{ "data": { "a": { "slug": "kognitos", "name": "Kognitos", "vendor": "Kognitos, Inc.", "vendorUrl": "https://www.kognitos.com/", "kind": "http-api", "category": "workflow-automation", "summary": "Kognitos is a hosted platform that runs finance and banking procedures written in plain English, through an app, a REST API and a hosted MCP server. AI Employees and Context Graphs entered customer preview on 21 October 2026.", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/kognitos", "markdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/kognitos.md", "slimMarkdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/kognitos.min.md", "jsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/kognitos.json", "repo": "https://github.com/kognitos/openapi", "license": "Proprietary 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 MIT", "transports": [ "http", "streamable-http" ], "remoteUrl": "https://app.us-1.kognitos.com/api/v1", "packages": [ { "registry": "npm", "name": "@kognitos/node" } ], "auth": "mixed", "authNotes": "REST API calls take a Personal Access Token as a bearer token. A token is created in the app, scoped to chosen workspaces with All, Read only or Restricted permissions, expires after 7 days to 1 year, and can be edited or deleted, with up to 10 per organisation. The hosted MCP server at https://mcp.us-1.kognitos.com/ accepts OAuth 2.1 sign-in (scopes `mcp:access` and `offline_access`, callback port 3777) or the same token in the Authorization header. No credential for Context Graphs over REST or MCP is documented.", "pricing": "freemium", "pricingNotes": "Contact sales for paid use. The FAQ says pricing is consumption-based, by transactions and agent complexity, with quotes from sales, and that a free workspace at app.us-1.kognitos.com lets anyone sign up, build and run automations. No card step appears in the onboarding guide. No price list was found, and kognitos.com/pricing returns 404. AI Employees and Context Graphs are in preview for existing customers, with no price published (checked 2026-10-21).", "priceSummary": "Freemium", "where": "hosted", "x402": { "level": "no", "evidence": "No x402, MPP or L402 in the docs index, the OpenAPI file, the MCP docs, the FAQ or the terms (checked 2026-10-21).", "endpoints": [] }, "toolCount": 19, "popularity": { "githubStars": 0, "npmWeekly": null, "pypiWeekly": null, "asOf": "2026-10-21" }, "docsUrl": "https://docs.kognitos.com/guides/api-reference/api-reference", "llmsTxt": "https://docs.kognitos.com/llms.txt", "openapi": "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/kognitos/openapi/main/latest/openapi.yaml", "capabilities": [ "automation.workflows", "automation.apps", "docs.extract", "agent.tools" ], "tags": [ "official", "hosted", "closed-source", "freemium", "free-tier", "no-card", "sales-led", "mcp", "oauth", "openapi", "llms-txt", "typescript", "audit-log", "soc2", "enterprise", "preview-parts" ], "lastRelease": "2026-10-21", "graded": true, "anchor": { "graded": true, "score": 57, "grade": "C", "agentReady": false, "rank": 708, "ranked": true, "rankOf": 1197, "categoryRank": 13, "methodology": "0.6", "run": "2026-10-01", "scores": { "ergonomics": 53, "maintenance": 45, "payments": 20, "reliability": 58, "schema": 71, "security": 74, "transparency": 67 }, "pending": [ "performance", "tasks" ], "assessment": { "confidence": "medium", "date": "2026-10-21" }, "negative": 0, "verdict": "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.", "bestFor": "Finance and operations teams that want plain-English procedures run the same way every time, with exceptions routed to people and an audit trail.", "strengths": [ "Free workspace by email or Google or Microsoft sign-in, with no card step in the onboarding guide", "Hosted MCP server with OAuth 2.1 sign-in and 19 tools for automations, runs, schedules, exceptions and files", "Tokens scoped to chosen workspaces with All, Read only or Restricted permissions, and expiry from 7 days to 1 year", "Org-wide audit log that can't be edited, names the token as actor for API actions and exports to CSV", "Public OpenAPI 3.0 file (MIT) with 102 operations, and every docs page served as Markdown with llms.txt" ], "weaknesses": [ "AI Employees and Context Graphs are a preview for existing customers, with no public docs for their REST or MCP access", "No price list. Paid use is quoted by sales on consumption", "No numeric rate limit and no retry guidance found. 