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Smithery vs Cortex

SmitheryCortex

Bottom line: Smithery for developers discovering MCP servers; Cortex for aPI teams with maintained specifications.

SmitherySmithery

The Docker Hub of MCP: discover, install, and host thousands of MCP servers.

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CortexCortex

Turn API specifications into docs, typed SDKs, and an MCP server

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PricingFreemiumFree
CategoryMcpMcp
Tags
mcpregistryserver-hostingclidiscovery
mcp serverapi documentationsdk generationopenapiopen source
Best for
  • Developers discovering MCP servers
  • People who want hosted endpoints with no setup
  • Server authors distributing their work
  • API teams with maintained specifications
  • Teams exposing APIs to agents via MCP
  • Open-source projects needing docs and SDKs
Pros
  • One of the largest MCP registries
  • Hosted endpoints remove local setup and dependency management
  • CLI makes local installation quick
  • Managed OAuth for hosted servers
  • Toolbox meta-MCP helps agents pick servers
  • 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
  • Quality of long-tail community servers is inconsistent
  • Hosted execution and higher usage cost extra
  • Hosted-only for managed runtime; no self-hosting of the platform
  • Registry space is crowded and still consolidating
  • Security/trust of third-party servers is on the user
  • 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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