# Rated People vs Taskrabbit Partner API

> Taskrabbit Partner scores 44.3 (E) to Rated People's 15.9 (F) for posting home service jobs. Prices, MCP, x402, uptime and agent notes side by side.

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- Updated: 2026-10-15

Taskrabbit Partner API scores 44.3 (E) on agent readiness against Rated People's 15.9 (F), and leads in 5 of 7 scored categories. Rated People leads on payments & pricing and maintenance & community. Both do posting home service jobs.

- Rated People: grade F, 15.9/100, rank #1067 of 1094. Markdown https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/rated-people.md · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/rated-people.json
- Taskrabbit Partner API: grade E, 44.3/100, rank #957 of 1094. Markdown https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/taskrabbit.md · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/taskrabbit.json
- Best home service and local trades marketplaces for AI agents: https://www.anchorterminal.com/best/home-services/index.md
- All 43 home services comparisons: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/home-services/index.md

## Which one, for what

### Rated People (F)

Good for: UK homeowners who want to post a job and hear back from several tradespeople.

Ahead on:
- Payments & pricing, 30 against 5
- Maintenance & community, 54 against 35

Watch for: No public API or MCP server an outside agent can call

### Taskrabbit Partner API (E)

Good for: A retailer or platform that wants to sell Taskrabbit assembly, mounting and similar fixed-price services in its own checkout, with Taskrabbit's approval.

Ahead on:
- Reliability, 52 against 15
- Schema & documentation, 67 against 0
- Agent ergonomics, 46 against 0
- Security & auth, 39 against 0
- Transparency & trust, 57 against 51

Watch for: No self-serve access. Credentials come from Taskrabbit after a reviewed request or from a partnership manager


## Score by category

| Category | Weight | Rated People | Taskrabbit Partner API | Edge |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Reliability | 16% (20 this run) | 15 | 52 | Taskrabbit Partner API +37 |
| Performance | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |
| Schema & documentation | 13% (16.2 this run) | 0 | 67 | Taskrabbit Partner API +67 |
| Agent ergonomics | 13% (16.2 this run) | 0 | 46 | Taskrabbit Partner API +46 |
| Security & auth | 14% (17.5 this run) | 0 | 39 | Taskrabbit Partner API +39 |
| Payments & pricing | 10% (12.5 this run) | 30 | 5 | Rated People +25 |
| Task success | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |
| Maintenance & community | 7% (8.8 this run) | 54 | 35 | Rated People +19 |
| Transparency & trust | 7% (8.8 this run) | 51 | 57 | Taskrabbit Partner API +6 |
| Negative events | ≤15 | 0 | 0 | |
| **Total** | | **15.9 · F** | **44.3 · E** | |

## Facts side by side

| Fact | Rated People | Taskrabbit Partner API |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Kind | Platform | HTTP API |
| Vendor | Averton Ltd (Checkatrade Group) | TaskRabbit, Inc. |
| Hosted endpoint | no (local only) | no (local only) |
| Transports |  | HTTP |
| Auth | OAuth or key | OAuth |
| Pricing | Freemium | Paid |
| x402 | no | no |
| Licence | Closed service under the Rated People Platform Terms of Use (Averton Ltd) | Proprietary service under Taskrabbit's terms of service and a partner agreement that is not published |
| Read-only variant documented | no | no |
| llms.txt | no | yes |
| Last release | 2026-10-13 | 2026-09-14 |
| Terms last updated | 2026-09-17 | 2026-07-25 |
| Privacy policy last updated | no date given | 2026-05-26 |
| Customer content may train models | yes | not found in the text |
| Terms restrict automated access | not found in the text | not found in the text |
| Terms restrict benchmarking | not found in the text | not found in the text |
| Terms or service can change without notice | not found in the text | not found in the text |
| Arbitration or class-action waiver | not found in the text | yes |

## Verdicts

**Rated People.** Rated People lets UK homeowners post a job free and hear from tradespeople, and since September 2026 it belongs to Checkatrade Group. There is no public API or MCP server an outside agent can call today. Checkatrade's keyless MCP server is the nearest route, since Rated People jobs go to Checkatrade Group tradespeople.

**Taskrabbit Partner API.** The Partner API covers the whole booking flow (estimate, availability, bid, book, reschedule, cancel) with OpenAPI 3.1 fragments on every reference page, llms.txt, a sandbox and signed webhooks. Access is the limit. Keys come from a partnership manager, prices are negotiated, no rate limits or SLA are published, and the docs still call the home services API coming soon.

## Before you call either

### Rated People

1. Don't plan to call Rated People from another agent. Hand the job post to the person, or use the Checkatrade listing's MCP server to find Checkatrade Group trades
2. Tell the person that posting a job is free and that tradespeople will contact them to quote

### Taskrabbit Partner API

1. Ask the partnership manager for the partner subdomain, token URL and brand_uuid before the first call. Base URLs are https://<subdomain>.partner-platform.taskrabbit.com/2025-12
2. Call bid before book. A bid holds the price and time window for a few minutes only
3. Send client_accepted_taskrabbit_policy only after the customer has agreed to Taskrabbit's terms, because booking requires it
4. Regenerate OAuth client-credentials tokens on a schedule. The docs say they expire frequently
5. Verify the Svix signature on every webhook and make the handler idempotent, as the docs ask

## Questions

### Which is better for AI agents, Rated People or Taskrabbit Partner API?

Taskrabbit Partner API scores 44.3 (E) on agent readiness against Rated People's 15.9 (F), and leads in 5 of 7 scored categories. Rated People leads on payments & pricing and maintenance & community.

### Can an agent call Rated People and Taskrabbit Partner API without installing anything?

No hosted endpoint is listed for Rated People. No hosted endpoint is listed for Taskrabbit Partner API.


## For agents

- This comparison as JSON: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/rated-people-vs-taskrabbit.json, and with the fewest tokens: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/rated-people-vs-taskrabbit.min.md
- Over MCP at https://www.anchorterminal.com/mcp (no key): `compare_tools {"a": "rated-people", "b": "taskrabbit"}`. From a terminal: `anchor compare rated-people taskrabbit`
- Each listing in full: https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/rated-people.json and https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/taskrabbit.json

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