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The registry, gateway, and hosted tool-server layer of the Model Context Protocol ecosystem — platforms where agents discover MCP servers, reach thousands of downstream tools through one endpoint, and hand off OAuth to a managed credential vault — judged on registry breadth and programmatic discovery, hosted-server connections, per-end-user auth, tool curation and security scanning, gateway access controls, SDKs and framework integrations, usage analytics, and self-hosting. A meta-arena where the product being sold is agent-readiness itself; ProductArena eats the dogfood — this site ships its own MCP server at /mcp.

52 user stories · 312 judged cells · updated 2026-09-10 · Evidence as of 2026-09-10

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Leaderboard — every product ranked by evidenceLeaderboard

Rank by
1Composio logoComposio
free-tier
vs Smithery ↗
33/100B
64/100
2Smithery logoSmithery
free-tier
vs Composio ↗
32/100B
66/100
3Glama logoGlama
free-tier
vs Composio ↗
25/100B
38/100
4Manufact logoManufact
free-tier
vs Composio ↗
23/100B
49/100
5Gram (Speakeasy) logoGram (Speakeasy)
free-tier
vs Composio ↗
21/100C
51/100
6Pipedream MCP logoPipedream MCP
free-tier
vs Composio ↗
20/100C
47/100

Best by user type — persona-weighted winnersBest by user type

Per persona, the product with the highest persona-weighted coverage over just that persona's stories — not the same ranking as the overall PA Score leaderboard above.

Best for developer

Smithery logo

Smithery

51/100

Runner-up: Glama logo Glama (38/100)

15 developer stories scored

Best for platform-engineer

Gram (Speakeasy) logo

Gram (Speakeasy)

46/100

Runner-up: Composio logo Composio (32/100)

6 platform-engineer stories scored

Best for ai-native

Composio logo

Composio

36/100

Runner-up: Smithery logo Smithery (35/100)

31 ai-native stories scored

Story matrix — every product × every judged storyStory matrix

52/52 stories shown · legend

Agenticness — how well agents can access and operate the productAgenticness

Agent access

StoryPersona
Composio logoComposio
Smithery logoSmithery
Glama logoGlama
Pipedream MCP logoPipedream MCP
Gram (Speakeasy) logoGram (Speakeasy)
Manufact logoManufact
Agenticness — how well agents can access and operate the productPoint an agent at llms.txt or agent-oriented docsai-native
fullT
9/10
partialT
6/10
fullT
8/10
fullT
8/10
fullT
8/10
fullT
9/10
Agenticness — how well agents can access and operate the productRun the product headlessly / in CI for automationai-native
fullT
7/10
fullT
7/10
disputedD⚿
4/10
partialT
6/10
partialT
6/10
fullT
7/10
Agenticness — how well agents can access and operate the productPlug MCP servers into this product so it can use their toolsai-native
none⚿
0/10
fullT⚿
8/10
fullC
7/10
none
0/10
fullC
7/10
fullC
7/10
Agenticness — how well agents can access and operate the productConnect an agent via an official MCP serverai-native
fullT⚿
8/10
fullT⚿
9/10
fullT
7/10
fullT
9/10
fullT
9/10
fullT
8/10
Agenticness — how well agents can access and operate the productUse an official CLIai-native
fullT
9/10
partialT
6/10
none
0/10
none
0/10
fullT
8/10
fullT
8/10
Agenticness — how well agents can access and operate the productDrive the product through a documented public APIai-native
fullT⚿
9/10
fullT⚿
8/10
partialT⚿
6/10
fullT
8/10
partialT
7/10
partialT
5/10
Agenticness — how well agents can access and operate the productIssue scoped/least-privilege API credentials for an agentai-native
disputedD
5/10
fullC
7/10
none⚿
0/10
partialT
7/10
partialC
6/10
none
0/10
Agenticness — how well agents can access and operate the productBuild against official SDKsai-native
fullT
8/10
fullT
7/10
partialT⚿
3/10
fullT
8/10
none
0/10
none
0/10
Agenticness — how well agents can access and operate the productSubscribe to events via webhooksai-native
fullC
7/10
partialC
6/10
partialC
4/10
none
0/10
none
0/10
none
0/10