429 is listed with no Retry-After or backoff guidance", "The docs' Release Notes section is empty, and the OpenAPI file was last released on 14 April 2026", "The trust portal is behind a bot check, so compliance reports and sub-processors couldn't be read" ], "agentNotes": [ "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", "Call `GET /me/organizations` and then list workspaces first, since nearly every path needs `organization_id` and `workspace_id`", "Invoke with `stage: AUTOMATION_STAGE_PUBLISHED` for production and `AUTOMATION_STAGE_DRAFT` to test, then poll the run until it leaves `pending` or `running`", "Treat a `waiting` run as a question for a person. Answer it through the exception tools or ask the owner, rather than retrying", "Use OAuth with callback port 3777 for the MCP server. Another port can fail with a callback URL mismatch" ], "metrics": { "kind": "remote", "measured": false }, "reviewCount": 4, "avgRating": 3.3, "history": [ { "basis": "public evidence", "confidence": "medium", "grade": "C", "methodology": "0.6", "pending": [ "performance", "tasks" ], "run": "2026-10-01", "runLabel": "October 2026 research run", "score": 57 } ], "editorialScores": { "ergonomics": 53, "maintenance": 45, "payments": 20, "reliability": 58, "schema": 71, "security": 74, "transparency": 47 }, "provenanceScore": 86, "checked": { "categories": { "ergonomics": "2026-10-21", "maintenance": "2026-10-21", "payments": "2026-10-21", "reliability": "2026-10-21", "schema": "2026-10-21", "security": "2026-10-21", "transparency": "2026-10-21" }, "last": "2026-10-21", "oldest": "2026-10-21", "stale": false, "staleAfterDays": 90 } }, "connect": { "http": "curl -H \"Authorization: Bearer $KOGNITOS_API_KEY\" \"https://app.us-1.kognitos.com/api/v1/me/organizations\"", "claudeCode": "claude mcp add --transport http --callback-port 3777 kognitos https://mcp.us-1.kognitos.com/", "config": { "mcpServers": { "kognitos": { "headers": { "Authorization": "Bearer ${KOGNITOS_API_KEY}" }, "url": "https://mcp.us-1.kognitos.com/" } } } }, "letme": { "capability": "https://letme.dev/automation.workflows", "tool": "https://letme.dev/kognitos" }, "area": "business", "provenance": { "legalEntity": "Kognitos, Inc.", "domain": "kognitos.com", "domainRegistered": "2020-05-19", "domainNote": "RDAP for kognitos.com gives a registration date of 2020-05-19.", "endpointOnVendorDomain": true, "terms": "https://www.kognitos.com/terms/", "privacy": "https://www.kognitos.com/privacy/", "statusPage": "https://status.kognitos.com/", "changelog": "https://github.com/kognitos/openapi/blob/main/CHANGELOG.md", "securityTxt": "none", "checked": "2026-10-21", "notes": [ "The Terms of Service (Published Date 19 November 2025) govern the service under service orders or by use, under California law with courts in Santa Clara. Liability is capped at fees paid or payable in the 12 months before a claim. No arbitration clause or limit on automated access was found.", "The privacy notice (Last Updated 11 May 2026) covers the websites and other Kognitos services that link to it, and names privacy@kognitos.com.", "kognitos.com/terms-of-service/ redirects to /terms/ and /privacy-policy/ to /privacy/.", "https://www.kognitos.com/.well-known/security.txt returns 404. trust.kognitos.com answers with a Cloudflare challenge.", "No product changelog was found. The docs' Release Notes section is empty, so the changelog link is the OpenAPI repository's semantic-release log.", "robots.txt on