Smithery vs Official MCP Registry
A side-by-side look at scores, pricing and features — with RECATOOLS' ASEAN-aware verdict for each.
Smithery
Search, install and host MCP servers and AI agent skills
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| RECATOOLS Score | 7.3 / 10 | 6.5 / 10 |
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| Pricing | Freemium | Open Source |
| Free tier | — | Free and open-source; open REST API for publishing and discovering MCP servers. |
| Paid from | — | — |
| Has API | ✓ | ✓ |
| Open source | ✗ | ✓ |
| Free to use | ✓ | ✓ |
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| Maker | — | Model Context Protocol project |
| Verdict | Smithery solved a real problem early: before it existed, finding and running MCP servers meant hunting through scattered GitHub repos and hand-editing JSON configs. Its registry now covers thousands of servers plus a new... |
What this is for: A canonical, open API and catalog for publishing and discovering MCP servers across the ecosystem. Who this is for: Tool authors, MCP client developers, and platforms building server marketplaces or ag... |
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