Agentic features

StoryPersona
Composio logoComposio
Smithery logoSmithery
Glama logoGlama
Pipedream MCP logoPipedream MCP
Gram (Speakeasy) logoGram (Speakeasy)
Manufact logoManufact
Agenticness — how well agents can access and operate the productGet AI-generated insights and suggestions from my data inside the productai-native
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
none
0/10
partialC
3/10
Agenticness — how well agents can access and operate the productSet up automations that run autonomously in the backgroundai-native
partialX
5/10
partialC
3/10
partialC
4/10
none
0/10
none
0/10
partialC
4/10
Agenticness — how well agents can access and operate the productDelegate tasks to a built-in AI assistant inside the productai-native
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
partialC
3/10
partialC
4/10
Agenticness — how well agents can access and operate the productOperate the product with natural-language commandsai-native
partialC
5/10
partialT
5/10
n/a
partialT
6/10
fullT
7/10
fullT
8/10

Api quality

StoryPersona
Composio logoComposio
Smithery logoSmithery
Glama logoGlama
Pipedream MCP logoPipedream MCP
Gram (Speakeasy) logoGram (Speakeasy)
Manufact logoManufact
Agenticness — how well agents can access and operate the productExplore an interactive API reference with runnable examplesai-native
none
0/10
partialT
5/10
partialT
5/10
partialC
3/10
none
0/10
none
0/10
Agenticness — how well agents can access and operate the productDownload a machine-readable API spec (OpenAPI or equivalent)ai-native
fullT
9/10
fullT
8/10
fullT
8/10
none
0/10
none
0/10
none
0/10
Agenticness — how well agents can access and operate the productTest against a sandbox environment without touching production dataai-native
none
0/10
none
0/10
partialC
4/10
partialC
3/10
partialC
4/10
partialC
6/10
Agenticness — how well agents can access and operate the productRely on versioned APIs with a documented deprecation policyai-native
none
0/10
none
0/10
none⚿
0/10
none
0/10
none
0/10
none
0/10

Auth credentials — stories about auth credentials in this arenaAuth credentials

Multi tenant

StoryPersona
Composio logoComposio
Smithery logoSmithery
Glama logoGlama
Pipedream MCP logoPipedream MCP
Gram (Speakeasy) logoGram (Speakeasy)
Manufact logoManufact
Auth credentials — stories about auth credentials in this arenaMaintain separate connected accounts and scoped tokens per end user of my product, so each user's agent acts only on that user's credentialsplatform-engineer
fullC
7/10
partialX
6/10
none⚿
0/10
fullT
8/10
none
0/10
none
0/10

Oauth

StoryPersona
Composio logoComposio
Smithery logoSmithery
Glama logoGlama
Pipedream MCP logoPipedream MCP
Gram (Speakeasy) logoGram (Speakeasy)
Manufact logoManufact
Auth credentials — stories about auth credentials in this arenaLet the platform run OAuth flows for downstream tools and vault the resulting credentials encrypted, with automatic token refreshdeveloper
disputedD
4/10
fullT⚿
7/10
none
0/10
fullT
8/10
partialC
5/10
none
0/10

White label

StoryPersona
Composio logoComposio
Smithery logoSmithery
Glama logoGlama
Pipedream MCP logoPipedream MCP
Gram (Speakeasy) logoGram (Speakeasy)
Manufact logoManufact
Auth credentials — stories about auth credentials in this arenaWhite-label the authorization flow with my own branding and my own OAuth app credentialsplatform-engineer
partialC
6/10
none
0/10
none
0/10
none
0/10
partialC
6/10
none
0/10

Automation depth — how much of the product can run unattendedAutomation depth

StoryPersona
Composio logoComposio
Smithery logoSmithery
Glama logoGlama
Pipedream MCP logoPipedream MCP
Gram (Speakeasy) logoGram (Speakeasy)
Manufact logoManufact
Automation depth — how much of the product can run unattendedPerform bulk operations across many items at onceai-native
partialX
5/10
none
0/10
none
0/10
none
0/10
none
0/10
none
0/10
Automation depth — how much of the product can run unattendedDefine rules that trigger actions automatically on eventsai-native
partialC
5/10
partialC
3/10
partialC
4/10
none
0/10
none
0/10
n/a
Automation depth — how much of the product can run unattendedSchedule recurring jobs or workflowsai-native
none
0/10
none
0/10
partialC
4/10
none
0/10
none
0/10
none
0/10
Automation depth — how much of the product can run unattendedVersion, review, and roll back my automationsai-native
none
0/10
none
0/10
none
0/10
none
0/10
partialC
4/10
partialC
5/10

