# Medblocks vs Metriport Medical API (slim)

> Medblocks scores 52.7 (D) to Metriport Medical's 50.1 (D) for patient record retrieval. Prices, MCP, x402, uptime and agent notes side by side.

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Medblocks scores 52.7 (D) on agent readiness against Metriport Medical API's 50.1 (D), and leads in 3 of 7 scored categories. Metriport Medical API leads on reliability, maintenance & community and transparency & trust. Both do patient record retrieval.

- Medblocks: D 52.7, rank #773 of 1076 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/medblocks.min.md
- Metriport Medical API: D 50.1, rank #833 of 1076 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/metriport.min.md
- Medblocks, good for A consumer or care app, or an assistant, that needs a patient's own records from US hospitals and payers with the patient's consent, and wants an MCP route as well as REST. Ahead on Security & auth, 67 against 41; Payments & pricing, 25 against 5. Also A hosted endpoint, with nothing to install.
- Metriport Medical API, good for US care providers and digital health companies that need a patient's network records as FHIR with webhooks. Ahead on Reliability, 45 against 28; Maintenance & community, 74 against 69; Transparency & trust, 56 against 51. Also Open source.

| Category | Medblocks | Metriport Medical API |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Reliability (16%) | 28 | 45 |
| Performance (10%) | pending | pending |
| Schema & documentation (13%) | 62 | 65 |
| Agent ergonomics (13%) | 72 | 70 |
| Security & auth (14%) | 67 | 41 |
| Payments & pricing (10%) | 25 | 5 |
| Task success (10%) | pending | pending |
| Maintenance & community (7%) | 69 | 74 |
| Transparency & trust (7%) | 51 | 56 |

| Fact (where they differ) | Medblocks | Metriport Medical API |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Vendor | Medblocks Inc. | Metriport Inc. |
| Hosted endpoint | `https://app.medblocks.com/mcp` | no (local only) |
| Transports | HTTP, Streamable HTTP | HTTP |
| Auth | OAuth or key | API key |
| Pricing | Freemium | Paid |
| Licence | Proprietary service under Medblocks' terms. The medblocks TypeScript SDK on npm carries a proprietary licence that forbids redistribution and reverse engineering. The agent skills repository has no licence file | Proprietary hosted service under Metriport's terms of use. The source in metriport/metriport is AGPLv3, with an enterprise directory under its own licence, and the @metriport/api-sdk package on npm is MIT |
| Tools exposed | 10 | none |
| Last release | 2026-09-14 | 2026-09-28 |
| Terms last updated | 2026-10-05 | 2024-01-01 |
| Privacy policy last updated | 2026-10-05 | 2023-02-21 |
| Arbitration or class-action waiver | not found in the text | yes |
| Popularity | 36 npm/wk | 793 stars, 28k npm/wk |