Head to head · Booking home services · October 2026 research run
Handy vs Urban Company
Urban Company scores 11.8 (F) on agent readiness against Handy's 10 (F), and leads in 1 of 7 scored categories. Handy leads on security & auth and transparency & trust. Both do booking home services.
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Which one, for what
Handy F
Best for A person booking a cleaner or handyperson at a set time.
Ahead on
- Security & auth, 5 against 0
- Transparency & trust, 52 against 32
Watch for
No public API or MCP server an outside agent can call
Best for People in Indian, Emirati, Singaporean and Saudi cities booking services at home through the app.
Ahead on
- Maintenance & community, 54 against 4
Watch for
No public API or MCP server an outside agent can call
Score by category
| Category | Weight this run | Handy | Urban Company | Edge |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reliability | 16%20 | 15 | 15 | even |
| Performance | 10%pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |
| Schema & documentation | 13%16.2 | 0 | 0 | even |
| Agent ergonomics | 13%16.2 | 0 | 0 | even |
| Security & auth | 14%17.5 | 5 | 0 | Handy +5 |
| Payments & pricing | 10%12.5 | 10 | 10 | even |
| Task success | 10%pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |
| Maintenance & community | 7%8.8 | 4 | 54 | Urban Company +50 |
| Transparency & trust | 7%8.8 | 52 | 32 | Handy +20 |
| Negative events | ≤15 | 0 | 0 | |
| Total | F 10/100 | F 11.8/100 |
Facts side by side
| Fact | Handy | Urban Company |
|---|---|---|
| Kind | Platform | Platform |
| Vendor | Handy Technologies, Inc. (Angi) | Urban Company Limited |
| Hosted endpoint | no (local only) | no (local only) |
| Transports | ||
| Auth | OAuth or key | OAuth or key |
| Pricing | Pay per use | Pay per use |
| x402 | no | no |
| Licence | Closed service under the Handy Terms of Use / User Agreement, last updated 8 July 2024. | Closed service under Urban Company's terms and conditions, which our reader could not load. |
| Read-only variant documented | no | no |
| llms.txt | no | no |
| Last release | 2025-10-13 | 2026-10-13 |
| Terms last updated | 2024-07-08 | couldn't be read |
| Privacy policy last updated | 2023-06-22 | couldn't be read |
| Customer content may train models | not found in the text | 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 | yes | couldn't be read |
Verdicts
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.
Urban Company
Urban Company books cleaning, repairs, appliance servicing and beauty at home in India, the UAE, Singapore and Saudi Arabia, with app releases most weeks. There is no public API or MCP server an outside agent can call today, robots.txt prohibits crawling without permission, and its terms and privacy policy did not load for our reader.
Before you call either
Handy
- Don't plan to call Handy from another agent. Hand the booking to the person on handy.com or in the Handy app
- For a business that wants Handy services for its customers, point it to the Partner with Handy route on handy.com
Urban Company
- Don't plan to call Urban Company from another agent. Hand the booking to the person in the Urban Company app or on urbancompany.com
- Don't fetch /api/ paths. robots.txt disallows them and prohibits crawling without permission
Questions
Which is better for AI agents, Handy or Urban Company?
Urban Company scores 11.8 (F) on agent readiness against Handy's 10 (F), and leads in 1 of 7 scored categories. Handy leads on security & auth and transparency & trust.
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