Deployment self host — stories about deployment self host in this arenaDeployment self host

Bridge

StoryPersona
Composio logoComposio
Smithery logoSmithery
Glama logoGlama
Pipedream MCP logoPipedream MCP
Gram (Speakeasy) logoGram (Speakeasy)
Manufact logoManufact
Deployment self host — stories about deployment self host in this arenaBridge a locally running MCP server into the platform as a managed remote connection without deploying itdeveloper
none⚿
0/10
fullC
8/10
partialC
5/10
none
0/10
partialC
5/10
fullC
8/10

Gateway controls — stories about gateway controls in this arenaGateway controls

Access control

StoryPersona
Composio logoComposio
Smithery logoSmithery
Glama logoGlama
Pipedream MCP logoPipedream MCP
Gram (Speakeasy) logoGram (Speakeasy)
Manufact logoManufact
Gateway controls — stories about gateway controls in this arenaRestrict which servers and individual tools an agent may call through allowlists or per-tool access controlplatform-engineer
fullC
7/10
partialC
6/10
partialC
6/10
none
0/10
fullC
8/10
none
0/10

Audit

StoryPersona
Composio logoComposio
Smithery logoSmithery
Glama logoGlama
Pipedream MCP logoPipedream MCP
Gram (Speakeasy) logoGram (Speakeasy)
Manufact logoManufact
Gateway controls — stories about gateway controls in this arenaSee a log of every tool call that passed through the platform, with enough detail to audit or replay what an agent didplatform-engineer
none
0/10
none
0/10
partialC
4/10
none
0/10
fullC
8/10
partialC
6/10

Hosted servers — stories about hosted servers in this arenaHosted servers

Catalog

StoryPersona
Composio logoComposio
Smithery logoSmithery
Glama logoGlama
Pipedream MCP logoPipedream MCP
Gram (Speakeasy) logoGram (Speakeasy)
Manufact logoManufact
Hosted servers — stories about hosted servers in this arenaReach a deep catalog of third-party apps and APIs (hundreds to thousands of integrations) through the platformdeveloper
fullT⚿
9/10
fullT⚿
8/10
fullT⚿
8/10
fullT
9/10
none
0/10
n/a

Connect

StoryPersona
Composio logoComposio
Smithery logoSmithery
Glama logoGlama
Pipedream MCP logoPipedream MCP
Gram (Speakeasy) logoGram (Speakeasy)
Manufact logoManufact
Hosted servers — stories about hosted servers in this arenaPoint my MCP-compatible client at a hosted remote server URL and reach downstream tools without deploying any infrastructuredeveloper
fullT⚿
8/10
fullT⚿
8/10
fullX
7/10
fullT
9/10
fullT
8/10
fullC
8/10

Generate

StoryPersona
Composio logoComposio
Smithery logoSmithery
Glama logoGlama
Pipedream MCP logoPipedream MCP
Gram (Speakeasy) logoGram (Speakeasy)
Manufact logoManufact
Hosted servers — stories about hosted servers in this arenaTurn an existing API definition (OpenAPI) or custom code into a hosted MCP server without writing protocol plumbingdeveloper
none
0/10
partialC
4/10
partialC
4/10
none
0/10
fullT
8/10
partialT
5/10

Publish

StoryPersona
Composio logoComposio
Smithery logoSmithery
Glama logoGlama
Pipedream MCP logoPipedream MCP
Gram (Speakeasy) logoGram (Speakeasy)
Manufact logoManufact
Hosted servers — stories about hosted servers in this arenaPublish my own MCP server on the platform for distribution, discovery, and installation by othersdeveloper
none⚿
0/10
fullT
8/10
fullX
7/10
none
0/10
fullT
8/10
partialC
6/10

Triggers

StoryPersona
Composio logoComposio
Smithery logoSmithery
Glama logoGlama
Pipedream MCP logoPipedream MCP
Gram (Speakeasy) logoGram (Speakeasy)
Manufact logoManufact
Hosted servers — stories about hosted servers in this arenaSubscribe my agent to events from connected downstream apps (triggers/webhooks) instead of polling themdeveloper
fullC
7/10
fullC
7/10
partialC
4/10
none
0/10
none
0/10
n/a

