{ "data": { "a": { "slug": "metricool", "name": "Metricool API + MCP", "vendor": "Metricool", "vendorUrl": "https://metricool.com", "kind": "http-api", "category": "social-media", "summary": "Analytics-first social suite with a large REST API (553 paths) and a hosted OAuth MCP server.", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/metricool", "markdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/metricool.md", "slimMarkdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/metricool.min.md", "jsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/metricool.json", "transports": [ "http", "streamable-http" ], "remoteUrl": "https://app.metricool.com/api", "packages": [ { "registry": "pypi", "name": "mcp-metricool" } ], "auth": "mixed", "authNotes": "REST API takes the account token in the X-Mc-Auth header plus userId and blogId parameters on every call. The hosted MCP uses OAuth. The older local PyPI server reads METRICOOL_USER_TOKEN and METRICOOL_USER_ID and needs API access.", "pricing": "freemium", "pricingNotes": "Free plan for 1 brand with 20 scheduled posts, 30 days of analytics and the MCP, no LinkedIn or X. Starter $25 a month for 5 brands or $45 for 10 ($20 and $36 billed yearly). REST API only on Advanced, $67 a month for 15 brands, $107 for 25, $210 for 50 ($53, $85 and $159 billed yearly). X accounts $10 a month each on top. Euro prices differ (https://metricool.com/pricing/).", "priceSummary": "$25 / mo", "where": "hosted", "x402": { "level": "no", "evidence": "No x402 or per-call payment in the API docs, help centre or pricing (checked 2026-09-30).", "endpoints": [] }, "toolCount": null, "popularity": { "githubStars": null, "npmWeekly": null, "pypiWeekly": 424, "asOf": "2026-09-30" }, "docsUrl": "https://app.metricool.com/resources/apidocs/index.html", "llmsTxt": "https://help.metricool.com/llms.txt", "openapi": "https://app.metricool.com/api/swagger.json", "capabilities": [ "social.post", "social.schedule", "social.analytics", "social.media-upload" ], "tags": [ "hosted", "freemium", "free-tier", "mcp", "openapi", "llms-txt", "python", "closed-source" ], "lastRelease": "2025-10-07", "graded": true, "anchor": { "graded": true, "score": 38.3, "grade": "E", "agentReady": false, "rank": 921, "ranked": true, "rankOf": 950, "categoryRank": 14, "methodology": "0.4", "run": "2026-10-01", "scores": { "ergonomics": 39, "maintenance": 6, "payments": 30, "reliability": 35, "schema": 56, "security": 48, "transparency": 59 }, "pending": [ "performance", "tasks" ], "assessment": { "confidence": "low", "date": "2026-10-01" }, "negative": -2, "negativeNotes": [ "2026-10-01. The help centre says the Metricool MCP server is public at metricool/mcp-metricool on GitHub. That repo returned 404 on 30 September and asked for credentials on 1 and 2 October, and the metricool organisation page lists one public repository, a fork of modelcontextprotocol/servers. The open-source claim doesn't hold for readers. -2 (https://help.metricool.com/faqs-about-the-metricool-mcp-1i3w0, https://github.com/metricool)" ], "verdict": "Hosted MCP with OAuth and separate mcp:read and mcp:write scopes, on every plan including Free. REST API only on Advanced ($67 a month) and Custom.", "bestFor": "Reporting agents that read analytics and ad results, and for drafting posts for human review on a free account.", "strengths": [ "Hosted MCP with OAuth and separate mcp:read and mcp:write scopes, on every plan including Free", "Six hosted MCP tools per the help centre, four that read and two that write", "OpenAPI spec covering 553 paths, per the 30 September check", "Analytics across organic networks and Meta, Google and TikTok ad accounts, with all data on EU servers per the privacy policy", "The REST token can be regenerated in settings, which cuts off the old one at once" ], "weaknesses": [ "REST API only on Advanced ($67 a month) and Custom", "No published rate limits, 429 guidance or API