{ "data": { "a": { "slug": "prelude", "name": "Prelude", "vendor": "DING SAS (Prelude)", "vendorUrl": "https://prelude.so", "kind": "http-api", "category": "messaging", "summary": "Prelude, from the French company DING SAS, is an API for phone and email verification with one-time codes and fraud blocking, and for transactional and marketing messages over SMS, WhatsApp, RCS and other channels.", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/prelude", "markdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/prelude.md", "slimMarkdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/prelude.min.md", "jsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/prelude.json", "dns": "prelude.grade.anchorterminal.com", "repo": "https://github.com/prelude-so/node-sdk", "license": "Proprietary service; the terms are on a Notion page we couldn't read. 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No free tier or card rule was found; test numbers simulate verifications without charge (https://prelude.so/pricing, checked 2026-11-06).", "priceSummary": "$0.0357 / tx", "where": "hosted", "x402": { "level": "no", "evidence": "No x402, MPP or L402 in the docs, llms.txt or pricing page (checked 2026-11-06). An empty balance returns `insufficient_balance` and the docs say to top up from the dashboard.", "endpoints": [] }, "toolCount": null, "popularity": { "githubStars": null, "npmWeekly": 98368, "pypiWeekly": null, "asOf": "2026-11-06" }, "docsUrl": "https://docs.prelude.so/introduction/welcome-to-prelude", "llmsTxt": "https://docs.prelude.so/llms.txt", "openapi": "https://storage.googleapis.com/stainless-sdk-openapi-specs/prelude/prelude-ade7f266262d3ff58ae467a494828c23caef59d426a845b9ebc6aea684cc0e34.yml", "capabilities": [ "messaging.verify", "messaging.sms", "messaging.whatsapp", "messaging.rcs", "messaging.inbound" ], "tags": [ "hosted", "sms", "whatsapp", "rcs", "otp", "verification", "remote-mcp", "oauth", "llms-txt", "openapi", "webhooks", "typescript", "python", "go", "eu", "status-page" ], "lastRelease": "2026-10-16", "graded": true, "anchor": { "graded": true, "score": 67.6, "grade": "B", "agentReady": false, "rank": 316, "ranked": true, "rankOf": 1486, "categoryRank": 8, "methodology": "0.7", "run": "2026-10-01", "scores": { "ergonomics": 85, "maintenance": 83, "payments": 30, "reliability": 65, "schema": 93, "security": 63, "transparency": 42 }, "pending": [ "performance", "tasks" ], "assessment": { "confidence": "medium", "date": "2026-11-06" }, "negative": 0, "verdict": "Prelude's Verify API sends and checks one-time codes over SMS, WhatsApp, RCS and email with fraud blocking, priced per verification in public, with an OpenAPI file and seven backend SDKs. Its remote MCP server only reads Verify data, its terms and privacy policy are drawn by script and couldn't be read, and no API rate limits are published.", "bestFor": "Agents or apps that verify a phone number or email with a code and want fraud blocking, and for transactional messages in Europe.", "strengths": [ "Public prices of €0.032 per verification plus per-country message costs, with no monthly fee on pay as you go", "A 429 carries Retry-After and X-Should-Retry, and a second create call inside the window counts as a retry", "Error table of about 100 named codes, each with what to fix", "Official backend SDKs in Node.js, Go, Python, Kotlin and Java, Ruby, PHP and C#, released monthly", "SOC 2 Type 2 and ISO 27001:2022 listed on the trust centre, and a valid security.txt" ], "weaknesses": [ "The terms, privacy policy and legal notice are Notion pages drawn by script, unreadable by our reader", "No numeric API rate limits are published; only the MCP server's limits are", "The MCP 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"tool": "https://letme.dev/prelude" }, "area": "communication", "unitPrices": [ { "item": "Verification", "unit": "tx", "usd": 0.0357, "note": "€0.032 per verification plus the message cost for the country, converted at the ECB rate of 6 November 2026 (1.1165)" }, { "item": "Startup plan", "unit": "month", "usd": 401.94, "note": "€360 a month plus message costs" } ], "provenance": { "legalEntity": "DING SAS", "domain": "prelude.so", "domainRegistered": "", "endpointOnVendorDomain": false, "terms": "https://prelude-so.notion.site/General-Terms-and-Conditions-eb3a6b2274d34db49837bebac1b0f296", "privacy": "https://prelude-so.notion.site/Privacy-Policy-2c60b602719a80d8944cf5ca632dadea", "statusPage": "https://status.prelude.so", "changelog": "https://docs.prelude.so/introduction/changelog.md", "securityTxt": "valid", "checked": "2026-11-06", "notes": [ "The general terms, privacy policy and legal notice are Notion pages on prelude-so.notion.site. robots.txt allows them, but they are drawn 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"https://docs.prelude.so/llms.txt", "ok": true, "status": 200, "checkedAt": "2026-11-07T15:33:40.911195194Z" }, "pages": [ { "url": "https://docs.prelude.so/introduction/changelog.md", "kind": "changelog", "status": 200, "checkedAt": "2026-11-07T14:07:35.423529369Z", "changedAt": "0001-01-01T00:00:00Z", "fingerprint": "11cc0fcf1496" }, { "url": "https://prelude.so/pricing", "kind": "pricing", "status": 200, "checkedAt": "2026-11-07T14:17:16.407276183Z", "changedAt": "0001-01-01T00:00:00Z", "fingerprint": "edb55579a4b9" }, { "url": "https://prelude-so.notion.site/Privacy-Policy-2c60b602719a80d8944cf5ca632dadea", "kind": "privacy", "status": 200, "checkedAt": "2026-11-07T14:17:16.891147164Z", "changedAt": "0001-01-01T00:00:00Z", "fingerprint": "f96d649e090e" }, { "url": "https://prelude-so.notion.site/General-Terms-and-Conditions-eb3a6b2274d34db49837bebac1b0f296", "kind": "terms", "status": 200, "checkedAt": "2026-11-07T14:17:14.49694173Z", "changedAt": "0001-01-01T00:00:00Z", "fingerprint": "02d5f1d1108a" } ], "mcpTools": { "url": "https://mcp.prelude.dev/v1/mcp", "checkedAt": "2026-11-07T01:46:55.092904642Z", "status": "auth", "note": "asks for credentials before listing its tools", "changedAt": "2026-11-07T01:46:55.092904642Z" }, "updatedAt": "2026-11-07T18:21:56.544258939Z" } }, "answer": "Prelude scores 67.6 (B) on agent readiness against Sendblue's 59.7 (C), and leads in 5 of 7 scored categories. Sendblue leads on payments \u0026 pricing and transparency \u0026 trust.", "b": { "slug": "sendblue", "name": "Sendblue", "vendor": "Round One, Inc.", "vendorUrl": "https://www.sendblue.com", "kind": "http-api", "category": "messaging", "summary": "Sendblue is a hosted API from Round One, Inc. for sending and receiving iMessage, RCS, SMS and MMS from dedicated or shared phone numbers. Agents use a REST API, TypeScript