{ "data": { "a": { "slug": "magicbell", "name": "MagicBell", "vendor": "MagicBell, Inc.", "vendorUrl": "https://www.magicbell.com", "kind": "http-api", "category": "notifications", "summary": "MagicBell is a hosted notification service that sends one broadcast to users across an in-app inbox, mobile and web push, email, SMS, Slack and Teams. Agents reach it through a REST API, a CLI and typed clients.", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/magicbell", "markdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/magicbell.md", "slimMarkdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/magicbell.min.md", "jsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/magicbell.json", "repo": "https://github.com/magicbell/magicbell-js", "license": "Proprietary service under MagicBell's terms. The Go client and the CLI are MIT. The JavaScript client carries MagicBell's own Licence Agreement", "transports": [ "http" ], "remoteUrl": "https://api.magicbell.com/v2", "packages": [ { "registry": "npm", "name": "magicbell-js" }, { "registry": "npm", "name": "magicbell-cli" }, { "registry": "go", "name": "github.com/magicbell/magicbell-go" } ], "auth": "api-key", "authNotes": "Self-serve. Every call takes a JWT as a Bearer token. A Project JWT is created in the dashboard under Project Auth with a name and an expiry, is shown once and can be discarded. It covers the whole project (broadcasts, users, integrations, workflows, events). A User JWT is signed by the customer's backend with HS256 from the project's API key and secret key, and covers one user's inbox, channel tokens and preferences. No scopes on either.", "pricing": "freemium", "pricingNotes": "Builder is $0 a month with 1,000 deliveries and one project, so an agent's owner can start without a contract. Startup is $249 a month with 50,000 deliveries and five projects, then $0.0025 a delivery and $99 a month per extra project. Enterprise is custom. A delivery is one notification on one channel for one user. Whether sign-up asks for a card was not checked (https://www.magicbell.com/pricing, checked 2026-10-09).", "priceSummary": "$249 / mo", "where": "hosted", "x402": { "level": "no", "evidence": "No x402, MPP or L402 in the docs, the OpenAPI file or the pricing page (checked 2026-10-09).", "endpoints": [] }, "toolCount": null, "popularity": { "githubStars": 31, "npmWeekly": 48674, "pypiWeekly": null, "asOf": "2026-10-09" }, "docsUrl": "https://www.magicbell.com/docs", "openapi": "https://www.magicbell.com/docs/api/openapi.json", "capabilities": [ "notify.push", "notify.in-app", "notify.multichannel", "notify.preferences" ], "tags": [ "hosted", "freemium", "openapi", "typescript", "go", "swift", "java", "cli", "webhooks", "status-page" ], "lastRelease": "2026-07-29", "graded": true, "anchor": { "graded": true, "score": 58.8, "grade": "C", "agentReady": false, "rank": 572, "ranked": true, "rankOf": 950, "categoryRank": 10, "methodology": "0.4", "run": "2026-10-01", "scores": { "ergonomics": 63, "maintenance": 49, "payments": 35, "reliability": 75, "schema": 68, "security": 50, "transparency": 58 }, "pending": [ "performance", "tasks" ], "assessment": { "confidence": "medium", "date": "2026-10-09" }, "negative": 0, "verdict": "A public OpenAPI 3.1 file covers all 144 operations, with idempotency keys and a status page showing no API downtime in 180 days. No batching or digest step, llms.txt, error code list, SLA or sub-processor list was found, and project tokens carry no scopes.", "bestFor": "A product team that wants an embeddable in-app inbox with push, email, SMS, Slack and Teams behind one broadcast call, and an agent that sends notifications with a project token it was given.", "strengths": [ "OpenAPI 3.1 file with 144 operations, published at `/docs/api/openapi.json` without a login", "`Idempotency-Key` header caches the first response for 24 hours on some endpoints", "Status page shows 100 per cent for the API and dashboard over 180 days to 7 October 2026", "Project tokens are named, take an expiry and can be discarded in the dashboard", "Builder plan at $0 with 1,000 deliveries a month, and overage on Startup at $0.0025 a delivery" ], "weaknesses": [ "No batching or digest step found. Workflows have four commands (broadcast, wait, pause, abort)", "No llms.txt or Markdown docs, and the OpenAPI file