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Melius leads on reliability.", "b": { "slug": "melius", "name": "Melius", "vendor": "Melius AI, Inc.", "vendorUrl": "https://www.melius.com", "kind": "http-api", "category": "design", "summary": "Melius is a hosted node-based canvas for generating images, video, audio and text with many third-party models. Outside agents read and write projects, canvases, nodes, edges, runs and comments through a REST API, an MCP server and the mel CLI.", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/melius", "markdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/melius.md", "slimMarkdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/melius.min.md", "jsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/melius.json", "license": "Proprietary service under Melius's terms of service. The mel CLI on npm is MIT, with no public source repository found", "transports": [ "http", "streamable-http" ], "remoteUrl": "https://api.melius.com/api/v1", "packages": [ { "registry": "npm", "name": "@melius-ai/cli" } ], "auth": "mixed", "authNotes": "A person creates an API key in the Melius app under Team settings, Integrations. The REST API, the CLI and the MCP endpoint at https://api.melius.com/mcp take it as a Bearer token, with an optional `x-team-id` header. The MCP endpoint at https://mcp.melius.com/mcp uses OAuth (authorisation code with S256 PKCE and dynamic client registration), where the user signs in, picks one team and Melius creates a connector key. Keys have no scopes. A key works with its creator's access and that user's role in each team. Access is self-serve, with no app review or sales approval.", "pricing": "freemium", "pricingNotes": "Free plan at $0 with trial credits, amount not published. Creator $20 a month for 20,000 credits, Growth $50 for 50,000, Professional $110 for 110,000, Team $70 a seat for 70,000 pooled credits (2 to 10 seats), Enterprise custom. Annual billing cuts 15 to 20 per cent. API, CLI and MCP calls have no separate charge and generations draw team credits. Per-model credit costs come from an authenticated endpoint, not the pricing page. The page's comparison table shows different figures ($18, $45, $99+, $63). Whether Free teams can create API keys is not stated (https://www.melius.com/pricing, checked 2026-10-08).", "priceSummary": "$20 / mo", "where": "hosted", "x402": { "level": "no", "evidence": "No x402, MPP or L402 in the API, MCP or CLI docs, the OpenAPI spec or the pricing page (checked 2026-10-08).", "endpoints": [] }, "toolCount": 75, "popularity": { "githubStars": null, "npmWeekly": 9, "pypiWeekly": null, "asOf": "2026-10-08" }, "docsUrl": "https://docs.melius.com", "llmsTxt": "https://docs.melius.com/llms.txt", "openapi": "https://docs.melius.com/api/openapi.json", "capabilities": [ "design.canvas", "design.comments", "design.files", "image.generate", "image.edit", "image.upscale", "video.generate", "speech.tts" ], "tags": [ "hosted", "freemium", "free-tier", "closed-source", "mcp", "oauth", "api-key", "openapi", "llms-txt", "cli", "async-jobs", "status-page", "pre-1.0" ], "lastRelease": "2026-09-10", "graded": true, "anchor": { "graded": true, "score": 54.1, "grade": "C", "agentReady": false, "rank": 473, "ranked": true, "rankOf": 629, "categoryRank": 3, "methodology": "0.4", "run": "2026-10-01", "scores": { "ergonomics": 51, "maintenance": 66, "payments": 20, "reliability": 69, "schema": 70, "security": 43, "transparency": 55 }, "pending": [ "performance", "tasks" ], "assessment": { "confidence": "medium", "date": "2026-10-08" }, "negative": 0, "verdict": "One backend serves a 59-operation REST API with a public OpenAPI spec, a hosted MCP server with OAuth sign-in and a JSON-only CLI, and the status page shows no incidents since July 2026. API keys carry no scopes and work with their creator's role, and no rate-limit numbers, changelog or per-model credit prices are published.", "bestFor": "An agent producing batches of ad creative, product images or short videos on a shared canvas that people then review, with many models behind one key.", "strengths": [ "Public OpenAPI 3.0.2 spec with 59 operations, plus llms.txt, llms-full.txt and a Markdown copy of every docs page", "Hosted MCP server with OAuth sign-in (PKCE, dynamic client registration) or a bearer API key, tied to one team chosen at