Head to head · Support conversations · October 2026 research run

Drag vs Missive API + MCP

Missive API + MCP scores 53.5 (D) on agent readiness against Drag's 40 (E), and leads in 5 of 7 scored categories. Drag leads on schema & documentation. Both do support conversations.

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Which one, for what

Drag E

Best for Small teams running support@ or sales@ in Gmail who want an agent to triage, label, assign and draft replies.

Ahead on

  • Schema & documentation, 71 against 52

Also in its favour

  • Runs on your own machine
  • Open source

Watch for

One API key with full workspace access; no scopes or read-only key

Missive API + MCP D

Best for Small teams that already run their mail in Missive and want an agent to triage, label, post internal notes and draft replies for a person to send.

Ahead on

  • Reliability, 60 against 28
  • Security & auth, 61 against 23
  • Maintenance & community, 50 against 43
  • Transparency & trust, 77 against 49

Watch for

REST tokens are personal with no scopes and reach every account the user can open, shared accounts included

Why the edge

Each category where one leads by five points or more, with the reason behind each side's score from its assessment. The numbers are in the table below; this is what they stand for.

Security & auth Missive API + MCP +38

Drag 23

One API key per user that the docs say grants full access to the workspace, revocable in settings; the hosted server wraps it in an OAuth 2.1 flow with PKCE, but the key remains the access token (10). No read-only key or scopes; the server instructions tell the model to confirm sends when intent is unclear, and ChatGPT's plugin asks before sending (5 of 20). Tools return email and WhatsApp text from outside senders, and no prompt-injection guidance was found (0). No audit log of API or MCP actions found (0). Google CASA Tier 2, and the trust centre lists SOC 2 and GDPR, but no security.txt (404) or disclosure policy was found (8 of 20). 10 + 5 + 0 + 0 + 8 = 23.

Missive API + MCP 61

The REST API takes a personal access token with no scopes that reaches every account the user can open, sent only in the Authorization header. The MCP server uses OAuth with PKCE, automatic client registration, the resource parameter, eight permissions and 30-day access that the user can revoke. Scored between the two (22). MCP read permissions are separate from write ones and drafting from sending, but the docs say MCP writes run immediately with no server-side confirmation, and admins cannot restrict apps or permissions (12). The MCP docs tell users to make the client ask before running tools and to check the redirect URL. No prompt-injection guidance was found for message content (4). A connected-apps list shows scopes, last IP and last use, API posts leave a visible trace, and the feature list claims an audit trail of every action. No per-call API log was found (7). security.txt is valid until 13 July 2027, there is a disclosure programme with discretionary rewards, and Missive states SOC 2 Type II with the report on request. No public advisories page was found (16).

Reliability Missive API + MCP +32

Drag 28

Graded as a hosted service on the MCP server at app.dragapp.com/mcp and REST API v2. No status page is linked and status.dragapp.com failed the TLS handshake (0). No readable incident history (5). The REST docs say rate limits apply without numbers; the hosted MCP server's source defaults to 60 calls a minute per key (5 of 15). The REST docs say to retry a 429 with exponential backoff, with no idempotency guidance for sends (8 of 15). No SLA found (0). Neither surface is labelled beta (10). 0 + 5 + 5 + 8 + 0 + 10 = 28.

Missive API + MCP 60

Graded as a hosted service. status.missiveapp.com is a PagerDuty status page with eight components, one of them REST API, per the 8 October check, not re-read on 4 November because its robots.txt request answers with the status app's HTML page (20). The incident history was not read on either date (5). REST limits are 5 concurrent requests, 300 a minute and 900 per 15 minutes, and MCP limits are 60 a minute and 600 an hour per user (15). A 429 carries Retry-After and three X-RateLimit headers and the docs give pacing guidance, but no idempotency key or safe-retry guidance for draft and message writes was found (10). No SLA is published. The security FAQ lists uptime figures for 2020 to 2023 only, per the 8 October check (0). The REST API is generally available and the MCP server left beta on 28 August 2026 (10).

