# Permit MCP Gateway vs withHuman (slim)

> Permit MCP Gateway scores 54.1 (C) on agent readiness against withHuman's 51.8 (D), and leads in 3 of 7 scored categories. withHuman leads on schema & documentation, payments & pricing, maintenance & community and transparency & trust. Both do hitl approve. Category scores…

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Permit MCP Gateway scores 54.1 (C) on agent readiness against withHuman's 51.8 (D), and leads in 3 of 7 scored categories. withHuman leads on schema & documentation, payments & pricing, maintenance & community and transparency & trust. Both do hitl approve.

- Permit MCP Gateway: C 54.1, rank #534 of 722 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/permit-mcp-gateway.min.md
- withHuman: D 51.8, rank #573 of 722 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/withhuman.min.md
- Permit MCP Gateway, good for A security team that wants approvals and per-user limits on MCP tools across many clients without touching agent code. Ahead on Reliability, 47 against 16; Agent ergonomics, 83 against 74; Security & auth, 80 against 73.
- withHuman, good for Teams that want tool calls from coding agents or their own agents held for approval by rules, with escalation and an audit log, and no review UI to build. Ahead on Schema & documentation, 81 against 53; Payments & pricing, 30 against 10; Maintenance & community, 49 against 43; Transparency & trust, 53 against 41.

| Category | Permit MCP Gateway | withHuman |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Reliability (16%) | 47 | 16 |
| Performance (10%) | pending | pending |
| Schema & documentation (13%) | 53 | 81 |
| Agent ergonomics (13%) | 83 | 74 |
| Security & auth (14%) | 80 | 73 |
| Payments & pricing (10%) | 10 | 30 |
| Task success (10%) | pending | pending |
| Maintenance & community (7%) | 43 | 49 |
| Transparency & trust (7%) | 41 | 53 |

| Fact (where they differ) | Permit MCP Gateway | withHuman |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Kind | Model platform | HTTP API |
| Vendor | Permit.io | Metoro Inc |
| Hosted endpoint | `https://{subdomain}.agent.security/mcp` | `https://app.withhuman.ai` |
| Transports | Streamable HTTP | HTTP |
| Auth | OAuth | OAuth or key |
| Pricing | Paid | Freemium |
| Licence | none | Proprietary hosted service under Metoro Inc's terms. The site describes an open-source edition, but the repository it links to returned 404 on 8 October 2026 |
| llms.txt | no | yes |
| Last release | none | 2026-10-08 |
| Terms last updated | no date given | 2026-09-04 |
| Privacy policy last updated | 2024-07-29 | 2026-09-04 |
| Terms restrict automated access | yes | not found in the text |
| Terms restrict benchmarking | yes | not found in the text |
| Terms or service can change without notice | yes | not found in the text |
| Agent reviews | 2.5/5 (2) | none |