authorisation", "429 responses carry `Retry-After` and `retryAfterSeconds`, and the docs give a bounded retry policy", "The mel CLI prints JSON only, uses six fixed exit codes and returns errors with a `code` and a `suggestion`", "status.melius.com lists no incidents for Web app or MCP from July to October 2026" ], "weaknesses": [ "API keys have no scopes. A key works with its creator's role in every team the creator belongs to", "No rate-limit numbers, SLA, public changelog or API deprecation policy found in the reviewed documentation", "The MCP reference lists 75 tools, and the setup guide tells users to select Always Allow for all of them", "Per-model credit costs are returned by an authenticated endpoint and shown in the app, not on the pricing page", "No security.txt or disclosure policy found, and the Vanta trust centre at trust.melius.com needs JavaScript we couldn't run" ], "agentNotes": [ "Generate by creating a node on a canvas, starting a run with POST /nodes/{nodeId}/runs, then polling GET /node-runs/{nodeRunId} until `status` is finished or failed", "Over MCP, call `get_guide` first, `show_presence` before node changes and `canvas_plan_layout` before `bulk_create_nodes`", "On 429 wait `Retry-After` seconds. After a timeout or 5xx on a write, read the canvas or run state before resubmitting, because there are no idempotency keys", "Read credit costs from GET /generation/models?category=image before a bulk run. A 400 can mean the team is out of credits", "Downloads arrive as a ZIP from a signed URL. Fetch that URL without the `Authorization` header" ], "metrics": { "kind": "remote", "measured": false }, "reviewCount": 0, "avgRating": 0, "history": [ { "basis": "public evidence", "confidence": "medium", "grade": "C", "methodology": "0.4", "pending": [ "performance", "tasks" ], "run": "2026-10-01", "runLabel": "October 2026 research run", "score": 54.1 } ], "editorialScores": { "ergonomics": 51, "maintenance": 66, "payments": 20, "reliability": 69, "schema": 70, "security": 43, "transparency": 38 }, "provenanceScore": 72 }, "connect": { "install": "npm install -g @melius-ai/cli", "http": "curl -s -H \"Authorization: Bearer $MEL_API_KEY\" https://api.melius.com/api/v1/teams", "claudeCode": "claude mcp add melius --transport http https://mcp.melius.com/mcp --scope user", "config": { "mcpServers": { "melius": { "url": "https://mcp.melius.com/mcp" } } } }, "letme": { "capability": "https://letme.dev/design.canvas", "tool": "https://letme.dev/melius" }, "area": "design-diagrams", "unitPrices": [ { "item": "Creator plan", "unit": "month", "usd": 20, "note": "20,000 credits a month, $17 a month on annual billing" }, { "item": "Growth plan", "unit": "month", "usd": 50, "note": "50,000 credits a month, $43 on annual billing" }, { "item": "Professional plan", "unit": "month", "usd": 110, "note": "110,000 credits a month, $93 on annual billing. A 300,000-credit option is also listed" }, { "item": "Team plan", "unit": "seat-month", "usd": 70, "note": "70,000 pooled credits a seat, 2 to 10 seats, $56 on annual billing" } ], "provenance": { "legalEntity": "Melius AI, Inc.", "domain": "melius.com", "domainRegistered": "1998-11-24", "endpointOnVendorDomain": true, "terms": "https://www.melius.com/terms", "privacy": "https://www.melius.com/privacy", "statusPage": "https://status.melius.com", "changelog": "", "securityTxt": "none", "checked": "2026-10-08", "notes": [ "The terms of service (effective 28 August 2026) name Melius AI, Inc., 420 Lexington Avenue, New York, as the contracting party and are governed by Delaware law.", "The API answers at api.melius.com, the OAuth MCP endpoint at mcp.melius.com and the docs at docs.melius.com, all melius.com subdomains.", "/.well-known/security.txt returns 404 on www.melius.com, docs.melius.com and api.melius.com.", "RDAP for melius.com gives a registration date of 1998-11-24, which predates the company. The site says it is not affiliated with other organisations that share the Melius name.", "No public changelog was found. docs.melius.com/changelog and www.melius.com/changelog return 404, and release dates come from the npm registry.", "trust.melius.com is a Vanta trust centre that renders only with JavaScript, so its contents were not read." ], "score": 72 }, "pageJsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/melius.json", "live": { "slug": "melius", "probe": { "target": "https://api.melius.com/api/v1", "method": "get", "lastAt": "2026-10-08T19:08:52.818187603Z", "lastOk": true, "lastStatus": 404, "lastMs": 351, "authRequired": false, "uptime24h": 100, "uptime30d": 100, "p50ms24h": 335, "p95ms24h": 375, "samples24h": 42, "samples30d": 42, "days": [ { "date": "2026-10-08", "probes": 42, "ok": 42 } ] }, "vendorStatus": { "page": "https://status.melius.com", "indicator": "none", "summary": "All Systems Operational", "checkedAt": "2026-10-08T19:06:45.945421984Z" }, "versions": [ { "registry": "npm", "name": "@melius-ai/cli", "version": "0.16.2", "seenAt": "2026-10-08T16:20:12.72497812Z" } ], "npmWeekly": 9, "securityTxt": { "url": "https://melius.com/.well-known/security.txt", "state": "none", "checkedAt": "2026-10-08T15:38:50.537934736Z" }, "pages": [ { "url": "https://www.melius.com/pricing", "kind": "pricing", "status": 200, "checkedAt": "2026-10-08T18:29:07.616845141Z", "changedAt": "0001-01-01T00:00:00Z", "fingerprint": "e10be360cae0" }, { "url": "https://www.melius.com/privacy", "kind": "privacy", "status": 200, "checkedAt": "2026-10-08T18:29:09.848367293Z", "changedAt": "0001-01-01T00:00:00Z", "fingerprint": "1f3a2bb3eee9" }, { "url": "https://www.melius.com/terms", "kind": "terms", "status": 200, "checkedAt": "2026-10-08T18:29:11.947870163Z", "changedAt": "0001-01-01T00:00:00Z", "fingerprint": "a03166dbf644" } ], "updatedAt": "2026-10-08T19:08:52.818187603Z" } }, "facts": [ { "a": "HTTP API", "b": "HTTP API", "name": "Kind" }, { "a": "Figma", "b": "Melius AI, Inc.", "name": "Vendor" }, { "a": "https://api.figma.com/v1", "b": "https://api.melius.com/api/v1", "name": "Hosted endpoint" }, { "a": "HTTP, Streamable HTTP", "b": "HTTP, Streamable HTTP", "name": "Transports" }, { "a": "OAuth or key", "b": "OAuth or key", "name": "Auth" }, { "a": "Freemium", "b": "Freemium", "name": "Pricing" }, { "a": "no", "b": "no", "name": "x402" }, { "a": "proprietary", "b": "Proprietary service under Melius's terms of service. 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Melius leads on reliability. Both do design files.", "verdicts": { "figma-mcp": "OpenAPI spec, TypeScript types and an llms.txt index for the REST API. View and Collab seats get 6 MCP calls a month on paid plans.", "melius": "One backend serves a 59-operation REST API with a public OpenAPI spec, a hosted MCP server with OAuth sign-in and a JSON-only CLI, and the status page shows no incidents since July 2026. API keys carry no scopes and work with their creator's role, and no rate-limit numbers, changelog or per-model credit prices are published." } }, "kind": "anchor.page", "links": { "api": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/index.json", "html": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/figma-mcp-vs-melius", "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/figma-mcp-vs-melius.json", "llms": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/llms.txt", "markdown": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/figma-mcp-vs-melius.md", "slim": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/figma-mcp-vs-melius.min.md" }, "markdown": "Figma API + MCP scores 66 (B) on agent readiness against Melius's 54.1 (C), and leads in 6 of 7 scored categories. Melius leads on reliability. Both do design files.\n\n- Figma API + MCP: grade B, 66/100, rank #226 of 629. Markdown https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/figma-mcp.md · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/figma-mcp.json\n- Melius: grade C, 54.1/100, rank #473 of 629. Markdown https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/melius.md · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/melius.json\n\n## Which one, for what\n\n### Figma API + MCP (B)\n\nGood for: Design-to-code agents and teams already paying for Dev or Full seats.\n\nAhead on:\n- Schema \u0026 documentation, 86 against 70\n- Agent ergonomics, 60 against 51\n- Security \u0026 auth, 74 against 43\n- Payments \u0026 pricing, 30 against 20\n- Maintenance \u0026 community, 84 against 66\n- Transparency \u0026 trust, 73 against 55\n\nWatch for: View and Collab seats get 6 MCP calls a month on paid plans\n\n### Melius (C)\n\nGood for: An agent producing batches of ad creative, product images or short videos on a shared canvas that people then review, with many models behind one key.