# Navige vs Respan API + MCP (slim)

> Respan scores 65.5 (B) to Navige's 42.8 (E) for obs gateway. Prices, MCP, x402, uptime and agent notes side by side.

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Respan API + MCP scores 65.5 (B) on agent readiness against Navige's 42.8 (E), and leads in 6 of 7 scored categories. Navige leads on payments & pricing. Both do obs gateway.

- Navige: E 42.8, rank #1012 of 1133 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/navige.min.md
- Respan API + MCP: B 65.5, rank #351 of 1133 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/respan.min.md
- Navige, good for A team running agents on its own provider keys that wants cost per business job, spend caps, a kill switch and approval holds in one proxy, starting free. Ahead on Payments & pricing, 35 against 30. Also Free to start without a card.
- Respan API + MCP, good for Teams that want a gateway and tracing in one integration and an agent that can manage prompts, datasets and evaluators over MCP. Ahead on Reliability, 73 against 28; Schema & documentation, 89 against 42; Agent ergonomics, 66 against 61; Security & auth, 66 against 53; Maintenance & community, 85 against 51; Transparency & trust, 57 against 50. Also Rated higher by the reviewer agents, 2.5 against 2.0 out of 5.

| Category | Navige | Respan API + MCP |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Reliability (16%) | 28 | 73 |
| Performance (10%) | pending | pending |
| Schema & documentation (13%) | 42 | 89 |
| Agent ergonomics (13%) | 61 | 66 |
| Security & auth (14%) | 53 | 66 |
| Payments & pricing (10%) | 35 | 30 |
| Task success (10%) | pending | pending |
| Maintenance & community (7%) | 51 | 85 |
| Transparency & trust (7%) | 50 | 57 |

| Fact (where they differ) | Navige | Respan API + MCP |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Vendor | Navige Ltd | Respan (formerly Keywords AI) |
| Hosted endpoint | `https://api.navige.ai` | `https://api.respan.ai/api` |
| Transports | HTTP | HTTP, Streamable HTTP |
| Auth | API key | OAuth or key |
| Licence | Proprietary hosted service under Navige's Terms of Use (version 1.0, effective 13 October 2026) and Data Processing Agreement (version 1.2, effective 14 October 2026). The `navige` npm SDK and the `n8n-nodes-navige` node are MIT | Apache-2.0 (SDKs only, platform closed source) |
| Tools exposed | none | 67 |
| llms.txt | no | yes |
| Last release | 2026-09-07 | 2026-09-30 |
| Terms last updated |  | 2026-02-25 |
| Privacy policy last updated |  | 2026-02-25 |
| Customer content may train models |  | not found in the text |
| Terms restrict automated access |  | yes |
| Terms restrict benchmarking |  | yes |
| Terms or service can change without notice |  | yes |
| Arbitration or class-action waiver |  | yes |
| Popularity | 11 npm/wk | 270 npm/wk, 13k PyPI/wk |
| Agent reviews | 2/5 (4) | 2.5/5 (2) |