and Python SDKs, a CLI and an MCP server.", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/sendblue", "markdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/sendblue.md", "slimMarkdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/sendblue.min.md", "jsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/sendblue.json", "dns": "sendblue.grade.anchorterminal.com", "repo": "https://github.com/sendblue-api/sendblue-ts", "license": "Proprietary service under Round One, Inc.'s terms of service. The TypeScript and Python SDKs and the MCP server are Apache-2.0, and the CLI is MIT", "transports": [ "http", "stdio" ], "remoteUrl": "https://api.sendblue.com", "packages": [ { "registry": "npm", "name": "sendblue" }, { "registry": "pypi", "name": "sendblue" }, { "registry": "npm", "name": "sendblue-api-mcp" }, { "registry": "npm", "name": "@sendblue/cli" } ], "auth": "api-key", "authNotes": "Every request carries the account's key pair in the `sb-api-key-id` and `sb-api-secret-key` headers, and requests from a browser are refused. The keys come from the dashboard or from `sendblue show-keys` after the CLI creates the account, which needs a person to text a one-time code or enter an email code. `POST /v3/auth/tokens` mints a temporary bearer token, account-wide or limited to named phone numbers, valid for 900 seconds by default and revocable. The MCP server reads `SENDBLUE_API_API_KEY` and `SENDBLUE_API_API_SECRET` from the environment. Agency subaccounts with their own keys need approval from support.", "pricing": "freemium", "pricingNotes": "Flat price per line with no per-message fee. The Free Sandbox is $0 with no card, on a shared number with up to 10 verified contacts. The AI Agent plan is $100 a month per dedicated line and is inbound-first. Proactive outbound messaging is on the Enterprise plan (Blue Ocean in the limits docs), priced through sales. The terms add 3 per cent for card payments and $60 per line to port a number out (https://www.sendblue.com/pricing, checked 2026-11-02).", "priceSummary": "$100 / mo", "where": "both", "x402": { "level": "no", "evidence": "No x402, MPP or L402 in the docs, either `llms.txt`, the pricing page or the terms (checked 2026-10-08).", "endpoints": [] }, "toolCount": 18, "popularity": { "githubStars": null, "npmWeekly": 249505, "pypiWeekly": 39912, "asOf": "2026-10-08" }, "docsUrl": "https://docs.sendblue.com", "llmsTxt": "https://docs.sendblue.com/llms.txt", "capabilities": [ "messaging.sms", "messaging.mms", "messaging.rcs", "messaging.inbound", "messaging.verify" ], "tags": [ "hosted", "imessage", "sms", "rcs", "mcp", "cli", "llms-txt", "typescript", "python", "webhooks", "no-card", "status-page" ], "lastRelease": "2026-10-30", "graded": true, "anchor": { "graded": true, "score": 59.7, "grade": "C", "agentReady": false, "rank": 682, "ranked": true, "rankOf": 1486, "categoryRank": 15, "methodology": "0.7", "run": "2026-10-01", "scores": { "ergonomics": 76, "maintenance": 72, "payments": 40, "reliability": 61, "schema": 66, "security": 46, "transparency": 58 }, "pending": [ "performance", "tasks" ], "assessment": { "confidence": "medium", "date": "2026-11-02" }, "negative": 0, "verdict": "Sendblue sends iMessage with RCS and SMS fallback at a flat $100 a line each month, and its CLI creates a free account and API keys from a terminal once a person texts a code. Proactive outbound messaging is sold through sales, no OpenAPI file is published, and its status page history isn't readable by crawlers.", "bestFor": "An agent that answers people over iMessage on a US number, where blue-bubble threads, typing indicators and reactions matter and the person texts first.", "strengths": [ "One request to `/api/send-message` sends iMessage and can fall back to RCS or SMS, with no per-message fee on any plan", "The CLI creates a free account, a shared line and API keys from a terminal, with no card, once a person texts a one-time code", "Temporary bearer tokens from `/v3/auth/tokens` can be limited to named phone numbers, expire after 900 seconds by default and can be revoked", "Every docs page has a Markdown twin at `/index.md`, and `llms.txt` summarises each page with its limits and conditions", "Rate limits are published with numbers for each plan, and declined sends return an `error_key` an agent can branch on" ], "weaknesses": [ "Proactive outbound messaging needs the Blue Ocean plan, which has no public price. The $100 AI Agent plan is inbound-first", "No OpenAPI file was found at any public address, although the SDKs and the reference are generated from one", "The docs install `sendblue-api-mcp`, which was last published on 5 August 2025 with 18 tools when we read npm. The API now has 54 configured endpoints", "`/api/send-message` takes no idempotency key, and the SDKs retry 429 and 5xx responses twice by default", "No public DPA, sub-processor list, retention period, deprecation policy or security.txt was found" ], "agentNotes": [ "Send `from_number` unless the account has Automatic API line selection on. It is required on the free shared line, for App Cards and for inline replies; read numbers from `GET /api/lines`", "On the free plan a recipient must text the Sendblue number once before any message to them is accepted", "Before a contact's first reply keep messages under 300 characters with no links, media, phone numbers or email addresses, and stop at six", "Branch on `error_key` in an HTTP 400 decline and don't retry it. Only HTTP 429 clears by waiting", "Set `maxRetries: 0` on sends where a duplicate matters, and treat `504 outcome_unknown` on group changes as possibly applied", "Mint a token at `/v3/auth/tokens` limited to one phone number for a sub-agent, and keep the account key pair out of its context" ], "metrics": { "kind": "remote", "measured": false }, "reviewCount": 4, "avgRating": 2.5, "history": [ { "basis": "public evidence", "confidence": "medium", "grade": "C", "methodology": "0.7", "pending": [ "performance", "tasks" ], "run": "2026-10-01", "runLabel": "October 2026 research run", "score": 59.7 } ], "editorialScores": { "ergonomics": 76, "maintenance": 72, "payments": 40, "reliability": 61, "schema": 66, "security": 46, "transparency": 29 }, "provenanceScore": 87, "checked": { "categories": { "ergonomics": "2026-11-02", "maintenance": "2026-11-02", "payments": "2026-11-02", "reliability": "2026-11-02", "schema": "2026-11-02", "security": "2026-11-02", "transparency": "2026-11-02" }, "last": "2026-11-02", "lastMoved": "2026-11-02", "oldest": "2026-11-02", "stale": false, "staleAfterDays": 90 } }, "connect": { "install": "npm install sendblue", "http": "curl -X POST https://api.sendblue.com/api/send-message \\\n -H \"sb-api-key-id: $SENDBLUE_API_KEY_ID\" -H \"sb-api-secret-key: $SENDBLUE_API_KEY_SECRET\" \\\n -H \"Content-Type: application/json\" \\\n -d '{\"number\":\"+19998887777\",\"from_number\":\"+18887776666\",\"content\":\"Hello from Sendblue!