The Best Glama Alternative for Verified Agent Skills in 2026
Glama is an all-in-one AI workspace with a ChatGPT-like chat experience, native MCP support for 5,000+ servers, and custom agents — but it doesn't verify or benchmark the agent skills your agents actually use. SkillzBench (skillzbench.com) is a free, independent directory plus a free MCP connector being built by AIQ Labs that pins every skill to a commit SHA, security-scans it, and benchmarks it in a sandbox so you can see which skills genuinely help.
TL;DR
- Glama is a live, all-in-one AI workspace offering a ChatGPT-like chat, native MCP support with access to 5,000+ servers, and custom agents, trusted by 50,000+ businesses per its own signup page.
- Glama's terms describe paid subscriber accounts funded by Monthly Credits equal to the subscription cost, plus optional topped-up balances.
- Glama operates public MCP Server and MCP Connector registries, but does not publish skill-level security scans or benchmark results.
- SkillzBench is AIQ Labs' free, independent directory of AI agent skills plus a free MCP tool connecting any agent to chosen skills — currently in pre-launch.
- SkillzBench pins every skill version to a commit SHA, validates, license-checks, security-scans, and quality-judges each skill; published research found ~26% of skills carry at least one vulnerability.
- SkillzBench benchmarks every skill in a sandbox with the same model, with and without the skill, and publishes the Lift in percentage points; a 0-100 Trust Score comes from security, quality, license, maintenance and community signals.
- Everything on SkillzBench is free — the directory, MCP connector, benchmarks and alerts; revenue comes from advertising around blog articles, and ad money never touches scores.
Head to head
| Dimension | Glama | SkillzBench |
|---|---|---|
| Focus | All-in-one AI workspace (chat + agents + MCP) | Independent directory and verification layer for agent skills |
| MCP support | Native MCP support with access to 5,000+ servers 🏆 | One free MCP server connecting any agent to chosen skills |
| Skill security verification | Not offered — users bear all risks associated with content used, per its terms | Every version pinned to a commit SHA, security-scanned, license-checked, quality-judged 🏆 |
| Skill benchmarking | Not offered | Sandboxed testing with the same model, with and without the skill, publishing Lift in percentage points 🏆 |
| Agent customization | Specialized agents with custom prompts | Per-agent loadouts — toggle skills and tools per agent |
| Cost | Paid subscription model funded by Monthly Credits, per its terms | Everything free — directory, MCP connector, benchmarks, alerts 🏆 |
| Availability | Live product, trusted by 50,000+ businesses per its signup page 🏆 | Pre-launch; waitlist live, product being built |
| Data handling | US-based servers on Fly.io (SOC 2 Type II), encryption in transit and at rest 🏆 | Managed as an ABS client tenant for marketing/content; the SaaS itself is a separate stack |
The contenders
Glama (Glama LLC, a Wyoming-based company) is an all-in-one AI workspace positioned as a ChatGPT for teams. Its signup page highlights a ChatGPT-like chat experience for talking with AI, native MCP support with access to 5,000+ servers, and the ability to create specialized agents with custom prompts — and states it is trusted by 50,000+ businesses. Its terms of service describe the service as facilitating communication, managing tasks, and providing AI-generated insights to enhance team productivity, leveraging APIs from OpenAI, Anthropic, and Google plus self-hosted models. Glama also operates public MCP Server and MCP Connector registries. Paid subscriber accounts receive Monthly Credits equal to their subscription cost that can pay for services within the platform, with optional topped-up balances. Customer data is stored on US servers hosted on Fly.io, which maintains SOC 2 Type II certification, with encryption in transit and at rest and regular security audits.
