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      "pricing": "freemium",
      "pricingNotes": "Free for homeowners to post a job, per the home page (https://www.ratedpeople.com). Tradespeople buy Rated People leads only through Checkatrade membership, which starts at £30 a month and includes leads from both platforms (https://www.ratedpeople.com/blog/rated-people-joins-checkatrade-group, 17 September 2026).",
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        "level": "no",
        "evidence": "No x402, MPP or L402 found on ratedpeople.com or in its terms (checked 2026-10-14).",
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          "Platform terms dated 17 September 2026 name Averton Ltd with its company number and registered office",
          "Three homeowner app releases between 11 August and 13 October 2026",
          "The privacy notice describes retention of job media and the safeguards for transfers outside the UK"
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          "No public API or MCP server an outside agent can call",
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          "No sub-processor list or deprecation policy found"
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          "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",
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          "The terms (effective 17 September 2026) name Averton Ltd, company 17439358, as part of Checkatrade Group.",
          "The privacy notice is Checkatrade's, with Vetted Ltd (company 04285394) as controller, and has no date.",
          "www.ratedpeople.com/.well-known/security.txt returns 404, and no status page was found.",
          "The App Store provider name is Rated People Ltd, which differs from the contracting entity in the terms.",
          "RDAP gives a registration date of 2005-04-16 for ratedpeople.com."
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      "pricing": "freemium",
      "pricingNotes": "Free for homeowners to search, and the TrustATrader Guarantee is free to register (https://www.trustatrader.com/llms.txt). Tradesperson membership is sold through an application and callback, with no published price on the join page (https://www.trustatrader.com/join-us). skill.md says members pay no commission per lead.",
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        "level": "no",
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        "endpoints": []
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        "closed-source",
        "freemium",
        "llms-txt",
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        "android",
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          "The privacy policy names the controller and a data protection officer"
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          "Website terms last updated 28 June 2021, and the privacy policy carries no date",
          "No tradesperson prices published",
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          "Don't plan to call TrustATrader from another agent. Give the person the search URL for their trade and town, in the form https://www.trustatrader.com/plumbers-in-london",
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          "The privacy policy has no date.",
          "www.trustatrader.com/.well-known/security.txt returns 404, and no status page was found.",
          "RDAP gives a registration date of 2005-02-08 for trustatrader.com."
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        "a": "no date given",
        "b": "no date given",
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        "a": "yes",
        "b": "not found in the text",
        "name": "Customer content may train models"
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        "a": "not found in the text",
        "b": "not found in the text",
        "name": "Terms restrict automated access"
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      {
        "a": "not found in the text",
        "b": "not found in the text",
        "name": "Terms restrict benchmarking"
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      {
        "a": "not found in the text",
        "b": "not found in the text",
        "name": "Terms or service can change without notice"
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      {
        "a": "not found in the text",
        "b": "not found in the text",
        "name": "Arbitration or class-action waiver"
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        "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/handy-vs-rated-people.json",
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        "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/handy-vs-trustatrader.json",
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        "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/houzz-vs-rated-people.json",
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        "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/houzz-vs-rated-people"
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        "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/houzz-vs-trustatrader.json",
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        "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/rated-people-vs-urban-company.json",
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      {
        "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/trustatrader-vs-urban-company.json",
        "title": "TrustATrader vs Urban Company",
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        "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/airtasker-vs-rated-people.json",
        "title": "Airtasker vs Rated People",
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        "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/angi-vs-rated-people.json",
        "title": "Angi (including HomeAdvisor, now Angi Leads) vs Rated People",
        "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/angi-vs-rated-people"
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        "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/bark-vs-rated-people.json",
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        "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/checkatrade-vs-rated-people.json",
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        "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/rated-people-vs-taskrabbit.json",
        "title": "Rated People vs Taskrabbit Partner API",
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      "trustatrader": "TrustATrader is a UK directory of vetted tradespeople with reviews checked before publication and a free guarantee for booked jobs. There is no public API or MCP server an outside agent can call today. Its llms.txt and skill.md tell agents to send people to the website search."
