# Emma vs Plum

> Plum scores 27.4 (F) to Emma's 17.4 (F) for personal transactions. Prices, MCP, x402, uptime and agent notes side by side.

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- Updated: 2026-10-14

Plum scores 27.4 (F) on agent readiness against Emma's 17.4 (F), and leads in 3 of 7 scored categories. Both do personal transactions.

- Emma: grade F, 17.4/100, rank #1044 of 1076. Markdown https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/emma.md · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/emma.json
- Plum: grade F, 27.4/100, rank #1026 of 1076. Markdown https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/plum.md · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/plum.json
- Best subscription, bill and budgeting tools for AI agents: https://www.anchorterminal.com/best/personal-finance/index.md
- All 43 personal finance comparisons: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/personal-finance/index.md

## Which one, for what

### Emma (F)

Good for: UK users who want subscriptions, bills and budgets in one app, with savings and investing.

Watch for: No public API or MCP server an outside agent can call.

### Plum (F)

Good for: UK and European users who want saving and investing automated from their spending.

Ahead on:
- Reliability, 60 against 15
- Transparency & trust, 58 against 49

Watch for: No public API or MCP server an outside agent can call.


## Score by category

| Category | Weight | Emma | Plum | Edge |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Reliability | 16% (20 this run) | 15 | 60 | Plum +45 |
| Performance | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |
| Schema & documentation | 13% (16.2 this run) | 10 | 10 | even |
| Agent ergonomics | 13% (16.2 this run) | 0 | 0 | even |
| Security & auth | 14% (17.5 this run) | 0 | 0 | even |
| Payments & pricing | 10% (12.5 this run) | 30 | 30 | even |
| Task success | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |
| Maintenance & community | 7% (8.8 this run) | 54 | 56 | Plum +2 |
| Transparency & trust | 7% (8.8 this run) | 49 | 58 | Plum +9 |
| Negative events | ≤15 | 0 | 0 | |
| **Total** | | **17.4 · F** | **27.4 · F** | |

## Facts side by side

| Fact | Emma | Plum |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Kind | Platform | Platform |
| Vendor | Emma Technologies Ltd | Plum Fintech Limited |
| Hosted endpoint | no (local only) | no (local only) |
| Transports |  |  |
| Auth | OAuth or key | OAuth or key |
| Pricing | Freemium | Freemium |
| x402 | no | no |
| Licence | Closed service under Emma's terms and conditions (Emma Technologies Ltd) | Closed service under Plum's terms (Plum Fintech Limited and Saveable Limited) |
| Read-only variant documented | no | no |
| llms.txt | yes | yes |
| Last release | 2026-10-12 | 2026-10-12 |
| Terms last updated | no date given | 2026-07-15 |
| Privacy policy last updated | no date given | no date given |
| Customer content may train models | not found in the text | not found in the text |
| Terms restrict automated access | yes | not found in the text |
| Terms restrict benchmarking | not found in the text | not found in the text |
| Terms or service can change without notice | not found in the text | yes |
| Arbitration or class-action waiver | not found in the text | not found in the text |

## Verdicts

**Emma.** Emma tracks subscriptions, bills and budgets for UK users through Open Banking, with a free plan and public prices for paid tiers, and iOS releases about every week. There is no public API or MCP server an outside agent can call. No status page or security contact was found, and the terms forbid bots and scrapers.

**Plum.** Plum automates saving and investing for UK and European users from their bank data, with a free tier, public prices, a status page and weekly iOS releases. There is no public API or MCP server an outside agent can call, and its AI tools run only inside the app. No security contact was found.

## Before you call either

### Emma

1. Don't plan to call Emma from another agent. Hand the task to the person in the Emma app or web app.
2. For a one-off cancellation question, the public pages at emma-app.com/how-to-cancel can be read like any web page.

### Plum

1. Don't plan to call Plum from another agent. Hand the task to the person in the Plum app.
2. Plum moves real money between accounts and investments, so leave any change to automations or withdrawals to the person.

## Questions

### Which is better for AI agents, Emma or Plum?

Plum scores 27.4 (F) on agent readiness against Emma's 17.4 (F), and leads in 3 of 7 scored categories.


## For agents

- This comparison as JSON: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/emma-vs-plum.json, and with the fewest tokens: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/emma-vs-plum.min.md
- Over MCP at https://www.anchorterminal.com/mcp (no key): `compare_tools {"a": "emma", "b": "plum"}`. From a terminal: `anchor compare emma plum`
- Each listing in full: https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/emma.json and https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/plum.json

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