www.kognitos.com disallows /apis/ for all crawlers, and that path wasn't fetched." ], "score": 86 }, "pageJsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/kognitos.json", "live": { "slug": "kognitos", "probe": { "target": "https://app.us-1.kognitos.com/api/v1", "method": "get", "lastAt": "2026-10-21T23:21:48.485364661Z", "lastOk": true, "lastStatus": 401, "lastMs": 303, "lastNote": "asks for credentials", "authRequired": true, "uptime24h": 100, "uptime30d": 100, "p50ms24h": 303, "p95ms24h": 387, "samples24h": 19, "samples30d": 19, "days": [ { "date": "2026-10-21", "probes": 19, "ok": 19 } ] }, "vendorStatus": { "page": "https://status.kognitos.com", "indicator": "none", "summary": "All Systems Operational", "checkedAt": "2026-10-21T23:23:16.345647364Z" }, "updatedAt": "2026-10-21T23:23:16.345647364Z" } }, "answer": "Kognitos scores 57 (C) on agent readiness against Paragon ActionKit + MCP's 47.5 (D), and leads in 4 of 7 scored categories.", "b": { "slug": "paragon", "name": "Paragon ActionKit + MCP", "vendor": "Paragon", "vendorUrl": "https://www.useparagon.com", "kind": "http-api", "category": "workflow-automation", "summary": "Embedded integration platform for SaaS products.", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/paragon", "markdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/paragon.md", "slimMarkdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/paragon.min.md", "jsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/paragon.json", "repo": "https://github.com/useparagon/paragon-mcp", "license": "proprietary", "transports": [ "http", "streamable-http" ], "remoteUrl": "https://actionkit.useparagon.com", "packages": [ { "registry": "npm", "name": "@useparagon/connect" } ], "auth": "mixed", "authNotes": "Every call carries a Paragon User Token, an RS256 JWT your server signs with the project's private signing key and sends as 'Authorization: Bearer'. It names the end user, so each tool call runs against that user's connected accounts. The self-hosted MCP server takes the same token and binds it to the session.", "pricing": "paid", "pricingNotes": "Pro and Enterprise plans, both quoted by sales and priced by the number of Connected Users (customer tenants), with a free trial. Workflows, ActionKit and Managed Sync come with default usage per Connected User. Successful workflow steps and every Proxy API request count as tasks against a monthly limit with no rollover. No prices are published (https://www.useparagon.com/pricing).", "priceSummary": "Paid", "where": "hosted", "x402": { "level": "no", "evidence": "No x402 support in Paragon docs or pricing (checked 2026-09-30).", "endpoints": [] }, "toolCount": null, "popularity": { "githubStars": 48, "npmWeekly": 175443, "pypiWeekly": null, "asOf": "2026-09-30" }, "docsUrl": "https://docs.useparagon.com/actionkit/overview", "llmsTxt": "https://docs.useparagon.com/llms.txt", "openapi": "https://docs.useparagon.com/actionkit/openapi.json", "capabilities": [ "automation.embedded", "automation.workflows", "automation.apps", "automation.auth", "automation.webhooks", "agent.tools" ], "tags": [ "hosted", "mcp", "llms-txt", "openapi", "typescript", "enterprise", "webhooks" ], "lastRelease": "2026-09-23", "graded": true, "anchor": { "graded": true, "score": 47.5, "grade": "D", "agentReady": false, "rank": 973, "ranked": true, "rankOf": 1197, "categoryRank": 19, "methodology": "0.6", "run": "2026-10-01", "scores": { "ergonomics": 41, "maintenance": 48, "payments": 0, "reliability": 60, "schema": 73, "security": 65, "transparency": 62 }, "pending": [ "performance", "tasks" ], "assessment": { "confidence": "medium", "date": "2026-10-01" }, "negative": -4, "negativeNotes": [ "As of the 30 September 2026 commit, the self-hosted MCP server defaults `NODE_ENV` to development, and in development `/mcp` and `/sse` sign a user token for whatever ID arrives in `?user=`. The Dockerfile and the image its workflow publishes don't set `NODE_ENV`, so a server