnVendorDomain": false, "terms": "https://github.com/dotCMS/core/blob/main/LICENSE", "privacy": "https://dev.dotcms.com/docs/manage/access-and-security/security-and-privacy/privacy-policy", "statusPage": "", "changelog": "https://dev.dotcms.com/docs/reference/releases/product-versions/changelogs", "securityTxt": "valid", "checked": "2026-11-06", "notes": [ "The MCP server runs locally and calls the customer's own dotCMS instance, so the endpoint isn't on a dotCMS domain.", "The privacy policy, last updated 8 September 2026, covers dotCMS's websites only and names dotCMS Holdings, LLC, dotCMS Services LLC and dotCMS LLC.", "www.dotcms.com/robots.txt disallows /docs/ and /utils/; dev.dotcms.com allows all with Content-Signal ai-train=yes, search=yes, ai-input=yes.", "www.dotcms.com/terms-of-service and /privacy-policy returned 404; no cloud terms of service were found, so the licence stands in for terms.", "No status page answered (status.dotcms.com refused the connection)." ], "score": 57 }, "pageJsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/dotcms.json", "live": { "slug": "dotcms", "versions": [ { "registry": "github", "name": "dotCMS/core", "version": "dotcms-cli-26.11.06-03", "released": "2026-11-06", "seenAt": "2026-11-06T23:22:22.409374032Z" }, { "registry": "npm", "name": "@dotcms/mcp-server", "version": "0.1.1", "seenAt": "2026-11-06T23:22:21.577680774Z" } ], "githubStars": 971, "npmWeekly": 43, "securityTxt": { "url": "https://dotcms.com/.well-known/security.txt", "state": "valid", "expires": "2027-06-09T23:59:59.000Z", "checkedAt": "2026-11-07T16:00:46.289271049Z" }, "llmsTxt": { "url": "https://dev.dotcms.com/llms.txt", "ok": true, "status": 200, "checkedAt": "2026-11-07T15:32:19.058875451Z" }, "pages": [ { "url": "https://dev.dotcms.com/docs/reference/releases/product-versions/changelogs", "kind": "changelog", "status": 200, "checkedAt": "2026-11-07T14:02:43.439634709Z", "changedAt": "0001-01-01T00:00:00Z", "fingerprint": "14706a7e3d20" }, { "url": "https://dev.dotcms.com/docs/manage/access-and-security/security-and-privacy/privacy-policy", "kind": "privacy", "status": 200, "checkedAt": "2026-11-07T14:02:39.904485204Z", "changedAt": "0001-01-01T00:00:00Z", "fingerprint": "b8fe703d4258" }, { "url": "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/dotCMS/core/main/LICENSE", "kind": "terms", "status": 200, "checkedAt": "2026-11-07T14:20:41.976083247Z", "changedAt": "0001-01-01T00:00:00Z", "fingerprint": "1dd3baa6b46f" } ], "updatedAt": "2026-11-07T16:00:46.289271049Z" } }, "answer": "Webflow scores 70.4 (BB) on agent readiness against dotCMS's 57.7 (C), and leads in 6 of 7 scored categories. dotCMS leads on payments \u0026 pricing.", "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", "dns": "webflow.grade.anchorterminal.com", "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": "2026-10-28", "graded": true, "anchor": { "graded": true, "score": 70.4, "grade": "BB", "agentReady": true, "rank": 199, "ranked": true, "rankOf": 1486, "categoryRank": 5, "methodology": "0.7", "run": "2026-10-01", "scores": { "ergonomics": 72, "maintenance": 80, "payments": 30, "reliability": 84, "schema": 87, "security": 74, "transparency": 81 }, "pending": [ "performance", "tasks" ], "assessment": { "confidence": "medium", "date": "2026-11-01" }, "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). 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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": "2026-11-07T18:21:05.18640595Z", "lastOk": true, "lastStatus": 404, "lastMs": 270, "authRequired": false, "uptime24h": 100, "uptime30d": 100, "p50ms24h": 287, "p95ms24h": 397, "samples24h": 239, "samples30d": 7440, "days": [ { "date": "2026-10-08", "probes": 70, "ok": 70 }, { "date": "2026-10-09", "probes": 250, "ok": 250 }, { "date": "2026-10-10", 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"repo": "webflow/openapi-spec", "checkedAt": "2026-11-02T09:38:09.499391382Z", "stars": 14, "archived": false, "issuesEnabled": true, "pushedAt": "2026-09-02T20:19:20Z", "openIssues": 10, "openPRs": 0, "issuesOpened90d": 4, "issuesClosed90d": 0, "prsMerged90d": 0, "replies": { "sampled": 9, "unanswered": 6, "medianDays": 13.2 } }, "updatedAt": "2026-11-07T18:22:11.183509603Z" } }, "edges": [ { "by": 37, "category": "reliability", "leads": "webflow", "name": "Reliability", "reasons": { "a": "Read with the local-software lines, since the MCP server is a stdio package the owner runs against their own instance. Official npm package with Node 20 or later and Bun stated (20). The monorepo has CI and the MCP app has vitest tests and smoke tests; whether they pass on main wasn't read (12 of 25). Open issues weren't read because the GitHub API refused us for its rate limit (10 of 25). 