AI Infrastructure & MLOps Freemium

Smithery

Connect, publish, and operate MCP tools for AI agents

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PricingFreemium
Free planYes
Free trialYes
APIYes
Open sourceNo
DeploymentHybrid
Last verifiedAugust 1, 2026
Overview

Tool overview

Smithery is listed under AI Infrastructure & MLOps AI tools.

Summary

What is Smithery?

Smithery connects AI agents to external tools and services through the Model Context Protocol. It provides a public registry, managed OAuth and credentials, connection sessions, REST APIs, publishing workflows, analytics, and command-line tooling.

Best fit

Best for

Developers and agent teams connecting applications to MCP tools and services

Audience

Who is it for?

AI application developersMCP server publishersAgent platform teamsDeveloper-tool builders
Recommendation

Decision note

The profile is updated around current MCP connection and publishing infrastructure. Keep the commercial platform marked closed-source even though selected CLI, SDK, and authentication components are publicly available.

Capabilities

Key features

Large registry of MCP servers and skills

Managed OAuth, credentials, tokens, and sessions

REST API and generated typed SDK access

Publishing with scanning and observability

CLI for discovering and calling agent tools

Workflows

Use cases

Add external services to AI agents

Publish and distribute an MCP server

Manage authenticated MCP connections

Call tools from command-line workflows

Provide scoped tools to browser or mobile clients

Strengths

Pros

  • Removes substantial MCP authentication complexity
  • Supports connecting and publishing workflows
  • Offers APIs, SDKs, CLI, and registry discovery
  • Publishes official developer documentation
Considerations

Cons

  • Paid entry pricing is not clearly public
  • Some typed SDK capabilities remain in preview
Considerations

Limitations

Smithery manages connection infrastructure, but developers remain responsible for tool permissions, credential scope, upstream-server security, data handling, output validation, and operational monitoring. Preview SDKs and third-party MCP servers may change independently of Smithery.

Cost

Pricing details

Pricing modelFreemium
Free planYes
Free trialYes
Pricing context

Billing options

Free Hobby namespacePay as You GoCustom enterprise
Pricing context

Pricing note

Smithery supports a free Hobby namespace, Pay as You Go usage, and Custom enterprise arrangements. A stable lowest paid amount was not confirmed on the current public pricing surface, so Starting Price is explicitly cleared. The free Hobby tier is an ongoing Free Plan, not a trial.

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Compatibility

Supported languages

  • English
Connectivity

Integrations

Vercel AI SDK

MCP TypeScript SDK

Claude Code

Cursor

ChatGPT

Community MCP servers

Specs

Technical details

PlatformsWeb, API
Multilingual supportUnknown
Login requiredYes
Open sourceNo
DeploymentHybrid
CompanyClavia, Inc. dba Smithery
Models / versionsSmithery Registry Smithery Connect Smithery CLI Smithery Gateway
Editions / plansFree, Basic, Professional, Organization, and Custom plans
Data confidenceHigh
Last verifiedAugust 1, 2026
Documentation → Data source →
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Smithery connects AI agents to external tools and services through the Model Context Protocol. It provides a public registry, managed OAuth and credentials, connection sessions, REST APIs, publishing workflows, analytics, and command-line tooling.
Developers and agent teams connecting applications to MCP tools and services
The listed pricing model for Smithery is Freemium. Pricing can change, so users should verify the latest plan details on the official website.
Yes. The current profile indicates that a free trial is available.
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