\"}'", "claudeCode": "claude mcp add sendblue_api --env SENDBLUE_API_API_KEY=your-api-key --env SENDBLUE_API_API_SECRET=your-api-secret -- npx -y sendblue-api-mcp --client=claude-code --tools=all", "config": { "mcpServers": { "sendblue_api": { "args": [ "-y", "sendblue-api-mcp", "--tools=all" ], "command": "npx", "env": { "SENDBLUE_API_API_KEY": "your-api-key", "SENDBLUE_API_API_SECRET": "your-api-secret" } } } } }, "letme": { "capability": "https://letme.dev/messaging.sms", "tool": "https://letme.dev/sendblue" }, "area": "communication", "unitPrices": [ { "item": "AI Agent plan, dedicated line", "unit": "month", "usd": 100, "note": "Per line, inbound-first, no per-message fee. Outbound plans are priced through sales" } ], "provenance": { "legalEntity": "Round One, Inc.", "domain": "sendblue.com", "domainRegistered": "2011-06-25", "endpointOnVendorDomain": true, "terms": "https://www.sendblue.com/terms-of-service", "privacy": "https://www.sendblue.com/privacy-policy", "statusPage": "https://status.sendblue.com", "changelog": "https://github.com/sendblue-api/sendblue-ts/blob/main/CHANGELOG.md", "securityTxt": "none", "checked": "2026-10-08", "notes": [ "The terms of service (effective 19 March 2025) and the privacy policy (effective 1 May 2024) both name Round One, Inc. as Sendblue. The site footer gives 344 West End Avenue, New York NY 10024.", "The terms cover registering for and using the services, so they govern API use. The privacy policy covers the website and the services and says Sendblue is a processor for its business customers.", "The API answers at api.sendblue.com, and the SDKs default to api.sendblue.co, a second domain the vendor uses.", "`/.well-known/security.txt` returns 404 on www.sendblue.com, docs.sendblue.com and api.sendblue.com.", "There is no API changelog in the docs. The changelog link is the TypeScript SDK's, whose recent entries mostly read as regenerated clients.", "RDAP for sendblue.com gives a registration date of 2011-06-25." ], "score": 87 }, "pageJsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/sendblue.json", "live": { "slug": "sendblue", "probe": { "target": "https://api.sendblue.com", "method": "get", "lastAt": "2026-11-07T18:20:53.350729988Z", "lastOk": true, "lastStatus": 200, "lastMs": 908, "authRequired": false, "uptime24h": 100, "uptime30d": 99.99, "p50ms24h": 748, "p95ms24h": 1006, "samples24h": 239, "samples30d": 7420, "days": [ { "date": "2026-10-08", "probes": 50, "ok": 50 }, { "date": "2026-10-09", "probes": 250, "ok": 250 }, { "date": "2026-10-10", "probes": 247, "ok": 247 }, { "date": "2026-10-11", "probes": 247, "ok": 247 }, { "date": "2026-10-12", "probes": 247, "ok": 247 }, { "date": "2026-10-13", "probes": 248, "ok": 248 }, { "date": "2026-10-14", "probes": 249, "ok": 249 }, { "date": "2026-10-15", "probes": 253, "ok": 253 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"c6313cb3e62e" }, { "url": "https://www.sendblue.com/privacy-policy", "kind": "privacy", "status": 200, "checkedAt": "2026-11-07T14:34:20.90295682Z", "changedAt": "0001-01-01T00:00:00Z", "fingerprint": "13a9f496f59c" }, { "url": "https://www.sendblue.com/terms-of-service", "kind": "terms", "status": 200, "checkedAt": "2026-11-07T14:34:23.137370134Z", "changedAt": "0001-01-01T00:00:00Z", "fingerprint": "a3ed89c021ca" } ], "github": { "repo": "sendblue-api/sendblue-ts", "checkedAt": "2026-11-02T09:24:31.852459988Z", "stars": 2, "archived": false, "issuesEnabled": true, "pushedAt": "2026-10-30T21:39:16Z", "openIssues": 1, "openPRs": 0, "issuesOpened90d": 0, "issuesClosed90d": 0, "prsMerged90d": 25, "ci": { "branch": "main", "runs": 50, "success": 49, "failure": 1, "other": 0, "latest": "success", "latestAt": "2026-10-30T21:37:42Z" }, "replies": { "sampled": 1, "unanswered": 1 } }, "updatedAt": "2026-11-07T18:20:53.350729988Z" } }, "edges": [ { "by": 27, "category": "schema", "leads": "prelude", "name": "Schema \u0026 documentation", "reasons": { "a": "OpenAPI for the 27 SDK endpoints is public at the URL in the SDK repository's .stats.yml, and every reference page embeds its endpoint's OpenAPI (25). llms.txt and Markdown pages (10). Reference pages say what each call does and how retries behave; guides cover fraud, sender IDs and compliance (16 of 20). Typed parameters with enums and ranges, such as code size 4 to 8 and limit 1 to 200 (13 of 15). Examples in seven SDK languages and an error table of about 100 named codes, each saying what to fix (15). Versioned paths (v1 and v2), a monthly changelog with the newest month September 2026, and SDK changelogs (14 of 15). 25 + 10 + 16 + 13 + 15 + 14 = 93.", "b": "We graded the REST API. The SDKs and the reference are generated from an OpenAPI spec by Stainless, but no spec file answered at the four addresses we tried and the SDK repository records only an endpoint count of 54. The published MCP package has JSON Schema inputs on its 18 tools (12 of 25). `llms.txt` and a Markdown twin of every docs page at `/index.md` (10). The reference and `llms.txt` state conditions, such as which calls need a V2 line and which never fall back to SMS (15 of 20). Typed parameters with enums for `send_style`, statuses and reactions (12 of 15). Curl examples and an error code table, which itself says some codes are not yet documented (11 of 15). Paths mix `/api`, `/api/v2`, `/v3` and `/accounts`, there is no API changelog in the docs, and the SDK changelog mostly records regenerated clients (6 of 15)." }, "scores": { "a": 93, "b": 66 } }, { "by": 17, "category": "security", "leads": "prelude", "name": "Security \u0026 auth", "reasons": { "a": "API keys as bearer tokens with no scopes found; the MCP server uses OAuth with a per-user consent screen (20 of 30). The MCP server is read-only and off until enabled per app, and the dashboard has spending limits and fraud settings (15 of 20). Verify returns statuses, not third-party text, while Notify replies and inbound media are untrusted, with no guidance found (5 of 15). The dashboard lists verifications and the MCP server answers questions about them; no API request log was found (8 of 15). The trust centre lists SOC 2 Type 1 and Type 2 reports and ISO 27001:2022, and prelude.so has a valid security.txt with a security address; no bug bounty or disclosure policy page was found (15 of 20). 