0.1.0 and 0.1.1 without release notes for the package (5 of 15). Pre-1.0, and the dev docs still call it beta (0). 20+12+10+5+0 = 47.", "b": "Graded on the Data API v2 and the hosted MCP server. Public status page at status.webflow.com with components for the Data API and the MCP server and a full incident history (20). In the 90 days to 1 November 2026, read from the status history feed (the /api/ path is disallowed by the host's robots.txt), the graded surface had two incidents, both partial and read as minor. They were 503 errors on some hosted sites, Webflow.com and the MCP server on 25 August, and MCP authorisation failing for some sites in client workspaces on 17 September (about 40 minutes). The week-long missing MCP tools of 9 to 16 July and the 28 July webhooks failure have left the window. Publishing failed or slowed for some customers on 14 September (an upstream provider fault that also touched Analyze and Optimize) and 28 September, which is partial whichever surface it reached. The other incidents in the window (intermittent 500s on some hosted sites on 15 September, form notification emails on 21 and 22 September, site creation and the Canvas on 12 August) were outside the graded surface, and none was posted after 28 September (20). Rate limits published, 60 requests a minute on Starter and Basic and 120 on higher site plans (15). 429 carries Retry-After and the SDKs back off, but no idempotency keys were found for Data API writes (11). An SLA page dated 1 September 2026 exists and the pricing page lists enhanced SLAs on Enterprise. The terms sit in a PDF we didn't read (8 of 10). The /v2 namespace is described as production and the MCP server has a separate beta URL (10)." }, "scores": { "a": 47, "b": 84 } }, { "by": 27, "category": "transparency", "leads": "webflow", "name": "Transparency \u0026 trust", "reasons": { "a": "dotCMS core is under the Business Source License 1.1, source-available rather than OSI, with an additional use grant under $5 million; the MCP package is GPL-3.0 on npm (20 of 30). The privacy policy of 8 September 2026 covers website visitors only; no cloud data-handling terms were found (10 of 30). A deprecations page, an LTS lifecycle and dated changelogs (16 of 20). Telemetry and sub-processors weren't established (5 of 20). 20+10+16+5 = 51.", "b": "Closed service with published Terms of Service and Developer Terms. The OpenAPI spec, both SDKs and the older open-source MCP server are MIT (17). Privacy policy effective 17 March 2025 and a DPA effective 15 November 2023 with deletion or return of personal data at termination. Retention is stated as for as long as necessary, with no periods (20). A dated v1 deprecation notice (31 March 2025) and a removal notice for the User Accounts APIs, but no written deprecation policy, and two breaking changes in the last 90 days landed on the day of their changelog entry (11). Sub-processor list updated 9 July 2026 with each company's country, nearly all in the USA. No choice of data region was found (17)." }, "scores": { "a": 54, "b": 81 } }, { "by": 22, "category": "schema", "leads": "webflow", "name": "Schema \u0026 documentation", "reasons": { "a": "The search tool exposes the instance's own OpenAPI spec, so the contract is machine-readable, though the tools themselves take JavaScript code (20 of 25). llms.txt and Markdown pages on dev.dotcms.com (10). The README says what each tool is for and gives examples; when not to use them isn't stated (12 of 20). Code strings rather than typed parameters for search and execute (4 of 15). Examples for both tools; error behaviour of the sandbox isn't documented (9 of 15). dotCMS changelogs are dated; the MCP package has no changelog (10 of 15). 