documents no error responses", "Project tokens are project-wide with no scopes or read-only mode", "No SLA, SOC 2 or ISO 27001 statement, security.txt or sub-processor list found", "The Trust Centre says data is never sold or shared, while the privacy policy of 2 July 2024 marks account data as sold or shared" ], "agentNotes": [ "Ask the owner for a Project JWT from the dashboard's Project Auth page. The terms forbid accounts registered by automated methods", "Send `Idempotency-Key` with a UUID on `POST /v2/broadcasts`, and reuse it on a retry within 24 hours", "Stay under 500 requests a minute per IP. A 429 blocks the address for 60 seconds, so put many recipients in one broadcast", "Use a Project JWT for broadcasts, users, integrations and workflows, and a User JWT for one user's inbox, tokens and preferences", "Read delivery failures from `GET /v2/events` and the broadcast's `status`, since email, SMS and push go through providers the owner connects" ], "metrics": { "kind": "remote", "measured": false }, "reviewCount": 0, "avgRating": 0, "history": [ { "basis": "public evidence", "confidence": "medium", "grade": "C", "methodology": "0.4", "pending": [ "performance", "tasks" ], "run": "2026-10-01", "runLabel": "October 2026 research run", "score": 58.8 } ], "editorialScores": { "ergonomics": 63, "maintenance": 49, "payments": 35, "reliability": 75, "schema": 68, "security": 50, "transparency": 30 }, "provenanceScore": 86 }, "connect": { "install": "npm install magicbell-js", "http": "curl --request POST \\\n --url 'https://api.magicbell.com/v2/broadcasts' \\\n --header 'content-type: application/json' \\\n --header \"authorization: Bearer $TOKEN\" \\\n --data '{\"title\":\"Build finished\",\"recipients\":[{\"email\":\"test@example.com\"}]}'" }, "letme": { "capability": "https://letme.dev/notify.push", "tool": "https://letme.dev/magicbell" }, "area": "everyday", "unitPrices": [ { "item": "Startup", "unit": "month", "usd": 249, "note": "50,000 deliveries and five projects included" }, { "item": "Startup overage, per delivery", "unit": "message", "usd": 0.0025 }, { "item": "Additional project", "unit": "month", "usd": 99 } ], "provenance": { "legalEntity": "MagicBell, Inc.", "domain": "magicbell.com", "domainRegistered": "2004-04-17", "endpointOnVendorDomain": true, "terms": "https://www.magicbell.com/terms-and-conditions", "privacy": "https://www.magicbell.com/privacy-policy", "statusPage": "https://status.magicbell.com", "changelog": "https://github.com/orgs/magicbell/discussions/categories/changelog", "securityTxt": "none", "checked": "2026-10-09", "notes": [ "The terms and the privacy policy name MagicBell, Inc., 2261 Market Street #4311, San Francisco, California 94114. Both are dated 2 July 2024.", "The terms cover the website, the service and the API in one document, with a short section of API usage terms. They are governed by the law of the place where the owner is based.", "www.magicbell.com/.well-known/security.txt returns 404. The footer's vulnerability disclosure link is a contact form.", "RDAP for magicbell.com gives a registration date of 2004-04-17.", "The changelog is a category of GitHub Discussions, reached from magicbell.to/changelog." ], "score": 86 }, "pageJsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/magicbell.json", "live": { "slug": "magicbell", "probe": { "target": "https://api.magicbell.com/v2", "method": "get", "lastAt": "2026-10-10T02:55:01.073978663Z", "lastOk": true, "lastStatus": 405, "lastMs": 83, "authRequired": false, "uptime24h": 100, "uptime30d": 100, "p50ms24h": 75, "p95ms24h": 146, "samples24h": 199, "samples30d": 199, "days": [ { "date": "2026-10-09", "probes": 169, "ok": 169 }, { "date": "2026-10-10", "probes": 30, "ok": 30 } ] }, "vendorStatus": { "page": "https://status.magicbell.com", "indicator": "unknown", "summary": "no machine-readable status found", "checkedAt": "2026-10-10T00:50:46.758560844Z" }, "versions": [ { "registry": "github", "name": "magicbell/magicbell-js", "version": "magicbell-js@1.8.0", "released": "2026-07-29", "seenAt": "2026-10-09T17:03:21.634893251Z" }, { "registry": "npm", "name": "magicbell-cli", "version": "1.4.0", "seenAt": "2026-10-09T17:03:20.318744385Z" }, { "registry": "npm", "name": "magicbell-js", "version": "1.8.0", "seenAt": "2026-10-09T17:03:19.39275514Z" } ], "githubStars": 