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      "summary": "Handy is a marketplace for booking home cleaning, handyman, furniture assembly, TV mounting and similar services at a set time in the United States, Canada and the United Kingdom. It is part of Angi.",
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      "authNotes": "A customer account on handy.com or in the Handy.com app, with booking and payment in Handy. The site invites businesses to \"Partner with Handy\" for their customers, tenants or employees, and no public documentation for a partner integration was found.",
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          "Handy.com iOS app last updated 13 October 2025",
          "The privacy policy on handy.com dates from 22 June 2023",
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          "Don't plan to call Handy from another agent. Hand the booking to the person on handy.com or in the Handy app",
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          "www.handy.com/.well-known/security.txt lists infosec@angi.com, with no Expires field.",
          "No status page was found.",
          "RDAP gives a registration date of 1994-02-21 for handy.com."
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      "pricing": "freemium",
      "pricingNotes": "Free for homeowners to post a job, per the home page (https://www.ratedpeople.com). Tradespeople buy Rated People leads only through Checkatrade membership, which starts at £30 a month and includes leads from both platforms (https://www.ratedpeople.com/blog/rated-people-joins-checkatrade-group, 17 September 2026).",
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          "Three homeowner app releases between 11 August and 13 October 2026",
          "The privacy notice describes retention of job media and the safeguards for transfers outside the UK"
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          "No public API or MCP server an outside agent can call",
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          "Tradesperson prices are given only as Checkatrade membership from £30 a month",
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          "Don't plan to call Rated People from another agent. Hand the job post to the person, or use the Checkatrade listing's MCP server to find Checkatrade Group trades",
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        "capability": "https://letme.dev/home.jobs",
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        "terms": "https://www.ratedpeople.com/terms-of-use",
        "privacy": "https://www.ratedpeople.com/privacy-notice",
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          "The terms (effective 17 September 2026) name Averton Ltd, company 17439358, as part of Checkatrade Group.",
          "The privacy notice is Checkatrade's, with Vetted Ltd (company 04285394) as controller, and has no date.",
          "www.ratedpeople.com/.well-known/security.txt returns 404, and no status page was found.",
          "The App Store provider name is Rated People Ltd, which differs from the contracting entity in the terms.",
          "RDAP gives a registration date of 2005-04-16 for ratedpeople.com."
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        "a": "no (local only)",
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        "a": "no",
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        "a": "no",
        "b": "no",
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        "a": "no",
        "b": "no",
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        "a": "2023-06-22",
        "b": "no date given",
        "name": "Privacy policy last updated"
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        "a": "not found in the text",
        "b": "yes",
        "name": "Customer content may train models"
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        "a": "yes",
        "b": "not found in the text",
        "name": "Terms restrict automated access"
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      {
        "a": "not found in the text",
        "b": "not found in the text",
        "name": "Terms restrict benchmarking"
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      {
        "a": "yes",
        "b": "not found in the text",
        "name": "Terms or service can change without notice"
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      {
        "a": "yes",
        "b": "not found in the text",
        "name": "Arbitration or class-action waiver"
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        "question": "Which is better for AI agents, Handy or Rated People?"
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        "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/bark-vs-handy.json",
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        "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/handy-vs-houzz.json",
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        "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/handy-vs-trustatrader.json",
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        "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/houzz-vs-rated-people.json",
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        "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/rated-people-vs-trustatrader.json",
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        "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/rated-people-vs-urban-company.json",
        "title": "Rated People vs Urban Company",
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        "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/airtasker-vs-rated-people.json",
        "title": "Airtasker vs Rated People",
        "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/airtasker-vs-rated-people"
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        "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/angi-vs-rated-people.json",
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        "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/bark-vs-rated-people.json",
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        "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/checkatrade-vs-rated-people.json",
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        "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/rated-people-vs-taskrabbit.json",
        "title": "Rated People vs Taskrabbit Partner API",
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        "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/airtasker-vs-handy.json",
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        "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/angi-vs-handy.json",
        "title": "Angi (including HomeAdvisor, now Angi Leads) vs Handy",
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        "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/checkatrade-vs-handy.json",
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        "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/handy-vs-taskrabbit.json",
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        "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/handy-vs-urban-company.json",
        "title": "Handy vs Urban Company",
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        "weight": 10
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        "by": 0,
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        "by": 1,
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      "handy": "Handy books cleaning, handyman and assembly jobs in the US, Canada and the UK, with a guarantee on jobs paid through Handy. There is no public API or MCP server an outside agent can call today. Businesses can ask to partner with Handy, but no partner documentation is public, and the iOS app was last updated in October 2025.",
      "rated-people": "Rated People lets UK homeowners post a job free and hear from tradespeople, and since September 2026 it belongs to Checkatrade Group. There is no public API or MCP server an outside agent can call today. Checkatrade's keyless MCP server is the nearest route, since Rated People jobs go to Checkatrade Group tradespeople."
