# Roma vs YouTrack (slim)

> Roma scores 51.1 (D) on agent readiness against YouTrack's 49.9 (D), and leads in 3 of 7 scored categories. YouTrack leads on security & auth, payments & pricing, maintenance & community and transparency & trust. Both do tasks create. Category scores, facts, verdicts and agent…

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Roma scores 51.1 (D) on agent readiness against YouTrack's 49.9 (D), and leads in 3 of 7 scored categories. YouTrack leads on security & auth, payments & pricing, maintenance & community and transparency & trust. Both do tasks create.

- Roma: D 51.1, rank #583 of 722 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/roma.min.md
- YouTrack: D 49.9, rank #601 of 722 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/youtrack.min.md
- Roma, good for One person who wants an AI chat to read and write their own task list, notes and typed lists, with a single orientation call. Ahead on Reliability, 38 against 30; Schema & documentation, 83 against 72; Agent ergonomics, 60 against 55. Also A hosted endpoint, with nothing to install; No incidents deducted, where YouTrack loses 5 points for them.
- YouTrack, good for Software teams that already run YouTrack and want an agent to search, file and update issues, comment, log time and maintain knowledge base articles under each user's permissions. Ahead on Security & auth, 67 against 44; Payments & pricing, 30 against 20; Maintenance & community, 64 against 57; Transparency & trust, 82 against 58.

| Category | Roma | YouTrack |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Reliability (16%) | 38 | 30 |
| Performance (10%) | pending | pending |
| Schema & documentation (13%) | 83 | 72 |
| Agent ergonomics (13%) | 60 | 55 |
| Security & auth (14%) | 44 | 67 |
| Payments & pricing (10%) | 20 | 30 |
| Task success (10%) | pending | pending |
| Maintenance & community (7%) | 57 | 64 |
| Transparency & trust (7%) | 58 | 82 |

| Fact (where they differ) | Roma | YouTrack |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Kind | MCP server | HTTP API |
| Vendor | Milo Mode Inc. | JetBrains s.r.o. |
| Hosted endpoint | `https://api.roma.app/mcp` | no (local only) |
| Transports | Streamable HTTP, HTTP | HTTP, Streamable HTTP |
| Pricing | Free | Freemium |
| Licence | Proprietary service under Roma's terms of service. No public source repository found | Proprietary service under the JetBrains YouTrack Cloud Terms of Service. YouTrack Server is licensed separately for self-hosting |
| Tools exposed | 31 | 23 |
| Last release | 2026-10-02 | 2026-10-05 |
| Terms last updated | 2026-09-18 | 2024-08-14 |
| Privacy policy last updated | 2026-10-06 | 2026-06-12 |
| Arbitration or class-action waiver | not found in the text | yes |