# ExcaliClaw vs Excalidraw (slim)

> Excalidraw scores 54.5 (C) to ExcaliClaw's 51.4 (D) for diagram creation. Prices, MCP, x402, uptime and agent notes side by side.

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Excalidraw scores 54.5 (C) on agent readiness against ExcaliClaw's 51.4 (D), and leads in 5 of 7 scored categories. ExcaliClaw leads on reliability and maintenance & community. Both do diagram creation.

- ExcaliClaw: D 51.4, rank #804 of 1084 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/excaliclaw.min.md
- Excalidraw: C 54.5, rank #729 of 1084 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/excalidraw.min.md
- ExcaliClaw, good 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. Ahead on Reliability, 65 against 50; Maintenance & community, 54 against 44.
- Excalidraw, good for Teams already on Excalidraw+ that want agents to create and edit hand-drawn diagrams, slides and wireframes in a shared workspace, and one-off sketches through the free MCP App. Ahead on Security & auth, 73 against 40; Payments & pricing, 35 against 30; Transparency & trust, 63 against 45. Also Open source.

| Category | ExcaliClaw | Excalidraw |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Reliability (16%) | 65 | 50 |
| Performance (10%) | pending | pending |
| Schema & documentation (13%) | 62 | 65 |
| Agent ergonomics (13%) | 55 | 58 |
| Security & auth (14%) | 40 | 73 |
| Payments & pricing (10%) | 30 | 35 |
| Task success (10%) | pending | pending |
| Maintenance & community (7%) | 54 | 44 |
| Transparency & trust (7%) | 45 | 63 |

| Fact (where they differ) | ExcaliClaw | Excalidraw |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Kind | MCP server | HTTP API |
| Vendor | ExcaliClaw | Excalidraw s.r.o. |
| Hosted endpoint | `https://excaliclaw.com/mcp` | `https://api.excalidraw.com/api/v1/mcp` |
| Transports | Streamable HTTP, HTTP | HTTP, Streamable HTTP |
| Auth | OAuth or key | API key |
| Licence | 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 | Excalidraw+ is a proprietary service under Excalidraw's terms of use. The editor and the MCP App on GitHub are MIT |
| MCP registry | `com.excaliclaw/excaliclaw` | not listed |
| Last release | 2026-10-03 | 2026-09-01 |
| Terms last updated | couldn't be read | no date given |
| Privacy policy last updated | couldn't be read | 2021-04-29 |
| Customer content may train models | couldn't be read | not found in the text |
| Terms restrict automated access | couldn't be read | yes |
| Terms restrict benchmarking | couldn't be read | not found in the text |
| Terms or service can change without notice | couldn't be read | yes |
| Arbitration or class-action waiver | couldn't be read | yes |
| Popularity | 0 stars | 134k stars, 676k npm/wk |