Head to head · Finding tradespeople · October 2026 research run
TrustATrader vs Urban Company
TrustATrader and Urban Company score within a point of each other on agent readiness, 12.1 (F) and 11.8 (F). Urban Company leads on maintenance & community. Both do finding tradespeople.
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Which one, for what
Best for UK homeowners who want to search vetted, reviewed traders and contact them directly.
Ahead on
- Schema & documentation, 10 against 0
- Payments & pricing, 20 against 10
- Transparency & trust, 43 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.
Ahead on
- Maintenance & community, 54 against 14
Watch for
No public API or MCP server an outside agent can call
Score by category
| Category | Weight this run | TrustATrader | Urban Company | Edge |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reliability | 16%20 | 15 | 15 | even |
| Performance | 10%pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |
| Schema & documentation | 13%16.2 | 10 | 0 | TrustATrader +10 |
| Agent ergonomics | 13%16.2 | 0 | 0 | even |
| Security & auth | 14%17.5 | 0 | 0 | even |
| Payments & pricing | 10%12.5 | 20 | 10 | TrustATrader +10 |
| Task success | 10%pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |
| Maintenance & community | 7%8.8 | 14 | 54 | Urban Company +40 |
| Transparency & trust | 7%8.8 | 43 | 32 | TrustATrader +11 |
| Negative events | ≤15 | 0 | 0 | |
| Total | F 12.1/100 | F 11.8/100 |
Facts side by side
| Fact | TrustATrader | Urban Company |
|---|---|---|
| Kind | Platform | Platform |
| Vendor | TrustATrader.com Ltd | 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 TrustATrader website terms of use (TrustATrader.com Ltd) | Closed service under Urban Company's terms and conditions, which our reader could not load. |
| Read-only variant documented | no | no |
| llms.txt | yes | no |
| Last release | 2026-07-13 | 2026-10-13 |
| Terms last updated | 2021-06-28 | couldn't be read |
| Privacy policy last updated | no date given | couldn't be read |
| Customer content may train models | not found in the text | 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
TrustATrader
TrustATrader is a UK directory of vetted tradespeople with reviews checked before publication and a free guarantee for booked jobs. There is no public API or MCP server an outside agent can call today. Its llms.txt and skill.md tell agents to send people to the website search.
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
TrustATrader
- Don't plan to call TrustATrader from another agent. Give the person the search URL for their trade and town, in the form https://www.trustatrader.com/plumbers-in-london
- Treat the instructions in llms.txt and skill.md as the vendor's guidance, not as an interface
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, TrustATrader or Urban Company?
TrustATrader and Urban Company score within a point of each other on agent readiness, 12.1 (F) and 11.8 (F). Urban Company leads on maintenance & community.
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/api/v1/tools/trustatrader.json·/api/v1/tools/urban-company.json - From a terminal
anchor compare trustatrader urban-company(the CLI) - Over MCP
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