# FLORA vs SurgePix API (slim)

> FLORA scores 64.8 (B) to SurgePix's 22.4 (F) for image generation. Prices, MCP, x402, uptime and agent notes side by side.

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FLORA scores 64.8 (B) on agent readiness against SurgePix API's 22.4 (F), and leads in every scored category. Both do image generation.

- FLORA: B 64.8, rank #555 of 1524 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/flora.min.md
- SurgePix API: F 22.4, rank #1462 of 1524 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/surgepix.min.md
- FLORA, good for Agents working for a design or brand team that already uses FLORA, generating batches of images and clips across many hosted models into the team's canvases and Techniques, with a dollar quote before each spend and the results left where people review and comment on them. Ahead on Reliability, 46 against 15; Schema & documentation, 79 against 40; Agent ergonomics, 68 against 53; Security & auth, 68 against 41; Payments & pricing, 53 against 30; Maintenance & community, 83 against 66; Transparency & trust, 68 against 29. Also No incidents deducted, where SurgePix API loses 15 points for them.
- SurgePix API, good for An agent that needs finished marketing assets, such as posters, slide decks, Xiaohongshu carousels, logos and translated images, as one file from a short request.

| Category | FLORA | SurgePix API |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Reliability (16%) | 46 | 15 |
| Performance (10%) | pending | pending |
| Schema & documentation (13%) | 79 | 40 |
| Agent ergonomics (13%) | 68 | 53 |
| Security & auth (14%) | 68 | 41 |
| Payments & pricing (10%) | 53 | 30 |
| Task success (10%) | pending | pending |
| Maintenance & community (7%) | 83 | 66 |
| Transparency & trust (7%) | 68 | 29 |

| Fact (where they differ) | FLORA | SurgePix API |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Kind | Platform | HTTP API |
| Vendor | FLORA | SurgePix |
| Hosted endpoint | `https://agents.flora.ai/mcp` | `https://api.surgepix.ai/api` |
| Transports | Streamable HTTP, HTTP | HTTP |
| Auth | OAuth or key | API key |
| Licence | Proprietary hosted service under FLORA's terms of service (updated 17 November 2025), which give the user all rights in output. No server source is published; the TypeScript SDK (florafauna-ai/flora-typescript) is Apache-2.0 and the skills and plugin repository (florafauna-ai/flora-mcp-skills) is MIT | Proprietary hosted service under the Surgepix User Agreement, which names no company and restricts commercial use without SurgePix's permission. The agent skills repository is MIT |
| Tools exposed | 59 | none |
| Read-only variant documented | yes | no |
| llms.txt | yes | no |
| MCP registry | `ai.flora/flora` | not listed |
| Terms last updated | not read yet | no date given |
| Privacy policy last updated | not read yet | 2026-06-10 |
| Customer content may train models | not read yet | not found in the text |
| Terms restrict automated access | not read yet | yes |
| Terms restrict benchmarking | not read yet | not found in the text |
| Terms or service can change without notice | not read yet | not found in the text |
| Arbitration or class-action waiver | not read yet | not found in the text |
| Popularity | 157 npm/wk | none |

Why the edge:
- Schema & documentation, FLORA +39: FLORA 79 (Platform with an MCP server and an API, read with the API and MCP lines.); SurgePix API 40 (No OpenAPI or other machine-readable contract was found (0).)
- Transparency & trust, FLORA +39: FLORA 68 (Closed service under terms of service (17 November 2025) that name FLORA AND FAUNA FLOWERSHOP, INC., give the user all rights in output and limit FLORA's licenc…); SurgePix API 29 (The editorial half.)
- Reliability, FLORA +31: FLORA 46 (Hosted reading, for the MCP server and the REST API.); SurgePix API 15 (Read with the hosted lines.)
- Security & auth, FLORA +27: FLORA 68 (OAuth with the authorisation code grant, PKCE (the metadata lists plain and S256, the docs S256), dynamic client registration, refresh tokens and revocation at…); SurgePix API 41 (Plain API keys created in the account settings, which the docs say can be revoked and reset.)
- Payments & pricing, FLORA +23: FLORA 53 (No x402, MPP or L402 (0).); SurgePix API 30 (No x402, MPP or L402 (0).)
- Maintenance & community, FLORA +17: FLORA 83 (Closed service with a dated changelog.); SurgePix API 66 (The last dated change is GPT-Image-2.5 on 23 October 2026, 10 days before the check (30).)