# LiveAgent vs Missive API + MCP (slim)

> LiveAgent and Missive score within a point of each other for support conversations, 54.9 and 54.3 out of 100. Prices, MCP, x402, uptime and agent notes side by side.

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- Index: https://www.anchorterminal.com/llms.txt · API: https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/index.json · Updated: 2026-10-09

LiveAgent and Missive API + MCP score within a point of each other on agent readiness, 54.9 (C) and 54.3 (C). Missive API + MCP leads on security & auth and transparency & trust. Both do support conversations.

- LiveAgent: C 54.9, rank #676 of 950 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/liveagent.min.md
- Missive API + MCP: C 54.3, rank #689 of 950 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/missive.min.md
- LiveAgent, good for A team already on LiveAgent that wants an agent to triage, tag, route and draft through MCP under an agent's own permissions, or to sync tickets and contacts through v3 keys. Ahead on Reliability, 65 against 60; Schema & documentation, 63 against 52; Maintenance & community, 69 against 60.
- Missive API + MCP, good for Small teams that already run their mail in Missive and want an agent to triage, label, post internal notes and draft replies for a person to send. Ahead on Security & auth, 61 against 52; Transparency & trust, 77 against 60. Also Free to start without a card.

| Category | LiveAgent | Missive API + MCP |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Reliability (16%) | 65 | 60 |
| Performance (10%) | pending | pending |
| Schema & documentation (13%) | 63 | 52 |
| Agent ergonomics (13%) | 46 | 46 |
| Security & auth (14%) | 52 | 61 |
| Payments & pricing (10%) | 30 | 30 |
| Task success (10%) | pending | pending |
| Maintenance & community (7%) | 69 | 60 |
| Transparency & trust (7%) | 60 | 77 |

| Fact (where they differ) | LiveAgent | Missive API + MCP |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Vendor | Quality Unit, s. r. o. | Missive |
| Hosted endpoint | `https://<account>.ladesk.com/api/v3` | `https://public.missiveapp.com/v1` |
| Transports | HTTP | HTTP, Streamable HTTP |
| Licence | Proprietary service under LiveAgent's Terms and Conditions. The generated Python client on GitHub carries no licence file | Proprietary service under Missive's Terms and Conditions |
| Tools exposed | 31 | none |
| llms.txt | no | yes |
| Last release | 2026-10-07 | 2026-10-08 |
| Terms last updated | no date given | 2024-04-15 |
| Privacy policy last updated | no date given | 2026-03-27 |
| Terms restrict automated access | yes | not found in the text |
| Popularity | 5 stars | none |