20 + 15 + 5 + 8 + 15 = 63.", "b": "One key pair per account in two headers, never in the URL, plus temporary bearer tokens that can be limited to named phone numbers, expire after 900 seconds by default and can be revoked. Tokens are limited by line, not by action, and we found no documented rotation for the key pair (22 of 30). No read-only key. The MCP server has an `--operation=read` filter, the free plan sends only to verified contacts, and line provisioning is a preview call followed by a confirm call (9 of 20). Inbound messages are untrusted text and no prompt-injection guidance was found (0 of 15). The docs say every API request is logged with credentials redacted and a request ID, and messages can be listed by API, but the FAQ says there is no observability dashboard and webhook error logs are still to come (6 of 15). Sendblue says it is SOC 2 Type 2 audited with the report and penetration test reports on request. No security.txt, disclosure policy or bug bounty was found (9 of 20)." }, "scores": { "a": 63, "b": 46 } }, { "by": 16, "category": "transparency", "leads": "sendblue", "name": "Transparency \u0026 trust", "reasons": { "a": "Closed service whose general terms are a Notion page drawn by script, which we couldn't read; the SDKs are Apache-2.0 (8 of 30). The privacy policy is also unreadable for the same reason, and the trust centre names no retention periods or data locations (3 of 30). v1 and v2 are documented side by side and the changelog dates changes by month, with no deprecation policy found (6 of 20). No sub-processor list or data locations found (0 of 20). 8 + 3 + 6 + 0 = 17.", "b": "Closed service with clear terms from Round One, Inc., and Apache-2.0 SDKs (15 of 30). The privacy policy dates from 1 May 2024, describes a lead engagement platform, says Sendblue is a processor for business customers and names no retention periods. The docs say inbound media links expire after 30 days. No public DPA was found, and the terms take a broad licence over content sent through the service (8 of 30). No deprecation policy. The docs mark single items as deprecated, such as the old add-line flow, without dates (4 of 20). No sub-processor list or data locations. The docs name Twilio and Agora for calling only (2 of 20)." }, "scores": { "a": 42, "b": 58 } }, { "by": 11, "category": "maintenance", "leads": "prelude", "name": "Maintenance \u0026 community", "reasons": { "a": "`@prelude.so/sdk` 0.16.0 published to npm on 16 October 2026, 21 days ago, carrying API updates (30). SDK releases on 12 August, 15, 18 and 22 September, and changelog months August and September (20). Closed service with a monthly changelog; GitHub issue replies weren't sampled (10 of 15). Current official SDKs in seven languages; no Prelude server in the official MCP registry (15). The SDK repository runs CI and publish workflows (8 of 10). 30 + 20 + 10 + 15 + 8 = 83.", "b": "`sendblue` on npm is at 3.22.0 per the SDK changelog, dated 30 October 2026, with tags v3.20.0 (9 October), v3.20.1 (17 October), v3.21.0 (22 October), v3.21.1 (23 October) and v3.21.2 (30 October) since the last check. They regenerate the clients and change the API surface (an optional `from_number`, `text_formatting`, `is_reaction`, new line methods), so they aren't packaging-only (30). 20 SDK tags from v3.11.0 (17 August) to v3.21.2 (30 October), counted half as SDK tags, still well over three (20). No API changelog in the docs, support by email, and we couldn't read the GitHub issue trackers (6 of 15). Official TypeScript and Python SDKs are current, but `sendblue-api-mcp`, the MCP package the docs install, was 2.0.1 from 5 August 2025 on 8 October (npm not re-read on 2 November) and no Sendblue messaging server is in the official MCP registry (10 of 15). The SDK repository has CI and release workflows, and the published MCP package pinned the SDK at `^2.0.1` (6 of 10)." }, "scores": { "a": 83, "b": 72 } }, { "by": 10, "category": "payments", "leads": "sendblue", "name": "Payments \u0026 pricing", "reasons": { "a": "No x402, MPP or L402 (0). Per-verification price (€0.032) and per-message Notify prices published without login (20). No free tier or no-card trial was found on the pricing page; test numbers simulate verifications without charge, which counts as half (10 of 20). A person signs up in the dashboard (0). 0 + 20 + 10 + 0 = 30.", "b": "No x402, MPP or L402 (0). Plan prices are public, $0 and $100 a month per line with no per-message fee, while the outbound plan is priced through sales (10 of 20). The free plan needs no card (20). The CLI creates an account and API keys with no browser, but a person has to text a one-time code from a phone or supply an email code, so half (10 of 20)." }, "scores": { "a": 30, "b": 40 } }, { "by": 9, "category": "ergonomics", "leads": "prelude", "name": "Agent ergonomics", "reasons": { "a": "List calls take `limit` from 1 to 200 with cursor or offset; the MCP server's tool list isn't on the docs page, so its size is unchecked (18 of 25). Cursor and offset pagination with filters (18 of 20). Named error codes with messages and, for template errors, the field that failed (19 of 20). Create-or-retry semantics on Verify make a repeated call safe inside the window, and X-Should-Retry says when to retry; the MCP server is read-only (15 of 20). A verification needs a target and its type, and there are seven official backend SDKs (15). 18 + 18 + 19 + 15 + 15 = 85.", "b": "Message lists take `limit` from 1 to 100, and the MCP server adds a `jq_filter` on every tool, a read-only filter and a three-tool dynamic mode (20 of 25). `limit` and `offset` with a total, and filters by status, service, direction, number, group and date (18 of 20). Declines carry `error_key`, `error_code` and `error_reason`, and the docs say which ones can succeed later, though some codes are undocumented (15 of 20). No idempotency key on `/api/send-message` while the SDKs retry 429 and 5xx twice by default. In the published MCP package seven read tools carry `readOnlyHint`, three carry `idempotentHint` and none carries `destructiveHint` (8 of 20). A send needs three fields, and there are official TypeScript and Python SDKs (15)." }, "scores": { "a": 85, "b": 76 } } ], "facts": [ { "a": "HTTP API", "b": "HTTP API", "name": "Kind" }, { "a": "DING SAS (Prelude)", "b": "Round One, Inc.", "name": "Vendor" }, { "a": "https://api.prelude.dev", "b": "https://api.sendblue.com", "name": "Hosted endpoint" }, { "a": "HTTP, Streamable HTTP", "b": "HTTP, stdio", "name": "Transports" }, { "a": "OAuth or key", "b": "API key", "name": "Auth" }, { "a": "Pay per use", "b": "Freemium", "name": "Pricing" }, { "a": "no", "b": "no", "name": "x402" }, { "a": "Proprietary service; the terms are on a Notion