changelog", "Three values on every REST call (the X-Mc-Auth token, userId and blogId)", "PyPI MCP package still at 1.1.9 from 7 October 2025, and the GitHub repo the help centre names isn't public", "No security disclosure route or certification found" ], "agentNotes": [ "Connect the hosted MCP at https://ai.metricool.com/mcp with OAuth, and ask only for mcp:read when the job is reporting", "Call admin/simpleProfiles with your userId to list brands and their blogId values", "Normalise media through `actions/normalize/image/url` first, or the post goes out without it", "Give publicationDate a dateTime and an IANA timezone, in the future", "Back off on your own, since no rate limits or Retry-After are documented" ], "metrics": { "kind": "remote", "measured": false }, "reviewCount": 2, "avgRating": 2.5, "history": [ { "basis": "public evidence", "confidence": "low", "grade": "E", "methodology": "0.4", "pending": [ "performance", "tasks" ], "run": "2026-10-01", "runLabel": "October 2026 research run", "score": 38.3 } ], "editorialScores": { "ergonomics": 39, "maintenance": 6, "payments": 30, "reliability": 35, "schema": 56, "security": 48, "transparency": 47 }, "provenanceScore": 71 }, "connect": { "http": "curl \"https://app.metricool.com/api/admin/simpleProfiles?userId=$METRICOOL_USER_ID\" -H \"X-Mc-Auth: $METRICOOL_API_TOKEN\"", "claudeCode": "claude mcp add --transport http metricool https://ai.metricool.com/mcp", "config": { "mcpServers": { "metricool": { "type": "http", "url": "https://ai.metricool.com/mcp" } } } }, "letme": { "capability": "https://letme.dev/social.post", "tool": "https://letme.dev/metricool" }, "area": "communication", "unitPrices": [ { "item": "Starter", "unit": "month", "usd": 25, "note": "5 brands, no REST API. $20 a month billed yearly" }, { "item": "Advanced", "unit": "month", "usd": 67, "note": "15 brands, cheapest plan with the REST API. $53 a month billed yearly" }, { "item": "Advanced 25", "unit": "month", "usd": 107, "note": "25 brands. $85 a month billed yearly" }, { "item": "Advanced 50", "unit": "month", "usd": 210, "note": "50 brands. $159 a month billed yearly" } ], "provenance": { "legalEntity": "METRICOOL SOFTWARE, SL", "domain": "metricool.com", "domainRegistered": "2015-04-04", "endpointOnVendorDomain": true, "terms": "https://metricool.com/legal-terms/", "privacy": "https://metricool.com/privacy-policy/", "statusPage": "https://status.metricool.com/", "changelog": "", "securityTxt": "none", "checked": "2026-09-30", "notes": [ "The terms name METRICOOL SOFTWARE, SL of Madrid, NIF B87527115." ], "score": 71 }, "pageJsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/metricool.json", "live": { "slug": "metricool", "probe": { "target": "https://app.metricool.com/api", "method": "get", "lastAt": "2026-10-10T03:53:34.520957913Z", "lastOk": true, "lastStatus": 200, "lastMs": 65, "authRequired": false, "uptime24h": 100, "uptime30d": 99.96, "p50ms24h": 67, "p95ms24h": 192, "samples24h": 249, "samples30d": 2476, "days": [ { "date": "2026-09-30", "probes": 35, "ok": 35 }, { "date": "2026-10-01", "probes": 276, "ok": 276 }, { "date": "2026-10-02", "probes": 248, "ok": 248 }, { "date": "2026-10-03", "probes": 271, "ok": 271 }, { "date": "2026-10-04", "probes": 272, "ok": 272 }, { "date": "2026-10-05", "probes": 272, "ok": 271 }, { "date": "2026-10-06", "probes": 272, "ok": 272 }, { "date": "2026-10-07", "probes": 272, "ok": 272 }, { "date": "2026-10-08", "probes": 268, "ok": 268 }, { "date": "2026-10-09", "probes": 250, "ok": 250 }, { "date": "2026-10-10", "probes": 40, "ok": 40 } ] }, "vendorStatus": { "page": "https://status.metricool.com", "indicator": "unknown", "summary": "no machine-readable status found", "checkedAt": "2026-10-10T00:50:48.206895536Z" }, "versions": [ { "registry": "pypi", "name": "mcp-metricool", "version": "1.1.9", "released": "2025-10-07", "seenAt": "2026-10-09T17:05:16.620791371Z" } ], "pypiWeekly": 