The 5 Best Smithery Alternatives in 2026

Smithery is a public registry and hosting platform for MCP (Model Context Protocol) servers, built around the idea that finding and running an MCP server should take one click. It lets AI agents connect to thousands of tools and services, with auth, credentials and sessions handled automatically. Developers can publish servers via URL or local MCPB bundles, get a dedicated server page, and track analytics on tool calls and usage patterns. Features include managed OAuth UI generation, the Uplink CLI for exposing local MCP servers as regular Smithery connections, and a CLI plus TypeScript API. In August 2026, Smithery was acquired by Arcade.dev, the enterprise actions runtime for AI agents, with co-founder Anirudh Kamath joining the Arcade team.

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• + Fastest path from discovering an MCP server to running it — one-click setup
• + Handles OAuth, credentials and session management automatically
• + Free Hobby plan available for getting started
• + Uplink lets you test local MCP servers against real agents before publishing
• + Acquired by Arcade.dev, adding enterprise security and governance focus

• − Free plan limited to 3 namespaces, which constrains multi-app or multi-environment teams
• − Acquisition by Arcade.dev introduces uncertainty about future pricing and product direction
• − Uplink is a development primitive, not a hosting solution — connections fail when the host CLI is offline
• − Arcade's own ToolBench benchmark indicates MCP ecosystem growth has outpaced tool quality, a risk for any registry user

https://smithery.ai/

Composio provides hosted integrations and MCP servers that let AI agents authenticate to and act on third-party applications, handling auth, tool definitions and execution. It is frequently cited as a top Smithery alternative — appearing at #3 on Respan's 2026 alternatives list — and is described as offering 250+ pre-built tool integrations. Spotsaas lists Composio as MCP Server Software with a free plan available. Where Smithery is a registry and host for community-built MCP servers, Composio focuses on managed, production-ready integrations where authentication and execution are handled as infrastructure, making it attractive to teams that want reliability over breadth of community listings.

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• + 250+ pre-built integrations reduce custom build work
• + Auth and execution managed as infrastructure
• + Free plan available
• + Ranked #3 among Smithery alternatives by Respan in 2026

• − Focused on its own integration catalog rather than open community registry breadth
• − No publicly documented pricing tiers in the comparison sources
• − Less suited to teams wanting to publish and distribute their own MCP servers

https://composio.dev/

Glama indexes Model Context Protocol servers and provides an inspector and gateway for testing and routing MCP traffic, alongside a directory of available servers. It appears near the top of both major 2026 alternatives lists — #2 on Respan's ranking and listed on Spotsaas with a free plan available. Glama's differentiator versus Smithery is its testing and traffic-routing layer: the inspector and gateway let teams validate and route MCP requests rather than just discover servers. For small businesses building agent workflows that depend on multiple MCP servers, that gateway capability can reduce the risk of connecting unvetted or flaky tools.

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• + Registry plus testing and routing in one platform
• + Free plan available
• + Ranked #2 Smithery alternative by Respan in 2026
• + Inspector helps validate servers before production use

• − No documented pricing details in the comparison sources
• − Smaller community footprint than Smithery's registry
• − Gateway adds architectural complexity for very small teams

https://glama.ai/

Arcade is the actions runtime for enterprise AI agents, built around security, reliability and governance for organizations running production agents. It runs tool-calling and MCP workloads in production, handling authenticated actions on behalf of users so agents can operate against real accounts with permission controls. In August 2026, Arcade acquired Smithery, combining Smithery's developer experience with Arcade's enterprise controls. Arcade has also published a ToolBench benchmark showing that MCP ecosystem growth has outpaced tool quality — a signal that resonates with businesses worried about connecting unvetted tools to production agents. Spotsaas lists Arcade as MCP Server Software with a free plan available.

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• + Enterprise-grade security, reliability and governance focus
• + Owns Smithery as of August 2026, so the two platforms are converging
• + Free plan available
• + Publishes its own tool-quality benchmark (ToolBench)

• − Enterprise orientation may be heavier than small businesses need
• − Product roadmap post-acquisition is still unfolding
• − No documented pricing details in the comparison sources

https://www.arcade.dev/

MetaMCP groups several Model Context Protocol servers behind one endpoint, letting a client connect once and reach many underlying servers with unified configuration. It is Spotsaas's Editor's Pick among Smithery alternatives in 2026 and is listed with a free plan available as MCP Server Software. Its core value is simplification: instead of managing a separate connection, credential set and configuration for every MCP server your agents use, MetaMCP acts as an aggregator and proxy so agents see one consistent surface. For small businesses juggling multiple tools — search, email, CRM — this reduces configuration sprawl and makes it easier to swap underlying servers without rewriting agent setups.

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• + One connection reaches many MCP servers
• + Editor's Pick on Spotsaas's 2026 alternatives list
• + Free plan available
• + Reduces per-server configuration overhead

• − Adds a proxy layer that can become a failure point
• − No documented pricing details in the comparison sources
• − Aggregation focus means fewer publishing/distribution features than Smithery

https://metamcp.com/

MCP.so catalogues publicly available Model Context Protocol servers with configuration details, giving developers a searchable index of servers by capability. It is listed on Spotsaas's 2026 Smithery alternatives as a directory and marketplace of MCP servers with custom (quote-based) pricing. Unlike Smithery, which hosts and manages connections, MCP.so is primarily a discovery layer: you find a server, read its configuration details, and set it up yourself. That makes it a lighter-weight option for teams that already have hosting and auth figured out and simply want better visibility into what MCP servers exist in the wild.

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• + Broad searchable catalogue of MCP servers
• + Simple, focused purpose — easy to understand
• + Useful for capability-based discovery

• − Directory only — no hosting, managed auth or gateway documented
• − Custom/quote pricing model listed on Spotsaas
• − You handle setup and security yourself

https://mcp.so/

SkillzBench is AIQ Labs' free, independent directory of AI agent skills plus a free MCP tool that connects any agent to the skills you choose — currently in pre-launch with a live waitlist. It addresses a problem registries like Smithery don't: published research found roughly 26% of agent skills carry at least one vulnerability, and nobody can tell which skills actually help versus which are risky. SkillzBench is building five pillars: Discover (continuously crawl and dedupe skills from GitHub), Verify (pin every version to a commit SHA, validate, license-check, security-scan and quality-judge), Benchmark (test every skill in a sandbox with the same model, with and without the skill, publishing the Lift in percentage points), Equip (one free MCP server plus per-agent loadouts where the agent only sees what was chosen), and Stay current (track upstream changes, re-scan, re-benchmark, notify). A 0-100 Trust score comes from security, quality, license, maintenance and community signals; Lift is always shown separately from ratings and money never touches scores. Everything is free — the directory, MCP connector, benchmarks and alerts — with revenue coming from advertising around blog articles. Note that SkillzBench is pre-launch: benchmarking, scanning and the MCP are what it is building and will offer.

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• + Everything is free — directory, MCP connector, benchmarks and alerts
• + Directly targets the documented risk that ~26% of skills carry at least one vulnerability
• + Lift is shown separately from ratings and money never touches scores
• + Per-agent loadouts mean an agent only sees the skills and tools chosen for it
• + Continuous re-scanning and re-benchmarking as upstream skills change

• − Pre-launch — the product is not yet public, so capabilities are what it is building rather than shipping today
• − Focused on agent skills (SKILL.md packages), not a general MCP server hosting registry
• − No published benchmark results or live skill counts yet

https://skillzbench.com/