31, "npmWeekly": 37252, "securityTxt": { "url": "https://magicbell.com/.well-known/security.txt", "state": "none", "checkedAt": "2026-10-09T15:39:38.125987859Z" }, "pages": [ { "url": "https://www.magicbell.com/pricing", "kind": "pricing", "status": 200, "checkedAt": "2026-10-09T18:51:48.970314458Z", "changedAt": "0001-01-01T00:00:00Z", "fingerprint": "4cd91f59fc38" }, { "url": "https://www.magicbell.com/privacy-policy", "kind": "privacy", "status": 200, "checkedAt": "2026-10-09T18:51:52.097131207Z", "changedAt": "0001-01-01T00:00:00Z", "fingerprint": "bb8aafa9a2a2" }, { "url": "https://www.magicbell.com/terms-and-conditions", "kind": "terms", "status": 200, "checkedAt": "2026-10-09T18:51:53.094681634Z", "changedAt": "0001-01-01T00:00:00Z", "fingerprint": "b24be5d72a74" } ], "updatedAt": "2026-10-10T02:55:01.073978663Z" } }, "answer": "MagicBell scores 58.8 (C) on agent readiness against Pingram's 57.4 (C), and leads in 2 of 7 scored categories. Pingram leads on payments \u0026 pricing and maintenance \u0026 community.", "b": { "slug": "pingram", "name": "Pingram", "vendor": "Pingram", "vendorUrl": "https://www.pingram.io", "kind": "http-api", "category": "notifications", "summary": "Pingram, formerly NotificationAPI, is a hosted messaging API that sends email and SMS and receives replies by webhook. Agents reach it through a REST API, seven server SDKs, a CLI and a hosted MCP server.", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/pingram", "markdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/pingram.md", "slimMarkdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/pingram.min.md", "jsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/pingram.json", "repo": "https://github.com/pingram-io/pingram-go", "license": "Proprietary service under Pingram's terms of service. The Node.js SDK and CLI are MIT on npm. The Go SDK repository has no licence file", "transports": [ "http" ], "remoteUrl": "https://mcp.pingram.io", "packages": [ { "registry": "npm", "name": "pingram" }, { "registry": "npm", "name": "pingram-cli" }, { "registry": "go", "name": "github.com/pingram-io/pingram-go" } ], "auth": "mixed", "authNotes": "Self-serve. REST calls to `https://api.pingram.io` take an API key as `Authorization: Bearer`. Keys are created in the dashboard or through `POST /keys`, are secret or public, can be tied to one environment and can be revoked. The API reference also lists Basic schemes for client credentials and end users. The hosted MCP server uses OAuth sign-in with the dashboard account (email, Google or Microsoft) and has that user's access on every account they belong to. No scopes were found.", "pricing": "freemium", "pricingNotes": "Free tier of 3,000 emails and 100 SMS a month with one local number, no card, so an agent's owner can start without a contract. Paid plans are monthly budgets from $20 to $1,000 drawn down at per-message rates, $0.0005 an email and SMS by country ($0.0100 a segment to the United States). Unused balance does not roll over. Enterprise add-on from $800 a month (https://www.pingram.io/pricing).", "priceSummary": "$20 / mo", "where": "hosted", "x402": { "level": "no", "evidence": "No x402, MPP or L402 in the docs, the pricing page, llms.txt or the API reference (checked 2026-10-09).", "endpoints": [] }, "toolCount": null, "popularity": { "githubStars": 1, "npmWeekly": 12699, "pypiWeekly": null, "asOf": "2026-10-09" }, "docsUrl": "https://www.pingram.io/docs", "llmsTxt": "https://www.pingram.io/llms.txt", "registryName": "io.pingram/mcp", "capabilities": [ "notify.multichannel", "notify.push", "notify.in-app", "email.send", "email.inbound", "email.domains", "messaging.sms", "messaging.mms", "messaging.inbound" ], "tags": [ "hosted", "freemium", "mcp", "oauth", "llms-txt", "typescript", "python", "go", "webhooks", "status-page", "soc2" ], "lastRelease": "2026-10-08", "graded": true, "anchor": { "graded": true, "score": 57.4, "grade": "C", "agentReady": false, "rank": 611, "ranked": true, "rankOf": 950, "categoryRank": 11, "methodology": "0.4", "run": "2026-10-01", "scores": { "ergonomics": 67, "maintenance": 81, "payments": 40, "reliability": 58, "schema": 69, "security": 51, "transparency": 54 }, "pending": [ "performance", "tasks" ], "assessment": { "confidence": "medium", "date": "2026-10-09" }, "negative": -2, "negativeNotes": [ "2026-10-09. `llms.txt` and `llms-full.txt`, the files Pingram publishes for AI systems, give the paid plan as from $9 a month, while the pricing page's lowest paid budget is $20. `llms.txt` also links the API reference at an address that answers 403 (https://www.pingram.io/llms.txt, https://www.pingram.io/pricing). 