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Cortex vs Gram by Speakeasy

CortexGram by Speakeasy

Bottom line: Cortex for aPI teams with maintained specifications; Gram by Speakeasy for aPI-first companies.

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PricingFreeFreemium
CategoryMcpMcp
Tags
mcp serverapi documentationsdk generationopenapiopen source
mcpopenapitool-hostingspeakeasyserverless
Best for
  • API teams with maintained specifications
  • Teams exposing APIs to agents via MCP
  • Open-source projects needing docs and SDKs
  • API-first companies
  • Teams building agent tools
  • Enterprises needing tool governance
Pros
  • MIT licensed with a public repository
  • Generates docs, SDKs, and an MCP server from one spec
  • Supports OpenAPI, AsyncAPI, GraphQL, gRPC, and OpenRPC
  • Eleven SDK output languages
  • Fully self-hostable, deployable anywhere Node runs
  • Generates MCP servers from OpenAPI
  • Custom TypeScript and Python tools
  • Serverless managed hosting
  • OAuth 2.1 with DCR and PKCE
  • RBAC, audit logs, compliance reporting
Cons
  • Output quality depends entirely on spec quality
  • No hosted service or commercial support
  • Requires a build step in your pipeline
  • No team collaboration features
  • Young project with a small ecosystem
  • Best value with existing OpenAPI specs
  • Newer platform in a fast-moving space
  • MCP ecosystem still maturing
  • Advanced governance likely paid
  • Requires MCP familiarity

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