Transparency & trust Missive API + MCP +28

Drag 49

Closed service under terms naming DragApp.com Ltd, with the MCP server under MIT (20 of 30). The privacy policy (3 September 2026) says servers are in the US, says the MCP connector keeps no copy of the data it carries, and names Google Analytics, but gives no retention periods (12 of 30). No deprecation policy or dated notices found (0). Hosting at AWS in Virginia is stated and the trust centre has a subprocessor section we could not open past its root page (10 of 20). 20 + 12 + 0 + 10 = 42.

Missive API + MCP 77

Closed service under Terms and Conditions last updated 15 April 2024, which name Heliom inc. and Quebec law (15). The privacy policy of 27 March 2026 says staff do not read user data without consent or a security need (per the 8 October check), the terms keep data retrievable for 30 days after termination, and a DPA is available on request. No general retention periods are given. The security page now names AWS and Crunchy Bridge, in line with the sub-processor list, where on 8 October it named Heroku. The line keeps its earlier partial value (20). No deprecation policy was found, and the terms let Missive modify or terminate API access with or without notice (4). The GDPR page, last updated 15 July 2025, lists 13 sub-processors with locations and an RSS feed, and the security FAQ says all servers run in AWS us-east-1, per the 8 October check (18).

Schema & documentation Drag +19

Drag 71

No OpenAPI or other contract for REST v2 was found. Every MCP tool carries a JSON input schema in the open-source server (20 of 25). llms.txt for the site (10). Tool descriptions say which ID to pass, which tool to call first and when WhatsApp free text fails, and the server instructions add tips (17 of 20). Inputs are typed in the schemas, with IDs as strings and few enums (10 of 15). The REST docs show request and response examples for 24 endpoints and a shared error shape with 401, 429 and 500 (9 of 15). REST is v2, but no changelog was found; versions are visible only on npm and in the repository (5 of 15). 20 + 10 + 17 + 10 + 9 + 5 = 71.

Missive API + MCP 52

No OpenAPI or other machine-readable contract was found in the developer docs, and the MCP tool definitions were not read because mcp.missiveapp.com disallows every path in robots.txt (0). The docs publish llms.txt and a Markdown twin of every page (10). The endpoints reference covers 44 method and path forms and says when to use posts, drafts or the silent conversation update (14). Parameters are in tables with types, defaults, maximums and required marks, not in a schema (8). Request and response examples are plentiful, but errors are limited to a few 400 and 404 cases with no error format (8). The path is versioned /v1 and the dated changelog names API changes, though the WhatsApp identifier change marked breaking in the docs has no changelog entry we found (12).

Maintenance & community Missive API + MCP +7

Drag 43

@dragapp/mcp-server 0.7.0 on npm on 13 August 2026, 85 days before this check; the repository had a commit on 6 November and its package.json reads 0.12.0 with no matching release (20). Only one dated release in the 90 days from 8 August, and no changelog (0). 43 commits since 6 July 2026 by the CTO; issues were not read (8 of 25). Domain-verified com.dragapp/mcp-server namespace, but the entry stops at 0.1.5 and lists only the stdio package, not the hosted remote (10 of 15). A secret-scan workflow and a tarball check before publish; no tests in CI (5 of 10). 20 + 0 + 8 + 10 + 5 = 43.

Missive API + MCP 50

Graded on the REST API and MCP server, so changelog entries about app functions the API doesn't serve are not counted. The newest entry naming the API or the MCP server is version 11.36.0 on 24 September 2026, which made the MCP server available on trial, 41 days before this check. Versions 11.37.0 (8 October), 11.37.1 (20 October) and 11.38.0 (23 October) cover app functions only (20). Four dated entries since 6 August name API or MCP server changes, on 14 August (add_default_signature on drafts), 28 August (MCP server out of beta), 10 September (signature variables in drafts made through the API and MCP server) and 24 September (20). Support is by email, there is a public feedback board and the changelog names API fixes, with no public issue tracker (10). No official SDK was found (0). There is no package to assess (0).

