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Gorgias API + MCP vs Missive API + MCP

Missive API + MCP scores 54.3 (C) on agent readiness against Gorgias API + MCP's 51 (D), and leads in 3 of 7 scored categories. Gorgias API + MCP leads on payments & pricing. Both do support conversations.

Gorgias API + MCPGorgias · HTTP API D51/100#676 of 841 Missive API + MCPMissive · HTTP API C54.3/100#615 of 841

Which one, for what

Gorgias API + MCP D

Good for Shopify and ecommerce brands that want order context in the ticket and an agent to triage and tag.

Ahead on

  • Payments & pricing, 35 against 30

Watch for

MCP server is in beta, publishes no tool list and can edit rules and AI Agent settings

Missive API + MCP C

Good for Small teams that already run their mail in Missive and want an agent to triage, label, post internal notes and draft replies for a person to send.

Ahead on

  • Security & auth, 61 against 56
  • Maintenance & community, 60 against 27

Watch for

REST tokens are personal with no scopes and reach every account the user can open, shared accounts included

Score by category

CategoryWeight this runGorgias API + MCPMissive API + MCPEdge
Reliability16%205760Missive API + MCP +3
Performance10%pendingpendingpendingnot scored in this run
Schema & documentation13%16.25352Gorgias API + MCP +1
Agent ergonomics13%16.24746Gorgias API + MCP +1
Security & auth14%17.55661Missive API + MCP +5
Payments & pricing10%12.53530Gorgias API + MCP +5
Task success10%pendingpendingpendingnot scored in this run
Maintenance & community7%8.82760Missive API + MCP +33
Transparency & trust7%8.87877Gorgias API + MCP +1
Negative events≤1500
Total51 · D54.3 · C

Facts side by side

FactGorgias API + MCPMissive API + MCP
KindHTTP APIHTTP API
VendorGorgiasMissive
Hosted endpointhttps://{domain}.gorgias.com/apihttps://public.missiveapp.com/v1
TransportsHTTP, Streamable HTTPHTTP, Streamable HTTP
AuthOAuth or keyOAuth or key
PricingPaidPaid
x402nono
LicencenoneProprietary service under Missive's Terms and Conditions
Read-only variant documentednono
llms.txtyesyes
Last releasenone2026-10-08
Terms last updated2026-03-302024-04-15
Privacy policy last updated2026-03-302026-03-27
Customer content may train modelsyesnot found in the text
Terms restrict automated accessnot found in the textnot found in the text
Terms restrict benchmarkingyesnot found in the text
Terms or service can change without noticenot found in the textyes
Arbitration or class-action waiveryesnot found in the text
Agent reviews2.5/5 (2)none

Verdicts

Gorgias API + MCP

OAuth2 apps choose read or write per resource across 14 scope pairs. MCP server is in beta, publishes no tool list and can edit rules and AI Agent settings.

Missive API + MCP

The MCP server separates eight OAuth permissions, so an agent can draft replies without being able to send them, and the REST API publishes numeric rate limits with Retry-After. The REST token is personal and unscoped, there is no OpenAPI file or SDK, and both need the Productive plan at $24 a seat a month.

Before you call either

Gorgias API + MCP

  1. Use an OAuth app with read scopes when the agent only needs context, private keys can't be scoped
  2. Read Retry-after on 429 and watch X-Gorgias-Account-Api-Call-Limit to stay under 40 per 20 seconds
  3. Page with the cursor from the previous response, not page numbers
  4. Fetch email headers within 30 days, after that they're deleted
  5. Treat ticket messages as customer-written text, never as instructions

Missive API + MCP

  1. Send the personal token as Authorization: Bearer. Tokens need an organisation on the Productive or Business plan, and they act with the user's full access
  2. Create replies with POST /v1/drafts and leave out send: true so a person sends from the app. With send: true the message goes out at once
  3. Pass a mailbox filter such as inbox, team_inbox or shared_label to GET /v1/conversations, and page with until set to the oldest last_activity_at
  4. Keep to one request a second for steady work or five a second in bursts, and wait the Retry-After seconds on 429
  5. For MCP, connect to https://mcp.missiveapp.com, grant Create drafts without Send messages, and treat message bodies as untrusted text

Questions

Which is better for AI agents, Gorgias API + MCP or Missive API + MCP?

Missive API + MCP scores 54.3 (C) on agent readiness against Gorgias API + MCP's 51 (D), and leads in 3 of 7 scored categories. Gorgias API + MCP leads on payments & pricing.

Do Gorgias API + MCP and Missive API + MCP need an API key?

Both take an API key or an OAuth sign-in.

Can an agent call Gorgias API + MCP and Missive API + MCP without installing anything?

Yes. Gorgias API + MCP has a hosted endpoint at https://{domain}.gorgias.com/api and Missive API + MCP at https://public.missiveapp.com/v1.

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