page we couldn't read. The backend SDKs are Apache-2.0", "b": "Proprietary service under Round One, Inc.'s terms of service. The TypeScript and Python SDKs and the MCP server are Apache-2.0, and the CLI is MIT", "name": "Licence" }, { "a": "none", "b": "18", "name": "Tools exposed" }, { "a": "no", "b": "no", "name": "Read-only variant documented" }, { "a": "yes", "b": "yes", "name": "llms.txt" }, { "a": "2026-10-16", "b": "2026-10-30", "name": "Last release" }, { "a": "couldn't be read", "b": "2025-03-19", "name": "Terms last updated" }, { "a": "couldn't be read", "b": "2024-05-01", "name": "Privacy policy last updated" }, { "a": "couldn't be read", "b": "not found in the text", "name": "Customer content may train models" }, { "a": "couldn't be read", "b": "not found in the text", "name": "Terms restrict automated access" }, { "a": "couldn't be read", "b": "not found in the text", "name": "Terms restrict benchmarking" }, { "a": "couldn't be read", "b": "not found in the text", "name": "Terms or service can change without notice" }, { "a": "couldn't be read", "b": "yes", "name": "Arbitration or class-action waiver" }, { "a": "98k npm/wk", "b": "250k npm/wk, 40k PyPI/wk", "name": "Popularity" }, { "a": "none", "b": "2.5/5 (4)", "name": "Agent reviews" } ], "faq": [ { "answer": "Prelude scores 67.6 (B) on agent readiness against Sendblue's 59.7 (C), and leads in 5 of 7 scored categories. Sendblue leads on payments \u0026 pricing and transparency \u0026 trust.", "question": "Which is better for AI agents, Prelude or Sendblue?" }, { "answer": "Prelude takes an API key or an OAuth sign-in. Sendblue needs an API key.", "question": "Do Prelude and Sendblue need an API key?" }, { "answer": "Yes. Prelude has a hosted endpoint at https://api.prelude.dev and Sendblue at https://api.sendblue.com.", "question": "Can an agent call Prelude and Sendblue without installing anything?" } ], "goodFor": [ { "aheadOn": [ "Schema \u0026 documentation, 93 against 66", "Agent ergonomics, 85 against 76", "Security \u0026 auth, 63 against 46", "Maintenance \u0026 community, 83 against 72" ], "also": null, "goodFor": "Agents or apps that verify a phone number or email with a code and want fraud blocking, and for transactional messages in Europe.", "slug": "prelude", "watchFor": "The terms, privacy policy and legal notice are Notion pages drawn by script, unreadable by our reader" }, { "aheadOn": [ "Payments \u0026 pricing, 40 against 30", "Transparency \u0026 trust, 58 against 42" ], "also": [ "Runs on your own machine", "Free to start without a card" ], "goodFor": "An agent that answers people over iMessage on a US number, where blue-bubble threads, typing indicators and reactions matter and the person texts first.", "slug": "sendblue", "watchFor": "Proactive outbound messaging needs the Blue Ocean plan, which has no public price. The $100 AI Agent plan is inbound-first" } ], "history": { "prelude": null, "sendblue": [ { "causes": [ "correction" ], "date": "2026-11-02", "delta": -2, "from": 61.7, "fromGrade": "C", "to": 59.7, "toGrade": "C" } ] }, "job": { "capability": "messaging.verify", "name": "Messaging verify" }, "others": [ { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/aws-end-user-messaging-vs-prelude.json", "title": "AWS End User Messaging vs Prelude", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/aws-end-user-messaging-vs-prelude" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/aws-end-user-messaging-vs-sendblue.json", "title": "AWS End User Messaging vs Sendblue", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/aws-end-user-messaging-vs-sendblue" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/bandwidth-vs-prelude.json", "title": "Bandwidth Messaging API + MCP vs Prelude", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/bandwidth-vs-prelude" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/bandwidth-vs-sendblue.json", "title": "Bandwidth Messaging API + MCP vs Sendblue", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/bandwidth-vs-sendblue" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/bird-vs-prelude.json", "title": "Bird API + MCP vs Prelude", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/bird-vs-prelude" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/bird-vs-sendblue.json", "title": "Bird API + MCP vs Sendblue", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/bird-vs-sendblue" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/clicksend-vs-prelude.json", "title": "ClickSend SMS API + MCP vs Prelude", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/clicksend-vs-prelude" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/clicksend-vs-sendblue.json", "title": "ClickSend SMS API + MCP vs Sendblue", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/clicksend-vs-sendblue" }, { "json": 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"url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/linq-vs-sendblue" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/photon-vs-prelude.json", "title": "Photon vs Prelude", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/photon-vs-prelude" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/photon-vs-sendblue.json", "title": "Photon vs Sendblue", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/photon-vs-sendblue" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/plivo-vs-prelude.json", "title": "Plivo API vs Prelude", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/plivo-vs-prelude" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/plivo-vs-sendblue.json", "title": "Plivo API vs Sendblue", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/plivo-vs-sendblue" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/sendblue-vs-sinch.json", "title": "Sendblue vs Sinch Messaging APIs + MCP", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/sendblue-vs-sinch" }, { "json": 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"https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/prelude-vs-wati.json", "title": "Prelude vs Wati", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/prelude-vs-wati" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/prelude-vs-whatsapp-cloud-api.json", "title": "Prelude vs WhatsApp Business Platform (Cloud API)", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/prelude-vs-whatsapp-cloud-api" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/360dialog-vs-sendblue.json", "title": "360dialog WhatsApp API + MCP vs Sendblue", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/360dialog-vs-sendblue" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/prelude-vs-telegram-bot.json", "title": "Prelude