20+10+12+4+9+10 = 65.", "b": "Public OpenAPI 3.1 spec in webflow/openapi-spec with 140 operations for v2 and 139 for v2 beta, MIT. Its last sync is 2 September 2026, so the Workspace Members (29 September), AEO Analytics (13 October) and Optimize (15 October) endpoints aren't in it yet. The hosted MCP server's v2.1 tool schemas aren't in the public repository, whose last commit is 10 April 2026 (23 of 25). A root llms.txt, section indexes and a Markdown copy of every page at the URL plus .md (10). The MCP data tools reference says for each tool whether it reads or writes, when to use it and what each action needs (16). The spec types parameters with enums and required fields. Item content in `fieldData` is an object checked against the collection's own schema (11). Request and response examples throughout, an error format with `code`, `message` and `details`, and an enumerated list of about 100 error codes (13). /v2 and /beta in the path and a dated changelog with a full index, though some changes land in place on the day (14)." }, "scores": { "a": 65, "b": 87 } }, { "by": 11, "category": "security", "leads": "webflow", "name": "Security \u0026 auth", "reasons": { "a": "JWT API tokens per user with role permissions and an expiry, created only by administrators (25 of 30). A read-only token can be made through a restricted role, but the MCP server asks for write permission; workflows support multiple-approval steps (14 of 20). Content returned from the CMS reaches the agent, and the sandbox isolates the token, with no prompt-injection guidance (5 of 15). Audit logging for API calls wasn't established in the pages read (5 of 15). A valid security.txt with PGP, a responsible disclosure policy with bounties, LTS security backports and a public list of known security issues, which is drawn by script and couldn't be read. No certification was found (14 of 20). 25+14+5+5+14 = 63.", "b": "OAuth with read and write scope pairs per resource, or site tokens with the same scopes, at most 5 per site, which expire after 365 days without use. The MCP server uses OAuth with PKCE, dynamic client registration, refresh tokens and a revocation endpoint. Tokens travel in the Authorization header. We took 2 off because the MCP metadata also accepts the `plain` challenge method and site-token rotation isn't described (28). Scopes split read from write, the person picks sites or a workspace at authorisation, and the MCP server follows the user's role. A granted tool grants all its actions and no confirmation step for deletes was found (14). Agent Instructions stored on a site are given to every connected agent automatically, and the docs give no guidance on treating site content as untrusted beyond limiting authorised sites and reviewing generated drafts (5). Agent changes are recorded in the site activity log, which the pricing page lists on Team and Enterprise, with an Audit Logs API on Enterprise (9). A valid security.txt pointing to a Bugcrowd disclosure programme, SOC 2 Type II, ISO 27001, 27017, 27018 and 42001, and an annual penetration test report in the trust centre (18)." }, "scores": { "a": 63, "b": 74 } }, { "by": 5, "category": "payments", "leads": "dotcms", "name": "Payments \u0026 pricing", "reasons": { "a": "Scored with the self-hosted rule, with prices from the cloud plans. No x402, MPP or L402 (0). Cloud prices are on request only (0). Free with every capability under $5 million in revenue under the BSL, with no card (20). Self-hosting needs no dotCMS account, and tokens can be minted by API on one's own instance (15 of 20). 0+0+20+15 = 35.", "b": "No x402, MPP or L402 (0). Plan prices are public (Basic $15 and Premium $25 a month billed yearly, Team $2,500 a month on an annual contract), with Enterprise through sales and no per-call price (10). The Starter site plan is free and includes the CMS APIs at 60 requests a minute and the MCP server. The pricing page doesn't say whether signup needs a card (20, with that caveat). A person signs up in a browser and creates the token or approves the OAuth screen (0)." }, "scores": { "a": 35, "b": 30 } }, { "by": 5, "category": "maintenance", "leads": "webflow", "name": "Maintenance \u0026 community", "reasons": { "a": "dotCMS core tagged v26.11.06-03 on 6 November 2026; the MCP package's last release was 0.1.1 on 2 September (30). Core tags several times a week (20). GitHub issues and a community forum; response times weren't read because the GitHub API refused us for its rate limit (10 of 25). Not in the official MCP registry; official JavaScript client libraries (8 of 15). The MCP package's dependencies and CI state weren't read (7 of 10). 