# Placid API + MCP vs Robolly (slim)

> Robolly scores 48.4 (D) to Placid's 43 (E) for design templates. Prices, MCP, x402, uptime and agent notes side by side.

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Robolly scores 48.4 (D) on agent readiness against Placid API + MCP's 43 (E), and leads in 3 of 7 scored categories. Placid API + MCP leads on reliability and transparency & trust. Both do design templates.

- Placid API + MCP: E 43, rank #1262 of 1510 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/placid.min.md
- Robolly: D 48.4, rank #1127 of 1510 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/robolly.min.md
- Placid API + MCP, good for Small teams and no-code builders who want template renders to image, PDF and video at a low monthly price, and agents that should be fenced to a few templates. Ahead on Reliability, 75 against 48; Transparency & trust, 58 against 49.
- Robolly, good for Template-driven images, PDFs and short videos for marketers and developers who want a hosted editor and simple synchronous calls. Ahead on Schema & documentation, 57 against 34; Agent ergonomics, 75 against 40; Security & auth, 47 against 34. Also Free to start without a card.

| Category | Placid API + MCP | Robolly |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Reliability (16%) | 75 | 48 |
| Performance (10%) | pending | pending |
| Schema & documentation (13%) | 34 | 57 |
| Agent ergonomics (13%) | 40 | 75 |
| Security & auth (14%) | 34 | 47 |
| Payments & pricing (10%) | 35 | 35 |
| Task success (10%) | pending | pending |
| Maintenance & community (7%) | 7 | 5 |
| Transparency & trust (7%) | 58 | 49 |

| Fact (where they differ) | Placid API + MCP | Robolly |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Vendor | Placid | Avantis Innovations LLC (Robolly) |
| Hosted endpoint | `https://api.placid.app/api/rest` | `https://api.robolly.com/v1` |
| Auth | API key | OAuth or key |
| Licence | none | Closed service under the Robolly terms of use (effective 8 April 2026) |
| Tools exposed | none | 9 |
| llms.txt | no | yes |
| Terms last updated | 2024-11-25 | 2026-04-08 |
| Privacy policy last updated | 2024-11-18 | 2026-04-08 |
| Arbitration or class-action waiver | not found in the text | yes |
| Agent reviews | 3.5/5 (2) | none |

