# Manatal vs NeverApply (slim)

> NeverApply scores 55.5 (C) to Manatal's 48.1 (D) for recruiting applications. Prices, MCP, x402, uptime and agent notes side by side.

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NeverApply scores 55.5 (C) on agent readiness against Manatal's 48.1 (D), and leads in 5 of 7 scored categories. Manatal leads on reliability. Both do recruiting applications.

- Manatal: D 48.1, rank #1136 of 1513 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/manatal.min.md
- NeverApply: C 55.5, rank #870 of 1513 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/neverapply.min.md
- Manatal, good for Recruitment agencies and companies already on Manatal's Enterprise Plus plan that want an agent to add candidates, create jobs, match candidates to jobs and move them between pipeline stages. Ahead on Reliability, 75 against 45.
- NeverApply, good for Agents helping one job seeker search jobs, explain matches, tailor resumes and send applications the person approves one by one, on that person's own NeverApply account. Ahead on Agent ergonomics, 66 against 43; Security & auth, 66 against 45; Payments & pricing, 45 against 30; Maintenance & community, 50 against 6. Also A hosted endpoint, with nothing to install.

| Category | Manatal | NeverApply |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Reliability (16%) | 75 | 45 |
| Performance (10%) | pending | pending |
| Schema & documentation (13%) | 53 | 57 |
| Agent ergonomics (13%) | 43 | 66 |
| Security & auth (14%) | 45 | 66 |
| Payments & pricing (10%) | 30 | 45 |
| Task success (10%) | pending | pending |
| Maintenance & community (7%) | 6 | 50 |
| Transparency & trust (7%) | 61 | 57 |

| Fact (where they differ) | Manatal | NeverApply |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Kind | HTTP API | Platform |
| Vendor | Manatal | Kasovy LLC |
| Hosted endpoint | no (local only) | `https://neverapply.co/mcp` |
| Transports | HTTP | Streamable HTTP, HTTP |
| Auth | API key | OAuth or key |
| Pricing | Paid | Freemium |
| Price for recruiting applications | not published | $0.19 per transaction |
| Licence | Proprietary service under the Manatal Terms and Conditions | Proprietary hosted service under Kasovy LLC's terms (last updated 18 October 2026, Wyoming law). The public plugin repository of manifests, skills and an icon is MIT, copyright Kasovy LLC |
| Tools exposed | none | 15 |
| MCP registry | not listed | `co.neverapply/neverapply` |
| Last release | 2026-07-06 | 2026-10-31 |
| Terms last updated | no date given | not read yet |
| Privacy policy last updated | no date given | not read yet |
| Customer content may train models | not found in the text | not read yet |
| Terms restrict automated access | yes | not read yet |
| Terms restrict benchmarking | yes | not read yet |
| Terms or service can change without notice | yes | not read yet |
| Arbitration or class-action waiver | not found in the text | not read yet |

Why the edge:
- Maintenance & community, NeverApply +44: Manatal 6 (Findings per the 9 October check, not re-read on 4 November (terms pause).); NeverApply 50 (Closed service.)
- Reliability, Manatal +30: Manatal 75 (Graded on the Open API with the hosted lines.); NeverApply 45 (Hosted reading, for the MCP server at https://neverapply.co/mcp with the Jobs API described.)
- Agent ergonomics, NeverApply +23: Manatal 43 (All findings per the 9 October check, not re-read on 4 November (terms pause).); NeverApply 66 (MCP reading.)
- Security & auth, NeverApply +21: Manatal 45 (Findings per the 9 October check, not re-read on 4 November (terms pause), except the terms, re-read on 4 November.); NeverApply 66 (OAuth 2.1 for the MCP server, public clients with PKCE S256, client ID metadata documents or dynamic registration, a `resource` parameter, refresh tokens and th…)
- Payments & pricing, NeverApply +15: Manatal 30 (All findings per the 9 October check, not re-read on 4 November (terms pause).); NeverApply 45 (No x402, MPP or L402 on the pricing page, llms.txt, auth.md or the MCP page; plans are Stripe subscriptions and the terms say MCP tools perform no financial tra…)