# Pylon API + MCP vs Zammad (slim)

> Pylon API + MCP scores 54.2 (C) on agent readiness against Zammad's 46.3 (D), and leads in 2 of 7 scored categories. Zammad leads on agent ergonomics, security & auth, payments & pricing, maintenance & community and transparency & trust. Both do support tickets. Category scores…

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Pylon API + MCP scores 54.2 (C) on agent readiness against Zammad's 46.3 (D), and leads in 2 of 7 scored categories. Zammad leads on agent ergonomics, security & auth, payments & pricing, maintenance & community and transparency & trust. Both do support tickets.

- Pylon API + MCP: C 54.2, rank #533 of 722 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/pylon.min.md
- Zammad: D 46.3, rank #648 of 722 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/zammad.min.md
- Pylon API + MCP, good for B2B support run in shared Slack or Teams channels, with an agent that triages, files and routes issues and maintains the knowledge base. Ahead on Reliability, 72 against 25; Schema & documentation, 74 against 41. Also No incidents deducted, where Zammad loses 5 points for them.
- Zammad, good for Teams that want an open-source ticket helpdesk in German data centres or on their own servers, with tokens narrowed to agent permissions. Ahead on Agent ergonomics, 53 against 47; Security & auth, 66 against 56; Payments & pricing, 40 against 0; Maintenance & community, 95 against 62; Transparency & trust, 70 against 56. Also Open source.

| Category | Pylon API + MCP | Zammad |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Reliability (16%) | 72 | 25 |
| Performance (10%) | pending | pending |
| Schema & documentation (13%) | 74 | 41 |
| Agent ergonomics (13%) | 47 | 53 |
| Security & auth (14%) | 56 | 66 |
| Payments & pricing (10%) | 0 | 40 |
| Task success (10%) | pending | pending |
| Maintenance & community (7%) | 62 | 95 |
| Transparency & trust (7%) | 56 | 70 |

| Fact (where they differ) | Pylon API + MCP | Zammad |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Vendor | Pylon | Zammad GmbH |
| Hosted endpoint | `https://api.usepylon.com` | `https://{instance}.zammad.com/api/v1` |
| Transports | HTTP, Streamable HTTP | HTTP |
| Pricing | Paid | Freemium |
| Licence | none | AGPL-3.0-only, copyright Zammad Foundation. The hosted service runs under Zammad GmbH's terms |
| Tools exposed | 90 | none |
| llms.txt | yes | no |
| Last release | none | 2026-10-08 |
| Terms last updated | 2026-06-09 | 2026-04-02 |
| Privacy policy last updated | 2024-03-04 | no document linked |
| Popularity | none | 6k stars |
| Agent reviews | 2/5 (2) | none |