{ "data": { "a": { "slug": "kestra", "name": "Kestra", "vendor": "Kestra Technologies", "vendorUrl": "https://kestra.io", "kind": "http-api", "category": "workflow-automation", "summary": "Kestra is an open-source workflow orchestrator from Kestra Technologies. Flows are written in YAML and run on a server the owner hosts, with a REST API, SDKs in four languages and flows exposed as MCP tools.", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/kestra", "markdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/kestra.md", "slimMarkdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/kestra.min.md", "jsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/kestra.json", "repo": "https://github.com/kestra-io/kestra", "license": "Apache-2.0 (open-source server and SDK repository). Enterprise Edition and Kestra Cloud are commercial", "transports": [ "http", "streamable-http" ], "packages": [ { "registry": "oci", "name": "kestra/kestra" }, { "registry": "pypi", "name": "kestrapy" }, { "registry": "npm", "name": "@kestra-io/kestra-sdk" } ], "auth": "mixed", "authNotes": "The open-source edition takes HTTP Basic auth with one username and password, set in `kestra.server.basic-auth` or on the setup page at first start. That credential has full access. Bearer API tokens, service accounts, OAuth, SSO and role-based access are in the Enterprise Edition and Kestra Cloud only. Access to open source is self-serve, by running the server. Webhook triggers are called with a key in the URL path.", "pricing": "freemium", "pricingNotes": "The open-source edition is free under Apache-2.0 with unlimited flows and executions, and an agent can start on it with no contract or account. Enterprise Edition is an annual subscription per instance through sales, with no public price. Kestra Cloud is by access request, with 14 days free and no card, then billed on task runs and Cloud runner time at rates that are not published (https://kestra.io/pricing, checked 2026-10-08).", "priceSummary": "Freemium", "where": "local", "x402": { "level": "no", "evidence": "No x402, MPP or L402 in the docs, the OpenAPI spec or the pricing page (checked 2026-10-08).", "endpoints": [] }, "toolCount": null, "popularity": { "githubStars": 29427, "npmWeekly": 244, "pypiWeekly": 170, "asOf": "2026-10-08" }, "docsUrl": "https://kestra.io/docs", "llmsTxt": "https://kestra.io/llms.txt", "openapi": "https://kestra.io/kestra.yml", "capabilities": [ "automation.workflows", "automation.code", "automation.webhooks", "automation.apps", "agent.tools" ], "tags": [ "self-hosted", "open-source", "local", "hosted", "freemium", "openapi", "llms-txt", "mcp", "python", "typescript", "java", "go", "webhooks", "enterprise", "soc2" ], "lastRelease": "2026-10-05", "graded": true, "anchor": { "graded": true, "score": 63.6, "grade": "B", "agentReady": false, "rank": 434, "ranked": true, "rankOf": 1184, "categoryRank": 5, "methodology": "0.5", "run": "2026-10-01", "scores": { "ergonomics": 73, "maintenance": 93, "payments": 50, "reliability": 89, "schema": 82, "security": 41, "transparency": 69 }, "pending": [ "performance", "tasks" ], "assessment": { "confidence": "medium", "date": "2026-10-08" }, "negative": -7, "negativeNotes": [ "Five advisories rated critical were published on the repository in six months. GHSA-365w-2m69-mp9x (CVE-2026-34612, remote code execution through SQL injection, 30 March 2026), GHSA-5vc5-wxxq-3fjx and GHSA-2q47-568g-9h4f (CVE-2026-49869 and CVE-2026-53576, unauthenticated remote code execution through authentication filter bypass, 3 June 2026), and GHSA-rjhm-qm6w-m7x9 and GHSA-j5cv-8rw9-vv2p (unauthenticated remote code execution and authentication bypass, 29 September 2026). All are fixed, in 1.3.38 and 1.0.60 at the latest, and the maintainers published each one, so the deduction is reduced (https://github.com/kestra-io/kestra/security/advisories).", "Two further high advisories affected the default open-source setup. GHSA-hrr4-xg8h-5p6f, an unauthenticated gRPC control plane on port 50051, fixed in 2.0.3 and published 29 September 2026, and GHSA-94pv-f379-3gp3, a revoked administrator credential that stayed valid, fixed in 1.3.41 and published 6 October 2026 (https://github.com/kestra-io/kestra/security/advisories)." ], "verdict": "Kestra's open-source edition has a 216-operation OpenAPI spec, Markdown docs for agents and weekly patch releases on two long-term support lines. Its only credential is one basic-auth username and password with full access, and five critical advisories were published between March and September 2026, all fixed.", "bestFor": "Engineering and data teams that want declarative YAML flows with scripts in any language, run on their own infrastructure.", "strengths": [ "OpenAPI 3.0.1 spec for the open-source API with 216 operations, 213 of them documenting 401, 403 and 500 as problem+json", "Every docs page is served as Markdown by adding `.md`, with `llms.txt` and `llms-full.txt`", "32 releases between 15 July and 5 October 2026, with patches each week on the 1.3 and 2.0 long-term support lines", "Any flow becomes an MCP tool through `McpToolTrigger`, with read-only, destructive and idempotent hints set per flow", "Apache-2.0 server, and usage reporting documented field by field with two switches to turn it off" ], "weaknesses": [ "The open-source edition has one basic-auth username and password. API tokens, service accounts, RBAC and audit logs need Enterprise or Cloud", "Five critical advisories from 30 March to 29 September 2026, four of them unauthenticated remote code execution or authentication bypass, all fixed", "Kestra Cloud is request-access with no public price, and Enterprise is sold by annual contract through sales", "No rate limits and no idempotency key on the API. The correlation ID pattern needs a guard written into the flow", "The docs say `kestrapy` 2.0.1 imports `regex` without declaring it, so a plain install fails on import" ], "agentNotes": [ "Run 2.0.5 or 1.3.42 or later. Earlier builds carry unauthenticated remote code execution advisories fixed in 1.3.38 and 2.0.3", "Set `kestra.server.basic-auth` in the config file before first start. Without it the setup page is open to anyone who reaches the port", "Put the tenant in the path. Open-source instances use `main`, as in `/api/v1/main/executions/{namespace}/{id}`", "Send flow inputs as multipart form fields, and add `wait=true` to get the finished execution in the same call", "Keep port 8081 off any shared network. The management endpoints there skip the API's basic auth" ], "metrics": { "kind": "local", "measured": false }, "reviewCount": 4, "avgRating": 4, "history": [ { "basis": "public evidence", "confidence": "medium", "grade": "B", "methodology": "0.5", "pending": [ "performance", "tasks" ], "run": "2026-10-01", "runLabel": "October 2026 research run", "score": 63.6 } ], "editorialScores": { "ergonomics": 73, "maintenance": 93, "payments": 50, "reliability": 89, "schema": 82, "security": 41, "transparency": 86 }, "provenanceScore": 51 }, "connect": { "install": "docker run --pull=always --rm -it -p 8080:8080 --user=root --name kestra -v kestra_data:/app/storage -v kestra_db:/app/data -v /var/run/docker.sock:/var/run/docker.sock -v /tmp:/tmp -e KESTRA_PLUGINS_AUTO_INSTALL_ENABLED=true kestra/kestra:latest-slim server local", "http": "curl -X POST -u 'admin@kestra.io:kestra' http://localhost:8080/api/v1/main/executions/company.team/hello_world", "claudeCode": "claude mcp add \u003cserver-id\u003e \u003cserver-url\u003e --transport http --header \"Authorization: Basic $(echo -n 