Observability analytics — stories about observability analytics in this arenaObservability analytics

Analytics

StoryPersona
Composio logoComposio
Smithery logoSmithery
Glama logoGlama
Pipedream MCP logoPipedream MCP
Gram (Speakeasy) logoGram (Speakeasy)
Manufact logoManufact
Observability analytics — stories about observability analytics in this arenaSee usage analytics for the servers and tools my org consumes or publishes — call volumes, users, errors, and costplatform-engineer
none
0/10
none
0/10
none
0/10
none
0/10
fullC
7/10
partialX
5/10

Openness — open source, data portability, and self-hosting storiesOpenness

StoryPersona
Composio logoComposio
Smithery logoSmithery
Glama logoGlama
Pipedream MCP logoPipedream MCP
Gram (Speakeasy) logoGram (Speakeasy)
Manufact logoManufact
Openness — open source, data portability, and self-hosting storiesDo everything through the API that I can do in the UIai-native
partialT
6/10
partialT⚿
7/10
partialT⚿
5/10
partialT
5/10
partialT
6/10
partialT
6/10
Openness — open source, data portability, and self-hosting storiesExport all of my data in open formats and leaveai-native
none
0/10
none
0/10
none
0/10
none
0/10
none
0/10
none
0/10
Openness — open source, data portability, and self-hosting storiesRead the product's source under an open licenseai-native
none
0/10
none
0/10
none
0/10
n/a
none
0/10
none
0/10
Openness — open source, data portability, and self-hosting storiesSelf-host the core productai-native
none⚿
0/10
none⚿
0/10
none⚿
0/10
none
0/10
none
0/10
none
0/10

Pricing plans — plan structure and value — what each tier costs and what it unlocksPricing plans

Pricing

StoryPersona
Composio logoComposio
Smithery logoSmithery
Glama logoGlama
Pipedream MCP logoPipedream MCP
Gram (Speakeasy) logoGram (Speakeasy)
Manufact logoManufact
Pricing plans — plan structure and value — what each tier costs and what it unlocksPrototype my agent's tool connections on a meaningful free tier before paying anythingdeveloper
none
0/10
none
0/10
disputedD
4/10
partialT
5/10
none
0/10
partialX
3/10
Pricing plans — plan structure and value — what each tier costs and what it unlocksSee transparent pricing per tool call or connection plus documented rate limits before committing to the platformdeveloper
none
0/10
none
0/10
none
0/10
none
0/10
none
0/10
disputedD
3/10

Privacy posture — data-handling and privacy storiesPrivacy posture

StoryPersona
Composio logoComposio
Smithery logoSmithery
Glama logoGlama
Pipedream MCP logoPipedream MCP
Gram (Speakeasy) logoGram (Speakeasy)
Manufact logoManufact
Privacy posture — data-handling and privacy storiesChoose where my data is stored (region/residency)ai-native
none
0/10
none
0/10
none
0/10
none
0/10
none
0/10
none
0/10
Privacy posture — data-handling and privacy storiesPrevent my data from being used to train AI modelsai-native
none
0/10
none
0/10
none
0/10
none
0/10
none
0/10
n/a
Privacy posture — data-handling and privacy storiesControl data retention and deletionai-native
none
0/10
none
0/10
none
0/10
partialC
4/10
none
0/10
none
0/10
Privacy posture — data-handling and privacy storiesOpt out of telemetry and usage trackingai-native
none
0/10
none
0/10
none
0/10
none
0/10
none
0/10
none
0/10

Registry discovery — stories about registry discovery in this arenaRegistry discovery

Api

StoryPersona
Composio logoComposio
Smithery logoSmithery
Glama logoGlama
Pipedream MCP logoPipedream MCP
Gram (Speakeasy) logoGram (Speakeasy)
Manufact logoManufact
Registry discovery — stories about registry discovery in this arenaQuery the platform's registry or catalog through a documented API to discover servers and tools programmaticallyai-native
fullT⚿
8/10
fullT
9/10
fullT⚿
8/10
partialT
5/10
partialT
6/10
partialT
5/10

Metadata

StoryPersona
Composio logoComposio
Smithery logoSmithery
Glama logoGlama
Pipedream MCP logoPipedream MCP
Gram (Speakeasy) logoGram (Speakeasy)
Manufact logoManufact
Registry discovery — stories about registry discovery in this arenaInspect a listed server's tools, input schemas, transport, and hosting attributes before connecting to itdeveloper
partialT
5/10
partialT
6/10
partialT⚿
6/10
partialC
4/10
partialC
5/10
partialC
4/10

