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Speakeasy vs Glama

SpeakeasyGlama

Bottom line: Speakeasy for aPI-first companies; Glama for developers evaluating MCP servers.

Generate production MCP servers and SDKs from your API, plus an MCP gateway

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MCP server registry, in-browser inspector, and gateway with an LLM API bundled in.

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PricingFreemiumFreemium
CategoryMcpMcp
Tags
mcpmcp-server-generationopenapisdk-generationai-gateway
mcpregistrygatewayllm-apiinspector
Best for
  • API-first companies
  • Platform teams making APIs agent-ready
  • Enterprises needing MCP governance
  • Developers evaluating MCP servers
  • Teams wanting gateway governance
  • Open-source server authors seeking free hosting
Pros
  • Generates production MCP servers from OpenAPI
  • You fully own and can self-host the generated code
  • Supports both MCP transports plus streaming
  • Open-source Gram platform for MCP servers
  • MCP Gateway adds SSO, policy, and observability
  • Very large indexed server catalog
  • In-browser MCP Inspector for safe testing
  • Gateway adds logging, access control, and managed OAuth
  • Bundled unified LLM API across major providers
  • Free hosting for open-source servers
Cons
  • Best results require a clean, well-structured OpenAPI spec
  • MCP is a fast-moving standard, so patterns keep evolving
  • Gateway and enterprise governance suit larger orgs
  • Pricing for advanced tiers is not fully public
  • Overkill for teams without an existing API to expose
  • Self-reported scale is hard to independently verify
  • Per-server-instance pricing may surprise some users
  • Hosted-only platform, no self-hosting of Glama itself
  • Crowded, fast-changing registry landscape
  • Third-party server trust remains the user's responsibility

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