'username:password' | base64)\"" }, "letme": { "capability": "https://letme.dev/automation.workflows", "tool": "https://letme.dev/kestra" }, "area": "business", "provenance": { "legalEntity": "Kestra Technologies SAS", "domain": "kestra.io", "domainRegistered": "2019-12-18", "endpointOnVendorDomain": false, "terms": "", "privacy": "", "statusPage": "", "changelog": "https://github.com/kestra-io/kestra/releases", "securityTxt": "valid", "checked": "2026-10-08", "notes": [ "The Cloud terms name Kestra Technologies SAS (RCS 900 427 873), 81 rue du Pré Catelan, 59110 La Madeleine, France, and Kestra Technologies Inc., a Delaware corporation, for customers billed in the Americas.", "No terms or privacy link is given because the edition graded is Apache-2.0 software the owner runs. The Kestra Cloud Terms of Service and Kestra Cloud Privacy Policy (both 14 September 2026) say they do not cover the open-source project, and the privacy policy at kestra.io/privacy-policy covers only the website.", "The API answers on the owner's own host. Only the documentation MCP server (api.kestra.io) and the usage reports go to a Kestra domain.", "https://kestra.io/.well-known/security.txt names security@kestra.io and the GitHub advisory form, and expires on 26 August 2028.", "RDAP for kestra.io gives a registration date of 2019-12-18.", "status.kestra.io did not answer our requests on 8 October 2026 and no status page is linked from the pricing, security or Cloud pages." ], "score": 51 }, "pageJsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/kestra.json", "live": { "slug": "kestra", "versions": [ { "registry": "github", "name": "kestra-io/kestra", "version": "v2.0.6", "released": "2026-10-13", "seenAt": "2026-10-20T04:58:56.66694897Z" }, { "registry": "npm", "name": "@kestra-io/kestra-sdk", "version": "2.0.3", "seenAt": "2026-10-20T04:58:55.877510969Z" }, { "registry": "pypi", "name": "kestrapy", "version": "2.0.3", "released": "2026-10-16", "seenAt": "2026-10-20T04:58:55.674906183Z" } ], "githubStars": 29895, "npmWeekly": 507, "pypiWeekly": 275, "securityTxt": { "url": "https://kestra.io/.well-known/security.txt", "state": "valid", "expires": "2028-08-26T00:00:00.000Z", "checkedAt": "2026-10-20T15:57:39.690157761Z" }, "llmsTxt": { "url": "https://kestra.io/llms.txt", "ok": true, "status": 200, "checkedAt": "2026-10-20T14:31:03.216755991Z" }, "domain": { "domain": "kestra.io", "checkedAt": "2026-10-18T13:44:41.011385317Z" }, "pages": [ { "url": "https://kestra.io/pricing", "kind": "pricing", "status": 200, "checkedAt": "2026-10-21T00:50:27.181192825Z", "changedAt": "2026-10-21T00:28:43.789336655Z", "fingerprint": "ca1d2a51be92" } ], "github": { "repo": "kestra-io/kestra", "checkedAt": "2026-10-19T06:20:21.187895181Z", "stars": 29846, "archived": false, "issuesEnabled": true, "pushedAt": "2026-10-19T06:16:39Z", "openIssues": 589, "openPRs": 432, "issuesOpened90d": 1129, "issuesClosed90d": 922, "prsMerged90d": 1820, "ci": { "branch": "develop", "runs": 50, "success": 37, "failure": 0, "other": 13, "latest": "success", "latestAt": "2026-10-19T06:05:23Z" }, "advisories": [ { "ghsa": "GHSA-wvqw-j4rf-jhf8", "severity": "medium", "published": "2026-10-06T08:06:27Z" }, { "ghsa": "GHSA-94pv-f379-3gp3", "severity": "high", "published": "2026-10-06T07:59:51Z" }, { "ghsa": "GHSA-xh2h-59mw-8qr2", "severity": "medium", "published": "2026-09-29T13:09:09Z" }, { "ghsa": "GHSA-hrr4-xg8h-5p6f", "severity": "high", "published": "2026-09-29T13:08:36Z" }, { "ghsa": "GHSA-g769-pv29-qhff", "severity": "medium", "published": "2026-09-29T13:06:31Z" }, { "ghsa": "GHSA-52wv-cgfg-4j6x", "severity": "medium", "published": "2026-09-29T13:05:01Z" }, { "ghsa": "GHSA-rjhm-qm6w-m7x9", "severity": "critical", "published": "2026-09-29T13:03:33Z" }, { "ghsa": "GHSA-j5cv-8rw9-vv2p", "severity": "critical", "published": "2026-09-29T13:00:29Z" }, { "ghsa": "GHSA-6wcq-4vx6-rx53", "severity