2 points." ], "verdict": "Email and SMS go out through one REST call with built-in delivery, per-message prices are public and the free tier needs no card. No rate limits or idempotency keys were found in the reviewed documentation, and the MCP connector acts with the signed-in user's whole account.", "bestFor": "An agent that needs to send transactional email and SMS and read replies through one account without separate carrier or SMTP providers.", "strengths": [ "Email costs $0.0005 a message and SMS is priced per country on a public page, with a free tier of 3,000 emails and 100 SMS a month and no card", "Hosted MCP server at `https://mcp.pingram.io` with OAuth sign-in and regional hosts for Canada and the EU, listed in the official MCP registry", "Error responses carry a `trackingId` and an `error` object with `code`, `message` and an optional `fix` hint", "A dated changelog with a JSON feed shows more than 25 entries between 16 September and 7 October 2026", "security.txt valid to 13 September 2027 and a vulnerability disclosure policy with safe harbour, dated 14 September 2026" ], "weaknesses": [ "The terms of service forbid using the service for benchmarking. This matters before any probe is run", "No request rate limits, 429 handling or idempotency key for sends were found in the reviewed documentation", "The MCP connector has the signed-in user's access across every account they belong to, with no scopes or read-only mode found", "`llms.txt` gives a paid plan from $9 a month and links an API reference address that answers 403. The pricing page starts paid plans at $20", "RBAC, SAML and internal audit logs are sold only in the Enterprise add-on, which starts at $800 a month" ], "agentNotes": [ "Use the API host for the account's region. The key and region (`us`, `eu` or `ca`) come from the API Keys page in the dashboard", "Keep the `trackingId` from each send and check Logs before retrying. No idempotency key was found, so a blind retry can send twice", "Pass `accountId` on MCP tools when the user belongs to several accounts. Without it the tools use the earliest account joined", "Create broadcasts as drafts only. Pingram's own skill says a person must send a broadcast from the dashboard", "Expect 402 when the monthly budget is spent. Unused balance does not roll over" ], "metrics": { "kind": "remote", "measured": false }, "reviewCount": 0, "avgRating": 0, "history": [ { "basis": "public evidence", "confidence": "medium", "grade": "C", "methodology": "0.4", "pending": [ "performance", "tasks" ], "run": "2026-10-01", "runLabel": "October 2026 research run", "score": 57.4 } ], "editorialScores": { "ergonomics": 67, "maintenance": 81, "payments": 40, "reliability": 58, "schema": 69, "security": 51, "transparency": 47 }, "provenanceScore": 60 }, "connect": { "install": "npm install pingram", "http": "curl -X POST https://api.pingram.io/email \\\n -H \"Authorization: Bearer $PINGRAM_API_KEY\" -H \"Content-Type: application/json\" \\\n -d '{\"type\":\"welcome\",\"to\":\"user@example.com\",\"subject\":\"Welcome\",\"html\":\"\u003cp\u003eHello\u003c/p\u003e\"}'", "config": { "mcpServers": { "pingram": { "url": "https://mcp.pingram.io" } } } }, "letme": { "capability": "https://letme.dev/notify.multichannel", "tool": "https://letme.dev/pingram" }, "area": "everyday", "unitPrices": [ { "item": "Email", "unit": "1k-emails", "usd": 0.5 }, { "item": "SMS to the United States", "unit": "message", "usd": 0.01, "note": "per segment, carrier fee included" }, { "item": "SMS to Canada", "unit": "message", "usd": 0.015, "note": "per segment, carrier fee included" }, { "item": "Lowest paid budget", "unit": "month", "usd": 20, "note": "about 2,000 US SMS or 40,000 emails" }, { "item": "Extra local phone number", "unit": "month", "usd": 0.5 }, { "item": "Enterprise add-on", "unit": "month", "usd": 800, "note": "starting price, on top of a paid