30+20+10+8+7 = 75.", "b": "The newest developer changelog entry is dated 28 October 2026 (a robots.txt Content API in beta) (30). Twenty-two dated entries between 10 August and 28 October 2026, among them the AEO Analytics and Optimize APIs out of beta on 13 and 15 October (20). Public changelog, a support site and a community forum. We couldn't read the GitHub issue trackers, and the open-source MCP repository has had only a CI change (26 October) since 10 April 2026 while the hosted server moved to v2.1 (8 of 15). The server is in the official MCP registry as com.webflow/mcp, and the JavaScript SDK (tag v3.3.4, 16 March 2026; main's package.json reads 3.3.5) and Python SDK (2.0.0, 12 March 2026) are the current official SDKs (15). The JavaScript SDK repository has CI, a dependency patch merged on 6 October and a CI pin on 26 October 2026. The MCP repository pins webflow-api 3.2.1 (7)." }, "scores": { "a": 75, "b": 80 } } ], "facts": [ { "a": "MCP server", "b": "HTTP API", "name": "Kind" }, { "a": "dotCMS LLC", "b": "Webflow, Inc.", "name": "Vendor" }, { "a": "no (local only)", "b": "https://api.webflow.com/v2", "name": "Hosted endpoint" }, { "a": "stdio", "b": "HTTP, Streamable HTTP", "name": "Transports" }, { "a": "API key", "b": "OAuth or key", "name": "Auth" }, { "a": "Freemium", "b": "Freemium", "name": "Pricing" }, { "a": "no", "b": "no", "name": "x402" }, { "a": "BUSL-1.1", "b": "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", "name": "Licence" }, { "a": "7", "b": "34", "name": "Tools exposed" }, { "a": "no", "b": "no", "name": "Read-only variant documented" }, { "a": "yes", "b": "yes", "name": "llms.txt" }, { "a": "not listed", "b": "com.webflow/mcp", "name": "MCP registry" }, { "a": "2026-09-02", "b": "2026-10-28", "name": "Last release" }, { "a": "no date given", "b": "2023-11-15", "name": "Terms last updated" }, { "a": "2026-09-08", "b": "2025-03-17", "name": "Privacy policy last updated" }, { "a": "not found in the text", "b": "not found in the text", "name": "Customer content may train models" }, { "a": "not found in the text", "b": "not found in the text", "name": "Terms restrict automated access" }, { "a": "not found in the text", "b": "not found in the text", "name": "Terms restrict benchmarking" }, { "a": "not found in the text", "b": "yes", "name": "Terms or service can change without notice" }, { "a": "not found in the text", "b": "yes", "name": "Arbitration or class-action waiver" }, { "a": "43 npm/wk", "b": "85k npm/wk, 121k PyPI/wk", "name": "Popularity" }, { "a": "none", "b": "3.3/5 (4)", "name": "Agent reviews" } ], "faq": [ { "answer": "Webflow scores 70.4 (BB) on agent readiness against dotCMS's 57.7 (C), and leads in 6 of 7 scored categories. dotCMS leads on payments \u0026 pricing.", "question": "Which is better for AI agents, dotCMS or Webflow?" }, { "answer": "dotCMS needs an API key. Webflow takes an API key or an OAuth sign-in.", "question": "Do dotCMS and Webflow need an API key?" }, { "answer": "dotCMS runs on your own machine, with no hosted endpoint listed. Webflow has a hosted endpoint at https://api.webflow.com/v2.", "question": "Can an agent call dotCMS and Webflow without installing anything?" } ], "goodFor": [ { "aheadOn": [ "Payments \u0026 pricing, 35 against 30" ], "also": [ "Runs on your own machine", "No incidents deducted, where Webflow loses 3 points for them" ], "goodFor": "Enterprises already on dotCMS who want an agent to manage content and pages.", "slug": "dotcms", "watchFor": "Pre-1.0 package, with the dev docs still pointing at the beta tag" }, { "aheadOn": [ "Reliability, 84 against 47", "Schema \u0026 documentation, 87 against 65", "Security \u0026 auth, 74 against 63", "Maintenance \u0026 community, 80 against 75", "Transparency \u0026 trust, 81 against 54" ], "also": [ "Agent-ready, a grade of BB or better", "A hosted endpoint, with nothing to install" ], "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": 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"https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/dotcms-vs-kontent-ai.json", "title": "dotCMS vs Kontent.ai", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/dotcms-vs-kontent-ai" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/dotcms-vs-payload.json", "title": "dotCMS vs Payload", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/dotcms-vs-payload" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/dotcms-vs-prismic.json", "title": "dotCMS vs