": "medium", "published": "2026-09-29T12:59:08Z" }, { "ghsa": "GHSA-9gp7-896w-m3r7", "severity": "low", "published": "2026-09-29T12:56:30Z" }, { "ghsa": "GHSA-gxqx-8c54-274x", "severity": "medium", "published": "2026-09-29T12:54:54Z" }, { "ghsa": "GHSA-wq8c-j948-fxjx", "severity": "medium", "published": "2026-09-29T12:51:37Z" }, { "ghsa": "GHSA-38rc-2jxj-2h75", "severity": "medium", "published": "2026-09-29T12:49:55Z" }, { "ghsa": "GHSA-j26h-55cv-c7pm", "severity": "high", "published": "2026-09-16T09:36:20Z" }, { "ghsa": "GHSA-8468-cj9j-hg26", "severity": "high", "published": "2026-09-07T14:07:29Z" }, { "ghsa": "GHSA-hxgr-m653-65pw", "severity": "medium", "published": "2026-09-04T12:57:11Z" }, { "ghsa": "GHSA-crq7-3xg2-hjch", "severity": "high", "published": "2026-08-28T10:42:24Z" }, { "ghsa": "GHSA-34pm-923j-7wf8", "cve": "CVE-2026-55839", "severity": "high", "published": "2026-08-11T08:53:05Z" }, { "ghsa": "GHSA-74gc-ph6h-px92", "severity": "medium", "published": "2026-08-07T07:53:14Z" }, { "ghsa": "GHSA-hpj9-grjp-7vc7", "cve": "CVE-2026-73245", "severity": "medium", "published": "2026-08-07T07:45:41Z" }, { "ghsa": "GHSA-m65f-q5gj-hg46", "cve": "CVE-2026-73246", "severity": "high", "published": "2026-08-07T07:43:19Z" }, { "ghsa": "GHSA-r56g-q4p6-m3p6", "cve": "CVE-2026-73247", "severity": "high", "published": "2026-07-23T14:00:00Z" }, { "ghsa": "GHSA-m727-pcjm-j28h", "cve": "CVE-2026-55069", "severity": "high", "published": "2026-06-25T13:07:51Z" }, { "ghsa": "GHSA-qw4v-6w32-xx9h", "cve": "CVE-2026-49984", "severity": "high", "published": "2026-06-03T08:56:13Z" }, { "ghsa": "GHSA-r6v3-xxwj-9h42", "cve": "CVE-2026-53577", "severity": "medium", "published": "2026-06-03T07:56:38Z" }, { "ghsa": "GHSA-2q47-568g-9h4f", "cve": "CVE-2026-53576", "severity": "critical", "published": "2026-06-03T07:51:56Z" }, { "ghsa": "GHSA-5vc5-wxxq-3fjx", "cve": "CVE-2026-49869", "severity": "critical", "published": "2026-06-03T07:51:24Z" }, { "ghsa": "GHSA-3529-p4wf-xp79", "cve": "CVE-2026-45807", "severity": "high", "published": "2026-05-27T13:30:25Z" }, { "ghsa": "GHSA-q3fw-mvgv-pjr2", "cve": "CVE-2026-48129", "severity": "medium", "published": "2026-05-26T10:45:28Z" }, { "ghsa": "GHSA-365w-2m69-mp9x", "cve": "CVE-2026-34612", "severity": "critical", "published": "2026-03-30T08:23:13Z" }, { "ghsa": "GHSA-v2mc-8q95-g7hp", "cve": "CVE-2026-33664", "severity": "high", "published": "2026-03-23T09:05:55Z" }, { "ghsa": "GHSA-r36c-83hm-pc8j", "cve": "CVE-2026-29082", "severity": "high", "published": "2026-03-03T08:48:08Z" }, { "ghsa": "GHSA-qpj4-4r6r-wvf4", "cve": "CVE-2025-53543", "severity": "medium", "published": "2025-07-07T10:53:31Z" } ], "replies": { "sampled": 5, "unanswered": 5 } }, "updatedAt": "2026-10-21T00:50:27.181192825Z" } }, "answer": "Kestra scores 63.6 (B) on agent readiness against Motive Agents's 24.3 (F), and leads in every scored category.", "b": { "slug": "motive-agents", "name": "Motive Agents", "vendor": "Motive Technologies, Inc.", "vendorUrl": "https://gomotive.com/products/platform/", "kind": "platform", "category": "workflow-automation", "summary": "Motive Agents are trigger-and-action automations inside Motive's fleet management platform. Fleet admins set conditions on safety, maintenance and idling data, and Agents send alerts, assign training, open work orders or have Motive's Atlas assistant call drivers.", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/motive-agents", "markdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/motive-agents.md", "slimMarkdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/motive-agents.min.md", "jsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/motive-agents.json", "license": "Proprietary service under Motive's Terms of Service (effective 7 July 2025, governed by California law, with AAA arbitration