budget" } ], "provenance": { "legalEntity": "", "domain": "pingram.io", "domainRegistered": "", "endpointOnVendorDomain": true, "terms": "https://www.pingram.io/terms-of-service", "privacy": "https://www.pingram.io/privacy-policy", "statusPage": "https://status.pingram.io", "changelog": "https://www.pingram.io/changelog", "securityTxt": "valid", "checked": "2026-10-09", "notes": [ "No legal entity is named. The terms, privacy policy and footer say Pingram or Pingram™, at 170 Water St., #0200, St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.", "The terms (last updated 16 April 2025) cover the website, APIs and related services, and are governed by the law of Newfoundland and Labrador.", "The API answers at api.pingram.io and the MCP server at mcp.pingram.io, both on the vendor's domain.", "security.txt names security@pingram.io and expires on 13 September 2027.", "RDAP for pingram.io answered 404 through rdap.org, so no registration date is recorded." ], "score": 60 }, "pageJsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/pingram.json", "live": { "slug": "pingram", "probe": { "target": "https://mcp.pingram.io", "method": "get", "lastAt": "2026-10-10T02:55:05.848716892Z", "lastOk": true, "lastStatus": 401, "lastMs": 331, "lastNote": "asks for credentials", "authRequired": true, "uptime24h": 100, "uptime30d": 100, "p50ms24h": 305, "p95ms24h": 883, "samples24h": 115, "samples30d": 115, "days": [ { "date": "2026-10-09", "probes": 85, "ok": 85 }, { "date": "2026-10-10", "probes": 30, "ok": 30 } ] }, "vendorStatus": { "page": "https://status.pingram.io", "indicator": "none", "summary": "All Systems Operational", "checkedAt": "2026-10-10T02:50:42.686518356Z" }, "versions": [ { "registry": "npm", "name": "pingram", "version": "1.0.38", "seenAt": "2026-10-09T17:13:00.934046118Z" }, { "registry": "npm", "name": "pingram-cli", "version": "1.0.20", "seenAt": "2026-10-09T17:13:01.370409108Z" } ], "githubStars": 1, "npmWeekly": 12699, "pages": [ { "url": "https://www.pingram.io/changelog", "kind": "changelog", "status": 200, "checkedAt": "2026-10-09T18:53:04.217531365Z", "changedAt": "0001-01-01T00:00:00Z", "fingerprint": "3ff49dfdb708" }, { "url": "https://www.pingram.io/pricing", "kind": "pricing", "status": 200, "checkedAt": "2026-10-09T18:53:06.703182666Z", "changedAt": "0001-01-01T00:00:00Z", "fingerprint": "c41e8c804eec" }, { "url": "https://www.pingram.io/privacy-policy", "kind": "privacy", "status": 200, "checkedAt": "2026-10-09T18:53:08.791743628Z", "changedAt": "0001-01-01T00:00:00Z", "fingerprint": "253bc47822ca" }, { "url": "https://www.pingram.io/terms-of-service", "kind": "terms", "status": 200, "checkedAt": "2026-10-09T18:53:10.238064171Z", "changedAt": "0001-01-01T00:00:00Z", "fingerprint": "bf1565dd261f" } ], "updatedAt": "2026-10-10T02:55:05.848716892Z" } }, "facts": [ { "a": "HTTP API", "b": "HTTP API", "name": "Kind" }, { "a": "MagicBell, Inc.", "b": "Pingram", "name": "Vendor" }, { "a": "https://api.magicbell.com/v2", "b": "https://mcp.pingram.io", "name": "Hosted endpoint" }, { "a": "HTTP", "b": "HTTP", "name": "Transports" }, { "a": "API key", "b": "OAuth or key", "name": "Auth" }, { "a": "Freemium", "b": "Freemium", "name": "Pricing" }, { "a": "no", "b": "no", "name": "x402" }, { "a": "Proprietary service under MagicBell's terms. The Go client and the CLI are MIT. The JavaScript client carries MagicBell's own Licence Agreement", "b": "Proprietary service under Pingram's terms of service. The Node.js SDK and CLI are MIT on npm. The Go SDK repository has no licence file", "name": "Licence" }, { "a": "no", "b": "no", "name": "Read-only variant documented" }, { "a": "no", "b": "yes", "name": "llms.txt" }, { "a": "not listed", "b": "io.pingram/mcp", "name": "MCP registry" }, { "a": "2026-07-29", "b": "2026-10-08", "name": "Last release" }, { "a": "no date given", "b": "2025-04-16", "name": "Terms last updated" }, { "a": "no date given", "b": "2025-04-16", "name": "Privacy policy last updated" }, { "a": "not found in the text", "b": "not found in the text", "name": "Customer content may train models" }, { "a": "yes", "b": "not found in the text", "name": "Terms restrict automated access" }, { "a": "not found in the text", "b": "yes", "name": "Terms restrict benchmarking" }, { "a": "not found in the text", "b": "yes", "name": "Terms or service can change without notice" }, { "a": "not found in the text", "b": "not found in the text", "name": "Arbitration or class-action