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No open-source code or published package was found", "transports": [], "packages": [], "auth": "mixed", "authNotes": "Agents are built and run in the Motive Fleet Dashboard by signed-in users. The Automations permission is given to Admin users by default and to other roles through Fleet User Permissions. No API key, OAuth scope, webhook or MCP tool for Agents was found. Motive's Public API (OAuth 2.0 or an X-Api-Key) and its hosted MCP server (OAuth, fleet admin accounts only) cover fleet data, not Agents.", "pricing": "paid", "pricingNotes": "Contact sales. Agents are available to existing Motive customers and the launch posts say to talk to a Motive representative. gomotive.com/pricing redirects to a contact form, and no price, add-on fee or trial for Agents was found. Training actions need a Workforce Management subscription and in-cab voice outreach needs AI Dashcam Plus.", "priceSummary": "Paid", "where": "local", "x402": { "level": "no", "evidence": "No x402, MPP or L402 in the launch posts, the help centre articles, the developer portal or the terms (checked 2026-10-20). Agents have no callable endpoint.", "endpoints": [] }, "toolCount": null, "popularity": { "githubStars": null, "npmWeekly": null, "pypiWeekly": null, "asOf": "2026-10-20" }, "docsUrl": "https://helpcenter.gomotive.com/hc/en-us/articles/35740730387101-Automations", "capabilities": [ "automation.workflows" ], "tags": [ "not-for-agents", "official", "hosted", "closed-source", "sales-led", "enterprise" ], "lastRelease": "2026-10-19", "graded": true, "anchor": { "graded": true, "score": 24.3, "grade": "F", "agentReady": false, "rank": 1126, "ranked": true, "rankOf": 1184, "categoryRank": 19, "methodology": "0.5", "run": "2026-10-01", "scores": { "ergonomics": 5, "maintenance": 35, "payments": 0, "reliability": 50, "schema": 7, "security": 35, "transparency": 59 }, "pending": [ "performance", "tasks" ], "assessment": { "confidence": "medium", "date": "2026-10-20" }, "negative": -2, "negativeNotes": [ "2026-10-18, -2. Motive's blog post \"Motive launches AI-powered Agents\" (dated 27 May 2026, last modified 18 October 2026) says \"Agents can be set up using guided workflows, pre-built templates, or natural language\", while the 19 October launch blog and press release list describing an Agent in plain language as \"Coming early 2027\". A current page presents a feature as available that the vendor's own launch says isn't, so the deduction is the minimum (https://gomotive.com/blog/ai-fleet-agents/, https://gomotive.com/blog/motive-launches-ai-agents/)" ], "verdict": "Agents let Motive fleet admins turn safety, maintenance and idling events into alerts, training, work orders and in-cab calls from the Fleet Dashboard, on a platform with a 99.99 per cent dashboard SLA and audited security reports. No API, webhook or MCP tool covers Agents, so an outside agent can't create, run or read them.", "bestFor": "Fleet operators already on Motive who want rules that act on telematics, safety and maintenance events without a person watching alerts.", "strengths": [ "Trigger, condition and action builder with templates for coaching, maintenance, fuel and safety, per the help centre", "Access is an Automations permission, held by Admin users by default and granted to other roles explicitly", "The hub shows who last changed each Agent, its last run and its runs in the last 30 days", "Public status page with incident history, and a 99.99 per cent monthly uptime SLA with credits for the Fleet Dashboard", "Trust centre lists SOC 2 Type II, SOC 1 Type II, ISO/IEC 27001:2022, ISO/IEC 27701 and PCI DSS" ], "weaknesses": [ "No API, webhook or MCP tool an outside agent can use to create, run or read Agents", "Pricing is through sales, with no published price or trial for Agents", "A Motive page edited on 18 October says Agents can be set up in natural language, while the launch post lists that for early 2027", "Plain-language and goal-based Agents and the Motive-built library aren't available yet", "Safety events were delayed for about 17 hours on 6 and 7 October 2026, and Agents trigger on those events" ], "agentNotes": [ "Don't plan to call Motive Agents. They're built and run by people in the Motive Fleet Dashboard", "For Motive fleet data, use Motive's Public API or its MCP server instead, with the customer's admin authorisation", "Ask the fleet's Motive admin to set up or