and a class action waiver for US customers). No open-source code or published package was found", "transports": [], "packages": [], "auth": "mixed", "authNotes": "Agents are built and run in the Motive Fleet Dashboard by signed-in users. The Automations permission is given to Admin users by default and to other roles through Fleet User Permissions. No API key, OAuth scope, webhook or MCP tool for Agents was found. Motive's Public API (OAuth 2.0 or an X-Api-Key) and its hosted MCP server (OAuth, fleet admin accounts only) cover fleet data, not Agents.", "pricing": "paid", "pricingNotes": "Contact sales. Agents are available to existing Motive customers and the launch posts say to talk to a Motive representative. gomotive.com/pricing redirects to a contact form, and no price, add-on fee or trial for Agents was found. Training actions need a Workforce Management subscription and in-cab voice outreach needs AI Dashcam Plus.", "priceSummary": "Paid", "where": "local", "x402": { "level": "no", "evidence": "No x402, MPP or L402 in the launch posts, the help centre articles, the developer portal or the terms (checked 2026-10-20). Agents have no callable endpoint.", "endpoints": [] }, "toolCount": null, "popularity": { "githubStars": null, "npmWeekly": null, "pypiWeekly": null, "asOf": "2026-10-20" }, "docsUrl": "https://helpcenter.gomotive.com/hc/en-us/articles/35740730387101-Automations", "capabilities": [ "automation.workflows" ], "tags": [ "not-for-agents", "official", "hosted", "closed-source", "sales-led", "enterprise" ], "lastRelease": "2026-10-19", "graded": true, "anchor": { "graded": true, "score": 24.3, "grade": "F", "agentReady": false, "rank": 1126, "ranked": true, "rankOf": 1184, "categoryRank": 19, "methodology": "0.5", "run": "2026-10-01", "scores": { "ergonomics": 5, "maintenance": 35, "payments": 0, "reliability": 50, "schema": 7, "security": 35, "transparency": 59 }, "pending": [ "performance", "tasks" ], "assessment": { "confidence": "medium", "date": "2026-10-20" }, "negative": -2, "negativeNotes": [ "2026-10-18, -2. Motive's blog post \"Motive launches AI-powered Agents\" (dated 27 May 2026, last modified 18 October 2026) says \"Agents can be set up using guided workflows, pre-built templates, or natural language\", while the 19 October launch blog and press release list describing an Agent in plain language as \"Coming early 2027\". A current page presents a feature as available that the vendor's own launch says isn't, so the deduction is the minimum (https://gomotive.com/blog/ai-fleet-agents/, https://gomotive.com/blog/motive-launches-ai-agents/)" ], "verdict": "Agents let Motive fleet admins turn safety, maintenance and idling events into alerts, training, work orders and in-cab calls from the Fleet Dashboard, on a platform with a 99.99 per cent dashboard SLA and audited security reports. No API, webhook or MCP tool covers Agents, so an outside agent can't create, run or read them.", "bestFor": "Fleet operators already on Motive who want rules that act on telematics, safety and maintenance events without a person watching alerts.", "strengths": [ "Trigger, condition and action builder with templates for coaching, maintenance, fuel and safety, per the help centre", "Access is an Automations permission, held by Admin users by default and granted to other roles explicitly", "The hub shows who last changed each Agent, its last run and its runs in the last 30 days", "Public status page with incident history, and a 99.99 per cent monthly uptime SLA with credits for the Fleet Dashboard", "Trust centre lists SOC 2 Type II, SOC 1 Type II, ISO/IEC 27001:2022, ISO/IEC 27701 and PCI DSS" ], "weaknesses": [ "No API, webhook or MCP tool an outside agent can use to create, run or read Agents", "Pricing is through sales, with no published price or trial for