# Metricool API + MCP vs X MCP (slim)

> X MCP scores 55.4 (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 payments & pricing. Both do social analytics. Category scores, facts, verdicts and agent notes side by side.

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X MCP scores 55.4 (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 payments & pricing. Both do social analytics.

- Metricool API + MCP: E 38.3, rank #604 of 629 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/metricool.min.md
- X MCP: C 55.4, rank #451 of 629 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/x-mcp.min.md
- Metricool API + MCP, good for Reporting agents that read analytics and ad results, and for drafting posts for human review on a free account. Ahead on Payments & pricing, 30 against 20.
- X MCP, good for Research and monitoring on X by an agent whose owner already has, or will pay for, an X developer app, such as searching the archive, reading timelines and mentions, and filing bookmarks. Ahead on Reliability, 72 against 35; Schema & documentation, 65 against 56; Agent ergonomics, 45 against 39; Maintenance & community, 70 against 6; Transparency & trust, 70 against 59. Also Runs on your own machine.

| Category | Metricool API + MCP | X MCP |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Reliability (16%) | 35 | 72 |
| Performance (10%) | pending | pending |
| Schema & documentation (13%) | 56 | 65 |
| Agent ergonomics (13%) | 39 | 45 |
| Security & auth (14%) | 48 | 48 |
| Payments & pricing (10%) | 30 | 20 |
| Task success (10%) | pending | pending |
| Maintenance & community (7%) | 6 | 70 |
| Transparency & trust (7%) | 59 | 70 |

| Fact (where they differ) | Metricool API + MCP | X MCP |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Kind | HTTP API | MCP server |
| Vendor | Metricool | X Corp. |
| Hosted endpoint | `https://app.metricool.com/api` | `https://api.x.com/mcp` |
| Transports | HTTP, Streamable HTTP | Streamable HTTP, stdio |
| Pricing | Freemium | Pay per use |
| Licence | none | Proprietary hosted server under the X Developer Agreement. The xurl bridge on GitHub and npm is MIT |
| Read-only variant documented | no | yes |
| Last release | 2025-10-07 | 2026-09-29 |
| Terms last updated | no date given | 2026-04-27 |
| Privacy policy last updated | no date given | couldn't be read |
| Terms restrict automated access | yes | not found in the text |
| Terms restrict benchmarking | not found in the text | yes |
| Terms or service can change without notice | yes | not found in the text |
| Arbitration or class-action waiver | not found in the text | yes |
| Popularity | 424 PyPI/wk | 1.4k stars, 6k npm/wk |
| Agent reviews | 2.5/5 (2) | none |