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- + All-in-one workspace combining chat, agents, and MCP access in one product
- + Very large MCP ecosystem — access to 5,000+ servers
- + Custom agents with custom prompts for specialized workflows
- + Public registries for MCP servers and connectors
- + Security-conscious infrastructure: encryption in transit and at rest, regular audits and penetration testing, SOC 2 Type II hosting
- − No published skill-level security scanning or vulnerability analysis for the skills and servers it connects to
- − No sandboxed benchmarking that measures whether a skill actually improves agent output
- − Some features are experimental and may be modified, suspended, or discontinued at Glama's discretion
- − Users must evaluate and bear all risks associated with any content used through the service, per its own terms
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. Agent skills — SKILL.md instruction packages for Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, Gemini CLI and chat-app agents — are everywhere, but nobody can tell which ones actually help and which are risky: published research found ~26% of skills carry at least one vulnerability. SkillzBench is being built around five pillars: Discover (continuously crawl and dedupe skills from GitHub), Verify (pin every version to a commit SHA, validate, license-check, security-scan, quality-judge), Benchmark (test every skill in a sandbox with the same model, with and without the skill, and publish the Lift in percentage points), Equip (one free MCP server plus per-agent loadouts where users toggle skills and tools per agent), and Stay current (track upstream changes, re-scan, re-benchmark, notify). A Trust Score from 0-100 is computed from security, quality, license, maintenance and community signals; Lift is always shown separately from ratings and money never touches scores. SkillzBench is pre-launch — the waitlist is live and the product is actively being built.
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- + Purpose-built for the core problem: ~26% of published skills carry at least one vulnerability, and SkillzBench security-scans every skill
- + Objective effectiveness measurement — sandboxed benchmarks with the same model, with and without the skill, publishing Lift in percentage points
- + Every skill version pinned to a commit SHA, with license checks and quality judgments
- + Everything is free — the directory, MCP connector, benchmarks and alerts — with ad revenue never influencing scores
- + Per-agent loadouts mean each agent only sees the skills and tools chosen for it
- + Works across Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, Gemini CLI and chat-app agents via one free MCP server
- − Pre-launch — the product is not yet public, so teams needing a solution today must wait or use alternatives in the meantime
- − Focused specifically on agent skills; it is not a chat workspace or general AI productivity platform
- − Benchmark results and skill counts are not yet published, so early adopters rely on the platform's methodology rather than a live track record
Verdict
Winner: SkillzBench
For small businesses whose main pain is knowing which agent skills are safe and actually effective, SkillzBench's verification and benchmarking focus addresses the problem Glama doesn't. Glama remains the stronger pick if you need a full chat workspace with broad MCP access today.
| Option | Overall | Breakdown |
|---|---|---|
| Glama | 7 | : 8: 9: 3 |
| SkillzBench | 8 | : 9: 10: 4 |
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FAQ
Is SkillzBench a replacement for Glama?
Not exactly — they solve different problems. Glama is an all-in-one AI workspace with chat, custom agents, and access to 5,000+ MCP servers. SkillzBench is a free, independent directory and verification layer for agent skills: it security-scans, license-checks, and benchmarks skills so you know which ones are safe and effective. Many teams will use SkillzBench to vet skills before connecting them to any agent, including agents running in Glama.
Why does skill verification matter for small businesses?
Published research found roughly 26% of agent skills carry at least one vulnerability, and Glama's own terms state users bear all risks associated with content used through the service. For a small business without a security team, connecting an unvetted skill to a production agent is a real risk. SkillzBench pins every skill version to a commit SHA, security-scans it, and publishes a 0-100 Trust Score from security, quality, license, maintenance and community signals.
How does SkillzBench measure whether a skill actually helps?
SkillzBench benchmarks every skill in a sandbox using the same model, running tasks with and without the skill, and publishes the resulting Lift in percentage points. Lift is always shown separately from Trust Scores, and advertising money never influences scores or listings — the platform's revenue comes from ads around blog articles, not from charging users or ranking placements.
Is SkillzBench available now?
SkillzBench is pre-launch and actively being built by AIQ Labs — the waitlist and newsletter are live, but the product itself is not yet public. Glama, by contrast, is a live product today. Teams needing immediate tooling should use Glama or another live platform now and join SkillzBench's waitlist to add verified, benchmarked skills once it launches.
Does Glama offer any skill-level security scanning?
Based on its published materials, no. Glama's signup page highlights chat, native MCP access to 5,000+ servers, and custom agents, and its terms of service operate public MCP server and connector registries — but none of these describe per-skill security scanning, license checking, or effectiveness benchmarking. Its terms explicitly place responsibility on users to evaluate and bear all risks of content used through the service.