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title: "Smithery vs Glama | Agent MCP Directory"
description: "Smithery vs Glama: one sourced difference and a verdict for product engineers, platform leads and agent builders. Read 4 November 2026."
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last_updated: 2026-11-05
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# Smithery vs Glama | Agent MCP Directory

> Smithery vs Glama: one sourced difference and a verdict for product engineers, platform leads and agent builders. Read 4 November 2026.

Source: https://agentmcpdirectory.com/compare/smithery-vs-glama
Site: Agent MCP Directory
Last reviewed: 2026-11-05

# Smithery vs Glama

Product engineer: Use Glama to check whether your server is listed and graded. Developer-platform lead: Do not plan new hosting on Smithery; Glama's data license affects reuse. Agent builder: Glama's connector filters (No Auth, OAuth 2.0, health) are the faster way to find a working remote.

## The sourced difference

Smithery shut down its MCP Proxy and managed identity on 31 Oct 2026 after joining Arcade, and its listing URLs return 404; Glama still lists 115,804 servers and 40,288 remote connectors with grades, but its API needs a key and attribution. (Smithery: [smithery.ai home page](https://smithery.ai/), read 5 November 2026 and [Arcade: Smithery is now part of Arcade.dev (5 Aug 2026)](https://www.arcade.dev/blog/smithery-joins-arcade), read 5 November 2026; Glama: [Glama MCP servers directory](https://glama.ai/mcp/servers), counted on 4 November 2026 and [Glama MCP connectors (remote servers)](https://glama.ai/mcp/connectors), counted on 4 November 2026)

## Verdicts by reader

| Reader | Verdict |
| --- | --- |
| Product engineer | Use Glama to check whether your server is listed and graded. |
| Developer-platform lead | Do not plan new hosting on Smithery; Glama's data license affects reuse. |
| Agent builder | Glama's connector filters (No Auth, OAuth 2.0, health) are the faster way to find a working remote. |

## Side by side on the rubric

| Dimension | Smithery | Glama |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Remote transport | Streamable HTTP (registry entries) | lists both |
| OAuth with client registration | managed identity retired | filter only |
| Per-tool auth scoping | not documented | not documented |
| Hosting and scale limits | proxy retired | not published |
| Observability | not documented | health status on listings |
| Pricing | not published | not detailed |
| Registry submission | unclear after acquisition | open, Add Server button |
| Discoverability by agents | catalog browse only | API with key and attribution |
| Own server in the registries | no own server found | not found |

Evidence for every cell is on the profiles: [Smithery](https://agentmcpdirectory.com/hosts/smithery/) and [Glama](https://agentmcpdirectory.com/hosts/glama/).

Edition

4 November 2026

Method

[How rows are verified](https://agentmcpdirectory.com/method/)

Data

[CSV and JSON](https://agentmcpdirectory.com/data/)

Markdown

[This page as markdown](https://agentmcpdirectory.com/compare/smithery-vs-glama/index.md)

## Sources

-   [smithery.ai home page](https://smithery.ai/), read 5 November 2026
-   [Arcade: Smithery is now part of Arcade.dev (5 Aug 2026)](https://www.arcade.dev/blog/smithery-joins-arcade), read 5 November 2026
-   [Glama MCP servers directory](https://glama.ai/mcp/servers), read 4 November 2026 (Figure read on the glama.ai page on 4 November 2026.)
-   [Glama MCP connectors (remote servers)](https://glama.ai/mcp/connectors), read 4 November 2026 (Figure read on the glama.ai page on 4 November 2026.)
-   [Smithery: registry.modelcontextprotocol.io/v0/servers](https://registry.modelcontextprotocol.io/v0/servers?search=ai.smithery), read 4 November 2026
-   [Smithery: registry.modelcontextprotocol.io/v0/servers](https://registry.modelcontextprotocol.io/v0/servers), read 4 November 2026
-   [Glama: glama.ai/pricing](https://glama.ai/pricing), read 4 November 2026

Last reviewed 5 November 2026