# Snoop vs YNAB (slim)

> YNAB scores 65.1 (B) to Snoop's 26.7 (F) for budgets. Prices, MCP, x402, uptime and agent notes side by side.

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- Index: https://www.anchorterminal.com/llms.txt · API: https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/index.json · Updated: 2026-10-14

YNAB scores 65.1 (B) on agent readiness against Snoop's 26.7 (F), and leads in 6 of 7 scored categories. Both do budgets.

- Snoop: F 26.7, rank #1027 of 1076 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/snoop.min.md
- YNAB: B 65.1, rank #351 of 1076 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/ynab.min.md
- Snoop, good for UK users who want bills and subscriptions watched and savings suggested at no cost.
- YNAB, good for An agent helping one person with their own YNAB plan, reading spending and editing categories, transactions and targets. Ahead on Reliability, 82 against 60; Schema & documentation, 77 against 0; Agent ergonomics, 71 against 0; Security & auth, 51 against 6; Maintenance & community, 62 against 55; Transparency & trust, 75 against 58. Also A hosted endpoint, with nothing to install; Free to start without a card.

| Category | Snoop | YNAB |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Reliability (16%) | 60 | 82 |
| Performance (10%) | pending | pending |
| Schema & documentation (13%) | 0 | 77 |
| Agent ergonomics (13%) | 0 | 71 |
| Security & auth (14%) | 6 | 51 |
| Payments & pricing (10%) | 30 | 30 |
| Task success (10%) | pending | pending |
| Maintenance & community (7%) | 55 | 62 |
| Transparency & trust (7%) | 58 | 75 |

| Fact (where they differ) | Snoop | YNAB |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Kind | Platform | HTTP API |
| Vendor | Usnoop Limited | YNAB |
| Hosted endpoint | no (local only) | `https://api.ynab.com/v1` |
| Transports |  | HTTP |
| Pricing | Freemium | Paid |
| Licence | Closed service under Snoop's terms and conditions (Usnoop Limited) | Proprietary service; SDKs Apache-2.0 |
| Tools exposed | none | 0 |
| Read-only variant documented | no | yes |
| Last release | 2026-09-30 | 2026-09-17 |
| Terms last updated | no date given | 2026-04-09 |
| Privacy policy last updated | no date given | 2026-04-09 |
| Terms restrict automated access | not found in the text | yes |
| Terms restrict benchmarking | not found in the text | yes |
| Terms or service can change without notice | not found in the text | yes |
| Arbitration or class-action waiver | not found in the text | yes |
| Popularity | none | 240 stars, 9.6k npm/wk, 2.3k PyPI/wk |