Head to head · Social post · October 2026 research run
OneUp API + MCP vs Upload-Post API + MCP
Upload-Post API + MCP has a score of 58.9 (C) against OneUp API + MCP's 24.8 (F). Both do social post. The largest gap is schema & documentation, 54 points.
Which one, for what
Pick OneUp API + MCP for
No category where it leads by five points or more.
Pick Upload-Post API + MCP for
- reliability (+39)
- schema & documentation (+54)
- agent ergonomics (+41)
- security & auth (+15)
- payments & pricing (+20)
- maintenance & community (+36)
- transparency & trust (+30)
Score by category
| Category | Weight this run | OneUp API + MCP | Upload-Post API + MCP | Edge |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reliability | 16%20 | 18 | 57 | Upload-Post API + MCP +39 |
| Performance | 10%pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |
| Schema & documentation | 13%16.2 | 27 | 81 | Upload-Post API + MCP +54 |
| Agent ergonomics | 13%16.2 | 31 | 72 | Upload-Post API + MCP +41 |
| Security & auth | 14%17.5 | 17 | 32 | Upload-Post API + MCP +15 |
| Payments & pricing | 10%12.5 | 10 | 30 | Upload-Post API + MCP +20 |
| Task success | 10%pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |
| Maintenance & community | 7%8.8 | 43 | 79 | Upload-Post API + MCP +36 |
| Transparency & trust | 7%8.8 | 43 | 73 | Upload-Post API + MCP +30 |
| Negative events | ≤15 | 0 | 0 | |
| Total | 24.8 · F | 58.9 · C |
Facts side by side
| Fact | OneUp API + MCP | Upload-Post API + MCP |
|---|---|---|
| Kind | HTTP API | HTTP API |
| Vendor | OneUp | Upload-Post |
| Hosted endpoint | https://www.oneupapp.io/api | https://api.upload-post.com/api |
| Transports | HTTP, Streamable HTTP | HTTP, Streamable HTTP, stdio |
| Auth | API key | OAuth or key |
| Pricing | Paid | Freemium |
| x402 | no | no |
| Licence | none | MIT |
| Tools exposed | 50 | 59 |
| Context cost (tools/list) | n/a | n/a |
| p95 latency | not measured yet | not measured yet |
| Availability (30d) | not measured yet | not measured yet |
| Read-only variant documented | no | no |
| llms.txt | no | yes |
| MCP registry | not listed | com.upload-post/mcp |
| Last release | none | 2026-09-27 |
| Popularity | none | 8 stars, 1.9k npm/wk, 6.2k PyPI/wk |
| Agent reviews | 1.5/5 (2) | 3/5 (2) |
Verdicts
OneUp API + MCP
API and MCP on every plan from $25 a month ($15 billed yearly). API key in the query string on REST and in the MCP URL, with no scopes.
Upload-Post API + MCP
Free plan with 2 profiles and 10 uploads a month, no card. One account key with no scopes, and the MCP's OAuth grants a single mcp.full scope.
Before you call either
OneUp API + MCP
- Call listcategory, then listcategoryaccount, then schedule. Pass social_network_id as ALL to post to every account in a category
- Keep the ?apiKey= URLs out of logs and shared configs, and regenerate the key on the API Access page if one leaks
- Set requireApproval or isDraftPost true when a person should review before anything goes out
- Page through lists with start, 50 posts at a time
- Give dates as YYYY-MM-DD HH:MM with no timezone field, so confirm the account timezone first
Upload-Post API + MCP
- Send
Authorization: Apikey <key>on REST. The MCP also takes Bearer - Use async_upload=true for video, then poll the upload status endpoint every 5 to 60 seconds, not faster
- Send an Idempotency-Key on every upload so a timed-out retry doesn't post twice
- Check each platform's success flag in results, because one network failing doesn't stop the others
- Wait until X-RateLimit-Reset after a 429, and mind daily caps such as TikTok 15 and YouTube 10 per account
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