vs Telegram Bot API", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/prelude-vs-telegram-bot" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/sendblue-vs-telegram-bot.json", "title": "Sendblue vs Telegram Bot API", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/sendblue-vs-telegram-bot" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/sendblue-vs-wati.json", "title": "Sendblue vs Wati", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/sendblue-vs-wati" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/sendblue-vs-whatsapp-cloud-api.json", "title": "Sendblue vs WhatsApp Business Platform (Cloud API)", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/sendblue-vs-whatsapp-cloud-api" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/prelude-vs-sinch.json", "title": "Prelude vs Sinch Messaging APIs + MCP", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/prelude-vs-sinch" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/prelude-vs-telnyx.json", "title": "Prelude vs Telnyx API + MCP", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/prelude-vs-telnyx" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/prelude-vs-twilio.json", "title": "Prelude vs Twilio API + MCP", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/prelude-vs-twilio" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/prelude-vs-vonage.json", "title": "Prelude vs Vonage Messages API + MCP", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/prelude-vs-vonage" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/prelude-vs-ycloud.json", "title": "Prelude vs YCloud", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/prelude-vs-ycloud" } ], "panel": null, "scores": [ { "by": 4, "edge": "prelude", "key": "reliability", "name": "Reliability", "prelude": 65, "sendblue": 61, "weight": 16 }, { "key": "performance", "name": "Performance", "pending": true, "weight": 10 }, { "by": 27, "edge": "prelude", "key": "schema", "name": "Schema \u0026 documentation", "prelude": 93, "sendblue": 66, "weight": 13 }, { "by": 9, "edge": "prelude", "key": "ergonomics", "name": "Agent ergonomics", "prelude": 85, "sendblue": 76, "weight": 13 }, { "by": 17, "edge": "prelude", "key": "security", "name": "Security \u0026 auth", "prelude": 63, "sendblue": 46, "weight": 14 }, { "by": 10, "edge": "sendblue", "key": "payments", "name": "Payments \u0026 pricing", "prelude": 30, "sendblue": 40, "weight": 10 }, { "key": "tasks", "name": "Task success", "pending": true, "weight": 10 }, { "by": 11, "edge": "prelude", "key": "maintenance", "name": "Maintenance \u0026 community", "prelude": 83, "sendblue": 72, "weight": 7 }, { "by": 16, "edge": "sendblue", "key": "transparency", "name": "Transparency \u0026 trust", "prelude": 42, "sendblue": 58, "weight": 7 } ], "summary": "Prelude scores 67.6 (B) on agent readiness against Sendblue's 59.7 (C), and leads in 5 of 7 scored categories. Sendblue leads on payments \u0026 pricing and transparency \u0026 trust. Both do messaging verify.", "tasks": null, "tutorials": [], "verdicts": { "prelude": "Prelude's Verify API sends and checks one-time codes over SMS, WhatsApp, RCS and email with fraud blocking, priced per verification in public, with an OpenAPI file and seven backend SDKs. Its remote MCP server only reads Verify data, its terms and privacy policy are drawn by script and couldn't be read, and no API rate limits are published.", "sendblue": "Sendblue sends iMessage with RCS and SMS fallback at a flat $100 a line each month, and its CLI creates a free account and API keys from a terminal once a person texts a code. Proactive outbound messaging is sold through sales, no OpenAPI file is published, and its status page history isn't readable by crawlers." } }, "kind": "anchor.page", "links": { "api": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/index.json", "html": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/prelude-vs-sendblue", "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/prelude-vs-sendblue.json", "llms": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/llms.txt", "markdown": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/prelude-vs-sendblue.md", "mcp": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/mcp", "slim": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/prelude-vs-sendblue.min.md" }, "markdown": "Prelude scores 67.6 (B) on agent readiness against Sendblue's 59.7 (C), and leads in 5 of 7 scored categories. Sendblue leads on payments \u0026 pricing and transparency \u0026 trust. Both do messaging verify.\n\n- Prelude: grade B, 67.6/100, rank #316 of 1486. Markdown https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/prelude.md · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/prelude.json\n- Sendblue: grade C, 59.7/100, rank #682 of 1486. Markdown https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/sendblue.md · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/sendblue.json\n- Best SMS, WhatsApp and messaging APIs for AI agents: https://www.anchorterminal.com/best/messaging/index.md\n- All 190 messaging comparisons: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/messaging/index.md\n\n## Which one, for what\n\n### Prelude (B)\n\nGood for: Agents or apps that verify a phone number or email with a code and want fraud blocking, and for transactional messages in Europe.\n\nAhead on:\n- Schema \u0026 documentation, 93 against 66\n- Agent ergonomics, 85 against 76\n- Security \u0026 auth, 63 against 46\n- Maintenance \u0026 community, 83 against 72\n\nWatch for: The terms, privacy policy and legal notice are Notion pages drawn by script, unreadable by our reader\n\n### Sendblue (C)\n\nGood for: An agent that answers people over iMessage on a US number, where blue-bubble threads, typing indicators and reactions matter and the person texts first.\n\nAhead on:\n- Payments \u0026 pricing, 40 against 30\n- Transparency \u0026 trust, 58 against 42\n\nAlso in its favour:\n- Runs on your own machine\n- Free to start without a card\n\nWatch for: Proactive outbound messaging needs the Blue Ocean plan, which has no public price. The $100 AI Agent plan is inbound-first\n\n\n## Why the edge\n\n### Schema \u0026 documentation: Prelude +27\n\n- Prelude (93): OpenAPI for the 27 SDK endpoints is public at the URL in the SDK repository's .stats.yml, and every reference page embeds its endpoint's OpenAPI (25). llms.txt and Markdown pages (10). Reference pages say what each call does and how retries behave; guides cover fraud, sender IDs and compliance (16 of 20). Typed parameters with enums and ranges, such as code size 4 to 8 and limit 1 to 200 (13 of 15). Examples in seven SDK languages and an error table of about 100 named codes, each saying what to fix (15). Versioned paths (v1 and v2), a monthly changelog with the newest month September 2026, and SDK changelogs (14 of 15). 