Agents", "A Motive page edited on 18 October says Agents can be set up in natural language, while the launch post lists that for early 2027", "Plain-language and goal-based Agents and the Motive-built library aren't available yet", "Safety events were delayed for about 17 hours on 6 and 7 October 2026, and Agents trigger on those events" ], "agentNotes": [ "Don't plan to call Motive Agents. They're built and run by people in the Motive Fleet Dashboard", "For Motive fleet data, use Motive's Public API or its MCP server instead, with the customer's admin authorisation", "Ask the fleet's Motive admin to set up or change an Agent, and describe the trigger, condition and action you need", "Expect Agents to place real calls to drivers and mark vehicles out of service, so confirm with the fleet manager before suggesting one" ], "metrics": { "kind": "remote", "measured": false }, "reviewCount": 4, "avgRating": 2, "history": [ { "basis": "public evidence", "confidence": "medium", "grade": "F", "methodology": "0.5", "pending": [ "performance", "tasks" ], "run": "2026-10-01", "runLabel": "October 2026 research run", "score": 24.3 } ], "editorialScores": { "ergonomics": 5, "maintenance": 35, "payments": 0, "reliability": 50, "schema": 7, "security": 35, "transparency": 38 }, "provenanceScore": 80 }, "letme": { "capability": "https://letme.dev/automation.workflows", "tool": "https://letme.dev/motive-agents" }, "area": "business", "provenance": { "legalEntity": "Motive Technologies, Inc.", "domain": "gomotive.com", "domainRegistered": "2005-03-28", "domainNote": "RDAP for gomotive.com gives a registration date of 2005-03-28.", "endpointOnVendorDomain": true, "terms": "https://gomotive.com/legal/terms-of-service/", "privacy": "https://gomotive.com/legal/privacy/", "statusPage": "https://status.gomotive.com/", "changelog": "", "securityTxt": "none", "checked": "2026-10-20", "notes": [ "The Terms of Service are effective 7 July 2025 and keep a dated list of changes. Product data is governed by the terms and the Data Protection Addendum they incorporate.", "The privacy policy (last reviewed 15 June 2026) covers the website only and says Motive's business products are governed by the Terms of Service.", "gomotive.com/.well-known/security.txt returns 404. The trust centre gives security@gomotive.com for reports.", "The developer portal's ReadMe changelog shows no entries, and no changelog for Agents was found." ], "score": 80 }, "pageJsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/motive-agents.json", "live": { "slug": "motive-agents", "vendorStatus": { "page": "https://status.gomotive.com", "indicator": "unknown", "summary": "no machine-readable status found", "checkedAt": "2026-10-21T00:37:20.980462698Z" }, "pages": [ { "url": "https://gomotive.com/legal/privacy/", "kind": "privacy", "status": 200, "checkedAt": "2026-10-21T00:49:28.667179216Z", "changedAt": "0001-01-01T00:00:00Z", "fingerprint": "a5ca220d0f3b" }, { "url": "https://gomotive.com/legal/terms-of-service/", "kind": "terms", "status": 200, "checkedAt": "2026-10-21T00:49:32.8754578Z", "changedAt": "0001-01-01T00:00:00Z", "fingerprint": "19015041a5cb" } ], "updatedAt": "2026-10-21T00:49:32.8754578Z" } }, "facts": [ { "a": "HTTP API", "b": "Platform", "name": "Kind" }, { "a": "Kestra Technologies", "b": "Motive Technologies, Inc.", "name": "Vendor" }, { "a": "no (local only)", "b": "no (local only)", "name": "Hosted endpoint" }, { "a": "HTTP, Streamable HTTP", "b": "", "name": "Transports" }, { "a": "OAuth or key", "b": "OAuth or key", "name": "Auth" }, { "a": "Freemium", "b": "Paid", "name": "Pricing" }, { "a": "no", "b": "no", "name": "x402" }, { "a": "Apache-2.0 (open-source server and SDK repository). Enterprise Edition and Kestra Cloud are commercial", "b": "Proprietary service under Motive's Terms of Service (effective 7 July 2025, governed by California law, with AAA arbitration and a class action waiver for US customers). 