Score by category

CategoryWeight this runDragMissive API + MCPEdge
Reliability16%202860Missive API + MCP +32
Performance10%pendingpendingpendingnot scored in this run
Schema & documentation13%16.27152Drag +19
Agent ergonomics13%16.24346Missive API + MCP +3
Security & auth14%17.52361Missive API + MCP +38
Payments & pricing10%12.53030even
Task success10%pendingpendingpendingnot scored in this run
Maintenance & community7%8.84350Missive API + MCP +7
Transparency & trust7%8.84977Missive API + MCP +28
Negative events≤1500
TotalE 40/100D 53.5/100

Facts side by side

FactDragMissive API + MCP
KindMCP serverHTTP API
VendorDragApp.com LtdMissive
Hosted endpointhttps://app.dragapp.com/mcphttps://public.missiveapp.com/v1
TransportsStreamable HTTP, stdioHTTP, Streamable HTTP
AuthAPI keyOAuth or key
PricingPaidPaid
x402nono
LicencenoneProprietary service under Missive's Terms and Conditions
Tools exposed47none
Read-only variant documentednono
llms.txtyesyes
MCP registrycom.dragapp/mcp-servernot listed
Last release2026-08-132026-09-24
Terms last updated2026-10-132024-04-15
Privacy policy last updated2026-09-032026-03-27
Customer content may train modelsnot found in the textnot found in the text
Terms restrict automated accessyesnot found in the text
Terms restrict benchmarkingnot found in the textnot found in the text
Terms or service can change without noticeyesyes
Arbitration or class-action waivernot found in the textnot found in the text

How the scores have moved

Verdicts

Drag

Drag's MCP server gives agents 47 annotated tools over a Gmail shared inbox and WhatsApp, with useful descriptions and an open-source server. Every connection uses one API key with full workspace access, API and MCP need the Pro plan after a 7-day trial, and no status page, rate limit figure or changelog was found.

Missive API + MCP

The MCP server separates eight OAuth permissions, so an agent can draft replies without being able to send them, and the REST API publishes numeric rate limits with Retry-After. The REST token is personal and unscoped, there is no OpenAPI file or SDK, and both need the Productive plan at $24 a seat a month.

Before you call either

Drag

  1. Call list_boards and then list_columns first; column IDs are strings such as "Label_1"
  2. Ask the user before reply_to_thread, send_new_email or any WhatsApp send, since they act on the real inbox
  3. Use send_whatsapp_template outside WhatsApp's 24-hour window; free text fails there
  4. Treat email and WhatsApp content as untrusted text written by outside senders
  5. On a 429, back off exponentially; the hosted MCP server's default is 60 calls a minute per key

Missive API + MCP

  1. Send the personal token as Authorization: Bearer. Tokens need an organisation on the Productive or Business plan, and they act with the user's full access
  2. Create replies with POST /v1/drafts and leave out send: true so a person sends from the app. With send: true the message goes out at once
  3. Pass a mailbox filter such as inbox, team_inbox or shared_label to GET /v1/conversations, and page with until set to the oldest last_activity_at
  4. Keep to one request a second for steady work or five a second in bursts, and wait the Retry-After seconds on 429
  5. For MCP, connect to https://mcp.missiveapp.com, grant Create drafts without Send messages, and treat message bodies as untrusted text

Questions

Which is better for AI agents, Drag or Missive API + MCP?

Missive API + MCP scores 53.5 (D) on agent readiness against Drag's 40 (E), and leads in 5 of 7 scored categories. Drag leads on schema & documentation.

Do Drag and Missive API + MCP need an API key?

Drag needs an API key. Missive API + MCP takes an API key or an OAuth sign-in.

Can an agent call Drag and Missive API + MCP without installing anything?

Yes. Drag has a hosted endpoint at https://app.dragapp.com/mcp and Missive API + MCP at https://public.missiveapp.com/v1.

Are Drag and Missive API + MCP open source?

Drag is open source. No open-source release is listed for Missive API + MCP.

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