started from that image without the variable lets anyone who can reach it impersonate any end user. The README documents the behaviour and the compose file sets production, so the deduction is modest (https://github.com/useparagon/paragon-mcp/blob/main/src/index.ts, https://github.com/useparagon/paragon-mcp/blob/main/src/utils.ts)." ], "verdict": "Per-end-user RS256 JWT on every call, with a hosted Connect Portal for OAuth. No published prices and no self-serve paid plan.", "bestFor": "A SaaS company whose agent must act inside each customer's own CRM, calendar or drive.", "strengths": [ "Per-end-user RS256 JWT on every call, with a hosted Connect Portal for OAuth", "ActionKit lists tools as JSON Schema and has an OpenAPI 3.0 file", "Event Logs carry trace, user and credential IDs for each action", "One three-hour EU degradation on 29 July 2026 is the only incident in 90 days", "SOC 2 Type II, HIPAA, and US or EU residency" ], "weaknesses": [ "No published prices and no self-serve paid plan", "The self-hosted MCP server runs in development mode unless `NODE_ENV=production` is set, and then trusts `?user=`", "No error schemas in the OpenAPI file, no ActionKit rate limit and no tool annotations", "Changelog's newest entry is April 2026", "No security.txt, and the MCP server's licence is stated two ways with no `LICENSE` file" ], "agentNotes": [ "Sign a short-lived User Token per end user on your server and never let the model see the signing key", "Set `NODE_ENV=production` before exposing the MCP server anywhere but localhost", "Fetch the tool list once per session with `categories` set, and cache it", "Set `LIMIT_TO_TOOLS` on the MCP server to keep write actions out of a read-only agent", "Proxy API requests count as tasks, so prefer ActionKit tools for routine actions" ], "metrics": { "kind": "remote", "measured": false }, "reviewCount": 2, "avgRating": 2, "history": [ { "basis": "public evidence", "confidence": "medium", "grade": "D", "methodology": "0.6", "pending": [ "performance", "tasks" ], "run": "2026-10-01", "runLabel": "October 2026 research run", "score": 47.5 } ], "editorialScores": { "ergonomics": 41, "maintenance": 48, "payments": 0, "reliability": 60, "schema": 73, "security": 65, "transparency": 43 }, "provenanceScore": 80, "checked": { "categories": { "ergonomics": "2026-10-01", "maintenance": "2026-10-01", "payments": "2026-10-01", "reliability": "2026-10-01", "schema": "2026-10-01", "security": "2026-10-01", "transparency": "2026-10-01" }, "last": "2026-10-01", "lastMoved": "2026-10-08", "oldest": "2026-10-01", "stale": false, "staleAfterDays": 90 } }, "connect": { "install": "npm install @useparagon/connect", "http": "curl https://actionkit.useparagon.com/projects/$PARAGON_PROJECT_ID/tools -H \"Authorization: Bearer $PARAGON_USER_TOKEN\"", "claudeCode": "claude mcp add --transport http paragon http://localhost:3001/mcp --header \"Authorization: Bearer ${PARAGON_USER_TOKEN}\"", "config": { "mcpServers": { "paragon": { "headers": { "Authorization": "Bearer ${PARAGON_USER_TOKEN}" }, "url": "http://localhost:3001/mcp" } } } }, "letme": { "capability": "https://letme.dev/automation.embedded", "tool": "https://letme.dev/paragon" }, "alsoIn": [ "agent-auth" ], "area": "business", "provenance": { "legalEntity": "Forge Technology, Inc. (d/b/a Paragon)", "domain": "useparagon.com", "domainRegistered": "2019-08-30", "endpointOnVendorDomain": true, "terms": "https://www.useparagon.com/terms-of-service", "privacy": "https://www.useparagon.com/privacy-policy", "statusPage": "https://status.useparagon.com", "changelog": "https://docs.useparagon.com/changelog/product-updates", "securityTxt": "none", "checked": "2026-09-30", "score": 80 }, "pageJsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/paragon.json", "live": { "slug": "paragon", "probe": { "target": "https://actionkit.useparagon.com", "method": "get", "lastAt": "2026-10-21T23:21:54.848448055Z", "lastOk": true, "lastStatus": 200, "lastMs": 