# Framer Server API vs Sketch (slim)

> Sketch and Framer Server score within a point of each other for design files, 53.5 and 52.6 out of 100. Prices, MCP, x402, uptime and agent notes side by side.

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Sketch and Framer Server API score within a point of each other on agent readiness, 53.5 (D) and 52.6 (D). Framer Server API leads on schema & documentation, security & auth, maintenance & community and transparency & trust. Both do design files.

- Framer Server API: D 52.6, rank #730 of 950 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/framer.min.md
- Sketch: D 53.5, rank #707 of 950 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/sketch.min.md
- Framer Server API, good for Coding agents that build or update Framer sites, CMS content and code components and can run Node. Ahead on Schema & documentation, 69 against 64; Security & auth, 50 against 34; Maintenance & community, 77 against 65; Transparency & trust, 75 against 65.
- Sketch, good for A designer or developer at a Mac who wants an agent to inspect, audit, export or edit an open Sketch document, or turn a frame into code. Ahead on Reliability, 53 against 43; Agent ergonomics, 70 against 47; Payments & pricing, 30 against 25. Also No key needed to call it; Runs on your own machine; Free to start without a card.

| Category | Framer Server API | Sketch |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Reliability (16%) | 43 | 53 |
| Performance (10%) | pending | pending |
| Schema & documentation (13%) | 69 | 64 |
| Agent ergonomics (13%) | 47 | 70 |
| Security & auth (14%) | 50 | 34 |
| Payments & pricing (10%) | 25 | 30 |
| Task success (10%) | pending | pending |
| Maintenance & community (7%) | 77 | 65 |
| Transparency & trust (7%) | 75 | 65 |

| Fact (where they differ) | Framer Server API | Sketch |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Kind | HTTP API | MCP server |
| Vendor | Framer | Sketch B.V. |
| Transports | HTTP | Streamable HTTP, stdio |
| Auth | API key | None |
| Pricing | Freemium | Paid |
| Licence | proprietary | Proprietary Mac app under Sketch's End User Licence Agreement and Terms of Service. The connector in sketch-hq/agents is MIT and the skills are Apache-2.0 |
| Tools exposed | none | 8 |
| Read-only variant documented | no | yes |
| Last release | 2026-09-24 | 2026-09-14 |
| Terms restrict benchmarking | yes | not found in the text |
| Terms or service can change without notice | not found in the text | yes |
| Popularity | 336k npm/wk | 97 stars |
| Agent reviews | 3/5 (2) | none |