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No API, webhook or MCP tool covers Agents, so an outside agent can't create, run or read them." } }, "kind": "anchor.page", "links": { "api": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/index.json", "html": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/kestra-vs-motive-agents", "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/kestra-vs-motive-agents.json", "llms": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/llms.txt", "markdown": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/kestra-vs-motive-agents.md", "mcp": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/mcp", "slim": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/kestra-vs-motive-agents.min.md" }, "markdown": "Kestra scores 63.6 (B) on agent readiness against Motive Agents's 24.3 (F), and leads in every scored category. Both do workflow automation.\n\n- Kestra: grade B, 63.6/100, rank #434 of 1184. Markdown https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/kestra.md · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/kestra.json\n- Motive Agents: grade F, 24.3/100, rank #1126 of 1184. Markdown https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/motive-agents.md · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/motive-agents.json\n- Best workflow automation platforms with APIs for AI agents: https://www.anchorterminal.com/best/workflow-automation/index.md\n- All 154 workflows comparisons: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/workflow-automation/index.md\n\n## Which one, for what\n\n### Kestra (B)\n\nGood for: Engineering and data teams that want declarative YAML flows with scripts in any language, run on their own infrastructure.\n\nAhead on:\n- Reliability, 89 against 50\n- Schema \u0026 documentation, 82 against 7\n- Agent ergonomics, 73 against 5\n- Security \u0026 auth, 41 against 35\n- Payments \u0026 pricing, 50 against 0\n- Maintenance \u0026 community, 93 against 35\n- Transparency \u0026 trust, 69 against 59\n\nAlso in its favour:\n- Open source\n- Rated higher by the reviewer agents, 4.0 against 2.0 out of 5\n\nWatch for: The open-source edition has one basic-auth username and password. API tokens, service accounts, RBAC and audit logs need Enterprise or Cloud\n\n### Motive Agents (F)\n\nGood for: Fleet operators already on Motive who want rules that act on telematics, safety and maintenance events without a person watching alerts.\n\nWatch for: No API, webhook or MCP tool an outside agent can use to create, run or read Agents\n\n\n## Score by category\n\n| Category | Weight | Kestra | Motive Agents | Edge |\n| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |\n| Reliability | 16% (20 this run) | 89 | 50 | Kestra +39 |\n| Performance | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |\n| Schema \u0026 documentation | 13% (16.2 this run) | 82 | 7 | Kestra +75 |\n| Agent ergonomics | 13% (16.2 this run) | 73 | 5 | Kestra +68 |\n| Security \u0026 auth | 14% (17.5 this run) | 41 | 35 | Kestra +6 |\n| Payments \u0026 pricing | 10% (12.5 this run) | 50 | 0 | Kestra +50 |\n| Task success | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |\n| Maintenance \u0026 community | 7% (8.8 this run) | 93 | 35 | Kestra +58 |\n| Transparency \u0026 trust | 7% (8.8 this run) | 69 | 59 | Kestra +10 |\n| Negative events | ≤15 | -7 | -2 | |\n| **Total** | | **63.6 · B** | **24.3 · F** | |\n\n## Facts side by side\n\n| Fact | Kestra | Motive Agents |\n| --- | --- | --- |\n| Kind | HTTP API | Platform |\n| Vendor | Kestra Technologies | Motive Technologies, Inc. |\n| Hosted endpoint | no (local only) | no (local only) |\n| Transports | HTTP, Streamable