waiver" }, { "a": "31 stars, 49k npm/wk", "b": "1 stars, 13k npm/wk", "name": "Popularity" } ], "faq": [ { "answer": "MagicBell scores 58.8 (C) on agent readiness against Pingram's 57.4 (C), and leads in 2 of 7 scored categories. Pingram leads on payments \u0026 pricing and maintenance \u0026 community.", "question": "Which is better for AI agents, MagicBell or Pingram?" }, { "answer": "MagicBell needs an API key. Pingram takes an API key or an OAuth sign-in.", "question": "Do MagicBell and Pingram need an API key?" }, { "answer": "Yes. MagicBell has a hosted endpoint at https://api.magicbell.com/v2 and Pingram at https://mcp.pingram.io.", "question": "Can an agent call MagicBell and Pingram without installing anything?" } ], "goodFor": [ { "aheadOn": [ "Reliability, 75 against 58" ], "also": null, "goodFor": "A product team that wants an embeddable in-app inbox with push, email, SMS, Slack and Teams behind one broadcast call, and an agent that sends notifications with a project token it was given.", "slug": "magicbell", "watchFor": "No batching or digest step found. Workflows have four commands (broadcast, wait, pause, abort)" }, { "aheadOn": [ "Payments \u0026 pricing, 40 against 35", "Maintenance \u0026 community, 81 against 49" ], "also": null, "goodFor": "An agent that needs to send transactional email and SMS and read replies through one account without separate carrier or SMTP providers.", "slug": "pingram", "watchFor": "The terms of service forbid using the service for benchmarking. This matters before any probe is run" } ], "job": { "capability": "notify.push", "name": "Push notifications" }, "others": [ { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/amazon-sns-vs-magicbell.json", "title": "Amazon SNS vs MagicBell", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/amazon-sns-vs-magicbell" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/amazon-sns-vs-pingram.json", "title": "Amazon SNS vs Pingram", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/amazon-sns-vs-pingram" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/courier-vs-magicbell.json", "title": "Courier vs MagicBell", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/courier-vs-magicbell" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/courier-vs-pingram.json", "title": "Courier vs Pingram", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/courier-vs-pingram" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/expo-push-notifications-vs-magicbell.json", "title": "Expo Push Notifications vs MagicBell", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/expo-push-notifications-vs-magicbell" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/expo-push-notifications-vs-pingram.json", "title": "Expo Push Notifications vs Pingram", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/expo-push-notifications-vs-pingram" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/firebase-cloud-messaging-vs-magicbell.json", "title": "Firebase Cloud Messaging vs MagicBell", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/firebase-cloud-messaging-vs-magicbell" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/firebase-cloud-messaging-vs-pingram.json", "title": "Firebase Cloud Messaging vs Pingram", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/firebase-cloud-messaging-vs-pingram" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/knock-vs-magicbell.json", "title": "Knock vs MagicBell", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/knock-vs-magicbell" }, { "json": 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"url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/magicbell-vs-suprsend" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/novu-vs-pingram.json", "title": "Novu vs Pingram", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/novu-vs-pingram" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/ntfy-vs-pingram.json", "title": "ntfy vs Pingram", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/ntfy-vs-pingram" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/onesignal-vs-pingram.json", "title": "OneSignal vs Pingram", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/onesignal-vs-pingram" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/pingram-vs-pushover.json", "title": "Pingram vs