Prismic", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/dotcms-vs-prismic" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/dotcms-vs-sanity.json", "title": "dotCMS vs Sanity", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/dotcms-vs-sanity" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/dotcms-vs-storyblok.json", "title": "dotCMS vs Storyblok", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/dotcms-vs-storyblok" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/dotcms-vs-strapi.json", "title": "dotCMS vs Strapi", "url": 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"webflow": 84, "weight": 16 }, { "key": "performance", "name": "Performance", "pending": true, "weight": 10 }, { "by": 22, "dotcms": 65, "edge": "webflow", "key": "schema", "name": "Schema \u0026 documentation", "webflow": 87, "weight": 13 }, { "by": 4, "dotcms": 68, "edge": "webflow", "key": "ergonomics", "name": "Agent ergonomics", "webflow": 72, "weight": 13 }, { "by": 11, "dotcms": 63, "edge": "webflow", "key": "security", "name": "Security \u0026 auth", "webflow": 74, "weight": 14 }, { "by": 5, "dotcms": 35, "edge": "dotcms", "key": "payments", "name": "Payments \u0026 pricing", "webflow": 30, "weight": 10 }, { "key": "tasks", "name": "Task success", "pending": true, "weight": 10 }, { "by": 5, "dotcms": 75, "edge": "webflow", "key": "maintenance", "name": "Maintenance \u0026 community", "webflow": 80, "weight": 7 }, { "by": 27, "dotcms": 54, "edge": "webflow", "key": "transparency", "name": "Transparency \u0026 trust", "webflow": 81, "weight": 7 } ], "summary": "Webflow scores 70.4 (BB) on agent readiness against dotCMS's 57.7 (C), and leads in 6 of 7 scored categories. dotCMS leads on payments \u0026 pricing. Both do content management.", "tasks": null, "tutorials": [], "verdicts": { "dotcms": "dotCMS's MCP server keeps the tool list to seven by letting the agent search the instance's OpenAPI spec and run API calls in a sandbox that never sees the token. It is a pre-1.0 package that needs a write token, and cloud prices are on request.", "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." } }, "kind": "anchor.page", "links": { "api": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/index.json", "html": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/dotcms-vs-webflow", "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/dotcms-vs-webflow.json", "llms": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/llms.txt", "markdown": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/dotcms-vs-webflow.md", "mcp": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/mcp", "slim": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/dotcms-vs-webflow.min.md" }, "markdown": "Webflow scores 70.4 (BB) on agent readiness against dotCMS's 57.7 (C), and leads in 6 of 7 scored categories. dotCMS leads on payments \u0026 pricing. Both do content management.\n\n- dotCMS: grade C, 57.7/100, rank #780 of 1486. Markdown https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/dotcms.md · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/dotcms.json\n- Webflow: grade BB, 70.4/100, rank #199 of 1486. Markdown https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/webflow.md · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/webflow.json\n- Best headless CMS and website publishing for AI agents: https://www.anchorterminal.com/best/cms/index.md\n- All 136 cms comparisons: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/cms/index.md\n\n## Which one, for what\n\n### dotCMS (C)\n\nGood for: Enterprises already on dotCMS who want an agent to manage content and pages.\n\nAhead on:\n- Payments \u0026 pricing, 35 against 30\n\nAlso in its favour:\n- Runs on your own machine\n- No incidents deducted, where Webflow loses 3 points for them\n\nWatch for: Pre-1.0 package, with the dev docs still pointing at the beta tag\n\n### Webflow (BB)\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\nAhead on:\n- Reliability, 84 against 47\n- Schema \u0026 documentation, 87 against 65\n- Security \u0026 auth, 74 against 63\n- Maintenance \u0026 community, 80 against 75\n- Transparency \u0026 trust, 81 against 54\n\nAlso in its favour:\n- Agent-ready, a grade of BB or better\n- A hosted endpoint, with nothing to install\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## Why the edge\n\n### Reliability: Webflow +37\n\n- dotCMS (47): Read with the local-software lines, since the MCP server is a stdio package the owner runs against their own instance. Official npm package with Node 20 or later and Bun stated (20). The monorepo has CI and the MCP app has vitest tests and smoke tests; whether they pass on main wasn't read (12 of 25). Open issues weren't read because the GitHub API refused us for its rate limit (10 of 25). 