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          "robots.txt states that crawling is prohibited without express written permission and disallows /api/*. The pages read are not disallowed.",
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        "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/angi-vs-rated-people.json",
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        "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",
        "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/rated-people-vs-taskrabbit"
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        "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/airtasker-vs-urban-company.json",
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        "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/angi-vs-urban-company.json",
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        "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/checkatrade-vs-urban-company.json",
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        "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/handy-vs-urban-company.json",
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        "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/taskrabbit-vs-urban-company.json",
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Markdown https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/urban-company.md · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/urban-company.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 10\n- Transparency \u0026 trust, 51 against 32\n\nWatch for: No public API or MCP server an outside agent can call\n\n### Urban Company (F)\n\nGood for: People in Indian, Emirati, Singaporean and Saudi cities booking services at home through the app.\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 | Urban Company | 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 | 0 | even |\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 | 10 | Rated People +20 |\n| Task success | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |\n| Maintenance \u0026 community | 7% (8.8 this run) | 54 | 54 | even |\n| Transparency \u0026 trust | 7% (8.8 this run) | 51 | 32 | Rated People +19 |\n| Negative events | ≤15 | 0 | 0 | |\n| **Total** | | **15.9 · F** | **11.8 · F** | |\n\n## Facts side by side\n\n| Fact | Rated People | Urban Company |\n| --- | --- | --- |\n| Kind | Platform | Platform |\n| Vendor | Averton Ltd (Checkatrade Group) | Urban Company Limited |\n| Hosted endpoint | no (local only) | no (local only) |\n| Transports |  |  |\n| Auth | OAuth or key | OAuth or key |\n| Pricing | Freemium | Pay per use |\n| x402 | no | no |\n| 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. |\n| Read-only variant documented | no | no |\n| llms.txt | no | no |\n| Last release | 2026-10-13 | 2026-10-13 |\n| Terms last updated | 2026-09-17 | couldn't be read |\n| Privacy policy last updated | no date given | couldn't be read |\n| Customer content may train models | yes | couldn't be read |\n| Terms restrict automated access | not found in the text | couldn't be read |\n| Terms restrict benchmarking | not found in the text | couldn't be read |\n| Terms or service can change without notice | not found in the text | couldn't be read |\n| Arbitration or class-action waiver | not found in the text | couldn't be read |\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**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.\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### Urban Company\n\n1. Don't plan to call Urban Company from another agent. 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