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api.video vs SuperTokens

SuperTokens scores higher on the AgentReady, 54/100 against 47/100. They differ on 11 of the 41 signals. Which ones decides whether an agent can adopt them without a person watching.

What each one is

api.video. api.video is a developer platform that provides a fully customizable API to manage video functionality including on-demand video, live streaming, encoding, delivery, and analytics.

SuperTokens. Open source user authentication platform that helps developers build fast, maintain control, and reduce costs.

Where api.video is ahead

api.video passes limits / constraints documented, and SuperTokens does not. That is understand, whether an agent can read the docs and work out how the API behaves before calling it.

It also holds adopt: self-service signup and fast time to first request. SuperTokens misses those.

And on operate, observable execution. SuperTokens misses it.

Where SuperTokens is ahead

SuperTokens passes llms.txt published, llms-full.txt / full agent docs and mcp discoverable, and api.video does not. That is discover, whether an agent can find the product at all without being told it exists.

It also holds understand: authentication documented. api.video misses it.

And on adopt, no mandatory sales call, cli available and mcp integration available. api.video misses those.

What neither does

Both fail structured api reference, openapi / spec quality, request examples provided, response examples provided, errors and status codes documented, agent-compatible signup flow, programmatic credential creation, structured, predictable output, machine-readable errors, retry behavior documented, idempotency support, rate-limit behavior predictable, agent compatibility verified. If your agent needs any of those, you will be building it yourself either way.

Score, pillar by pillar

The AgentReady splits into four pillars, scored separately, because a product can be easy to find and still impossible to adopt.

Discover is whether an agent can find the product at all without being told it exists. SuperTokens leads 100 to 73. api.video misses llms.txt published, llms-full.txt / full agent docs, mcp discoverable; SuperTokens misses nothing.

Understand. Both sit at 31/100 here. api.video misses structured api reference, openapi / spec quality, authentication documented, request examples provided, response examples provided, errors and status codes documented; SuperTokens misses structured api reference, openapi / spec quality, request examples provided, response examples provided, errors and status codes documented, limits / constraints documented.

Adopt. SuperTokens leads 60 to 50. api.video misses no mandatory sales call, agent-compatible signup flow, programmatic credential creation, cli available, mcp integration available; SuperTokens misses self-service signup, agent-compatible signup flow, programmatic credential creation, fast time to first request.

Operate. api.video leads 35 to 24. api.video misses structured, predictable output, machine-readable errors, retry behavior documented, idempotency support, rate-limit behavior predictable, agent compatibility verified; SuperTokens misses structured, predictable output, machine-readable errors, retry behavior documented, idempotency support, rate-limit behavior predictable, observable execution, agent compatibility verified.

Pricing

api.video does not publish a machine-readable starting price and has a free tier. SuperTokens starts at $0.02/MAU and has a free tier.

Signal by signal

Which to pick

SuperTokens clears more of the signals an agent needs, so it is the safer default for unattended use. Full profiles: api.video and SuperTokens. Alternatives to each: api.video, SuperTokens.

An agent can fetch this as data: POST /v1/compare {"slugs": ["api", "supertokens"]}