Pushover", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/pingram-vs-pushover" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/pingram-vs-suprsend.json", "title": "Pingram vs SuprSend", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/pingram-vs-suprsend" } ], "scores": [ { "by": 17, "edge": "magicbell", "key": "reliability", "magicbell": 75, "name": "Reliability", "pingram": 58, "weight": 16 }, { "key": "performance", "name": "Performance", "pending": true, "weight": 10 }, { "by": 1, "edge": "pingram", "key": "schema", "magicbell": 68, "name": "Schema \u0026 documentation", "pingram": 69, "weight": 13 }, { "by": 4, "edge": "pingram", "key": "ergonomics", "magicbell": 63, "name": "Agent ergonomics", "pingram": 67, "weight": 13 }, { "by": 1, "edge": "pingram", "key": "security", "magicbell": 50, "name": "Security \u0026 auth", "pingram": 51, "weight": 14 }, { "by": 5, "edge": "pingram", "key": "payments", "magicbell": 35, "name": "Payments \u0026 pricing", "pingram": 40, "weight": 10 }, { "key": "tasks", "name": "Task success", "pending": true, "weight": 10 }, { "by": 32, "edge": "pingram", "key": "maintenance", "magicbell": 49, "name": "Maintenance \u0026 community", "pingram": 81, "weight": 7 }, { "by": 4, "edge": "magicbell", "key": "transparency", "magicbell": 58, "name": "Transparency \u0026 trust", "pingram": 54, "weight": 7 } ], "summary": "MagicBell scores 58.8 (C) on agent readiness against Pingram's 57.4 (C), and leads in 2 of 7 scored categories. Pingram leads on payments \u0026 pricing and maintenance \u0026 community. Both do push notifications.", "verdicts": { "magicbell": "A public OpenAPI 3.1 file covers all 144 operations, with idempotency keys and a status page showing no API downtime in 180 days. No batching or digest step, llms.txt, error code list, SLA or sub-processor list was found, and project tokens carry no scopes.", "pingram": "Email and SMS go out through one REST call with built-in delivery, per-message prices are public and the free tier needs no card. No rate limits or idempotency keys were found in the reviewed documentation, and the MCP connector acts with the signed-in user's whole account." } }, "kind": "anchor.page", "links": { "api": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/index.json", "html": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/magicbell-vs-pingram", "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/magicbell-vs-pingram.json", "llms": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/llms.txt", "markdown": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/magicbell-vs-pingram.md", "slim": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/magicbell-vs-pingram.min.md" }, "markdown": "MagicBell scores 58.8 (C) on agent readiness against Pingram's 57.4 (C), and leads in 2 of 7 scored categories. Pingram leads on payments \u0026 pricing and maintenance \u0026 community. Both do push notifications.\n\n- MagicBell: grade C, 58.8/100, rank #572 of 950. Markdown https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/magicbell.md · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/magicbell.json\n- Pingram: grade C, 57.4/100, rank #611 of 950. Markdown https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/pingram.md · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/pingram.json\n- Best notification APIs for AI agents: https://www.anchorterminal.com/best/notifications/index.md\n- All 66 notifications comparisons: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/notifications/index.md\n\n## Which one, for what\n\n### MagicBell (C)\n\nGood for: A product team that wants an embeddable in-app inbox with push, email, SMS, Slack and Teams behind one broadcast call, and an agent that sends notifications with a project token it was given.\n\nAhead on:\n- Reliability, 75 against 58\n\nWatch for: No batching or digest step found. Workflows have four commands (broadcast, wait, pause, abort)\n\n### Pingram (C)\n\nGood for: An agent that needs to send transactional email and SMS and read replies through one account without separate carrier or SMTP providers.