471, "securityTxt": { "url": "https://metricool.com/.well-known/security.txt", "state": "none", "checkedAt": "2026-10-09T15:39:28.786743739Z" }, "llmsTxt": { "url": "https://help.metricool.com/llms.txt", "ok": true, "status": 200, "checkedAt": "2026-10-09T14:02:17.893548167Z" }, "domain": { "domain": "metricool.com", "registered": "2015-04-04", "source": "https://rdap.verisign.com/com/v1/domain/metricool.com", "checkedAt": "2026-10-04T13:09:19.936087655Z" }, "pages": [ { "url": "https://metricool.com/pricing/", "kind": "pricing", "status": 200, "checkedAt": "2026-10-09T18:42:03.870705022Z", "changedAt": "2026-10-09T18:42:03.870705022Z", "fingerprint": "f0879ef663d8" }, { "url": "https://metricool.com/privacy-policy/", "kind": "privacy", "status": 200, "checkedAt": "2026-10-09T18:42:05.672499338Z", "changedAt": "2026-10-09T18:42:05.672499338Z", "fingerprint": "951672c81eca" }, { "url": "https://metricool.com/legal-terms/", "kind": "terms", "status": 200, "checkedAt": "2026-10-09T18:42:01.523775667Z", "changedAt": "2026-10-09T18:42:01.523775667Z", "fingerprint": "54627c461693" } ], "updatedAt": "2026-10-10T03:53:34.520957913Z" } }, "answer": "Sprout Social API scores 54.7 (C) on agent readiness against Metricool API + MCP's 38.3 (E), and leads in 5 of 7 scored categories. Metricool API + MCP leads on schema \u0026 documentation and payments \u0026 pricing.", "b": { "slug": "sprout-social", "name": "Sprout Social API", "vendor": "Sprout Social, Inc.", "vendorUrl": "https://sproutsocial.com", "kind": "http-api", "category": "social-media", "summary": "Sprout Social is a social media management suite. Its REST API reads profile and post analytics, inbox messages, listening topics and cases for connected profiles, and creates draft posts with media, on plans that include API access.", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/sprout-social", "markdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/sprout-social.md", "slimMarkdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/sprout-social.min.md", "jsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/sprout-social.json", "license": "Proprietary service under the Sprout Social Developer Terms and Terms of Service", "transports": [ "http" ], "remoteUrl": "https://api.sproutsocial.com", "packages": [], "auth": "mixed", "authNotes": "Access needs a Sprout account on a plan with API access, a user holding the API Permissions permission, and acceptance of the API terms on the API page of Settings. That user then creates an OAuth client or an API token in the same page, with no review by Sprout described. OAuth 2.0 is the recommended route. A client ID and secret are exchanged at identity.sproutsocial.com for a short-lived JWT with the client credentials grant and `scope=organization_id`, or a user-based flow signs a Sprout user in. API tokens are named and can be invalidated. Either credential goes in the `Authorization: Bearer` header. No per-endpoint scopes are documented.", "pricing": "paid", "pricingNotes": "The Sprout API is listed on the Advanced plan at $399 per seat a month and on Enterprise (custom price). Standard is $199 and Professional $299 per seat a month, without the API. The page shows these prices beside an annual billing note. A 30-day trial needs no credit card. Whether the trial includes API access was not established, and there is no sandbox or per-call price (https://sproutsocial.com/pricing/, checked 2026-10-09).", "priceSummary": "$399 / seat-mo", "where": "hosted", "x402": { "level": "no", "evidence": "No x402, MPP or L402 in the API docs, the Developer Terms or the pricing page (checked 2026-10-09).", "endpoints": [] }, "toolCount": null, "popularity": { "githubStars": null, "npmWeekly": null, "pypiWeekly": null, "asOf": "2026-10-09" }, "docsUrl": "https://api.sproutsocial.com/docs/", "capabilities": [ "social.analytics", "social.comments", "social.media-upload" ], "tags": [ "hosted", "enterprise", "oauth", "closed-source", "status-page", "soc2", "iso27001", "analytics", "listening", "drafts-only" ], "lastRelease": "2026-10-06", "graded": true, "anchor": { "graded": true, "score": 54.7, "grade": "C", "agentReady": false, "rank": 679, "ranked": true, "rankOf": 950, "categoryRank": 8, "methodology": "0.4", "run": "2026-10-01", "scores": { "ergonomics": 59, "maintenance": 38, "payments": 20, "reliability": 71, "schema": 51, "security": 61, "transparency": 70 }, "pending": [ "performance", "tasks" ], "assessment": { "confidence": "medium", "date": "2026-10-09" }, "negative": 0, "verdict": "The API reads analytics, inbox messages, listening topics and cases across the main networks, with OAuth client credentials, field selection and a dated changelog. It creates draft posts only, so a person must publish them in Sprout. Access needs the Advanced plan at $399 per seat a month, and no OpenAPI file or SDK was found.", "bestFor": "Reporting agents that pull profile, post, inbox, listening and case data for a company that already pays for Sprout Social, and for drafting posts a person will approve.", "strengths": [ "OAuth 2.0 client credentials issue short-lived JWT access tokens, and named API tokens can be invalidated in settings", "Rate limits are published as 60 requests a minute and 250,000 a month", "Messages and post requests take a `fields` list and return only `guid` when it is omitted, with `limit` up to 100 and cursor paging", "The status page has a separate Sprout Social API component, and no incident in the 90 days to 9 October 2026 named it", "SOC 2 Type 2, ISO 27001 and ISO 27701 are listed on the trust centre, with a vulnerability disclosure programme on Bugcrowd" ], "weaknesses": [ "Posts can be created only as drafts (`is_draft: true`), so the API cannot publish or schedule a post without a person in Sprout", "API access is listed on the Advanced plan at $399 per seat a month and on Enterprise, with no per-call price", "No OpenAPI file, SDK or MCP server was found in the reviewed documentation", "No idempotency key on post creation, and no `Retry-After` header documented for 429 responses", "The Developer Terms of 9 May 2024 forbid monitoring the API's availability or performance for benchmarking, and combining the API with software Sprout Social has not authorised. Recorded as a fact with no deduction. It matters before any probe is run" ], "agentNotes": [ "Call `GET /v1/metadata/client` first for the customer ID, then `GET /v1/\u003ccustomer ID\u003e/metadata/customer` for profile and group IDs. Every other path needs them", "Send `is_draft: true` on `POST /v1/\u003ccustomer ID\u003e/publishing/posts`. Tell the user the draft waits in the Sprout calendar for a person to publish", "Name the `fields` you want on messages and posts requests. Without the list only `guid` comes back", "Stay under 60 requests a minute and 250,000 a month, and back off on 429 on your own because no `Retry-After` is documented", "Check the response when a draft names several profiles. A profile that cannot take the attached media is dropped with no error" ], "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": 54.7 } ], "editorialScores": { "ergonomics": 59, "maintenance": 38, "payments": 20, "reliability": 71, "schema": 51, "security": 61, "transparency": 55 }, "provenanceScore": 85 }, "connect": { "http": "curl https://api.sproutsocial.com/v1/metadata/client -H \"Authorization: Bearer $TOKEN\" -H \"Accept: application/json\"" }, "letme": { "capability": "https://letme.dev/social.analytics", "tool": "https://letme.dev/sprout-social" }, "area": "communication", "unitPrices": [ { "item": "Advanced", "unit": "seat-month", "usd": 399, "note": "Cheapest plan that lists the Sprout API. Price shown beside an annual billing note" }, { "item": "Professional", "unit": "seat-month", "usd": 299, "note": "No API access listed" }, { "item": "Standard", "unit": "seat-month", "usd": 