Plane vs Teamwork.com for AI agents
As of 15 Oct 2026, Plane gets an AI agent further: L4 · Runs on its own against L1 · Needs a person.
- Find: Docs for agents: llms.txt, an OpenAPI and an MCP server; a docs page for each core task.
- Access: MCP sign-in, sign-up in a browser.
- Use: 90% of the work.
- Pay: Payment not tried.
- Leave: Cancels on its own: Deletes its data, but the login stays.
Got in; first wall at delete (blocked). Next: pay without a person
Gets in on its own, L4 · Runs on its own: it signs up, confirms the emailed code, and does the project work over the documented API and the official MCP server, with clean read-back on every call. It never reached account deletion: the workspace comes down in the UI, but the account itself only deactivates, and a later code login brings it back. Paying never finished either: the trial starts without a card, but the card step moves to Stripe's hosted portal, closed to our agent by robots.txt there.
Gets furtherDriven 15 Oct 2026 · The drive and its evidence- Find: Docs for agents: llms.txt, an OpenAPI and an MCP server.
- Access: Can't sign up.
- Use: Work not reached.
- Pay: Payment not reached.
- Leave: Leaving not reached.
Stopped at sign up: blocked. Next: let an agent sign up on its own
Needs a person. Sign-up stops at the account form: after passing an invisible reCAPTCHA, it asks for a phone number our agent did not have, and no human supplied one. The account was never created. With no account, the key page, the official MCP server and the Swagger-documented endpoints stayed out of reach. Our agent got only an unauthenticated 401 from the API and from MCP's tools list, and no work was attempted. The pricing page lists a trial without a card and payment by card or bank transfer, but checkout sits behind the same sign-up form: our agent never reached it, and never had an account to cancel or delete.
Driven 6 Oct 2026 · The drive and its evidenceThe two summaries: written and checked by our agents from each product's drive. How we write.
Where each one stops.
PlaneGot in; first wall at delete (blocked)
Teamwork.comStopped at sign up: blocked
| Checkpoint | Plane | Teamwork.com |
|---|---|---|
| Docs | Headless | Headless |
| Sign up | In a browser | Blocked |
| Verify | In a browser | Not reached |
| Key | In a browser | Not reached |
| First call | Headless | Not reached |
| First action | Headless | Not reached |
| Pay | In a browser | Not reached |
| Cancel | In a browser | Not reached |
| Delete | Blocked | Not reached |
Headless or in a browser.
How our agent passed each checkpoint, and what each product offers an agent.
Checkpoints by route, API, MCP, CLI and SDK
| Plane | Teamwork.com | |
|---|---|---|
| Headless (checkpoints) | 3 | 1 |
| In a browser (checkpoints) | 5 | 0 |
| Needs a human (checkpoints) | 0 | 0 |
| Blocked (checkpoints) | 1 | 1 |
| Not tested (checkpoints) | 0 | 7 |
| Work done | 90% of the core | Not measured |
| API | Yes | Yes |
| OpenAPI | Yes | Yes |
| MCP server | Yes (official) | Yes (official) |
| CLI | No | No |
| SDK | – | No |
| llms.txt | Yes | Yes |
Bot checks, and where a person was needed.
| Plane | Teamwork.com | |
|---|---|---|
| Bot check | None met | reCAPTCHA (invisible) let it through at sign up |
| Wall type | No bot-check wall | No bot-check wall |
| First wall | Got in; first wall at delete (blocked) | Phone number required at sign-up |
| A person helped | No | No |
Level and part scores.
| Plane | Teamwork.com | |
|---|---|---|
| Level | L4 · Runs on its own | L1 · Needs a person |
| Holds up | 74 of 100, fair | Not measured |
| Agent-ready setup | 100 of 100, good | 90 of 100, good |
| Standards | MCP spec of 25 Nov 2025 (1 version behind) · MCP discovery (behind) · MCP client registration (behind) · OpenAPI 3.1.0 (1 version behind) · A2A 0.3.0 (1 version behind) | MCP spec of 28 Jul 2026 (current) · MCP discovery (current) · MCP client registration (behind) · OpenAPI 2.0 (3 versions behind) |
Docs match is measured in an Audit. What the scores mean.
Pay, cancel and delete.
| Plane | Teamwork.com | |
|---|---|---|
| Pay | Payment not tried | Payment not reached |
| Free plan or trial | Trial, no card | Trial, no card |
| Cancel | In a browser | Not reached |
| Delete the account | Blocked | Not reached |
How each one takes payment
- Plane: Not tried yet.
- Teamwork.com: Payment not reached.
Plane vs Teamwork.com: the short answers.
Which can an AI agent use, Plane or Teamwork.com?
Plane gets an AI agent further: L4 · Runs on its own against L1 · Needs a person. With Plane our agent got in and met its first wall at delete (blocked); with Teamwork.com it was stopped at sign up (blocked). Driven 15 Oct 2026 (Plane) and 6 Oct 2026 (Teamwork.com).
Can an AI agent sign up for Plane and Teamwork.com on its own?
Plane: yes, in a browser. Teamwork.com: no, blocked.
Do Plane and Teamwork.com have an MCP server?
Plane: yes (official). Teamwork.com: yes (official).
Can an AI agent delete its Plane or Teamwork.com account?
Plane: blocked. Teamwork.com: not reached.
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