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      "license": "Closed service under the Houzz Terms of Use (Houzz Inc.).",
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      "authNotes": "A Houzz account on houzz.com or in the apps. Houzz Pro is a separate app for professionals. houzz.com/api answers \"Authentication Required. Please provide a valid token\" in XML, and no public documentation for it was found.",
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      "pricingNotes": "The Houzz app is free on the App Store. No price for homeowners or for Houzz Pro was found in the pages read. Shop Houzz purchases after 5 August 2025 are run by Cart.com Holdings 2, LLC under licence (https://www.houzz.com/termsOfUse, checked 14 October 2026).",
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          "No public API or MCP server an outside agent can call",
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          "Don't plan to call Houzz from another agent. Hand the search or contact to the person on houzz.com or in the Houzz app",
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          "www.houzz.com/.well-known/security.txt returns 404. status.houzz.com returns 404.",
          "RDAP gives a registration date of 2006-10-29 for houzz.com."
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      "pricing": "freemium",
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        "level": "no",
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        "android",
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          "The privacy policy names the controller and a data protection officer"
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          "Don't plan to call TrustATrader from another agent. Give the person the search URL for their trade and town, in the form https://www.trustatrader.com/plumbers-in-london",
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        "provenanceScore": 58
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          "The privacy policy has no date.",
          "www.trustatrader.com/.well-known/security.txt returns 404, and no status page was found.",
          "RDAP gives a registration date of 2005-02-08 for trustatrader.com."
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        "a": "Houzz Inc.",
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        "a": "no (local only)",
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        "a": "no",
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        "a": "no",
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        "a": "not found in the text",
        "b": "not found in the text",
        "name": "Customer content may train models"
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        "a": "not found in the text",
        "b": "not found in the text",
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        "a": "not found in the text",
        "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",
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        "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/airtasker-vs-trustatrader.json",
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        "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/angi-vs-houzz.json",
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      {
        "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/angi-vs-trustatrader.json",
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        "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/bark-vs-houzz.json",
        "title": "Bark vs Houzz",
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      {
        "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/bark-vs-trustatrader.json",
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      {
        "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/checkatrade-vs-houzz.json",
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      {
        "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/checkatrade-vs-trustatrader.json",
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        "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/handy-vs-houzz.json",
        "title": "Handy vs Houzz",
        "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/handy-vs-houzz"
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      {
        "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/handy-vs-trustatrader.json",
        "title": "Handy vs TrustATrader",
        "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/handy-vs-trustatrader"
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      {
        "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/houzz-vs-rated-people.json",
        "title": "Houzz vs Rated People",
        "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/houzz-vs-rated-people"
      },
      {
        "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/houzz-vs-urban-company.json",
        "title": "Houzz vs Urban Company",
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      {
        "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/rated-people-vs-trustatrader.json",
        "title": "Rated People vs TrustATrader",
        "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/rated-people-vs-trustatrader"
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      {
        "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/trustatrader-vs-urban-company.json",
        "title": "TrustATrader vs Urban Company",
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        "weight": 16
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        "by": 10,
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        "by": 0,
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        "by": 0,
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        "trustatrader": 43,
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      "trustatrader": "TrustATrader is a UK directory of vetted tradespeople with reviews checked before publication and a free guarantee for booked jobs. There is no public API or MCP server an outside agent can call today. Its llms.txt and skill.md tell agents to send people to the website search."