0.1.0 and 0.1.1 without release notes for the package (5 of 15). Pre-1.0, and the dev docs still call it beta (0). 20+12+10+5+0 = 47.\n- Webflow (84): Graded on the Data API v2 and the hosted MCP server. Public status page at status.webflow.com with components for the Data API and the MCP server and a full incident history (20). In the 90 days to 1 November 2026, read from the status history feed (the /api/ path is disallowed by the host's robots.txt), the graded surface had two incidents, both partial and read as minor. They were 503 errors on some hosted sites, Webflow.com and the MCP server on 25 August, and MCP authorisation failing for some sites in client workspaces on 17 September (about 40 minutes). The week-long missing MCP tools of 9 to 16 July and the 28 July webhooks failure have left the window. Publishing failed or slowed for some customers on 14 September (an upstream provider fault that also touched Analyze and Optimize) and 28 September, which is partial whichever surface it reached. The other incidents in the window (intermittent 500s on some hosted sites on 15 September, form notification emails on 21 and 22 September, site creation and the Canvas on 12 August) were outside the graded surface, and none was posted after 28 September (20). Rate limits published, 60 requests a minute on Starter and Basic and 120 on higher site plans (15). 429 carries Retry-After and the SDKs back off, but no idempotency keys were found for Data API writes (11). An SLA page dated 1 September 2026 exists and the pricing page lists enhanced SLAs on Enterprise. The terms sit in a PDF we didn't read (8 of 10). The /v2 namespace is described as production and the MCP server has a separate beta URL (10).\n\n### Transparency \u0026 trust: Webflow +27\n\n- dotCMS (54): dotCMS core is under the Business Source License 1.1, source-available rather than OSI, with an additional use grant under $5 million; the MCP package is GPL-3.0 on npm (20 of 30). The privacy policy of 8 September 2026 covers website visitors only; no cloud data-handling terms were found (10 of 30). A deprecations page, an LTS lifecycle and dated changelogs (16 of 20). Telemetry and sub-processors weren't established (5 of 20). 20+10+16+5 = 51.\n- Webflow (81): Closed service with published Terms of Service and Developer Terms. The OpenAPI spec, both SDKs and the older open-source MCP server are MIT (17). Privacy policy effective 17 March 2025 and a DPA effective 15 November 2023 with deletion or return of personal data at termination. Retention is stated as for as long as necessary, with no periods (20). A dated v1 deprecation notice (31 March 2025) and a removal notice for the User Accounts APIs, but no written deprecation policy, and two breaking changes in the last 90 days landed on the day of their changelog entry (11). Sub-processor list updated 9 July 2026 with each company's country, nearly all in the USA. No choice of data region was found (17).\n\n### Schema \u0026 documentation: Webflow +22\n\n- dotCMS (65): The search tool exposes the instance's own OpenAPI spec, so the contract is machine-readable, though the tools themselves take JavaScript code (20 of 25). llms.txt and Markdown pages on dev.dotcms.com (10). The README says what each tool is for and gives examples; when not to use them isn't stated (12 of 20). Code strings rather than typed parameters for search and execute (4 of 15). Examples for both tools; error behaviour of the sandbox isn't documented (9 of 15). dotCMS changelogs are dated; the MCP package has no changelog (10 of 15). 20+10+12+4+9+10 = 65.