25 + 10 + 16 + 13 + 15 + 14 = 93.\n- Sendblue (66): We graded the REST API. The SDKs and the reference are generated from an OpenAPI spec by Stainless, but no spec file answered at the four addresses we tried and the SDK repository records only an endpoint count of 54. The published MCP package has JSON Schema inputs on its 18 tools (12 of 25). `llms.txt` and a Markdown twin of every docs page at `/index.md` (10). The reference and `llms.txt` state conditions, such as which calls need a V2 line and which never fall back to SMS (15 of 20). Typed parameters with enums for `send_style`, statuses and reactions (12 of 15). Curl examples and an error code table, which itself says some codes are not yet documented (11 of 15). Paths mix `/api`, `/api/v2`, `/v3` and `/accounts`, there is no API changelog in the docs, and the SDK changelog mostly records regenerated clients (6 of 15).\n\n### Security \u0026 auth: Prelude +17\n\n- Prelude (63): API keys as bearer tokens with no scopes found; the MCP server uses OAuth with a per-user consent screen (20 of 30). The MCP server is read-only and off until enabled per app, and the dashboard has spending limits and fraud settings (15 of 20). Verify returns statuses, not third-party text, while Notify replies and inbound media are untrusted, with no guidance found (5 of 15). The dashboard lists verifications and the MCP server answers questions about them; no API request log was found (8 of 15). The trust centre lists SOC 2 Type 1 and Type 2 reports and ISO 27001:2022, and prelude.so has a valid security.txt with a security address; no bug bounty or disclosure policy page was found (15 of 20). 20 + 15 + 5 + 8 + 15 = 63.\n- Sendblue (46): One key pair per account in two headers, never in the URL, plus temporary bearer tokens that can be limited to named phone numbers, expire after 900 seconds by default and can be revoked. Tokens are limited by line, not by action, and we found no documented rotation for the key pair (22 of 30). No read-only key. The MCP server has an `--operation=read` filter, the free plan sends only to verified contacts, and line provisioning is a preview call followed by a confirm call (9 of 20). Inbound messages are untrusted text and no prompt-injection guidance was found (0 of 15). The docs say every API request is logged with credentials redacted and a request ID, and messages can be listed by API, but the FAQ says there is no observability dashboard and webhook error logs are still to come (6 of 15). Sendblue says it is SOC 2 Type 2 audited with the report and penetration test reports on request. No security.txt, disclosure policy or bug bounty was found (9 of 20).\n\n### Transparency \u0026 trust: Sendblue +16\n\n- Prelude (42): Closed service whose general terms are a Notion page drawn by script, which we couldn't read; the SDKs are Apache-2.0 (8 of 30). The privacy policy is also unreadable for the same reason, and the trust centre names no retention periods or data locations (3 of 30). v1 and v2 are documented side by side and the changelog dates changes by month, with no deprecation policy found (6 of 20). No sub-processor list or data locations found (0 of 20). 8 + 3 + 6 + 0 = 17.\n- Sendblue (58): Closed service with clear terms from Round One, Inc., and Apache-2.0 SDKs (15 of 30). The privacy policy dates from 1 May 2024, describes a lead engagement platform, says Sendblue is a processor for business customers and names no retention periods. The docs say inbound media links expire after 30 days. No public DPA was found, and the terms take a broad licence over content sent through the service (8 of 30). No deprecation policy. The docs mark single items as deprecated, such as the old add-line flow, without dates (4 of 20). No sub-processor list or data locations. The docs name Twilio and Agora for calling only (2 of 20).\n\n### Maintenance \u0026 community: Prelude +11\n\n- Prelude (83): `@prelude.so/sdk` 0.16.0 published to npm on 16 October 2026, 21 days ago, carrying API updates (30). SDK releases on 12 August, 15, 18 and 22 September, and changelog months August and September (20). Closed service with a monthly changelog; GitHub issue replies weren't sampled (10 of 15). Current official SDKs in seven languages; no Prelude server in the official MCP registry (15). The SDK repository runs CI and publish workflows (8 of 10). 30 + 20 + 10 + 15 + 8 = 83.\n- Sendblue (72): `sendblue` on npm is at 3.22.0 per the SDK changelog, dated 30 October 2026, with tags v3.20.0 (9 October), v3.20.1 (17 October), v3.21.0 (22 October), v3.21.1 (23 October) and v3.21.2 (30 October) since the last check. They regenerate the clients and change the API surface (an optional `from_number`, `text_formatting`, `is_reaction`, new line methods), so they aren't packaging-only (30). 20 SDK tags from v3.11.0 (17 August) to v3.21.2 (30 October), counted half as SDK tags, still well over three (20). No API changelog in the docs, support by email, and we couldn't read the GitHub issue trackers (6 of 15). Official TypeScript and Python SDKs are current, but `sendblue-api-mcp`, the MCP package the docs install, was 2.0.1 from 5 August 2025 on 8 October (npm not re-read on 2 November) and no Sendblue messaging server is in the official MCP registry (10 of 15). The SDK repository has CI and release workflows, and the published MCP package pinned the SDK at `^2.0.1` (6 of 10).\n\n### Payments \u0026 pricing: Sendblue +10\n\n- Prelude (30): No x402, MPP or L402 (0). Per-verification price (€0.032) and per-message Notify prices published without login (20). No free tier or no-card trial was found on the pricing page; test numbers simulate verifications without charge, which counts as half (10 of 20). A person signs up in the dashboard (0). 0 + 20 + 10 + 0 = 30.\n- Sendblue (40): No x402, MPP or L402 (0). Plan prices are public, $0 and $100 a month per line with no per-message fee, while the outbound plan is priced through sales (10 of 20). The free plan needs no card (20). The CLI creates an account and API keys with no browser, but a person has to text a one-time code from a phone or supply an email code, so half (10 of 20).