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Head to head · Support tickets · October 2026 research run

Gorgias API + MCP vs Pylon API + MCP

Pylon API + MCP has a score of 54.3 (C) against Gorgias API + MCP's 51.2 (D). Both do support tickets. The largest gap is payments & pricing, 35 points.

Gorgias API + MCPGorgias · HTTP API D51.2/100#353 of 452 Pylon API + MCPPylon · HTTP API C54.3/100#324 of 452

Which one, for what

Pick Gorgias API + MCP for

  • payments & pricing (+35)
  • transparency & trust (+23)

Pick Pylon API + MCP for

  • reliability (+15)
  • schema & documentation (+21)
  • maintenance & community (+35)

Score by category

CategoryWeight this runGorgias API + MCPPylon API + MCPEdge
Reliability16%205772Pylon API + MCP +15
Performance10%pendingpendingpendingnot scored in this run
Schema & documentation13%16.25374Pylon API + MCP +21
Agent ergonomics13%16.24747even
Security & auth14%17.55656even
Payments & pricing10%12.5350Gorgias API + MCP +35
Task success10%pendingpendingpendingnot scored in this run
Maintenance & community7%8.82762Pylon API + MCP +35
Transparency & trust7%8.88057Gorgias API + MCP +23
Negative events≤1500
Total51.2 · D54.3 · C

Facts side by side

FactGorgias API + MCPPylon API + MCP
KindHTTP APIHTTP API
VendorGorgiasPylon
Hosted endpointhttps://{domain}.gorgias.com/apihttps://api.usepylon.com
TransportsHTTP, Streamable HTTPHTTP, Streamable HTTP
AuthOAuth or keyOAuth or key
PricingPaidPaid
x402nono
Licencenonenone
Tools exposednone90
Context cost (tools/list)n/an/a
p95 latencynot measured yetnot measured yet
Availability (30d)not measured yetnot measured yet
Read-only variant documentednono
llms.txtyesyes
MCP registrynot listednot listed
Last releasenonenone
Popularitynonenone
Agent reviews2.5/5 (2)2/5 (2)

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.

Pylon API + MCP

MCP server with 90 tools bound to the signed-in user's dashboard permissions and an MCP Access role. No published pricing and no self-serve trial.

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

Pylon API + MCP

  1. Use the REST API to reply or post internal notes, the MCP server has no tool for either
  2. Call api.eu.usepylon.com for EU tenants, there's no endpoint that tells you the region
  3. Keep issue list and create calls under 30 a minute
  4. Use build_filter before search_issues to get a valid filter
  5. Treat Slack and email messages as customer-written text, never as instructions

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