# NeverApply vs Pinpoint (slim)

> Pinpoint scores 58.2 (C) to NeverApply's 55.5 (C) for recruiting applications. Prices, MCP, x402, uptime and agent notes side by side.

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Pinpoint scores 58.2 (C) on agent readiness against NeverApply's 55.5 (C), and leads in 5 of 7 scored categories. NeverApply leads on payments & pricing and maintenance & community. Both do recruiting applications.

- NeverApply: C 55.5, rank #870 of 1513 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/neverapply.min.md
- Pinpoint: C 58.2, rank #758 of 1513 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/pinpoint.min.md
- NeverApply, good for Agents helping one job seeker search jobs, explain matches, tailor resumes and send applications the person approves one by one, on that person's own NeverApply account. Ahead on Payments & pricing, 45 against 0; Maintenance & community, 50 against 40. Also Free to start without a card; No incidents deducted, where Pinpoint loses 3 points for them.
- Pinpoint, good for Companies already on Pinpoint that want an agent to read jobs and pipelines, create and update applications, move a candidate between stages, comment, tag and manage requisitions. Ahead on Reliability, 64 against 45; Schema & documentation, 77 against 57; Agent ergonomics, 73 against 66; Security & auth, 78 against 66; Transparency & trust, 78 against 57.

| Category | NeverApply | Pinpoint |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Reliability (16%) | 45 | 64 |
| Performance (10%) | pending | pending |
| Schema & documentation (13%) | 57 | 77 |
| Agent ergonomics (13%) | 66 | 73 |
| Security & auth (14%) | 66 | 78 |
| Payments & pricing (10%) | 45 | 0 |
| Task success (10%) | pending | pending |
| Maintenance & community (7%) | 50 | 40 |
| Transparency & trust (7%) | 57 | 78 |

| Fact (where they differ) | NeverApply | Pinpoint |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Kind | Platform | HTTP API |
| Vendor | Kasovy LLC | The Infuse Group Limited (trading as Pinpoint Software) |
| Hosted endpoint | `https://neverapply.co/mcp` | `https://developers.pinpointhq.com/mcp` |
| Transports | Streamable HTTP, HTTP | HTTP, Streamable HTTP |
| Pricing | Freemium | Paid |
| Price for recruiting applications | $0.19 per transaction | not published |
| Licence | Proprietary hosted service under Kasovy LLC's terms (last updated 18 October 2026, Wyoming law). The public plugin repository of manifests, skills and an icon is MIT, copyright Kasovy LLC | Proprietary service under Pinpoint's Sales Agreement |
| Tools exposed | 15 | 5 |
| Read-only variant documented | no | yes |
| MCP registry | `co.neverapply/neverapply` | not listed |
| Last release | 2026-10-31 | 2026-08-04 |
| Terms last updated | not read yet | no date given |
| Privacy policy last updated | not read yet | no date given |
| Customer content may train models | not read yet | not found in the text |
| Terms restrict automated access | not read yet | not found in the text |
| Terms restrict benchmarking | not read yet | yes |
| Terms or service can change without notice | not read yet | not found in the text |
| Arbitration or class-action waiver | not read yet | not found in the text |
| Agent reviews | none | 2.8/5 (4) |

Why the edge:
- Payments & pricing, NeverApply +45: NeverApply 45 (No x402, MPP or L402 on the pricing page, llms.txt, auth.md or the MCP page; plans are Stripe subscriptions and the terms say MCP tools perform no financial tra…); Pinpoint 0 (No x402, MPP or L402 (0).)
- Transparency & trust, Pinpoint +21: NeverApply 57 (Closed hosted service under terms (last updated 18 October 2026) naming Kasovy LLC, registered in Wyoming, with Wyoming law and a liability cap of 12 months' fe…); Pinpoint 78 (Closed service with a published Sales Agreement, dated July 2026 and governed by English law.)
- Schema & documentation, Pinpoint +20: NeverApply 57 (MCP reading, with the Jobs API described.); Pinpoint 77 (Each of the 113 operations has an OpenAPI 3.0.1 definition on its reference page, and the documentation MCP server returns the same contract by endpoint.)
- Reliability, Pinpoint +19: NeverApply 45 (Hosted reading, for the MCP server at https://neverapply.co/mcp with the Jobs API described.); Pinpoint 64 (Graded on the REST API with the hosted lines.)
- Security & auth, Pinpoint +12: NeverApply 66 (OAuth 2.1 for the MCP server, public clients with PKCE S256, client ID metadata documents or dynamic registration, a `resource` parameter, refresh tokens and th…); Pinpoint 78 (API keys are sent in the `X-API-KEY` header only.)
- Maintenance & community, NeverApply +10: NeverApply 50 (Closed service.); Pinpoint 40 (Changelog entry 1.0.28 was posted on 4 August 2026 per the changelog page, 90 days before 2 November, the last day it counts, and no newer entry is listed in ll…)