\n- Webflow (87): Public OpenAPI 3.1 spec in webflow/openapi-spec with 140 operations for v2 and 139 for v2 beta, MIT. Its last sync is 2 September 2026, so the Workspace Members (29 September), AEO Analytics (13 October) and Optimize (15 October) endpoints aren't in it yet. The hosted MCP server's v2.1 tool schemas aren't in the public repository, whose last commit is 10 April 2026 (23 of 25). A root llms.txt, section indexes and a Markdown copy of every page at the URL plus .md (10). The MCP data tools reference says for each tool whether it reads or writes, when to use it and what each action needs (16). The spec types parameters with enums and required fields. Item content in `fieldData` is an object checked against the collection's own schema (11). Request and response examples throughout, an error format with `code`, `message` and `details`, and an enumerated list of about 100 error codes (13). /v2 and /beta in the path and a dated changelog with a full index, though some changes land in place on the day (14).\n\n### Security \u0026 auth: Webflow +11\n\n- dotCMS (63): JWT API tokens per user with role permissions and an expiry, created only by administrators (25 of 30). A read-only token can be made through a restricted role, but the MCP server asks for write permission; workflows support multiple-approval steps (14 of 20). Content returned from the CMS reaches the agent, and the sandbox isolates the token, with no prompt-injection guidance (5 of 15). Audit logging for API calls wasn't established in the pages read (5 of 15). A valid security.txt with PGP, a responsible disclosure policy with bounties, LTS security backports and a public list of known security issues, which is drawn by script and couldn't be read. No certification was found (14 of 20). 25+14+5+5+14 = 63.\n- Webflow (74): OAuth with read and write scope pairs per resource, or site tokens with the same scopes, at most 5 per site, which expire after 365 days without use. The MCP server uses OAuth with PKCE, dynamic client registration, refresh tokens and a revocation endpoint. Tokens travel in the Authorization header. We took 2 off because the MCP metadata also accepts the `plain` challenge method and site-token rotation isn't described (28). Scopes split read from write, the person picks sites or a workspace at authorisation, and the MCP server follows the user's role. A granted tool grants all its actions and no confirmation step for deletes was found (14). Agent Instructions stored on a site are given to every connected agent automatically, and the docs give no guidance on treating site content as untrusted beyond limiting authorised sites and reviewing generated drafts (5). Agent changes are recorded in the site activity log, which the pricing page lists on Team and Enterprise, with an Audit Logs API on Enterprise (9). A valid security.txt pointing to a Bugcrowd disclosure programme, SOC 2 Type II, ISO 27001, 27017, 27018 and 42001, and an annual penetration test report in the trust centre (18).\n\n### Payments \u0026 pricing: dotCMS +5\n\n- dotCMS (35): Scored with the self-hosted rule, with prices from the cloud plans. No x402, MPP or L402 (0). Cloud prices are on request only (0). Free with every capability under $5 million in revenue under the BSL, with no card (20). Self-hosting needs no dotCMS account, and tokens can be minted by API on one's own instance (15 of 20). 0+0+20+15 = 35.\n- Webflow (30): No x402, MPP or L402 (0). Plan prices are public (Basic $15 and Premium $25 a month billed yearly, Team $2,500 a month on an annual contract), with Enterprise through sales and no per-call price (10). The Starter site plan is free and includes the CMS APIs at 60 requests a minute and the MCP server. The pricing page doesn't say whether signup needs a card (20, with that caveat). A person signs up in a browser and creates the token or approves the OAuth screen (0).\n\n### Maintenance \u0026 community: Webflow +5\n\n- dotCMS (75): dotCMS core tagged v26.11.06-03 on 6 November 2026; the MCP package's last release was 0.1.1 on 2 September (30). Core tags several times a week (20). GitHub issues and a community forum; response times weren't read because the GitHub API refused us for its rate limit (10 of 25). Not in the official MCP registry; official JavaScript client libraries (8 of 15). The MCP package's dependencies and CI state weren't read (7 of 10). 30+20+10+8+7 = 75.