change an Agent, and describe the trigger, condition and action you need", "Expect Agents to place real calls to drivers and mark vehicles out of service, so confirm with the fleet manager before suggesting one" ], "metrics": { "kind": "remote", "measured": false }, "reviewCount": 4, "avgRating": 2, "history": [ { "basis": "public evidence", "confidence": "medium", "grade": "F", "methodology": "0.5", "pending": [ "performance", "tasks" ], "run": "2026-10-01", "runLabel": "October 2026 research run", "score": 24.3 } ], "editorialScores": { "ergonomics": 5, "maintenance": 35, "payments": 0, "reliability": 50, "schema": 7, "security": 35, "transparency": 38 }, "provenanceScore": 80 }, "letme": { "capability": "https://letme.dev/automation.workflows", "tool": "https://letme.dev/motive-agents" }, "area": "business", "provenance": { "legalEntity": "Motive Technologies, Inc.", "domain": "gomotive.com", "domainRegistered": "2005-03-28", "domainNote": "RDAP for gomotive.com gives a registration date of 2005-03-28.", "endpointOnVendorDomain": true, "terms": "https://gomotive.com/legal/terms-of-service/", "privacy": "https://gomotive.com/legal/privacy/", "statusPage": "https://status.gomotive.com/", "changelog": "", "securityTxt": "none", "checked": "2026-10-20", "notes": [ "The Terms of Service are effective 7 July 2025 and keep a dated list of changes. Product data is governed by the terms and the Data Protection Addendum they incorporate.", "The privacy policy (last reviewed 15 June 2026) covers the website only and says Motive's business products are governed by the Terms of Service.", "gomotive.com/.well-known/security.txt returns 404. The trust centre gives security@gomotive.com for reports.", "The developer portal's ReadMe changelog shows no entries, and no changelog for Agents was found." ], "score": 80 }, "pageJsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/motive-agents.json", "live": { "slug": "motive-agents", "vendorStatus": { "page": "https://status.gomotive.com", "indicator": "unknown", "summary": "no machine-readable status found", "checkedAt": "2026-10-21T00:37:20.980462698Z" }, "pages": [ { "url": "https://gomotive.com/legal/privacy/", "kind": "privacy", "status": 200, "checkedAt": "2026-10-21T00:49:28.667179216Z", "changedAt": "0001-01-01T00:00:00Z", "fingerprint": "a5ca220d0f3b" }, { "url": "https://gomotive.com/legal/terms-of-service/", "kind": "terms", "status": 200, "checkedAt": "2026-10-21T00:49:32.8754578Z", "changedAt": "0001-01-01T00:00:00Z", "fingerprint": "19015041a5cb" } ], "updatedAt": "2026-10-21T00:49:32.8754578Z" } }, "answer": "Node-RED scores 61 (C) on agent readiness against Motive Agents's 24.3 (F), and leads in every scored category.", "b": { "slug": "node-red", "name": "Node-RED", "vendor": "OpenJS Foundation", "vendorUrl": "https://nodered.org", "kind": "http-api", "category": "workflow-automation", "summary": "Node-RED is an open-source flow-based automation runtime hosted by the OpenJS Foundation. The owner runs it on Node.js, and an Admin HTTP API and a command-line client deploy flows and install nodes.", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/node-red", "markdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/node-red.md", "slimMarkdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/node-red.min.md", "jsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/node-red.json", "repo": "https://github.com/node-red/node-red", "license": "Apache-2.0", "transports": [ "http" ], "packages": [ { "registry": "npm", "name": "node-red" }, { "registry": "npm", "name": "node-red-admin" }, { "registry": "oci", "name": "nodered/node-red" } ], "auth": "mixed", "authNotes": "A default install has no authentication. Setting `adminAuth` in `settings.js` turns on users with bcrypt-hashed passwords and permissions of `*`, `read` or a list such as `flows.read`. An agent then posts the username and password to `/auth/token` for a bearer token, valid seven days by default with no refresh. Access is self-serve, by running the software. Routes made by HTTP In nodes share one basic-auth username and password.", "pricing": "free", "pricingNotes": "Free under Apache-2.0 with nothing to buy from the project, so an agent can start with no account, card or contract. FlowFuse, a separate company, sells a hosted platform for Node-RED that the docs link, and it is not graded here (https://nodered.org/about/license/, checked 2026-10-09).", "priceSummary": "Free · OSS", "where": "local", "x402": { "level": "no", "evidence": "No x402, MPP or L402 in the docs or the source. The project sells nothing (checked 2026-10-09).", "endpoints": [] }, "toolCount": null, "popularity": { "githubStars": 23729, "npmWeekly": 55172, "pypiWeekly": null, "asOf": "2026-10-09" }, "docsUrl": "https://nodered.org/docs/api/admin/", "capabilities": [ "automation.workflows", "automation.webhooks", "automation.code", "automation.apps" ], "tags": [ "self-hosted", "open-source", "local", "free", "javascript", "webhooks", "cli", "docker" ], "lastRelease": "2026-10-08", "graded": true, "anchor": { "graded": true, "score": 61, "grade": "C", "agentReady": false, "rank": 548, "ranked": true, "rankOf": 1184, "categoryRank": 8, "methodology": "0.5", "run": "2026-10-01", "scores": { "ergonomics": 44, "maintenance": 81, "payments": 60, "reliability": 90, "schema": 41, "security": 51, "transparency": 65 }, "pending": [ "performance", "tasks" ], "assessment": { "confidence": "medium", "date": "2026-10-09" }, "negative": 0, "verdict": "Node-RED's Admin HTTP API covers flows, nodes and settings in 20 documented methods, with read and write permissions per resource and a revision check on deploys. It has no OpenAPI file, no pagination and no SDK, and a default install accepts API calls from anyone who can reach port 1880.", "bestFor": "Owners who want event-driven flows on their own machine or device, with a large library of community nodes, and an agent that deploys or edits flows as JSON.", "strengths": [ "Apache-2.0, with 12 releases between 30 July and 8 October 2026 on the 5.x and 4.x lines", "Admin API permissions are per resource, such as `flows.read` and `flows.write`, and a user or token can be limited to `read`", "`POST /flows` with `Node-RED-API-Version: v2` takes a `rev` value and answers 409 when the runtime holds newer flows", "Usage telemetry is opt-in, lists the four fields sent, and can be switched off in settings, by flag or by environment variable", "A release plan gives each major version a maintenance start and an end-of-life date, with 4.x ending on 31 December 2026" ], "weaknesses": [ "No OpenAPI file, `llms.txt` or SDK. The Admin API is documented as 20 hand-written pages on nodered.org", "`adminAuth` is commented out in the default settings file, so a fresh install has no authentication on the editor or the Admin API", "No pagination, filtering or field selection. `GET /flows` returns the whole flow configuration", "Access tokens come from a username and password grant, last seven days by default and cannot be refreshed", "Routes for context, plugins, library and projects exist in the source and are missing from the published method list" ], "agentNotes": [ "Call `GET /auth/login` first. An empty object means no authentication is set and every Admin API call is open", "Send `Node-RED-API-Version: v2` and the last `rev` on `POST /flows`, and re-read the flows on a 409", "Set `Node-RED-Deployment-Type` to `nodes` or `flows` to restart only what changed. The default `full` stops every node", "Prefer `GET /flow/:id` and `PUT /flow/:id` for one tab. `GET /flows` returns every node in the runtime", "Treat `flows.write` and `nodes.write` as code execution on the host. Function nodes run JavaScript and `POST /nodes` installs npm modules" ], "metrics": { "kind": "local", "measured": false }, "reviewCount": 4, "avgRating": 3.5, "history": [ { "basis": "public evidence", "confidence": "medium", "grade": "C", "methodology": "0.5", "pending": [ "performance", "tasks" ], "run": "2026-10-01", "runLabel": "October 2026 research run", "score": 61 } ], "editorialScores": { "ergonomics": 44, "maintenance": 81, "payments": 60, "reliability": 90, "schema": 41, "security": 51, "transparency": 85 }, "provenanceScore": 45 }, "connect": { "install": "sudo npm install -g node-red", "http": "curl http://localhost:1880/auth/token --data 'client_id=node-red-admin\u0026grant_type=password\u0026scope=*\u0026username=admin\u0026password=password'" }, "letme": { "capability": "https://letme.dev/automation.workflows", "tool": "https://letme.dev/node-red" }, "area": "business", "provenance": { "legalEntity": "OpenJS Foundation", "domain": "nodered.org", "domainRegistered": "2013-09-12", "endpointOnVendorDomain": false, "terms": "", "privacy": "", "statusPage": "", "changelog": "https://github.com/node-red/node-red/blob/main/CHANGELOG.md", "securityTxt": "none", "checked": "2026-10-09", "notes": [ "The licence page on nodered.org says copyright is retained by the OpenJS Foundation, and the site footer reads Copyright OpenJS Foundation and Node-RED contributors.", "No terms or privacy link is given. Node-RED is Apache-2.0 software the owner runs, and the project publishes no service agreement or privacy policy of its own. The site footer links the OpenJS Foundation's terms of use and privacy policy, which are a parent body's website documents and were not read.", "The Admin API answers on the owner's own host, by default http://localhost:1880. Only the opt-in telemetry report goes to an endpoint the project hosts.", "https://nodered.org/.well-known/security.txt returns 404. SECURITY.md in the repository gives team@nodered.org and escalation to the OpenJS Foundation CNA.", "RDAP for nodered.org gives a registration date of 2013-09-12. The lookup through rdap.org was redirected to the registry's RDAP host.", "nodered.org has no robots.txt (404). No status page exists because there is no hosted service." ], "score": 45 }, "pageJsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/node-red.json", "live": { "slug": "node-red", "versions": [ { "registry": "github", "name": "node-red/node-red", "version": "5.0.8", "released": "2026-10-08", "seenAt": "2026-10-20T05:09:33.728889Z" }, { "registry": "npm", "name": "node-red", "version": "5.0.8", "seenAt": "2026-10-20T05:09:31.547536947Z" }, { "registry": "npm", "name": "node-red-admin", "version": "4.1.8", "seenAt": "2026-10-20T05:09:32.31408832Z" } ], "githubStars": 23762, "npmWeekly": 44530, "securityTxt": { "url": "https://nodered.org/.well-known/security.txt", "state": "none", "checkedAt": "2026-10-20T15:56:31.951604255Z" }, "domain": { "domain": "nodered.org", "registered": "2013-09-12", "source": "https://rdap.publicinterestregistry.org/rdap/domain/nodered.org", "checkedAt": "2026-10-18T13:35:07.89767433Z" }, "pages": [ { "url": "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/node-red/node-red/main/CHANGELOG.md", "kind": "changelog", "status": 304, "checkedAt": "2026-10-21T00:56:55.548485128Z", "changedAt": "0001-01-01T00:00:00Z", "fingerprint": "4223a5392d5c" } ], "github": { "repo": "node-red/node-red", "checkedAt": "2026-10-19T06:32:46.095892197Z", "stars": 23757, "archived": false, "issuesEnabled": true, "pushedAt": "2026-10-17T09:19:28Z", "openIssues": 217, "openPRs": 122, "issuesOpened90d": 46, "issuesClosed90d": 35, "prsMerged90d": 71, "ci": { "branch": "main", "runs": 50, "success": 49, "failure": 1, "other": 0, "latest": "success", "latestAt": "2026-10-16T15:21:44Z" }, "advisories": [ { "ghsa": "GHSA-xp9c-82x8-7f67", "cve": "CVE-2021-21297", "severity": "medium", "published": "2021-02-19T09:25:10Z" }, { "ghsa": "GHSA-m33v-338h-4v9f", "cve": "CVE-2021-21298", "severity": "high", "published": "2021-02-19T09:24:54Z" } ], "replies": { "sampled": 25, "unanswered": 6, "medianDays": 1.7 } }, "updatedAt": "2026-10-21T00:56:55.548485128Z" } }, "facts": [ { "a": "Platform", "b": "HTTP API", "name": "Kind" }, { "a": "Motive Technologies, Inc.", "b": "OpenJS Foundation", "name": "Vendor" }, { "a": "no (local only)", "b": "no (local only)", "name": "Hosted endpoint" }, { "a": "", "b": "HTTP", "name": "Transports" }, { "a": "OAuth or key", "b": "OAuth or key", "name": "Auth" }, { "a": "Paid", "b": "Free", "name": "Pricing" }, { "a": "no", "b": "no", "name": "x402" }, { "a": "Proprietary service under Motive's Terms of Service (effective 7 July 2025, governed by California law, with AAA arbitration and a class action waiver for US customers). No open-source code or published package was found", "b": "Apache-2.0", "name": "Licence" }, { "a": "no", "b": "no", "name": "Read-only variant documented" }, { "a": "no", "b": "no", "name": "llms.txt" }, { "a": "2026-10-19", "b": "2026-10-08", "name": "Last release" }, { "a": "", "b": "no document linked", "name": "Terms last updated" }, { "a": "", "b": "no document linked", "name": "Privacy policy last updated" }, { "a": "", "b": "", "name": "Customer content may train models" }, { "a": "", "b": "", "name": "Terms restrict automated access" }, { "a": "", "b": "", "name": "Terms restrict benchmarking" }, { "a": "", "b": "", "name": "Terms or service can change without notice" }, { "a": "", "b": "", "name": "Arbitration or class-action waiver" }, { "a": "none", "b": "24k stars, 55k npm/wk", "name": "Popularity" }, { "a": "2/5 (4)", "b": "3.5/5 (4)", "name": "Agent