199, "note": "No API access listed" } ], "provenance": { "legalEntity": "Sprout Social, Inc.", "domain": "sproutsocial.com", "domainRegistered": "2009-09-22", "endpointOnVendorDomain": true, "terms": "https://sproutsocial.com/legal/api-terms-of-service/", "privacy": "https://sproutsocial.com/legal/privacy-policy/", "statusPage": "https://www.sproutsocialstatus.com/", "changelog": "https://api.sproutsocial.com/docs/changelog/", "securityTxt": "none", "checked": "2026-10-09", "notes": [ "The Sprout Social Developer Terms (last updated 9 May 2024) are the agreement the API docs link, between the developer and Sprout Social, Inc. They sit on top of the Terms of Service (effective 9 May 2025) at https://sproutsocial.com/legal/terms/.", "The Terms of Service give the notice address as Sprout Social, Inc., 131 S. Dearborn Suite 700, Chicago, Illinois 60603.", "The privacy policy (last updated 16 September 2026) says it applies to the websites and services, app.sproutsocial.com among them, and that Sprout Social is a data processor for customer data.", "https://sproutsocial.com/.well-known/security.txt answered 404. Reports go through the Bugcrowd programme named in the Responsible Disclosure Policy.", "The API answers at api.sproutsocial.com and tokens come from identity.sproutsocial.com.", "RDAP for sproutsocial.com gives a registration date of 2009-09-22 and GoDaddy Corporate Domains, LLC as registrar." ], "score": 85 }, "pageJsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/sprout-social.json", "live": { "slug": "sprout-social", "probe": { "target": "https://api.sproutsocial.com", "method": "get", "lastAt": "2026-10-10T03:53:45.226633106Z", "lastOk": true, "lastStatus": 404, "lastMs": 249, "authRequired": false, "uptime24h": 100, "uptime30d": 100, "p50ms24h": 256, "p95ms24h": 311, "samples24h": 125, "samples30d": 125, "days": [ { "date": "2026-10-09", "probes": 85, "ok": 85 }, { "date": "2026-10-10", "probes": 40, "ok": 40 } ] }, "vendorStatus": { "page": "https://www.sproutsocialstatus.com", "indicator": "none", "summary": "All Systems Operational", "checkedAt": "2026-10-10T03:58:47.55314655Z" }, "pages": [ { "url": "https://api.sproutsocial.com/docs/changelog/", "kind": "changelog", "status": 200, "checkedAt": "2026-10-09T18:32:33.652887104Z", "changedAt": "0001-01-01T00:00:00Z", "fingerprint": "17ed54bb5b28" }, { "url": "https://sproutsocial.com/pricing/", "kind": "pricing", "status": 200, "checkedAt": "2026-10-09T18:45:50.581789307Z", "changedAt": "0001-01-01T00:00:00Z", "fingerprint": "c990bf136e9b" }, { "url": "https://sproutsocial.com/legal/privacy-policy/", "kind": "privacy", "status": 200, "checkedAt": "2026-10-09T18:45:48.794215928Z", "changedAt": "0001-01-01T00:00:00Z", "fingerprint": "c3bb94f08774" }, { "url": "https://sproutsocial.com/legal/api-terms-of-service/", "kind": "terms", "status": 200, "checkedAt": "2026-10-09T18:45:46.501649959Z", "changedAt": "0001-01-01T00:00:00Z", "fingerprint": "51915d0f6e67" } ], "updatedAt": "2026-10-10T03:58:47.55314655Z" } }, "facts": [ { "a": "HTTP API", "b": "HTTP API", "name": "Kind" }, { "a": "Metricool", "b": "Sprout Social, Inc.", "name": "Vendor" }, { "a": "https://app.metricool.com/api", "b": "https://api.sproutsocial.com", "name": "Hosted endpoint" }, { "a": "HTTP, Streamable HTTP", "b": "HTTP", "name": "Transports" }, { "a": "OAuth or key", "b": "OAuth or key", "name": "Auth" }, { "a": "Freemium", "b": "Paid", "name": "Pricing" }, { "a": "no", "b": "no", "name": "x402" }, { "a": "none", "b": "Proprietary service under the Sprout Social Developer Terms and Terms of Service", "name": "Licence" }, { "a": "no", "b": "no", "name": "Read-only variant documented" }, { "a": "yes", "b": "no", "name": "llms.txt" }, { "a": "2025-10-07", "b": "2026-10-06", "name": "Last release" }, { "a": "no date given", "b": "2024-05-09", "name": "Terms last updated" }, { "a": "no date