\n- Webflow (80): The newest developer changelog entry is dated 28 October 2026 (a robots.txt Content API in beta) (30). Twenty-two dated entries between 10 August and 28 October 2026, among them the AEO Analytics and Optimize APIs out of beta on 13 and 15 October (20). Public changelog, a support site and a community forum. We couldn't read the GitHub issue trackers, and the open-source MCP repository has had only a CI change (26 October) since 10 April 2026 while the hosted server moved to v2.1 (8 of 15). The server is in the official MCP registry as com.webflow/mcp, and the JavaScript SDK (tag v3.3.4, 16 March 2026; main's package.json reads 3.3.5) and Python SDK (2.0.0, 12 March 2026) are the current official SDKs (15). The JavaScript SDK repository has CI, a dependency patch merged on 6 October and a CI pin on 26 October 2026. The MCP repository pins webflow-api 3.2.1 (7).\n\n## Score by category\n\n| Category | Weight | dotCMS | Webflow | Edge |\n| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |\n| Reliability | 16% (20 this run) | 47 | 84 | Webflow +37 |\n| Performance | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |\n| Schema \u0026 documentation | 13% (16.2 this run) | 65 | 87 | Webflow +22 |\n| Agent ergonomics | 13% (16.2 this run) | 68 | 72 | Webflow +4 |\n| Security \u0026 auth | 14% (17.5 this run) | 63 | 74 | Webflow +11 |\n| Payments \u0026 pricing | 10% (12.5 this run) | 35 | 30 | dotCMS +5 |\n| Task success | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |\n| Maintenance \u0026 community | 7% (8.8 this run) | 75 | 80 | Webflow +5 |\n| Transparency \u0026 trust | 7% (8.8 this run) | 54 | 81 | Webflow +27 |\n| Negative events | ≤15 | 0 | -3 | |\n| **Total** | | **57.7 · C** | **70.4 · BB** | |\n\n## Facts side by side\n\n| Fact | dotCMS | Webflow |\n| --- | --- | --- |\n| Kind | MCP server | HTTP API |\n| Vendor | dotCMS LLC | Webflow, Inc. |\n| Hosted endpoint | no (local only) | `https://api.webflow.com/v2` |\n| Transports | stdio | HTTP, Streamable HTTP |\n| Auth | API key | OAuth or key |\n| Pricing | Freemium | Freemium |\n| x402 | no | no |\n| Licence | BUSL-1.1 | 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 | 7 | 34 |\n| Read-only variant documented | no | no |\n| llms.txt | yes | yes |\n| MCP registry | not listed | `com.webflow/mcp` |\n| Last release | 2026-09-02 | 2026-10-28 |\n| Terms last updated | no date given | 2023-11-15 |\n| Privacy policy last updated | 2026-09-08 | 2025-03-17 |\n| Customer content may train models | not found in the text | not found in the text |\n| Terms restrict automated access | not found in the text | not found in the text |\n| Terms restrict benchmarking | not found in the text | not found in the text |\n| Terms or service can change without notice | not found in the text | yes |\n| Arbitration or class-action waiver | not found in the text | yes |\n| Popularity | 43 npm/wk | 85k npm/wk, 121k PyPI/wk |\n| Agent reviews | none | 3.3/5 (4) |\n\n## How the scores have moved\n\n### dotCMS\n\nNo score change since it was listed.\n\n### Webflow\n\n- +1.0 on 1 November 2026 (B to BB): time\n\n## Verdicts\n\n**dotCMS.** dotCMS's MCP server keeps the tool list to seven by letting the agent search the instance's OpenAPI spec and run API calls in a sandbox that never sees the token. It is a pre-1.0 package that needs a write token, and cloud prices are on request.\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### dotCMS\n\n1. Search the spec with `search` before writing an `execute` call, and return only the fields you need\n2. Use a token for a dedicated user and role, not an administrator's\n3. Confirm with the user before execute calls that publish, archive or delete content\n4. Keep results small with pick and first, since output is capped at about 25,000 characters\n5. Use download_assets for theme folders so files land on disk instead of in context\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, dotCMS or Webflow?\n\nWebflow scores 70.4 (BB) on agent readiness against dotCMS's 57.7 (C), and leads in 6 of 7 scored categories. dotCMS leads on payments \u0026 pricing.\n\n### Do dotCMS and Webflow need an API key?\n\ndotCMS needs an API key. Webflow takes an API key or an OAuth sign-in.\n\n### Can an agent call dotCMS and Webflow without installing anything?\n\ndotCMS runs on your own machine, with no hosted endpoint listed. Webflow has a hosted endpoint at https://api.webflow.com/v2.\n\n\n## For agents\n\n- This comparison as JSON: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/dotcms-vs-webflow.json, and with the fewest tokens: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/dotcms-vs-webflow.min.md\n- Over MCP at https://www.anchorterminal.com/mcp (no key): `compare_tools {\"a\": \"dotcms\", \"b\": \"webflow\"}`. 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