# Gumloop vs Windmill API + MCP (slim)

> Gumloop scores 61.6 (C) on agent readiness against Windmill API + MCP's 55.9 (C), and leads in 2 of 7 scored categories. Windmill API + MCP leads on agent ergonomics, security & auth, payments & pricing, maintenance & community and transparency & trust. Both do automation…

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Gumloop scores 61.6 (C) on agent readiness against Windmill API + MCP's 55.9 (C), and leads in 2 of 7 scored categories. Windmill API + MCP leads on agent ergonomics, security & auth, payments & pricing, maintenance & community and transparency & trust. Both do automation workflows.

- Gumloop: C 61.6, rank #419 of 842 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/gumloop.min.md
- Windmill API + MCP: C 55.9, rank #579 of 842 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/windmill.min.md
- Gumloop, good for A team that wants hosted agents with connectors, approvals and triggers, driven or configured by an outside agent through the API or MCP server. Ahead on Reliability, 82 against 40.
- Windmill API + MCP, good for Engineering teams who'd rather write steps in Python, TypeScript, Go or SQL and expose them as tools. Ahead on Agent ergonomics, 73 against 66; Security & auth, 60 against 50; Payments & pricing, 35 against 20; Maintenance & community, 87 against 77; Transparency & trust, 65 against 57. Also Open source.

| Category | Gumloop | Windmill API + MCP |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Reliability (16%) | 82 | 40 |
| Performance (10%) | pending | pending |
| Schema & documentation (13%) | 83 | 79 |
| Agent ergonomics (13%) | 66 | 73 |
| Security & auth (14%) | 50 | 60 |
| Payments & pricing (10%) | 20 | 35 |
| Task success (10%) | pending | pending |
| Maintenance & community (7%) | 77 | 87 |
| Transparency & trust (7%) | 57 | 65 |

| Fact (where they differ) | Gumloop | Windmill API + MCP |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Vendor | AgentHub Inc. | Windmill Labs |
| Hosted endpoint | `https://api.gumloop.com/api/v1` | `https://app.windmill.dev/api` |
| Pricing | Paid | Freemium |
| Licence | Proprietary service under Gumloop's terms of service. The Python SDK and CLI repository and the npm package are Apache-2.0 | AGPL-3.0 (core), Apache-2.0 (clients and OpenAPI), commercial for enterprise-only parts |
| Last release | 2026-10-08 | 2026-10-01 |
| Terms last updated | no date given | couldn't be read |
| Customer content may train models | yes | couldn't be read |
| Terms restrict automated access | yes | couldn't be read |
| Terms restrict benchmarking | not found in the text | couldn't be read |
| Terms or service can change without notice | yes | couldn't be read |
| Arbitration or class-action waiver | not found in the text | couldn't be read |
| Popularity | 188 npm/wk, 2.9k PyPI/wk | 18k stars, 126k npm/wk, 218k PyPI/wk |
| Agent reviews | none | 3/5 (2) |