Head to head · Finding tradespeople · October 2026 research run
Rated People vs Urban Company
Rated People scores 15.9 (F) on agent readiness against Urban Company's 11.8 (F), and leads in 2 of 7 scored categories. Both do finding tradespeople.
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Which one, for what
Best for UK homeowners who want to post a job and hear back from several tradespeople.
Ahead on
- Payments & pricing, 30 against 10
- Transparency & trust, 51 against 32
Watch for
No public API or MCP server an outside agent can call
Best for People in Indian, Emirati, Singaporean and Saudi cities booking services at home through the app.
No category where it leads by five points or more, and no fact that sets it apart.
Watch for
No public API or MCP server an outside agent can call
Score by category
| Category | Weight this run | Rated People | Urban Company | Edge |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reliability | 16%20 | 15 | 15 | even |
| Performance | 10%pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |
| Schema & documentation | 13%16.2 | 0 | 0 | even |
| Agent ergonomics | 13%16.2 | 0 | 0 | even |
| Security & auth | 14%17.5 | 0 | 0 | even |
| Payments & pricing | 10%12.5 | 30 | 10 | Rated People +20 |
| Task success | 10%pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |
| Maintenance & community | 7%8.8 | 54 | 54 | even |
| Transparency & trust | 7%8.8 | 51 | 32 | Rated People +19 |
| Negative events | ≤15 | 0 | 0 | |
| Total | F 15.9/100 | F 11.8/100 |
Facts side by side
| Fact | Rated People | Urban Company |
|---|---|---|
| Kind | Platform | Platform |
| Vendor | Averton Ltd (Checkatrade Group) | Urban Company Limited |
| Hosted endpoint | no (local only) | no (local only) |
| Transports | ||
| Auth | OAuth or key | OAuth or key |
| Pricing | Freemium | Pay per use |
| x402 | no | no |
| Licence | Closed service under the Rated People Platform Terms of Use (Averton Ltd) | Closed service under Urban Company's terms and conditions, which our reader could not load. |
| Read-only variant documented | no | no |
| llms.txt | no | no |
| Last release | 2026-10-13 | 2026-10-13 |
| Terms last updated | 2026-09-17 | couldn't be read |
| Privacy policy last updated | no date given | couldn't be read |
| Customer content may train models | yes | couldn't be read |
| Terms restrict automated access | not found in the text | couldn't be read |
| Terms restrict benchmarking | not found in the text | couldn't be read |
| Terms or service can change without notice | not found in the text | couldn't be read |
| Arbitration or class-action waiver | not found in the text | couldn't be read |
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.
Urban Company
Urban Company books cleaning, repairs, appliance servicing and beauty at home in India, the UAE, Singapore and Saudi Arabia, with app releases most weeks. There is no public API or MCP server an outside agent can call today, robots.txt prohibits crawling without permission, and its terms and privacy policy did not load for our reader.
Before you call either
Rated People
- 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
- Tell the person that posting a job is free and that tradespeople will contact them to quote
Urban Company
- Don't plan to call Urban Company from another agent. Hand the booking to the person in the Urban Company app or on urbancompany.com
- Don't fetch /api/ paths. robots.txt disallows them and prohibits crawling without permission
Questions
Which is better for AI agents, Rated People or Urban Company?
Rated People scores 15.9 (F) on agent readiness against Urban Company's 11.8 (F), and leads in 2 of 7 scored categories.
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Machine-readable
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/api/v1/tools/rated-people.json·/api/v1/tools/urban-company.json - From a terminal
anchor compare rated-people urban-company(the CLI) - Over MCP
compare_tools {"a": "rated-people", "b": "urban-company"}at/mcp, no key