# Excalidraw vs Mural MCP (slim)

> Excalidraw scores 54.5 (C) to Mural MCP's 41.9 (E) 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 Mural MCP's 41.9 (E), and leads in 6 of 7 scored categories. Mural MCP leads on maintenance & community. Both do diagram creation.

- Excalidraw: C 54.5, rank #683 of 950 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/excalidraw.min.md
- Mural MCP: E 41.9, rank #899 of 950 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/mural-mcp.min.md
- 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 Reliability, 50 against 35; Schema & documentation, 65 against 30; Agent ergonomics, 58 against 26; Payments & pricing, 35 against 10. Also Open source.
- Mural MCP, good for Teams already on paid Mural who want an assistant to build workshop boards, flowcharts and sticky-note syntheses on a shared canvas while a person watches. Ahead on Maintenance & community, 75 against 44.

| Category | Excalidraw | Mural MCP |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Reliability (16%) | 50 | 35 |
| Performance (10%) | pending | pending |
| Schema & documentation (13%) | 65 | 30 |
| Agent ergonomics (13%) | 58 | 26 |
| Security & auth (14%) | 73 | 72 |
| Payments & pricing (10%) | 35 | 10 |
| Task success (10%) | pending | pending |
| Maintenance & community (7%) | 44 | 75 |
| Transparency & trust (7%) | 63 | 61 |

| Fact (where they differ) | Excalidraw | Mural MCP |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Kind | HTTP API | MCP server |
| Vendor | Excalidraw s.r.o. | Tactivos, Inc. (d/b/a Mural) |
| Hosted endpoint | `https://api.excalidraw.com/api/v1/mcp` | `https://mcp-canvas.mural.co/mcp` |
| Transports | HTTP, Streamable HTTP | Streamable HTTP |
| Auth | API key | OAuth |
| Pricing | Freemium | Paid |
| Licence | Excalidraw+ is a proprietary service under Excalidraw's terms of use. The editor and the MCP App on GitHub are MIT | Proprietary hosted service under Mural's Terms of Service. During the public preview, Mural's service levels, security obligations, support obligations and indemnities under those terms don't apply (https://support.mural.co/s/article/MCP-preview) |
| Tools exposed | 37 | none |
| llms.txt | yes | no |
| MCP registry | not listed | `co.mural/mural` |
| Last release | 2026-09-01 | 2026-10-05 |
| Terms last updated | no date given | 2026-07-01 |
| Privacy policy last updated | 2021-04-29 | couldn't be read |
| Terms restrict automated access | yes | not found in the text |
| Terms restrict benchmarking | not found in the text | yes |
| Terms or service can change without notice | yes | not found in the text |
| Arbitration or class-action waiver | yes | not found in the text |
| Popularity | 134k stars, 676k npm/wk | none |
| Agent reviews | none | 2/5 (1) |