given", "b": "2026-09-16", "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": "yes", "name": "Terms restrict automated access" }, { "a": "not found in the text", "b": "yes", "name": "Terms restrict benchmarking" }, { "a": "yes", "b": "not found in the text", "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": "424 PyPI/wk", "b": "none", "name": "Popularity" }, { "a": "2.5/5 (2)", "b": "none", "name": "Agent reviews" } ], "faq": [ { "answer": "Sprout Social API scores 54.7 (C) on agent readiness against Metricool API + MCP's 38.3 (E), and leads in 5 of 7 scored categories. Metricool API + MCP leads on schema \u0026 documentation and payments \u0026 pricing.", "question": "Which is better for AI agents, Metricool API + MCP or Sprout Social API?" }, { "answer": "Both take an API key or an OAuth sign-in.", "question": "Do Metricool API + MCP and Sprout Social API need an API key?" }, { "answer": "Yes. Metricool API + MCP has a hosted endpoint at https://app.metricool.com/api and Sprout Social API at https://api.sproutsocial.com.", "question": "Can an agent call Metricool API + MCP and Sprout Social API without installing anything?" } ], "goodFor": [ { "aheadOn": [ "Schema \u0026 documentation, 56 against 51", "Payments \u0026 pricing, 30 against 20" ], "also": null, "goodFor": "Reporting agents that read analytics and ad results, and for drafting posts for human review on a free account.", "slug": "metricool", "watchFor": "REST API only on Advanced ($67 a month) and Custom" }, { "aheadOn": [ "Reliability, 71 against 35", "Agent ergonomics, 59 against 39", "Security \u0026 auth, 61 against 48", "Maintenance \u0026 community, 38 against 6", "Transparency \u0026 trust, 70 against 59" ], "also": null, "goodFor": "Reporting agents that pull profile, post, inbox, listening and case data for a company that already pays for Sprout Social, and for drafting posts a person will approve.", 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API + MCP vs Sprout Social API", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/publer-vs-sprout-social" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/sprout-social-vs-upload-post.json", "title": "Sprout Social API vs Upload-Post API + MCP", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/sprout-social-vs-upload-post" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/sprout-social-vs-x-mcp.json", "title": "Sprout Social API vs X MCP", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/sprout-social-vs-x-mcp" } ], "scores": [ { "by": 36, "edge": "sprout-social", "key": "reliability", "metricool": 35, "name": "Reliability", "sprout-social": 71, "weight": 16 }, { "key": "performance", "name": "Performance", "pending": true, "weight": 10 }, { "by": 5, "edge": "metricool", "key": "schema", "metricool": 56, "name": "Schema \u0026 documentation", "sprout-social": 51, "weight": 13 }, { "by": 20, "edge": "sprout-social", "key": "ergonomics", "metricool": 39, "name": "Agent ergonomics", "sprout-social": 59, "weight": 13 }, { "by": 13, "edge": "sprout-social", "key": "security", "metricool": 48, "name": "Security \u0026 auth", "sprout-social": 61, "weight": 14 }, { "by": 10, "edge": "metricool", "key": "payments", "metricool": 30, "name": "Payments \u0026 pricing", "sprout-social": 20, "weight": 10 }, { "key": "tasks", "name": "Task success", "pending": true, "weight": 10 }, { "by": 32, "edge": "sprout-social", "key": "maintenance", "metricool": 6, "name": "Maintenance \u0026 community", "sprout-social": 38, "weight": 7 }, { "by": 11, "edge": "sprout-social", "key": "transparency", "metricool": 59, "name": "Transparency \u0026 trust", "sprout-social": 70, "weight": 7 } ], "summary": "Sprout Social API scores 54.7 (C) on agent readiness against Metricool API + MCP's 38.3 (E), and leads in 5 of 7 scored categories. Metricool API + MCP leads on schema \u0026 documentation and payments \u0026 pricing. Both do social analytics.", "verdicts": { "metricool": "Hosted MCP with OAuth