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  "markdown": "Rated People scores 15.9 (F) on agent readiness against TrustATrader's 12.1 (F), and leads in 3 of 7 scored categories. TrustATrader leads on schema \u0026 documentation. Both do finding tradespeople.\n\n- Rated People: grade F, 15.9/100, rank #1050 of 1076. Markdown https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/rated-people.md · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/rated-people.json\n- TrustATrader: grade F, 12.1/100, rank #1063 of 1076. Markdown https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/trustatrader.md · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/trustatrader.json\n- Best home service and local trades marketplaces for AI agents: https://www.anchorterminal.com/best/home-services/index.md\n- All 43 home services comparisons: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/home-services/index.md\n\n## Which one, for what\n\n### Rated People (F)\n\nGood for: UK homeowners who want to post a job and hear back from several tradespeople.\n\nAhead on:\n- Payments \u0026 pricing, 30 against 20\n- Maintenance \u0026 community, 54 against 14\n- Transparency \u0026 trust, 51 against 43\n\nWatch for: No public API or MCP server an outside agent can call\n\n### TrustATrader (F)\n\nGood for: UK homeowners who want to search vetted, reviewed traders and contact them directly.\n\nAhead on:\n- Schema \u0026 documentation, 10 against 0\n\nWatch for: No public API or MCP server an outside agent can call\n\n\n## Score by category\n\n| Category | Weight | Rated People | TrustATrader | Edge |\n| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |\n| Reliability | 16% (20 this run) | 15 | 15 | even |\n| Performance | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |\n| Schema \u0026 documentation | 13% (16.2 this run) | 0 | 10 | TrustATrader +10 |\n| Agent ergonomics | 13% (16.2 this run) | 0 | 0 | even |\n| Security \u0026 auth | 14% (17.5 this run) | 0 | 0 | even |\n| Payments \u0026 pricing | 10% (12.5 this run) | 30 | 20 | Rated People +10 |\n| Task success | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |\n| Maintenance \u0026 community | 7% (8.8 this run) | 54 | 14 | Rated People +40 |\n| Transparency \u0026 trust | 7% (8.8 this run) | 51 | 43 | Rated People +8 |\n| Negative events | ≤15 | 0 | 0 | |\n| **Total** | | **15.9 · F** | **12.1 · F** | |\n\n## Facts side by side\n\n| Fact | Rated People | TrustATrader |\n| --- | --- | --- |\n| Kind | Platform | Platform |\n| Vendor | Averton Ltd (Checkatrade Group) | TrustATrader.com Ltd |\n| Hosted endpoint | no (local only) | no (local only) |\n| Transports |  |  |\n| Auth | OAuth or key | OAuth or key |\n| Pricing | Freemium | Freemium |\n| x402 | no | no |\n| Licence | Closed service under the Rated People Platform Terms of Use (Averton Ltd) | Closed service under the TrustATrader website terms of use (TrustATrader.com Ltd) |\n| Read-only variant documented | no | no |\n| llms.txt | no | yes |\n| Last release | 2026-10-13 | 2026-07-13 |\n| Terms last updated | 2026-09-17 | 2021-06-28 |\n| Privacy policy last updated | no date given | no date given |\n| Customer content may train models | yes | not found in the text |\n| Terms restrict automated access | not found in the text | not found in the text |\n| Terms restrict benchmarking | not found in the text | not found in the text |\n| Terms or service can change without notice | not found in the text | not found in the text |\n| Arbitration or class-action waiver | not found in the text | not found in the text |\n\n## Verdicts\n\n**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.\n\n**TrustATrader.** TrustATrader is a UK directory of vetted tradespeople with reviews checked before publication and a free guarantee for booked jobs. There is no public API or MCP server an outside agent can call today. Its llms.txt and skill.md tell agents to send people to the website search.\n\n## Before you call either\n\n### Rated People\n\n1. 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\n2. Tell the person that posting a job is free and that tradespeople will contact them to quote\n\n### TrustATrader\n\n1. Don't plan to call TrustATrader from another agent. Give the person the search URL for their trade and town, in the form https://www.trustatrader.com/plumbers-in-london\n2. Treat the instructions in llms.txt and skill.md as the vendor's guidance, not as an interface\n\n## Questions\n\n### Which is better for AI agents, Rated People or TrustATrader?\n\nRated People scores 15.9 (F) on agent readiness against TrustATrader's 12.1 (F), and leads in 3 of 7 scored categories. TrustATrader leads on schema \u0026 documentation.\n\n\n## For agents\n\n- This comparison as JSON: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/rated-people-vs-trustatrader.json, and with the fewest tokens: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/rated-people-vs-trustatrader.min.md\n- Over MCP at https://www.anchorterminal.com/mcp (no key): `compare_tools {\"a\": \"rated-people\", \"b\": \"trustatrader\"}`. From a terminal: `anchor compare rated-people trustatrader`\n- Each listing in full: https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/rated-people.json and https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/trustatrader.json\n\n## Other comparisons with Rated People or TrustATrader\n\n- [Airtasker vs TrustATrader](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/airtasker-vs-trustatrader.md)\n- [Angi (including HomeAdvisor, now Angi Leads) vs TrustATrader](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/angi-vs-trustatrader.md)\n- [Bark vs TrustATrader](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/bark-vs-trustatrader.md)\n- [Checkatrade vs TrustATrader](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/checkatrade-vs-trustatrader.md)\n- [Handy vs Rated People](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/handy-vs-rated-people.md)\n- [Handy vs TrustATrader](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/handy-vs-trustatrader.md)\n- [Houzz vs Rated People](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/houzz-vs-rated-people.md)\n- [Houzz vs TrustATrader](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/houzz-vs-trustatrader.md)\n- [Rated People vs Urban Company](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/rated-people-vs-urban-company.md)\n- [TrustATrader vs Urban Company](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/trustatrader-vs-urban-company.md)\n- [Airtasker vs Rated People](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/airtasker-vs-rated-people.md)\n- [Angi (including HomeAdvisor, now Angi Leads) vs Rated People](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/angi-vs-rated-people.md)\n- [Bark vs Rated People](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/bark-vs-rated-people.md)\n- [Checkatrade vs Rated People](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/checkatrade-vs-rated-people.md)\n- [Rated People vs Taskrabbit Partner API](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/rated-people-vs-taskrabbit.md)\n",
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