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  "markdown": "Rated People scores 15.9 (F) on agent readiness against Handy's 10 (F), and leads in 2 of 7 scored categories. Handy leads on security \u0026 auth. Both do finding tradespeople.\n\n- Handy: grade F, 10/100, rank #1069 of 1076. Markdown https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/handy.md · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/handy.json\n- Rated People: grade F, 15.9/100, rank #1050 of 1076. Markdown https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/rated-people.md · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/rated-people.json\n- Best home service and local trades marketplaces for AI agents: https://www.anchorterminal.com/best/home-services/index.md\n- All 43 home services comparisons: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/home-services/index.md\n\n## Which one, for what\n\n### Handy (F)\n\nGood for: A person booking a cleaner or handyperson at a set time.\n\nAhead on:\n- Security \u0026 auth, 5 against 0\n\nWatch for: No public API or MCP server an outside agent can call\n\n### Rated People (F)\n\nGood for: UK homeowners who want to post a job and hear back from several tradespeople.\n\nAhead on:\n- Payments \u0026 pricing, 30 against 10\n- Maintenance \u0026 community, 54 against 4\n\nWatch for: No public API or MCP server an outside agent can call\n\n\n## Score by category\n\n| Category | Weight | Handy | Rated People | Edge |\n| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |\n| Reliability | 16% (20 this run) | 15 | 15 | even |\n| Performance | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |\n| Schema \u0026 documentation | 13% (16.2 this run) | 0 | 0 | even |\n| Agent ergonomics | 13% (16.2 this run) | 0 | 0 | even |\n| Security \u0026 auth | 14% (17.5 this run) | 5 | 0 | Handy +5 |\n| Payments \u0026 pricing | 10% (12.5 this run) | 10 | 30 | Rated People +20 |\n| Task success | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |\n| Maintenance \u0026 community | 7% (8.8 this run) | 4 | 54 | Rated People +50 |\n| Transparency \u0026 trust | 7% (8.8 this run) | 52 | 51 | Handy +1 |\n| Negative events | ≤15 | 0 | 0 | |\n| **Total** | | **10 · F** | **15.9 · F** | |\n\n## Facts side by side\n\n| Fact | Handy | Rated People |\n| --- | --- | --- |\n| Kind | Platform | Platform |\n| Vendor | Handy Technologies, Inc. (Angi) | Averton Ltd (Checkatrade Group) |\n| Hosted endpoint | no (local only) | no (local only) |\n| Transports |  |  |\n| Auth | OAuth or key | OAuth or key |\n| Pricing | Pay per use | Freemium |\n| x402 | no | no |\n| Licence | Closed service under the Handy Terms of Use / User Agreement, last updated 8 July 2024. | Closed service under the Rated People Platform Terms of Use (Averton Ltd) |\n| Read-only variant documented | no | no |\n| llms.txt | no | no |\n| Last release | 2025-10-13 | 2026-10-13 |\n| Terms last updated | 2024-07-08 | 2026-09-17 |\n| Privacy policy last updated | 2023-06-22 | no date given |\n| Customer content may train models | not found in the text | yes |\n| Terms restrict automated access | yes | not found in the text |\n| Terms restrict benchmarking | not found in the text | not found in the text |\n| Terms or service can change without notice | yes | not found in the text |\n| Arbitration or class-action waiver | yes | not found in the text |\n\n## Verdicts\n\n**Handy.** Handy books cleaning, handyman and assembly jobs in the US, Canada and the UK, with a guarantee on jobs paid through Handy. There is no public API or MCP server an outside agent can call today. Businesses can ask to partner with Handy, but no partner documentation is public, and the iOS app was last updated in October 2025.\n\n**Rated People.** Rated People lets UK homeowners post a job free and hear from tradespeople, and since September 2026 it belongs to Checkatrade Group. There is no public API or MCP server an outside agent can call today. Checkatrade's keyless MCP server is the nearest route, since Rated People jobs go to Checkatrade Group tradespeople.\n\n## Before you call either\n\n### Handy\n\n1. Don't plan to call Handy from another agent. Hand the booking to the person on handy.com or in the Handy app\n2. For a business that wants Handy services for its customers, point it to the Partner with Handy route on handy.com\n\n### Rated People\n\n1. Don't plan to call Rated People from another agent. Hand the job post to the person, or use the Checkatrade listing's MCP server to find Checkatrade Group trades\n2. Tell the person that posting a job is free and that tradespeople will contact them to quote\n\n## Questions\n\n### Which is better for AI agents, Handy or Rated People?\n\nRated People scores 15.9 (F) on agent readiness against Handy's 10 (F), and leads in 2 of 7 scored categories. Handy leads on security \u0026 auth.\n\n\n## For agents\n\n- This comparison as JSON: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/handy-vs-rated-people.json, and with the fewest tokens: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/handy-vs-rated-people.min.md\n- Over MCP at https://www.anchorterminal.com/mcp (no key): `compare_tools {\"a\": \"handy\", \"b\": \"rated-people\"}`. From a terminal: `anchor compare handy rated-people`\n- Each listing in full: https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/handy.json and https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/rated-people.json\n\n## Other comparisons with Handy or Rated People\n\n- [Bark vs Handy](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/bark-vs-handy.md)\n- [Handy vs Houzz](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/handy-vs-houzz.md)\n- [Handy vs TrustATrader](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/handy-vs-trustatrader.md)\n- [Houzz vs Rated People](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/houzz-vs-rated-people.md)\n- [Rated People vs TrustATrader](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/rated-people-vs-trustatrader.md)\n- [Rated People vs Urban Company](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/rated-people-vs-urban-company.md)\n- [Airtasker vs Rated People](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/airtasker-vs-rated-people.md)\n- [Angi (including HomeAdvisor, now Angi Leads) vs Rated People](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/angi-vs-rated-people.md)\n- [Bark vs Rated People](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/bark-vs-rated-people.md)\n- [Checkatrade vs Rated People](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/checkatrade-vs-rated-people.md)\n- [Rated People vs Taskrabbit Partner API](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/rated-people-vs-taskrabbit.md)\n- [Airtasker vs Handy](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/airtasker-vs-handy.md)\n- [Angi (including HomeAdvisor, now Angi Leads) vs Handy](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/angi-vs-handy.md)\n- [Checkatrade vs Handy](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/checkatrade-vs-handy.md)\n- [Handy vs Taskrabbit Partner API](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/handy-vs-taskrabbit.md)\n- [Handy vs Urban Company](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/handy-vs-urban-company.md)\n",
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