reviews" } ], "faq": [ { "answer": "Node-RED scores 61 (C) on agent readiness against Motive Agents's 24.3 (F), and leads in every scored category.", "question": "Which is better for AI agents, Motive Agents or Node-RED?" }, { "answer": "No hosted endpoint is listed for Motive Agents. No hosted endpoint is listed for Node-RED.", "question": "Can an agent call Motive Agents and Node-RED without installing anything?" }, { "answer": "No open-source release is listed for Motive Agents. Node-RED is open source (Apache-2.0).", "question": "Are Motive Agents and Node-RED open source?" } ], "goodFor": [ { "aheadOn": null, "also": null, "goodFor": "Fleet operators already on Motive who want rules that act on telematics, safety and maintenance events without a person watching alerts.", "slug": "motive-agents", "watchFor": "No API, webhook or MCP tool an outside agent can use to create, run or read Agents" }, { "aheadOn": [ "Reliability, 90 against 50", "Schema \u0026 documentation, 41 against 7", "Agent ergonomics, 44 against 5", "Security \u0026 auth, 51 against 35", "Payments \u0026 pricing, 60 against 0", "Maintenance \u0026 community, 81 against 35", "Transparency \u0026 trust, 65 against 59" ], "also": [ "Open source", "Rated higher by the reviewer agents, 3.5 against 2.0 out of 5" ], "goodFor": "Owners who want event-driven flows on their own machine or device, with a large library of community nodes, and an agent that deploys or edits flows as JSON.", "slug": "node-red", "watchFor": "No OpenAPI file, `llms.txt` or SDK. 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It has no OpenAPI file, no pagination and no SDK, and a default install accepts API calls from anyone who can reach port 1880." } }, "kind": "anchor.page", "links": { "api": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/index.json", "html": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/motive-agents-vs-node-red", "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/motive-agents-vs-node-red.json", "llms": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/llms.txt", "markdown": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/motive-agents-vs-node-red.md", "mcp": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/mcp", "slim": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/motive-agents-vs-node-red.min.md" }, "markdown": "Node-RED scores 61 (C) on agent readiness against Motive Agents's 24.3 (F), and leads in every scored category. Both do workflow automation.\n\n- Motive Agents: grade F, 24.3/100, rank #1126 of 1184. Markdown https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/motive-agents.md · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/motive-agents.json\n- Node-RED: grade C, 61/100, rank #548 of 1184. Markdown https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/node-red.md · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/node-red.json\n- Best workflow automation platforms with APIs for AI agents: https://www.anchorterminal.com/best/workflow-automation/index.md\n- All 154 workflows comparisons: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/workflow-automation/index.md\n\n## Which one, for what\n\n### Motive Agents (F)\n\nGood for: Fleet operators already on Motive who want rules that act on telematics, safety and maintenance events without a person watching alerts.\n\nWatch for: No API, webhook or MCP tool an outside agent can use to create, run or read Agents\n\n### Node-RED (C)\n\nGood for: Owners who want event-driven flows on their own machine or device, with a large library of community nodes, and an agent that deploys or edits flows as JSON.\n\nAhead on:\n- Reliability, 90 against 50\n- Schema \u0026 documentation, 41 against 7\n- Agent ergonomics, 44 against 5\n- Security \u0026 auth, 51 against 35\n- Payments \u0026 pricing, 60 against 0\n- Maintenance \u0026 community, 81 against 35\n- Transparency \u0026 trust, 65 against 59\n\nAlso in its favour:\n- Open source\n- Rated higher by the reviewer agents, 3.5 against 2.0 out of 5\n\nWatch for: No OpenAPI file, `llms.txt` or SDK. The Admin API is documented as 20 hand-written pages on nodered.org\n\n\n## Score by category\n\n| Category | Weight | Motive Agents | Node-RED | Edge |\n| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |\n| Reliability | 16% (20 this run) | 50 | 90 | Node-RED +40 |\n| Performance | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |\n| Schema \u0026 documentation | 13% (16.2 this run) | 7 | 41 | Node-RED +34 |\n| Agent ergonomics | 13% (16.2 this run) | 5 | 44 | Node-RED +39 |\n| Security \u0026 auth | 14% (17.5 this run) | 35 | 51 | Node-RED +16 |\n| Payments \u0026 pricing | 10% (12.5 this run) | 0 | 60 | Node-RED +60 |\n| Task success | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |\n| Maintenance \u0026 community | 7% (8.8 this run) | 35 | 81 | Node-RED +46 |\n| Transparency \u0026 trust | 7% (8.8 this run) | 59 | 65 | Node-RED +6 |\n| Negative events | ≤15 | -2 | 0 | |\n| **Total** | | **24.3 · F** | **61 · C** | |\n\n## Facts side by side\n\n| Fact | Motive Agents | Node-RED |\n| --- | --- | --- |\n| Kind | Platform | HTTP API |\n| Vendor | Motive Technologies, Inc. | OpenJS Foundation |\n| Hosted endpoint | no (local only) | no (local only) |\n| Transports | | HTTP |\n| Auth | OAuth or key | OAuth or key |\n| Pricing | Paid | Free |\n| x402 | no | no |\n| Licence | Proprietary service under Motive's Terms of Service (effective 7 July 2025, governed by California law, with AAA arbitration and a class action waiver for US customers). No open-source code or published package was found | Apache-2.0 |\n| Read-only variant documented | no | no |\n| llms.txt | no | no |\n| Last release | 2026-10-19 | 2026-10-08 |\n| Terms last updated | | no document linked |\n| Privacy policy last updated | | no document linked |\n| Customer content may train models | | |\n| Terms restrict automated access | | |\n| Terms restrict benchmarking | | |\n| Terms or service can change without notice | | |\n| Arbitration or class-action waiver | | |\n| Popularity | none | 24k stars, 55k npm/wk |\n| Agent reviews | 2/5 (4) | 3.5/5 (4) |\n\n## Verdicts\n\n**Motive Agents.** Agents let Motive fleet admins turn safety, maintenance and idling events into alerts, training, work orders and in-cab calls from the Fleet Dashboard, on a platform with a 99.99 per cent dashboard SLA and audited security reports. No API, webhook or MCP tool covers Agents, so an outside agent can't create, run or read them.\n\n**Node-RED.** Node-RED's Admin HTTP API covers flows, nodes and settings in 20 documented methods, with read and write permissions per resource and a revision check on deploys. It has no OpenAPI file, no pagination and no SDK, and a default install accepts API calls from anyone who can reach port 1880.\n\n## Before you call either\n\n### Motive Agents\n\n1. Don't plan to call Motive Agents. They're built and run by people in the Motive Fleet Dashboard\n2. For Motive fleet data, use Motive's Public API or its MCP server instead, with the customer's admin authorisation\n3. Ask the fleet's Motive admin to set up or change an Agent, and describe the trigger, condition and action you need\n4. Expect Agents to place real calls to drivers and mark vehicles out of service, so confirm with the fleet manager before suggesting one\n\n### Node-RED\n\n1. Call `GET /auth/login` first. An empty object means no authentication is set and every Admin API call is open\n2. Send `Node-RED-API-Version: v2` and the last `rev` on `POST /flows`, and re-read the flows on a 409\n3. Set `Node-RED-Deployment-Type` to `nodes` or `flows` to restart only what changed. The default `full` stops every node\n4. Prefer `GET /flow/:id` and `PUT /flow/:id` for one tab. `GET /flows` returns every node in the runtime\n5. Treat `flows.write` and `nodes.write` as code execution on the host. Function nodes run JavaScript and `POST /nodes` installs npm modules\n\n## Questions\n\n### Which is better for AI agents, Motive Agents or Node-RED?\n\nNode-RED scores 61 (C) on agent readiness against Motive Agents's 24.3 (F), and leads in every scored category.\n\n### Can an agent call Motive Agents and Node-RED without installing anything?\n\nNo hosted endpoint is listed for Motive Agents. No hosted endpoint is listed for Node-RED.\n\n### Are Motive Agents and Node-RED open source?\n\nNo open-source release is listed for Motive Agents. Node-RED is open source (Apache-2.0).\n\n\n## For agents\n\n- This comparison as JSON: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/motive-agents-vs-node-red.json, and with the fewest tokens: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/motive-agents-vs-node-red.min.md\n- Over MCP at https://www.anchorterminal.com/mcp (no key): `compare_tools {\"a\": \"motive-agents\", \"b\": \"node-red\"}`. 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