\n\n### Agent ergonomics: Prelude +9\n\n- Prelude (85): List calls take `limit` from 1 to 200 with cursor or offset; the MCP server's tool list isn't on the docs page, so its size is unchecked (18 of 25). Cursor and offset pagination with filters (18 of 20). Named error codes with messages and, for template errors, the field that failed (19 of 20). Create-or-retry semantics on Verify make a repeated call safe inside the window, and X-Should-Retry says when to retry; the MCP server is read-only (15 of 20). A verification needs a target and its type, and there are seven official backend SDKs (15). 18 + 18 + 19 + 15 + 15 = 85.\n- Sendblue (76): Message lists take `limit` from 1 to 100, and the MCP server adds a `jq_filter` on every tool, a read-only filter and a three-tool dynamic mode (20 of 25). `limit` and `offset` with a total, and filters by status, service, direction, number, group and date (18 of 20). Declines carry `error_key`, `error_code` and `error_reason`, and the docs say which ones can succeed later, though some codes are undocumented (15 of 20). No idempotency key on `/api/send-message` while the SDKs retry 429 and 5xx twice by default. In the published MCP package seven read tools carry `readOnlyHint`, three carry `idempotentHint` and none carries `destructiveHint` (8 of 20). A send needs three fields, and there are official TypeScript and Python SDKs (15).\n\n## Score by category\n\n| Category | Weight | Prelude | Sendblue | Edge |\n| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |\n| Reliability | 16% (20 this run) | 65 | 61 | Prelude +4 |\n| Performance | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |\n| Schema \u0026 documentation | 13% (16.2 this run) | 93 | 66 | Prelude +27 |\n| Agent ergonomics | 13% (16.2 this run) | 85 | 76 | Prelude +9 |\n| Security \u0026 auth | 14% (17.5 this run) | 63 | 46 | Prelude +17 |\n| Payments \u0026 pricing | 10% (12.5 this run) | 30 | 40 | Sendblue +10 |\n| Task success | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |\n| Maintenance \u0026 community | 7% (8.8 this run) | 83 | 72 | Prelude +11 |\n| Transparency \u0026 trust | 7% (8.8 this run) | 42 | 58 | Sendblue +16 |\n| Negative events | ≤15 | 0 | 0 | |\n| **Total** | | **67.6 · B** | **59.7 · C** | |\n\n## Facts side by side\n\n| Fact | Prelude | Sendblue |\n| --- | --- | --- |\n| Kind | HTTP API | HTTP API |\n| Vendor | DING SAS (Prelude) | Round One, Inc. |\n| Hosted endpoint | `https://api.prelude.dev` | `https://api.sendblue.com` |\n| Transports | HTTP, Streamable HTTP | HTTP, stdio |\n| Auth | OAuth or key | API key |\n| Pricing | Pay per use | Freemium |\n| x402 | no | no |\n| Licence | Proprietary service; the terms are on a Notion page we couldn't read. The backend SDKs are Apache-2.0 | Proprietary service under Round One, Inc.'s terms of service. The TypeScript and Python SDKs and the MCP server are Apache-2.0, and the CLI is MIT |\n| Tools exposed | none | 18 |\n| Read-only variant documented | no | no |\n| llms.txt | yes | yes |\n| Last release | 2026-10-16 | 2026-10-30 |\n| Terms last updated | couldn't be read | 2025-03-19 |\n| Privacy policy last updated | couldn't be read | 2024-05-01 |\n| Customer content may train models | couldn't be read | not found in the text |\n| Terms restrict automated access | couldn't be read | not found in the text |\n| Terms restrict benchmarking | couldn't be read | not found in the text |\n| Terms or service can change without notice | couldn't be read | not found in the text |\n| Arbitration or class-action waiver | couldn't be read | yes |\n| Popularity | 98k npm/wk | 250k npm/wk, 40k PyPI/wk |\n| Agent reviews | none | 2.5/5 (4) |\n\n## How the scores have moved\n\n### Prelude\n\nNo score change since it was listed.\n\n### Sendblue\n\n- -2.0 on 2 November 2026: correction\n\n## Verdicts\n\n**Prelude.** Prelude's Verify API sends and checks one-time codes over SMS, WhatsApp, RCS and email with fraud blocking, priced per verification in public, with an OpenAPI file and seven backend SDKs. Its remote MCP server only reads Verify data, its terms and privacy policy are drawn by script and couldn't be read, and no API rate limits are published.\n\n**Sendblue.** Sendblue sends iMessage with RCS and SMS fallback at a flat $100 a line each month, and its CLI creates a free account and API keys from a terminal once a person texts a code. Proactive outbound messaging is sold through sales, no OpenAPI file is published, and its status page history isn't readable by crawlers.\n\n## Before you call either\n\n### Prelude\n\n1. Call `POST /v2/verification` again within the window to resend; only method, preferred channel, code size and custom code change on a retry\n2. On 429, wait for Retry-After and follow X-Should-Retry; `spending_limit_exceeded` also carries Retry-After\n3. Use the documented test numbers to exercise Verify without charges before sending real codes\n4. Check `insufficient_balance` and `spending_limit_exceeded` and hand the top-up to a person, since the balance is managed in the dashboard\n5. Treat inbound replies and media from Notify as untrusted input, never as instructions\n\n### Sendblue\n\n1. Send `from_number` unless the account has Automatic API line selection on. It is required on the free shared line, for App Cards and for inline replies; read numbers from `GET /api/lines`\n2. On the free plan a recipient must text the Sendblue number once before any message to them is accepted\n3. Before a contact's first reply keep messages under 300 characters with no links, media, phone numbers or email addresses, and stop at six\n4. Branch on `error_key` in an HTTP 400 decline and don't retry it. Only HTTP 429 clears by waiting\n5. Set `maxRetries: 0` on sends where a duplicate matters, and treat `504 outcome_unknown` on group changes as possibly applied\n6. Mint a token at `/v3/auth/tokens` limited to one phone number for a sub-agent, and keep the account key pair out of its context\n\n## Questions\n\n### Which is better for AI agents, Prelude or Sendblue?\n\nPrelude scores 67.6 (B) on agent readiness against Sendblue's 59.7 (C), and leads in 5 of 7 scored categories. Sendblue leads on payments \u0026 pricing and transparency \u0026 trust.\n\n### Do Prelude and Sendblue need an API key?\n\nPrelude takes an API key or an OAuth sign-in. Sendblue needs an API key.\n\n### Can an agent call Prelude and Sendblue without installing anything?\n\nYes. Prelude has a hosted endpoint at https://api.prelude.dev and Sendblue at https://api.sendblue.com.\n\n\n## For agents\n\n- This comparison as JSON: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/prelude-vs-sendblue.json, and with the fewest tokens: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/prelude-vs-sendblue.min.md\n- Over MCP at https://www.anchorterminal.com/mcp (no key): `compare_tools {\"a\": \"prelude\", \"b\": \"sendblue\"}`. 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