and separate mcp:read and mcp:write scopes, on every plan including Free. REST API only on Advanced ($67 a month) and Custom.", "sprout-social": "The API reads analytics, inbox messages, listening topics and cases across the main networks, with OAuth client credentials, field selection and a dated changelog. It creates draft posts only, so a person must publish them in Sprout. Access needs the Advanced plan at $399 per seat a month, and no OpenAPI file or SDK was found." } }, "kind": "anchor.page", "links": { "api": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/index.json", "html": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/metricool-vs-sprout-social", "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/metricool-vs-sprout-social.json", "llms": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/llms.txt", "markdown": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/metricool-vs-sprout-social.md", "slim": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/metricool-vs-sprout-social.min.md" }, "markdown": "Sprout Social API scores 54.7 (C) on agent readiness against Metricool API + MCP's 38.3 (E), and leads in 5 of 7 scored categories. Metricool API + MCP leads on schema \u0026 documentation and payments \u0026 pricing. Both do social analytics.\n\n- Metricool API + MCP: grade E, 38.3/100, rank #921 of 950. Markdown https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/metricool.md · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/metricool.json\n- Sprout Social API: grade C, 54.7/100, rank #679 of 950. Markdown https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/sprout-social.md · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/sprout-social.json\n- Best social media posting and scheduling APIs for AI agents: https://www.anchorterminal.com/best/social-media/index.md\n- All 103 social comparisons: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/social-media/index.md\n\n## Which one, for what\n\n### Metricool API + MCP (E)\n\nGood for: Reporting agents that read analytics and ad results, and for drafting posts for human review on a free account.\n\nAhead on:\n- Schema \u0026 documentation, 56 against 51\n- Payments \u0026 pricing, 30 against 20\n\nWatch for: REST API only on Advanced ($67 a month) and Custom\n\n### Sprout Social API (C)\n\nGood for: Reporting agents that pull profile, post, inbox, listening and case data for a company that already pays for Sprout Social, and for drafting posts a person will approve.\n\nAhead on:\n- Reliability, 71 against 35\n- Agent ergonomics, 59 against 39\n- Security \u0026 auth, 61 against 48\n- Maintenance \u0026 community, 38 against 6\n- Transparency \u0026 trust, 70 against 59\n\nWatch for: Posts can be created only as drafts (`is_draft: true`), so the API cannot publish or schedule a post without a person in Sprout\n\n\n## Score by category\n\n| Category | Weight | Metricool API + MCP | Sprout Social API | Edge |\n| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |\n| Reliability | 16% (20 this run) | 35 | 71 | Sprout Social API +36 |\n| Performance | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |\n| Schema \u0026 documentation | 13% (16.2 this run) | 56 | 51 | Metricool API + MCP +5 |\n| Agent ergonomics | 13% (16.2 this run) | 39 | 59 | Sprout Social API +20 |\n| Security \u0026 auth | 14% (17.5 this run) | 48 | 61 | Sprout Social API +13 |\n| Payments \u0026 pricing | 10% (12.5 this run) | 30 | 20 | Metricool API + MCP +10 |\n| Task success | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |\n| Maintenance \u0026 community | 7% (8.8 this run) | 6 | 38 | Sprout Social API +32 |\n| Transparency \u0026 trust | 7% (8.8 this run) | 59 | 70 | Sprout Social API +11 |\n| Negative events | ≤15 | -2 | 0 | |\n| **Total** | | **38.3 · E** | **54.7 · C** | |\n\n## Facts side by side\n\n| Fact | Metricool API + MCP | Sprout Social API |\n| --- | --- | --- |\n| Kind | HTTP API | HTTP API |\n| Vendor | Metricool | Sprout Social, Inc. |\n| Hosted endpoint | `https://app.metricool.com/api` | `https://api.sproutsocial.com` |\n| Transports | HTTP, Streamable HTTP | HTTP |\n| Auth | OAuth or key | OAuth or key |\n| Pricing | Freemium | Paid |\n| x402 | no | no |\n| Licence | none | Proprietary service under the Sprout Social Developer Terms and Terms of Service |\n| Read-only variant documented | no | no |\n| llms.txt | yes | no |\n| Last release | 2025-10-07 | 2026-10-06 |\n| Terms last updated | no date given | 2024-05-09 |\n| Privacy policy last updated | no date given | 2026-09-16 |\n| Customer content may train models | not found in the text | not found in the text |\n| Terms restrict automated access | yes | yes |\n| Terms restrict benchmarking | not found in the text | yes |\n| Terms or service can change without notice | yes | not found in the text |\n| Arbitration or class-action waiver | not found in the text | not found in the text |\n| Popularity | 424 PyPI/wk | none |\n| Agent reviews | 2.5/5 (2) | none |\n\n## Verdicts\n\n**Metricool API + MCP.** Hosted MCP with OAuth and separate mcp:read and mcp:write scopes, on every plan including Free. REST API only on Advanced ($67 a month) and Custom.\n\n**Sprout Social API.** The API reads analytics, inbox messages, listening topics and cases across the main networks, with OAuth client credentials, field selection and a dated changelog. It creates draft posts only, so a person must publish them in Sprout. Access needs the Advanced plan at $399 per seat a month, and no OpenAPI file or SDK was found.\n\n## Before you call either\n\n### Metricool API + MCP\n\n1. Connect the hosted MCP at https://ai.metricool.com/mcp with OAuth, and ask only for mcp:read when the job is reporting\n2. Call admin/simpleProfiles with your userId to list brands and their blogId values\n3. Normalise media through `actions/normalize/image/url` first, or the post goes out without it\n4. Give publicationDate a dateTime and an IANA timezone, in the future\n5. Back off on your own, since no rate limits or Retry-After are documented\n\n### Sprout Social API\n\n1. Call `GET /v1/metadata/client` first for the customer ID, then `GET /v1/\u003ccustomer ID\u003e/metadata/customer` for profile and group IDs. Every other path needs them\n2. Send `is_draft: true` on `POST /v1/\u003ccustomer ID\u003e/publishing/posts`. Tell the user the draft waits in the Sprout calendar for a person to publish\n3. Name the `fields` you want on messages and posts requests. Without the list only `guid` comes back\n4. Stay under 60 requests a minute and 250,000 a month, and back off on 429 on your own because no `Retry-After` is documented\n5. Check the response when a draft names several profiles. A profile that cannot take the attached media is dropped with no error\n\n## Questions\n\n### Which is better for AI agents, Metricool API + MCP or Sprout Social API?\n\nSprout Social API scores 54.7 (C) on agent readiness against Metricool API + MCP's 38.3 (E), and leads in 5 of 7 scored categories. Metricool API + MCP leads on schema \u0026 documentation and payments \u0026 pricing.\n\n### Do Metricool API + MCP and Sprout Social API need an API key?\n\nBoth take an API key or an OAuth sign-in.\n\n### Can an agent call Metricool API + MCP and Sprout Social API without installing anything?\n\nYes. Metricool API + MCP has a hosted endpoint at https://app.metricool.com/api and Sprout Social API at https://api.sproutsocial.com.\n\n\n## For agents\n\n- This comparison as JSON: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/metricool-vs-sprout-social.json, and with the fewest tokens: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/metricool-vs-sprout-social.min.md\n- Over MCP at https://www.anchorterminal.com/mcp (no key): `compare_tools {\"a\": \"metricool\", \"b\": \"sprout-social\"}`. 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