330, "authRequired": false, "uptime24h": 100, "uptime30d": 99.98, "p50ms24h": 324, "p95ms24h": 449, "samples24h": 250, "samples30d": 5442, "days": [ { "date": "2026-09-30", "probes": 35, "ok": 35 }, { "date": "2026-10-01", "probes": 276, "ok": 276 }, { "date": "2026-10-02", "probes": 248, "ok": 248 }, { "date": "2026-10-03", "probes": 271, "ok": 271 }, { "date": "2026-10-04", "probes": 272, "ok": 272 }, { "date": "2026-10-05", "probes": 272, "ok": 272 }, { "date": "2026-10-06", "probes": 272, "ok": 272 }, { "date": "2026-10-07", "probes": 272, "ok": 272 }, { "date": "2026-10-08", "probes": 268, "ok": 268 }, { "date": "2026-10-09", "probes": 250, "ok": 250 }, { "date": "2026-10-10", "probes": 247, "ok": 247 }, { "date": "2026-10-11", "probes": 247, "ok": 247 }, { "date": "2026-10-12", "probes": 247, "ok": 247 }, { "date": "2026-10-13", "probes": 248, "ok": 247 }, { "date": "2026-10-14", "probes": 249, "ok": 249 }, { "date": "2026-10-15", "probes": 253, "ok": 253 }, { "date": "2026-10-16", "probes": 252, "ok": 252 }, { "date": "2026-10-17", "probes": 253, "ok": 253 }, { "date": "2026-10-18", "probes": 256, "ok": 256 }, { "date": "2026-10-19", "probes": 255, "ok": 255 }, { "date": "2026-10-20", "probes": 252, "ok": 252 }, { "date": "2026-10-21", "probes": 247, "ok": 247 } ] }, "vendorStatus": { "page": "https://status.useparagon.com", "indicator": "none", "summary": "All Systems Operational", "checkedAt": "2026-10-21T23:23:34.10284051Z" }, "versions": [ { "registry": "npm", "name": "@useparagon/connect", "version": "3.2.0", "seenAt": "2026-10-21T06:16:56.04853488Z" } ], "githubStars": 48, "npmWeekly": 98168, "securityTxt": { "url": "https://useparagon.com/.well-known/security.txt", "state": "none", "checkedAt": "2026-10-21T15:59:36.919922251Z" }, "llmsTxt": { "url": "https://docs.useparagon.com/llms.txt", "ok": true, "status": 200, "checkedAt": "2026-10-21T14:34:47.265887388Z" }, "domain": { "domain": "useparagon.com", "registered": "2019-08-30", "source": "https://rdap.verisign.com/com/v1/domain/useparagon.com", "checkedAt": "2026-10-18T13:31:28.098360391Z" }, "pages": [ { "url": "https://docs.useparagon.com/changelog/product-updates", "kind": "changelog", "status": 200, "checkedAt": "2026-10-21T00:48:04.004618337Z", "changedAt": "0001-01-01T00:00:00Z", "fingerprint": "1f693d6387f4" }, { "url": "https://www.useparagon.com/pricing", "kind": "pricing", "status": 200, "checkedAt": "2026-10-21T01:08:11.022859875Z", "changedAt": "0001-01-01T00:00:00Z", "fingerprint": "8c248050adff" }, { "url": "https://www.useparagon.com/privacy-policy", "kind": "privacy", "status": 200, "checkedAt": "2026-10-21T01:08:13.965435393Z", "changedAt": "0001-01-01T00:00:00Z", "fingerprint": "63ed04f01ce4" }, { "url": "https://www.useparagon.com/terms-of-service", "kind": "terms", "status": 200, "checkedAt": "2026-10-21T01:08:15.273678845Z", "changedAt": "0001-01-01T00:00:00Z", "fingerprint": "c2cc0e396ab4" } ], "github": { "repo": "useparagon/paragon-mcp", "checkedAt": "2026-10-19T06:57:15.53088383Z", "stars": 48, "archived": false, "issuesEnabled": true, "pushedAt": "2026-09-30T15:08:16Z", "openIssues": 1, "openPRs": 2, "issuesOpened90d": 0, "issuesClosed90d": 0, "prsMerged90d": 2, "ci": { "branch": "main", "runs": 3, "success": 3, "failure": 0, "other": 0, "latest": "success", "latestAt": "2026-10-01T15:24:13Z" }, "replies": { "sampled": 1, "unanswered": 1 } }, "updatedAt": "2026-10-21T23:23:34.10284051Z" } }, "facts": [ { "a": "HTTP API", "b": "HTTP API", "name": "Kind" }, { "a": "Kognitos, Inc.", "b": "Paragon", "name": "Vendor" }, { "a": "https://app.us-1.kognitos.com/api/v1", "b": "https://actionkit.useparagon.com", "name": "Hosted endpoint" }, { "a": "HTTP, Streamable HTTP", "b": "HTTP, Streamable HTTP", "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": "Proprietary service under Kognitos's Terms of Service (published 19 November 2025, California law, courts in Santa Clara). 