\n\nAhead on:\n- Payments \u0026 pricing, 40 against 35\n- Maintenance \u0026 community, 81 against 49\n\nWatch for: The terms of service forbid using the service for benchmarking. This matters before any probe is run\n\n\n## Score by category\n\n| Category | Weight | MagicBell | Pingram | Edge |\n| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |\n| Reliability | 16% (20 this run) | 75 | 58 | MagicBell +17 |\n| Performance | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |\n| Schema \u0026 documentation | 13% (16.2 this run) | 68 | 69 | Pingram +1 |\n| Agent ergonomics | 13% (16.2 this run) | 63 | 67 | Pingram +4 |\n| Security \u0026 auth | 14% (17.5 this run) | 50 | 51 | Pingram +1 |\n| Payments \u0026 pricing | 10% (12.5 this run) | 35 | 40 | Pingram +5 |\n| Task success | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |\n| Maintenance \u0026 community | 7% (8.8 this run) | 49 | 81 | Pingram +32 |\n| Transparency \u0026 trust | 7% (8.8 this run) | 58 | 54 | MagicBell +4 |\n| Negative events | ≤15 | 0 | -2 | |\n| **Total** | | **58.8 · C** | **57.4 · C** | |\n\n## Facts side by side\n\n| Fact | MagicBell | Pingram |\n| --- | --- | --- |\n| Kind | HTTP API | HTTP API |\n| Vendor | MagicBell, Inc. | Pingram |\n| Hosted endpoint | `https://api.magicbell.com/v2` | `https://mcp.pingram.io` |\n| Transports | HTTP | HTTP |\n| Auth | API key | OAuth or key |\n| Pricing | Freemium | Freemium |\n| x402 | no | no |\n| Licence | Proprietary service under MagicBell's terms. The Go client and the CLI are MIT. The JavaScript client carries MagicBell's own Licence Agreement | Proprietary service under Pingram's terms of service. The Node.js SDK and CLI are MIT on npm. The Go SDK repository has no licence file |\n| Read-only variant documented | no | no |\n| llms.txt | no | yes |\n| MCP registry | not listed | `io.pingram/mcp` |\n| Last release | 2026-07-29 | 2026-10-08 |\n| Terms last updated | no date given | 2025-04-16 |\n| Privacy policy last updated | no date given | 2025-04-16 |\n| Customer content may train models | not found in the text | not found in the text |\n| Terms restrict automated access | yes | not found in the text |\n| Terms restrict benchmarking | not found in the text | yes |\n| Terms or service can change without notice | not found in the text | yes |\n| Arbitration or class-action waiver | not found in the text | not found in the text |\n| Popularity | 31 stars, 49k npm/wk | 1 stars, 13k npm/wk |\n\n## Verdicts\n\n**MagicBell.** A public OpenAPI 3.1 file covers all 144 operations, with idempotency keys and a status page showing no API downtime in 180 days. No batching or digest step, llms.txt, error code list, SLA or sub-processor list was found, and project tokens carry no scopes.\n\n**Pingram.** Email and SMS go out through one REST call with built-in delivery, per-message prices are public and the free tier needs no card. No rate limits or idempotency keys were found in the reviewed documentation, and the MCP connector acts with the signed-in user's whole account.\n\n## Before you call either\n\n### MagicBell\n\n1. Ask the owner for a Project JWT from the dashboard's Project Auth page. The terms forbid accounts registered by automated methods\n2. Send `Idempotency-Key` with a UUID on `POST /v2/broadcasts`, and reuse it on a retry within 24 hours\n3. Stay under 500 requests a minute per IP. A 429 blocks the address for 60 seconds, so put many recipients in one broadcast\n4. Use a Project JWT for broadcasts, users, integrations and workflows, and a User JWT for one user's inbox, tokens and preferences\n5. Read delivery failures from `GET /v2/events` and the broadcast's `status`, since email, SMS and push go through providers the owner connects\n\n### Pingram\n\n1. Use the API host for the account's region. The key and region (`us`, `eu` or `ca`) come from the API Keys page in the dashboard\n2. Keep the `trackingId` from each send and check Logs before retrying. No idempotency key was found, so a blind retry can send twice\n3. Pass `accountId` on MCP tools when the user belongs to several accounts. Without it the tools use the earliest account joined\n4. Create broadcasts as drafts only. Pingram's own skill says a person must send a broadcast from the dashboard\n5. Expect 402 when the monthly budget is spent. Unused balance does not roll over\n\n## Questions\n\n### Which is better for AI agents, MagicBell or Pingram?\n\nMagicBell scores 58.8 (C) on agent readiness against Pingram's 57.4 (C), and leads in 2 of 7 scored categories. 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