# Melius vs Sketch (slim)

> Melius and Sketch score within a point of each other for design canvases, 54.1 and 53.5 out of 100. Prices, MCP, x402, uptime and agent notes side by side.

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Melius and Sketch score within a point of each other on agent readiness, 54.1 (C) and 53.5 (D). Sketch leads on agent ergonomics, payments & pricing and transparency & trust. Both do design canvases.

- Melius: C 54.1, rank #695 of 950 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/melius.min.md
- Sketch: D 53.5, rank #707 of 950 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/sketch.min.md
- Melius, good for An agent producing batches of ad creative, product images or short videos on a shared canvas that people then review, with many models behind one key. Ahead on Reliability, 69 against 53; Schema & documentation, 70 against 64; Security & auth, 43 against 34. Also A hosted endpoint, with nothing to install.
- Sketch, good for A designer or developer at a Mac who wants an agent to inspect, audit, export or edit an open Sketch document, or turn a frame into code. Ahead on Agent ergonomics, 70 against 51; Payments & pricing, 30 against 20; Transparency & trust, 65 against 55. Also No key needed to call it; Runs on your own machine; Free to start without a card.

| Category | Melius | Sketch |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Reliability (16%) | 69 | 53 |
| Performance (10%) | pending | pending |
| Schema & documentation (13%) | 70 | 64 |
| Agent ergonomics (13%) | 51 | 70 |
| Security & auth (14%) | 43 | 34 |
| Payments & pricing (10%) | 20 | 30 |
| Task success (10%) | pending | pending |
| Maintenance & community (7%) | 66 | 65 |
| Transparency & trust (7%) | 55 | 65 |

| Fact (where they differ) | Melius | Sketch |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Kind | HTTP API | MCP server |
| Vendor | Melius AI, Inc. | Sketch B.V. |
| Hosted endpoint | `https://api.melius.com/api/v1` | no (local only) |
| Transports | HTTP, Streamable HTTP | Streamable HTTP, stdio |
| Auth | OAuth or key | None |
| Pricing | Freemium | Paid |
| Licence | Proprietary service under Melius's terms of service. The mel CLI on npm is MIT, with no public source repository found | Proprietary Mac app under Sketch's End User Licence Agreement and Terms of Service. The connector in sketch-hq/agents is MIT and the skills are Apache-2.0 |
| Tools exposed | 75 | 8 |
| Read-only variant documented | no | yes |
| Last release | 2026-09-10 | 2026-09-14 |
| Terms restrict automated access | yes | not found in the text |
| Terms restrict benchmarking | yes | not found in the text |
| Arbitration or class-action waiver | yes | not found in the text |
| Popularity | 9 npm/wk | 97 stars |