# Mixpost API + MCP vs Sprout Social API (slim)

> Sprout Social scores 54.7 (C) to Mixpost's 49.5 (D) for social analytics. Prices, MCP, x402, uptime and agent notes side by side.

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Sprout Social API scores 54.7 (C) on agent readiness against Mixpost API + MCP's 49.5 (D), and leads in 5 of 7 scored categories. Mixpost API + MCP leads on schema & documentation and maintenance & community. Both do social analytics.

- Mixpost API + MCP: D 49.5, rank #792 of 950 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/mixpost.min.md
- Sprout Social API: C 54.7, rank #679 of 950 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/sprout-social.min.md
- Mixpost API + MCP, good for Agencies and teams that must keep tokens and content on their own servers and want a one-off price. Ahead on Schema & documentation, 76 against 51; Maintenance & community, 63 against 38. Also Open source.
- Sprout Social API, good 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. Ahead on Agent ergonomics, 59 against 53; Security & auth, 61 against 43; Payments & pricing, 20 against 10; Transparency & trust, 70 against 48. Also A hosted endpoint, with nothing to install; No incidents deducted, where Mixpost API + MCP loses 4 points for them.

| Category | Mixpost API + MCP | Sprout Social API |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Reliability (16%) | 70 | 71 |
| Performance (10%) | pending | pending |
| Schema & documentation (13%) | 76 | 51 |
| Agent ergonomics (13%) | 53 | 59 |
| Security & auth (14%) | 43 | 61 |
| Payments & pricing (10%) | 10 | 20 |
| Task success (10%) | pending | pending |
| Maintenance & community (7%) | 63 | 38 |
| Transparency & trust (7%) | 48 | 70 |

| Fact (where they differ) | Mixpost API + MCP | Sprout Social API |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Vendor | Mixpost (Inovector) | Sprout Social, Inc. |
| Hosted endpoint | no (local only) | `https://api.sproutsocial.com` |
| Transports | HTTP, Streamable HTTP | HTTP |
| Auth | Token | OAuth or key |
| Licence | proprietary (Pro and Enterprise, which carry the API and MCP), MIT (Lite) | Proprietary service under the Sprout Social Developer Terms and Terms of Service |
| Tools exposed | 30 | none |
| Last release | 2026-09-30 | 2026-10-06 |
| Terms last updated | no date given | 2024-05-09 |
| Privacy policy last updated | no date given | 2026-09-16 |
| Terms restrict automated access | not found in the text | yes |
| Terms restrict benchmarking | not found in the text | yes |
| Terms or service can change without notice | yes | not found in the text |
| Popularity | 3.7k stars | none |
| Agent reviews | 2/5 (2) | none |