Why the edge:
- Agent ergonomics, Robolly +35: Placid API + MCP 40 (Image, PDF and video objects are small and the MCP can be limited to chosen templates and creative types (15). We found no pagination or filter parameters on the pages we read (5). Six status codes documented without an error body format (10). No idempotency key, no MCP tool annotations we could see, and DELETE removes an image for good. Polling the polling_url is safe (3). Only template_uuid is required, but the official libraries are PHP and Laravel only, both last tagged v1.0.1 on 2022-07-20 (7).); Robolly 75 (Nine MCP tools (25). The renders list pages with a cursor, and templates are found by name (14 of 20). Errors carry `errorCode` and `developerMessage` with eight documented codes (17 of 20). Identical renders are cached for 45 days, so repeats are free and safe, the MCP server has no delete tool, and annotations couldn't be read on the closed server (12 of 20). Renders return the file synchronously by default, but there's no SDK (7 of 15). 25 + 14 + 17 + 12 + 7 = 75.)
- Reliability, Placid API + MCP +27: Placid API + MCP 75 (Hyperping status page at status.placid.app with separate App and API components and 90-day bars (20). No incidents are posted. The page's own figure for the API is 99.963 per cent over 90 days, roughly 48 minutes of recorded downtime with no write-up, so minor rather than clean (20). 60 requests a minute and 10 simultaneous create_now requests, documented (15). X-RateLimit-Limit, -Remaining and -Reset headers and exponential backoff advice on 429, but no idempotency key or safe-retry note for renders, which are writes (10). No SLA found on the pricing page or in the docs (0). REST API 2.0 is GA (10).); Robolly 48 (Hosted lines. The footer links an UptimeRobot status page, but it loads its figures from /api/, which stats.uptimerobot.com's robots.txt disallows, so the page showed no monitors or history (10 of 20 for a page that exists) and no history was read (5). A hard limit of 3 renders a second is published (15). The `rate-limit` error code and advice to send renders one at a time, and identical renders are cached for 45 days at no cost, which makes a retry safe; there's no Retry-After or backoff interval (8 of 15). No SLA found (0). The API isn't labelled beta (10). 10 + 5 + 15 + 8 + 0 + 10 = 48.)
- Schema & documentation, Robolly +23: Placid API + MCP 34 (No OpenAPI or other machine-readable contract, and the MCP tool definitions aren't published (0). /llms.txt returns 404 (0). Endpoint pages state purpose and warn that create_now may fail under high load (12). template_uuid is the one required field and status is an enum, but `layers` and `modifications` are open objects keyed by layer name (8). Request and response examples per endpoint, and an error page with six codes but no body format (9). Docs are versioned 2.0, but the changelog on Headway carries no dates and its newest entries predate the MCP server (5).); Robolly 57 (No OpenAPI or other machine-readable contract found for the REST API, and the MCP server is closed. The MCP page lists all nine tools and `get_template_modifications` returns each template's keys, constraints and examples at run time (8 of 25, on that partial evidence). llms.txt indexes the docs (10). The MCP page says what each tool does, which tools change templates or spend credits, and that there is no delete tool (14 of 20). Modification keys follow `{element-name}.{modification-key}` with constraints from the template rather than a fixed schema (7 of 15). Request examples throughout and an error code table with eight codes (13 of 15). /v1 paths with no changelog (5 of 15). 8 + 10 + 14 + 7 + 13 + 5 = 57.)
- Security & auth, Robolly +13: Placid API + MCP 34 (One bearer token per project, no scopes, and the docs say nothing on revoking or rotating it (15). The MCP setup guide documents ?api_token= in the server URL for clients that can't set headers, less 10 (5). MCP settings restrict which templates and which output types (image, PDF, video, docs only) the server can use (14). Returns renders from your own templates (10). A dashboard activity log is mentioned in the changelog, nothing per call documented (5). No security.txt (404), no certification in the privacy policy and no disclosure policy found (0).); Robolly 47 (Bearer API key, signed render links, and MCP OAuth with one `robolly:mcp` scope limited to the organisation the user approves. Connections are listed and revoked under Connected AI Tools, and the API key is never shared with an OAuth client. No key scopes or rotation documented (22 of 30). The MCP server can create and update templates but not delete them; there's no read-only mode (10 of 20). Tools return the user's templates and public gallery designs (10 of 15). A renders list and the connected-tools view give some visibility, with no audit log documented (5 of 15). No security.txt (the path returns the site's HTML shell), disclosure policy, bug bounty or certification (0). 22 + 10 + 10 + 5 + 0 = 47.)
- Transparency & trust, Placid API + MCP +9: Placid API + MCP 58 (Closed service under published terms, per the 30 September check (15). Privacy policy updated 18 November 2024, a DPA on request, and raw request data kept 'for a limited amount of time' with no period stated (12). No deprecation policy or dated notices. The old changelog says v1 remains functional (3). Subprocessor categories only, with 'We don't publish further details of our data processors', and no hosting location (3).); Robolly 49 (Closed service under terms effective 8 April 2026 from Avantis Innovations LLC in Wyoming. The terms can change without notice (15). The privacy policy of the same date covers Google sign-in and Sheets data, says spreadsheet rows aren't kept beyond a render and account data is deleted with the account, and otherwise names no periods (10 of 30). No deprecation policy or notices (0). Hosting is described only as third-party vendors, with no processors or locations named, while the footer says Made in EU (2 of 20). 15 + 10 + 0 + 2 = 27.)