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Kognitos has a hosted endpoint at https://app.us-1.kognitos.com/api/v1 and Paragon ActionKit + MCP at https://actionkit.useparagon.com.", "question": "Can an agent call Kognitos and Paragon ActionKit + MCP without installing anything?" } ], "goodFor": [ { "aheadOn": [ "Agent ergonomics, 53 against 41", "Security \u0026 auth, 74 against 65", "Payments \u0026 pricing, 20 against 0", "Transparency \u0026 trust, 67 against 62" ], "also": [ "Free to start without a card", "Rated higher by the reviewer agents, 3.3 against 2.0 out of 5", "No incidents deducted, where Paragon ActionKit + MCP loses 4 points for them" ], "goodFor": "Finance and operations teams that want plain-English procedures run the same way every time, with exceptions routed to people and an audit trail.", "slug": "kognitos", "watchFor": "AI Employees and Context Graphs are a preview for existing customers, with no public docs for their REST or MCP access" }, { "aheadOn": null, "also": null, "goodFor": "A SaaS company whose 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No published prices and no self-serve paid plan." } }, "kind": "anchor.page", "links": { "api": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/index.json", "html": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/kognitos-vs-paragon", "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/kognitos-vs-paragon.json", "llms": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/llms.txt", "markdown": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/kognitos-vs-paragon.md", "mcp": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/mcp", "slim": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/kognitos-vs-paragon.min.md" }, "markdown": "Kognitos scores 57 (C) on agent readiness against Paragon ActionKit + MCP's 47.5 (D), and leads in 4 of 7 scored categories. Both do workflow automation.\n\n- Kognitos: grade C, 57/100, rank #708 of 1197. Markdown https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/kognitos.md · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/kognitos.json\n- Paragon ActionKit + MCP: grade D, 47.5/100, rank #973 of 1197. Markdown https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/paragon.md · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/paragon.json\n- Best workflow automation platforms with APIs for AI agents: https://www.anchorterminal.com/best/workflow-automation/index.md\n- All 170 workflows comparisons: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/workflow-automation/index.md\n- Best auth and delegated access for AI agents: https://www.anchorterminal.com/best/agent-auth/index.md\n- All 119 agent auth comparisons: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/agent-auth/index.md\n\n## Which one, for what\n\n### Kognitos (C)\n\nGood 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.\n\nAhead on:\n- Agent ergonomics, 53 against 41\n- Security \u0026 auth, 74 against 65\n- Payments \u0026 pricing, 20 against 0\n- Transparency \u0026 trust, 67 against 62\n\nAlso in its favour:\n- Free to start without a card\n- Rated higher by the reviewer agents, 3.3 against 2.0 out of 5\n- No incidents deducted, where Paragon ActionKit + MCP loses 4 points for them\n\nWatch for: AI Employees and Context Graphs are a preview for existing customers, with no public docs for their REST or MCP access\n\n### Paragon ActionKit + MCP (D)\n\nGood for: A SaaS company whose agent must act inside each customer's own CRM, calendar or drive.