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Hasdata vs Linkup

Linkup scores higher on the AgentReady, 67/100 against 58/100. They differ on 6 of the 41 signals. Which ones decides whether an agent can adopt them without a person watching.

What each one is

Hasdata. HasData is a cloud-based web scraping API that simplifies web-scraping tasks for businesses of all sizes.

Linkup. Web Search API for AI with industry-leading accuracy, providing web search built for AI applications via one API call or deployed inside your own cloud.

Where Hasdata is ahead

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

Where Linkup is ahead

Linkup passes clear product positioning, and Hasdata 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. Hasdata misses it.

And on adopt, fast time to first request and copyable quickstart. Hasdata misses those.

Finally, on operate, observable execution. Hasdata misses it.

What neither does

Both fail structured api reference, openapi / spec quality, request examples provided, response examples provided, errors and status codes documented, programmatic credential creation, 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. Linkup leads 100 to 87. Hasdata misses clear product positioning; Linkup misses nothing.

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

Adopt. Linkup leads 90 to 80. Hasdata misses programmatic credential creation, fast time to first request, copyable quickstart; Linkup misses programmatic credential creation.

Operate. Linkup leads 47 to 35. Hasdata misses machine-readable errors, retry behavior documented, idempotency support, rate-limit behavior predictable, observable execution, agent compatibility verified; Linkup misses machine-readable errors, retry behavior documented, idempotency support, rate-limit behavior predictable, agent compatibility verified.

Pricing

Hasdata starts at $0/mo and has a free tier. Linkup starts at $0.001 and has a free tier.

Signal by signal

Which to pick

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

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