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Gram by Speakeasy vs Cortex

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

Serverless platform to build, curate, and host tools as MCP servers

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PricingFreemiumFree
CategoryMcpMcp
Tags
mcpopenapitool-hostingspeakeasyserverless
mcp serverapi documentationsdk generationopenapiopen source
Best for
  • API-first companies
  • Teams building agent tools
  • Enterprises needing tool governance
  • API teams with maintained specifications
  • Teams exposing APIs to agents via MCP
  • Open-source projects needing docs and SDKs
Pros
  • 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
  • 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
Cons
  • Best value with existing OpenAPI specs
  • Newer platform in a fast-moving space
  • MCP ecosystem still maturing
  • Advanced governance likely paid
  • Requires MCP familiarity
  • 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

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