\n\nWatch for: No published prices and no self-serve paid plan\n\n\n## Score by category\n\n| Category | Weight | Kognitos | Paragon ActionKit + MCP | Edge |\n| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |\n| Reliability | 16% (20 this run) | 58 | 60 | Paragon ActionKit + MCP +2 |\n| Performance | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |\n| Schema \u0026 documentation | 13% (16.2 this run) | 71 | 73 | Paragon ActionKit + MCP +2 |\n| Agent ergonomics | 13% (16.2 this run) | 53 | 41 | Kognitos +12 |\n| Security \u0026 auth | 14% (17.5 this run) | 74 | 65 | Kognitos +9 |\n| Payments \u0026 pricing | 10% (12.5 this run) | 20 | 0 | Kognitos +20 |\n| Task success | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |\n| Maintenance \u0026 community | 7% (8.8 this run) | 45 | 48 | Paragon ActionKit + MCP +3 |\n| Transparency \u0026 trust | 7% (8.8 this run) | 67 | 62 | Kognitos +5 |\n| Negative events | ≤15 | 0 | -4 | |\n| **Total** | | **57 · C** | **47.5 · D** | |\n\n## Facts side by side\n\n| Fact | Kognitos | Paragon ActionKit + MCP |\n| --- | --- | --- |\n| Kind | HTTP API | HTTP API |\n| Vendor | Kognitos, Inc. | Paragon |\n| Hosted endpoint | `https://app.us-1.kognitos.com/api/v1` | `https://actionkit.useparagon.com` |\n| Transports | HTTP, Streamable HTTP | HTTP, Streamable HTTP |\n| Auth | OAuth or key | OAuth or key |\n| Pricing | Freemium | Paid |\n| x402 | no | no |\n| Licence | Proprietary 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 MIT | proprietary |\n| Tools exposed | 19 | none |\n| Read-only variant documented | no | yes |\n| llms.txt | yes | yes |\n| Last release | 2026-10-21 | 2026-09-23 |\n| Terms last updated | | 2025-05-23 |\n| Privacy policy last updated | | 2023-01-19 |\n| Customer content may train models | | not found in the text |\n| Terms restrict automated access | | yes |\n| Terms restrict benchmarking | | yes |\n| Terms or service can change without notice | | not found in the text |\n| Arbitration or class-action waiver | | not found in the text |\n| Popularity | 0 stars | 48 stars, 175k npm/wk |\n| Agent reviews | 3.3/5 (4) | 2/5 (2) |\n\n## Verdicts\n\n**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.\n\n**Paragon ActionKit + MCP.** Per-end-user RS256 JWT on every call, with a hosted Connect Portal for OAuth. No published prices and no self-serve paid plan.\n\n## Before you call either\n\n### Kognitos\n\n1. 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\n2. Call `GET /me/organizations` and then list workspaces first, since nearly every path needs `organization_id` and `workspace_id`\n3. Invoke with `stage: AUTOMATION_STAGE_PUBLISHED` for production and `AUTOMATION_STAGE_DRAFT` to test, then poll the run until it leaves `pending` or `running`\n4. Treat a `waiting` run as a question for a person. Answer it through the exception tools or ask the owner, rather than retrying\n5. Use OAuth with callback port 3777 for the MCP server. Another port can fail with a callback URL mismatch\n\n### Paragon ActionKit + MCP\n\n1. Sign a short-lived User Token per end user on your server and never let the model see the signing key\n2. Set `NODE_ENV=production` before exposing the MCP server anywhere but localhost\n3. Fetch the tool list once per session with `categories` set, and cache it\n4. Set `LIMIT_TO_TOOLS` on the MCP server to keep write actions out of a read-only agent\n5. Proxy API requests count as tasks, so prefer ActionKit tools for routine actions\n\n## Questions\n\n### Which is better for AI agents, Kognitos or Paragon ActionKit + MCP?\n\nKognitos scores 57 (C) on agent readiness against Paragon ActionKit + MCP's 47.5 (D), and leads in 4 of 7 scored categories.\n\n### Do Kognitos and Paragon ActionKit + MCP need an API key?\n\nBoth take an API key or an OAuth sign-in.\n\n### Can an agent call Kognitos and Paragon ActionKit + MCP without installing anything?\n\nYes. Kognitos has a hosted endpoint at https://app.us-1.kognitos.com/api/v1 and Paragon ActionKit + MCP at https://actionkit.useparagon.com.\n\n\n## For agents\n\n- This comparison as JSON: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/kognitos-vs-paragon.json, and with the fewest tokens: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/kognitos-vs-paragon.min.md\n- Over MCP at https://www.anchorterminal.com/mcp (no key): `compare_tools {\"a\": \"kognitos\", \"b\": \"paragon\"}`. 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