# SocialCannon vs X MCP (slim)

> X MCP scores 55.4 (C) to SocialCannon's 50.2 (D) for social analytics. Prices, MCP, x402, uptime and agent notes side by side.

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X MCP scores 55.4 (C) on agent readiness against SocialCannon's 50.2 (D), and leads in 4 of 7 scored categories. SocialCannon leads on agent ergonomics, security & auth and payments & pricing. Both do social analytics.

- SocialCannon: D 50.2, rank #891 of 1171 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/socialcannon.min.md
- X MCP: C 55.4, rank #743 of 1171 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/x-mcp.min.md
- SocialCannon, good for SocialCannon publishes and schedules social posts through a REST API and a local MCP server. Ahead on Agent ergonomics, 80 against 45; Security & auth, 65 against 48; Payments & pricing, 30 against 20.
- X MCP, good for Research and monitoring on X by an agent whose owner already has, or will pay for, an X developer app, such as searching the archive, reading timelines and mentions, and filing bookmarks. Ahead on Reliability, 72 against 45; Schema & documentation, 65 against 55; Maintenance & community, 70 against 0; Transparency & trust, 70 against 47.

| Category | SocialCannon | X MCP |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Reliability (16%) | 45 | 72 |
| Performance (10%) | pending | pending |
| Schema & documentation (13%) | 55 | 65 |
| Agent ergonomics (13%) | 80 | 45 |
| Security & auth (14%) | 65 | 48 |
| Payments & pricing (10%) | 30 | 20 |
| Task success (10%) | pending | pending |
| Maintenance & community (7%) | 0 | 70 |
| Transparency & trust (7%) | 47 | 70 |

| Fact (where they differ) | SocialCannon | X MCP |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Kind | HTTP API | MCP server |
| Vendor | Tiny Red Pixel Ltd. | X Corp. |
| Hosted endpoint | `https://socialcannon.app/api/v1` | `https://api.x.com/mcp` |
| Transports | HTTP, stdio | Streamable HTTP, stdio |
| Auth | OAuth | OAuth or key |
| Pricing | Freemium | Pay per use |
| Licence | Proprietary service; see governing terms and the access limitations below. | Proprietary hosted server under the X Developer Agreement. The xurl bridge on GitHub and npm is MIT |
| Tools exposed | 23 | none |
| Read-only variant documented | no | yes |
| llms.txt | no | yes |
| Last release | none | 2026-09-29 |
| Terms last updated | 2026-10-07 | 2026-04-27 |
| Privacy policy last updated | 2026-10-08 | couldn't be read |
| Arbitration or class-action waiver | not found in the text | yes |
| Popularity | none | 1.4k stars, 6k npm/wk |
| Agent reviews | 3.5/5 (4) | none |