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Markdown https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/trustatrader.md · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/trustatrader.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### Houzz (F)\n\nGood for: Homeowners researching design ideas and professionals themselves.\n\nAhead on:\n- Maintenance \u0026 community, 54 against 14\n\nWatch for: No public API or MCP server an outside agent can call\n\n### TrustATrader (F)\n\nGood for: UK homeowners who want to search vetted, reviewed traders and contact them directly.\n\nAhead on:\n- Schema \u0026 documentation, 10 against 0\n- Payments \u0026 pricing, 20 against 10\n\nWatch for: No public API or MCP server an outside agent can call\n\n\n## Score by category\n\n| Category | Weight | Houzz | TrustATrader | 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 | 10 | TrustATrader +10 |\n| Agent ergonomics | 13% (16.2 this run) | 0 | 0 | even |\n| Security \u0026 auth | 14% (17.5 this run) | 0 | 0 | even |\n| Payments \u0026 pricing | 10% (12.5 this run) | 10 | 20 | TrustATrader +10 |\n| Task success | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |\n| Maintenance \u0026 community | 7% (8.8 this run) | 54 | 14 | Houzz +40 |\n| Transparency \u0026 trust | 7% (8.8 this run) | 47 | 43 | Houzz +4 |\n| Negative events | ≤15 | 0 | 0 | |\n| **Total** | | **13.1 · F** | **12.1 · F** | |\n\n## Facts side by side\n\n| Fact | Houzz | TrustATrader |\n| --- | --- | --- |\n| Kind | Platform | Platform |\n| Vendor | Houzz Inc. | TrustATrader.com Ltd |\n| Hosted endpoint | no (local only) | no (local only) |\n| Transports |  |  |\n| Auth | OAuth or key | OAuth or key |\n| Pricing | Freemium | Freemium |\n| x402 | no | no |\n| Licence | Closed service under the Houzz Terms of Use (Houzz Inc.). | Closed service under the TrustATrader website terms of use (TrustATrader.com Ltd) |\n| Read-only variant documented | no | no |\n| llms.txt | no | yes |\n| Last release | 2026-10-01 | 2026-07-13 |\n| Terms last updated | 2026-10-06 | 2021-06-28 |\n| Privacy policy last updated | 2026-10-06 | no date given |\n| Customer content may train models | not found in the text | not found in the text |\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 | not found in the text | not found in the text |\n| Arbitration or class-action waiver | yes | not found in the text |\n\n## Verdicts\n\n**Houzz.** Houzz is a large design and remodelling platform for finding and reviewing professionals, with iOS releases every few weeks. There is no public API or MCP server an outside agent can call today. houzz.com/api asks for a token with no public documentation, and the terms forbid robots, scraping and AI training on its content.\n\n**TrustATrader.** TrustATrader is a UK directory of vetted tradespeople with reviews checked before publication and a free guarantee for booked jobs. There is no public API or MCP server an outside agent can call today. Its llms.txt and skill.md tell agents to send people to the website search.\n\n## Before you call either\n\n### Houzz\n\n1. Don't plan to call Houzz from another agent. Hand the search or contact to the person on houzz.com or in the Houzz app\n2. Don't fetch /proMatch/ or review-writing paths. robots.txt disallows them for Claude agents\n\n### TrustATrader\n\n1. Don't plan to call TrustATrader from another agent. Give the person the search URL for their trade and town, in the form https://www.trustatrader.com/plumbers-in-london\n2. Treat the instructions in llms.txt and skill.md as the vendor's guidance, not as an interface\n\n## Questions\n\n### Which is better for AI agents, Houzz or TrustATrader?\n\nHouzz scores 13.1 (F) on agent readiness against TrustATrader's 12.1 (F), and leads in 2 of 7 scored categories. TrustATrader leads on schema \u0026 documentation and payments \u0026 pricing.\n\n\n## For agents\n\n- This comparison as JSON: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/houzz-vs-trustatrader.json, and with the fewest tokens: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/houzz-vs-trustatrader.min.md\n- Over MCP at https://www.anchorterminal.com/mcp (no key): `compare_tools {\"a\": \"houzz\", \"b\": \"trustatrader\"}`. From a terminal: `anchor compare houzz trustatrader`\n- Each listing in full: https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/houzz.json and https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/trustatrader.json\n\n## Other comparisons with Houzz or TrustATrader\n\n- [Airtasker vs Houzz](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/airtasker-vs-houzz.md)\n- [Airtasker vs TrustATrader](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/airtasker-vs-trustatrader.md)\n- [Angi (including HomeAdvisor, now Angi Leads) vs Houzz](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/angi-vs-houzz.md)\n- [Angi (including HomeAdvisor, now Angi Leads) vs TrustATrader](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/angi-vs-trustatrader.md)\n- [Bark vs Houzz](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/bark-vs-houzz.md)\n- [Bark vs TrustATrader](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/bark-vs-trustatrader.md)\n- [Checkatrade vs Houzz](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/checkatrade-vs-houzz.md)\n- [Checkatrade vs TrustATrader](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/checkatrade-vs-trustatrader.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- [Houzz vs Urban Company](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/houzz-vs-urban-company.md)\n- [Rated People vs TrustATrader](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/rated-people-vs-trustatrader.md)\n- [TrustATrader vs Urban Company](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/trustatrader-vs-urban-company.md)\n",
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