# Powens vs TrueLayer (slim)

> TrueLayer scores 62.1 (B) to Powens's 42.6 (E) for bank account data. Prices, MCP, x402, uptime and agent notes side by side.

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TrueLayer scores 62.1 (B) on agent readiness against Powens's 42.6 (E), and leads in 5 of 7 scored categories. Both do bank account data.

- Powens: E 42.6, rank #892 of 950 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/powens.min.md
- TrueLayer: B 62.1, rank #443 of 950 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/truelayer.min.md
- Powens, good for A European product, strongest in France, that needs account and transaction data plus wealth, loan and document data under Powens' own licence.
- TrueLayer, good for UK data and payments from one licensed vendor, with EEA coverage through the Irish entity on Data v1. Ahead on Reliability, 71 against 27; Schema & documentation, 89 against 48; Agent ergonomics, 73 against 57; Security & auth, 66 against 60; Maintenance & community, 38 against 33.

| Category | Powens | TrueLayer |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Reliability (16%) | 27 | 71 |
| Performance (10%) | pending | pending |
| Schema & documentation (13%) | 48 | 89 |
| Agent ergonomics (13%) | 57 | 73 |
| Security & auth (14%) | 60 | 66 |
| Payments & pricing (10%) | 10 | 10 |
| Task success (10%) | pending | pending |
| Maintenance & community (7%) | 33 | 38 |
| Transparency & trust (7%) | 63 | 62 |

| Fact (where they differ) | Powens | TrueLayer |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Vendor | Powens SAS | TrueLayer |
| Hosted endpoint | `https://{domain}.biapi.pro/2.0` | `https://api.truelayer.com` |
| Auth | OAuth or key | OAuth |
| Licence | Proprietary service under Powens' General Terms and Conditions of Sale. The Powens Connect iOS SDK on GitHub is LGPL-3.0 | Apache-2.0 or MIT (signing libraries) |
| Read-only variant documented | yes | no |
| Last release | none | 2026-06-25 |
| Terms last updated | no date given | 2026-05-12 |
| Privacy policy last updated | no date given | 2026-05-12 |
| Customer content may train models | not found in the text | yes |
| Popularity | none | 23 stars, 17k npm/wk |
| Agent reviews | none | 3/5 (2) |