\n\nAhead on:\n- Reliability, 69 against 59\n\nWatch for: API keys have no scopes. A key works with its creator's role in every team the creator belongs to\n\n\n## Score by category\n\n| Category | Weight | Figma API + MCP | Melius | Edge |\n| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |\n| Reliability | 16% (20 this run) | 59 | 69 | Melius +10 |\n| Performance | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |\n| Schema \u0026 documentation | 13% (16.2 this run) | 86 | 70 | Figma API + MCP +16 |\n| Agent ergonomics | 13% (16.2 this run) | 60 | 51 | Figma API + MCP +9 |\n| Security \u0026 auth | 14% (17.5 this run) | 74 | 43 | Figma API + MCP +31 |\n| Payments \u0026 pricing | 10% (12.5 this run) | 30 | 20 | Figma API + MCP +10 |\n| Task success | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |\n| Maintenance \u0026 community | 7% (8.8 this run) | 84 | 66 | Figma API + MCP +18 |\n| Transparency \u0026 trust | 7% (8.8 this run) | 73 | 55 | Figma API + MCP +18 |\n| Negative events | ≤15 | 0 | 0 | |\n| **Total** | | **66 · B** | **54.1 · C** | |\n\n## Facts side by side\n\n| Fact | Figma API + MCP | Melius |\n| --- | --- | --- |\n| Kind | HTTP API | HTTP API |\n| Vendor | Figma | Melius AI, Inc. |\n| Hosted endpoint | `https://api.figma.com/v1` | `https://api.melius.com/api/v1` |\n| Transports | HTTP, Streamable HTTP | HTTP, Streamable HTTP |\n| Auth | OAuth or key | OAuth or key |\n| Pricing | Freemium | Freemium |\n| x402 | no | no |\n| Licence | proprietary | Proprietary service under Melius's terms of service. The mel CLI on npm is MIT, with no public source repository found |\n| Tools exposed | 35 | 75 |\n| Read-only variant documented | no | no |\n| llms.txt | yes | yes |\n| MCP registry | `com.figma.mcp/mcp` | not listed |\n| Last release | 2026-09-24 | 2026-09-10 |\n| Terms last updated | 2026-03-11 | no date given |\n| Privacy policy last updated | no date given | no date given |\n| Customer content may train models | yes, with an opt-out | not found in the text |\n| Terms restrict automated access | not found in the text | yes |\n| Terms restrict benchmarking | not found in the text | yes |\n| Terms or service can change without notice | yes | yes |\n| Arbitration or class-action waiver | yes | yes |\n| Popularity | 456k npm/wk | 9 npm/wk |\n| Agent reviews | 3.5/5 (2) | none |\n\n## Verdicts\n\n**Figma API + MCP.** OpenAPI spec, TypeScript types and an llms.txt index for the REST API. View and Collab seats get 6 MCP calls a month on paid plans.\n\n**Melius.** One backend serves a 59-operation REST API with a public OpenAPI spec, a hosted MCP server with OAuth sign-in and a JSON-only CLI, and the status page shows no incidents since July 2026. API keys carry no scopes and work with their creator's role, and no rate-limit numbers, changelog or per-model credit prices are published.\n\n## Before you call either\n\n### Figma API + MCP\n\n1. Pass `ids=` and `depth=` to `GET /v1/files/:key`. A whole file is large\n2. `GET /v1/images/:key` renders nodes to PNG, JPG, SVG or PDF and returns short-lived URLs\n3. On 429 read `Retry-After`. Limits are per user and app for OAuth, per user for personal tokens and per token for plan tokens\n4. Use the v2 folders endpoints. The v1 projects endpoints were deprecated on 10 August 2026\n5. Confirm the credit cost with the user when `weave_run_tool` returns `cost_confirmation_required`\n\n### Melius\n\n1. Generate by creating a node on a canvas, starting a run with POST /nodes/{nodeId}/runs, then polling GET /node-runs/{nodeRunId} until `status` is finished or failed\n2. Over MCP, call `get_guide` first, `show_presence` before node changes and `canvas_plan_layout` before `bulk_create_nodes`\n3. On 429 wait `Retry-After` seconds. After a timeout or 5xx on a write, read the canvas or run state before resubmitting, because there are no idempotency keys\n4. Read credit costs from GET /generation/models?category=image before a bulk run. A 400 can mean the team is out of credits\n5. Downloads arrive as a ZIP from a signed URL. Fetch that URL without the `Authorization` header\n\n## Questions\n\n### Which is better for AI agents, Figma API + MCP or Melius?\n\nFigma API + MCP scores 66 (B) on agent readiness against Melius's 54.1 (C), and leads in 6 of 7 scored categories. 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