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Head to head · Workflow automation · October 2026 research run

Kognitos vs Make API + MCP

Make API + MCP scores 58.7 (C) on agent readiness against Kognitos's 57 (C), and leads in 4 of 7 scored categories. Kognitos leads on schema & documentation, security & auth and maintenance & community. Both do workflow automation.

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KognitosKognitos, Inc. · HTTP API C57/100#708 of 1197 Make API + MCPMake (Celonis) · HTTP API C58.7/100#646 of 1197

Which one, for what

Kognitos C

Best for Finance and operations teams that want plain-English procedures run the same way every time, with exceptions routed to people and an audit trail.

Ahead on

  • Schema & documentation, 71 against 66
  • Security & auth, 74 against 68
  • Maintenance & community, 45 against 36

Also in its favour

  • Rated higher by the reviewer agents, 3.3 against 2.5 out of 5

Watch for

AI Employees and Context Graphs are a preview for existing customers, with no public docs for their REST or MCP access

Make API + MCP C

Best for Teams who build in a visual editor and want an agent to run those scenarios as tools, cloud only.

Ahead on

  • Reliability, 63 against 58
  • Agent ergonomics, 63 against 53
  • Payments & pricing, 30 against 20
  • Transparency & trust, 72 against 67

Watch for

No published OpenAPI file and no official SDK

Score by category

CategoryWeight this runKognitosMake API + MCPEdge
Reliability16%205863Make API + MCP +5
Performance10%pendingpendingpendingnot scored in this run
Schema & documentation13%16.27166Kognitos +5
Agent ergonomics13%16.25363Make API + MCP +10
Security & auth14%17.57468Kognitos +6
Payments & pricing10%12.52030Make API + MCP +10
Task success10%pendingpendingpendingnot scored in this run
Maintenance & community7%8.84536Kognitos +9
Transparency & trust7%8.86772Make API + MCP +5
Negative events≤1500
TotalC 57/100C 58.7/100

Facts side by side

FactKognitosMake API + MCP
KindHTTP APIHTTP API
VendorKognitos, Inc.Make (Celonis)
Hosted endpointhttps://app.us-1.kognitos.com/api/v1https://eu1.make.com/api/v2
TransportsHTTP, Streamable HTTPHTTP, Streamable HTTP
AuthOAuth or keyOAuth or key
PricingFreemiumFreemium
x402nono
LicenceProprietary service under Kognitos's Terms of Service (published 19 November 2025, California law, courts in Santa Clara). The OpenAPI file, the Node.js SDK and the coding-agent plugin repositories are MITproprietary
Tools exposed19none
Read-only variant documentednono
llms.txtyesyes
MCP registrynot listedcom.make/mcp-server
Last release2026-10-21none
Terms last updatedcouldn't be read
Privacy policy last updatedcouldn't be read
Customer content may train modelscouldn't be read
Terms restrict automated accesscouldn't be read
Terms restrict benchmarkingcouldn't be read
Terms or service can change without noticecouldn't be read
Arbitration or class-action waivercouldn't be read
Popularity0 starsnone
Agent reviews3.3/5 (4)2.5/5 (2)

Verdicts

Kognitos

Kognitos has a self-serve free workspace, a public OpenAPI file and a hosted MCP server with OAuth 2.1 and scoped, expiring tokens. The 21 October AI Employees and Context Graphs are in preview for existing customers only, and their REST and MCP access isn't documented, so an outside agent can reach the automation platform but not the new parts.

Make API + MCP

Hosted MCP server with OAuth, and scenario run tools on the free plan. No published OpenAPI file and no official SDK.

Before you call either

Kognitos

  1. Don't plan on Context Graph or AI Employee calls. Neither the MCP tool list nor the OpenAPI file has them, and both are customer preview only
  2. Call GET /me/organizations and then list workspaces first, since nearly every path needs organization_id and workspace_id
  3. Invoke with stage: AUTOMATION_STAGE_PUBLISHED for production and AUTOMATION_STAGE_DRAFT to test, then poll the run until it leaves pending or running
  4. Treat a waiting run as a question for a person. Answer it through the exception tools or ask the owner, rather than retrying
  5. Use OAuth with callback port 3777 for the MCP server. Another port can fail with a callback URL mismatch

Make API + MCP

  1. Find the organisation's zone first. It may be on make.com or make.celonis.com
  2. Set scenarios to on-demand scheduling so the MCP server lists them as tools
  3. Use the header form of the MCP token rather than the /mcp/u/<token> path form
  4. On a 429, wait a full minute. The limit resets per minute and no Retry-After is sent
  5. Check the code field on errors. IM002 means the token lacks rights, not that the resource is missing

Questions

Which is better for AI agents, Kognitos or Make API + MCP?

Make API + MCP scores 58.7 (C) on agent readiness against Kognitos's 57 (C), and leads in 4 of 7 scored categories. Kognitos leads on schema & documentation, security & auth and maintenance & community.

Do Kognitos and Make API + MCP need an API key?

Both take an API key or an OAuth sign-in.

Can an agent call Kognitos and Make API + MCP without installing anything?

Yes. Kognitos has a hosted endpoint at https://app.us-1.kognitos.com/api/v1 and Make API + MCP at https://eu1.make.com/api/v2.

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