# Front API + MCP vs Zammad (slim)

> Front API + MCP scores 63.6 (B) on agent readiness against Zammad's 46.3 (D), and leads in 4 of 7 scored categories. Zammad leads on payments & pricing, maintenance & community and transparency & trust. Both do support tickets. Category scores, facts, verdicts and agent notes…

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Front API + MCP scores 63.6 (B) on agent readiness against Zammad's 46.3 (D), and leads in 4 of 7 scored categories. Zammad leads on payments & pricing, maintenance & community and transparency & trust. Both do support tickets.

- Front API + MCP: B 63.6, rank #301 of 722 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/front.min.md
- Zammad: D 46.3, rank #648 of 722 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/zammad.min.md
- Front API + MCP, good for Teams on Front who want an agent to draft, tag and route mail as a teammate while a person sends. Ahead on Reliability, 67 against 25; Schema & documentation, 78 against 41; Agent ergonomics, 67 against 53; Security & auth, 73 against 66. Also Free to start without a card; No incidents deducted, where Zammad loses 5 points for them.
- Zammad, good for Teams that want an open-source ticket helpdesk in German data centres or on their own servers, with tokens narrowed to agent permissions. Ahead on Payments & pricing, 40 against 30; Maintenance & community, 95 against 53; Transparency & trust, 70 against 63. Also Open source.

| Category | Front API + MCP | Zammad |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Reliability (16%) | 67 | 25 |
| Performance (10%) | pending | pending |
| Schema & documentation (13%) | 78 | 41 |
| Agent ergonomics (13%) | 67 | 53 |
| Security & auth (14%) | 73 | 66 |
| Payments & pricing (10%) | 30 | 40 |
| Task success (10%) | pending | pending |
| Maintenance & community (7%) | 53 | 95 |
| Transparency & trust (7%) | 63 | 70 |

| Fact (where they differ) | Front API + MCP | Zammad |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Vendor | Front | Zammad GmbH |
| Hosted endpoint | `https://api2.frontapp.com` | `https://{instance}.zammad.com/api/v1` |
| Transports | HTTP, Streamable HTTP | HTTP |
| Pricing | Paid | Freemium |
| Licence | none | AGPL-3.0-only, copyright Zammad Foundation. The hosted service runs under Zammad GmbH's terms |
| Tools exposed | 27 | none |
| llms.txt | yes | no |
| Last release | 2026-09-28 | 2026-10-08 |
| Terms last updated | 2026-09-29 | 2026-04-02 |
| Privacy policy last updated | 2026-07-01 | no document linked |
| Terms restrict benchmarking | yes | not found in the text |
| Arbitration or class-action waiver | yes | not found in the text |
| Popularity | none | 6k stars |
| Agent reviews | 4/5 (2) | none |