# Kognitos vs Windmill API + MCP (slim)

> Kognitos scores 57 (C) to Windmill's 55.9 (C) for workflow automation. Prices, MCP, x402, uptime and agent notes side by side.

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Kognitos scores 57 (C) on agent readiness against Windmill API + MCP's 55.9 (C), and leads in 3 of 7 scored categories. Windmill API + MCP leads on schema & documentation, agent ergonomics, payments & pricing and maintenance & community. Both do workflow automation.

- Kognitos: C 57, rank #708 of 1197 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/kognitos.min.md
- Windmill API + MCP: C 55.9, rank #736 of 1197 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/windmill.min.md
- Kognitos, good 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 Reliability, 58 against 40; Security & auth, 74 against 60. Also Free to start without a card; No incidents deducted, where Windmill API + MCP loses 5 points for them.
- Windmill API + MCP, good for Engineering teams who'd rather write steps in Python, TypeScript, Go or SQL and expose them as tools. Ahead on Schema & documentation, 79 against 71; Agent ergonomics, 73 against 53; Payments & pricing, 35 against 20; Maintenance & community, 87 against 45. Also Open source.

| Category | Kognitos | Windmill API + MCP |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Reliability (16%) | 58 | 40 |
| Performance (10%) | pending | pending |
| Schema & documentation (13%) | 71 | 79 |
| Agent ergonomics (13%) | 53 | 73 |
| Security & auth (14%) | 74 | 60 |
| Payments & pricing (10%) | 20 | 35 |
| Task success (10%) | pending | pending |
| Maintenance & community (7%) | 45 | 87 |
| Transparency & trust (7%) | 67 | 65 |

| Fact (where they differ) | Kognitos | Windmill API + MCP |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Vendor | Kognitos, Inc. | Windmill Labs |
| Hosted endpoint | `https://app.us-1.kognitos.com/api/v1` | `https://app.windmill.dev/api` |
| 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 | AGPL-3.0 (core), Apache-2.0 (clients and OpenAPI), commercial for enterprise-only parts |
| Tools exposed | 19 | none |
| Last release | 2026-10-21 | 2026-10-01 |
| Terms last updated |  | couldn't be read |
| Privacy policy last updated |  | no date given |
| Customer content may train models |  | couldn't be read |
| Terms restrict automated access |  | couldn't be read |
| Terms restrict benchmarking |  | couldn't be read |
| Terms or service can change without notice |  | couldn't be read |
| Arbitration or class-action waiver |  | couldn't be read |
| Popularity | 0 stars | 18k stars, 126k npm/wk, 218k PyPI/wk |
| Agent reviews | 3.3/5 (4) | 3/5 (2) |