Playground

StoryPersona
Composio logoComposio
Smithery logoSmithery
Glama logoGlama
Pipedream MCP logoPipedream MCP
Gram (Speakeasy) logoGram (Speakeasy)
Manufact logoManufact
Registry discovery — stories about registry discovery in this arenaExercise an MCP server's tools from a browser-based inspector or playground before integrating itdeveloper
none
0/10
none
0/10
fullC
8/10
partialT
6/10
fullC
8/10
partialC
6/10

Search

StoryPersona
Composio logoComposio
Smithery logoSmithery
Glama logoGlama
Pipedream MCP logoPipedream MCP
Gram (Speakeasy) logoGram (Speakeasy)
Manufact logoManufact
Registry discovery — stories about registry discovery in this arenaSearch and browse a large catalog of MCP servers and tools by capability before wiring anything into my agentdeveloper
partialT
6/10
fullT
8/10
fullT
8/10
partialC
4/10
partialC
3/10
none
0/10

Sdk clients — stories about sdk clients in this arenaSdk clients

Cli

StoryPersona
Composio logoComposio
Smithery logoSmithery
Glama logoGlama
Pipedream MCP logoPipedream MCP
Gram (Speakeasy) logoGram (Speakeasy)
Manufact logoManufact
Sdk clients — stories about sdk clients in this arenaDrive the publish-and-deploy workflow from an official CLI — authenticate, stage or build a server, push it, and install it into agentsdeveloper
partialT
4/10
partialT
6/10
none⚿
0/10
none
0/10
partialT
7/10
partialT
6/10

Frameworks

StoryPersona
Composio logoComposio
Smithery logoSmithery
Glama logoGlama
Pipedream MCP logoPipedream MCP
Gram (Speakeasy) logoGram (Speakeasy)
Manufact logoManufact
Sdk clients — stories about sdk clients in this arenaPlug the platform's tools into major agent frameworks and SDKs (Vercel AI SDK, LangChain, CrewAI, OpenAI or Anthropic SDKs) with documented adaptersdeveloper
partialT
6/10
partialC
5/10
none
0/10
partialT
5/10
none
0/10
none
0/10

Tool curation quality — stories about tool curation quality in this arenaTool curation quality

Security

StoryPersona
Composio logoComposio
Smithery logoSmithery
Glama logoGlama
Pipedream MCP logoPipedream MCP
Gram (Speakeasy) logoGram (Speakeasy)
Manufact logoManufact
Tool curation quality — stories about tool curation quality in this arenaRely on the platform scanning or inspecting listed servers for malicious or vulnerable behavior before my agents use themplatform-engineer
none
0/10
disputedD
4/10
partialT
5/10
none
0/10
partialC
5/10
none
0/10

Signals

StoryPersona
Composio logoComposio
Smithery logoSmithery
Glama logoGlama
Pipedream MCP logoPipedream MCP
Gram (Speakeasy) logoGram (Speakeasy)
Manufact logoManufact
Tool curation quality — stories about tool curation quality in this arenaCompare servers using published quality signals — usage counts, health or liveness checks, scores, or verification badgesdeveloper
none
0/10
partialT
6/10
disputedD
5/10
none
0/10
none
0/10
partialC
3/10

Tool search

StoryPersona
Composio logoComposio
Smithery logoSmithery
Glama logoGlama
Pipedream MCP logoPipedream MCP
Gram (Speakeasy) logoGram (Speakeasy)
Manufact logoManufact
Tool curation quality — stories about tool curation quality in this arenaSearch and load tools at runtime through meta-tools instead of having thousands of tool definitions stuffed into my contextai-native
fullT⚿
9/10
fullT
7/10
none
0/10
none
0/10
none
0/10
none
0/10
Verdict✓ fullclear evidence~ partialwith caveats! disputedevidence conflicts— noneno evidence foundn/aquestion doesn't apply to this kind of product
ProofT probedtested by usX communityusers back itC claimedvendor claim onlyD contradictedevidence disagrees⚿ auth-gatedprobe hit a live sign-in wall — verified reachable, untestable keylessly
quality 0–10 · PA Score /100 · A–D = evidence confidence · full guide

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