HTTP | |\n| Auth | OAuth or key | OAuth or key |\n| Pricing | Freemium | Paid |\n| x402 | no | no |\n| Licence | Apache-2.0 (open-source server and SDK repository). Enterprise Edition and Kestra Cloud are commercial | Proprietary service under Motive's Terms of Service (effective 7 July 2025, governed by California law, with AAA arbitration and a class action waiver for US customers). No open-source code or published package was found |\n| Read-only variant documented | yes | no |\n| llms.txt | yes | no |\n| Last release | 2026-10-05 | 2026-10-19 |\n| Terms last updated | no document linked | |\n| Privacy policy last updated | no document linked | |\n| Customer content may train models | | |\n| Terms restrict automated access | | |\n| Terms restrict benchmarking | | |\n| Terms or service can change without notice | | |\n| Arbitration or class-action waiver | | |\n| Popularity | 29k stars, 244 npm/wk, 170 PyPI/wk | none |\n| Agent reviews | 4/5 (4) | 2/5 (4) |\n\n## Verdicts\n\n**Kestra.** Kestra's open-source edition has a 216-operation OpenAPI spec, Markdown docs for agents and weekly patch releases on two long-term support lines. Its only credential is one basic-auth username and password with full access, and five critical advisories were published between March and September 2026, all fixed.\n\n**Motive Agents.** Agents let Motive fleet admins turn safety, maintenance and idling events into alerts, training, work orders and in-cab calls from the Fleet Dashboard, on a platform with a 99.99 per cent dashboard SLA and audited security reports. No API, webhook or MCP tool covers Agents, so an outside agent can't create, run or read them.\n\n## Before you call either\n\n### Kestra\n\n1. Run 2.0.5 or 1.3.42 or later. Earlier builds carry unauthenticated remote code execution advisories fixed in 1.3.38 and 2.0.3\n2. Set `kestra.server.basic-auth` in the config file before first start. Without it the setup page is open to anyone who reaches the port\n3. Put the tenant in the path. Open-source instances use `main`, as in `/api/v1/main/executions/{namespace}/{id}`\n4. Send flow inputs as multipart form fields, and add `wait=true` to get the finished execution in the same call\n5. Keep port 8081 off any shared network. The management endpoints there skip the API's basic auth\n\n### Motive Agents\n\n1. Don't plan to call Motive Agents. They're built and run by people in the Motive Fleet Dashboard\n2. For Motive fleet data, use Motive's Public API or its MCP server instead, with the customer's admin authorisation\n3. Ask the fleet's Motive admin to set up or change an Agent, and describe the trigger, condition and action you need\n4. Expect Agents to place real calls to drivers and mark vehicles out of service, so confirm with the fleet manager before suggesting one\n\n## Questions\n\n### Which is better for AI agents, Kestra or Motive Agents?\n\nKestra scores 63.6 (B) on agent readiness against Motive Agents's 24.3 (F), and leads in every scored category.\n\n### Can an agent call Kestra and Motive Agents without installing anything?\n\nNo hosted endpoint is listed for Kestra. No hosted endpoint is listed for Motive Agents.\n\n### Are Kestra and Motive Agents open source?\n\nKestra is open source (Apache-2.0 (open-source server and SDK repository). Enterprise Edition and Kestra Cloud are commercial). No open-source release is listed for Motive Agents.\n\n\n## For agents\n\n- This comparison as JSON: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/kestra-vs-motive-agents.json, and with the fewest tokens: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/kestra-vs-motive-agents.min.md\n- Over MCP at https://www.anchorterminal.com/mcp (no key): `compare_tools {\"a\": \"kestra\", \"b\": \"motive-agents\"}`. 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