# SandBase vs Smithery (slim)

> SandBase scores 61.1 (C) to Smithery's 4.6 (F) for tool access for agents. Prices, MCP, x402, uptime and agent notes side by side.

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SandBase scores 61.1 (C) on agent readiness against Smithery's 4.6 (F), and leads in 6 of 7 scored categories. Both do tool access for agents.

- SandBase: C 61.1, rank #626 of 1514 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/sandbase-ai.min.md
- Smithery: F 4.6, rank #1514 of 1514 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/smithery.min.md
- SandBase, good for A gateway for agents that need third-party models, media generation and structured data (social platforms, search, SEO, e-commerce, finance) from one capped balance, found at run time by need and price, with OpenAI, Anthropic, Gemini and E2B-compatible endpoints on one key. Ahead on Reliability, 63 against 0; Schema & documentation, 76 against 8; Agent ergonomics, 81 against 0; Security & auth, 45 against 0; Payments & pricing, 40 against 0; Maintenance & community, 68 against 10. Also Runs on your own machine.
- Smithery, good for Reference only.

| Category | SandBase | Smithery |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Reliability (16%) | 63 | 0 |
| Performance (10%) | pending | pending |
| Schema & documentation (13%) | 76 | 8 |
| Agent ergonomics (13%) | 81 | 0 |
| Security & auth (14%) | 45 | 0 |
| Payments & pricing (10%) | 40 | 0 |
| Task success (10%) | pending | pending |
| Maintenance & community (7%) | 68 | 10 |
| Transparency & trust (7%) | 48 | 50 |

| Fact (where they differ) | SandBase | Smithery |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Kind | Platform | HTTP API |
| Vendor | AXIOMCLOUD PTE. LTD. | Smithery (Arcade.dev) |
| Hosted endpoint | `https://api.sandbase.ai/v1/mcp` | `https://api.smithery.ai` |
| Transports | Streamable HTTP, stdio, HTTP | HTTP, Streamable HTTP |
| Auth | API key | OAuth or key |
| Pricing | Pay per use | Freemium |
| Licence | Proprietary hosted service under the SandBase terms (last updated 14 October 2026), whose contracting party is AXIOMCLOUD PTE. LTD. of Singapore. The `@sandbaseai/cli` CLI, MCP bridge and skill (github.com/sandbaseai/cli) and the catalogue, examples and SDKs (github.com/sandbaseai/sandbase) are Apache-2.0. The catalogue service, routing, billing, HTTP API, remote MCP server, Agents runtime and sandboxes are not in either repository | Proprietary hosted service, with no terms of service found. The CLI (`smithery`) is AGPL-3.0, the TypeScript client (`@smithery/api`) is Apache-2.0 and the credential layer agent.pw is MIT |
| Tools exposed | 7 | none |
| Last release | 2026-11-07 | 2026-07-20 |
| Terms last updated | not read yet | no document linked |
| Privacy policy last updated | not read yet | 2026-09-10 |
| Popularity | none | 840 stars, 2.7k npm/wk |

Why the edge:
- Agent ergonomics, SandBase +81: SandBase 81 (Read on the MCP tools, with the HTTP API where a line covers it.); Smithery 0 (Nothing callable remains, so context cost, pagination, errors, retries and defaults can't be assessed (0).)
- Schema & documentation, SandBase +68: SandBase 76 (A public OpenAPI 3.1 file at www.sandbase.ai/openapi.json (SandBase API 1.0.0, server https://api.sandbase.ai), linked from llms.txt, covers the OpenAI, Anthrop…); Smithery 8 (What's left is the record.)
- Reliability, SandBase +63: SandBase 63 (Hosted lines, graded on the HTTP API and the remote MCP server at api.sandbase.ai/v1/mcp, the surfaces an agent calls.); Smithery 0 (Shut down, so nothing is left to be reliable.)
- Maintenance & community, SandBase +58: SandBase 68 (Read for a hosted service with an open CLI and SDKs.); Smithery 10 (The newest release is `@smithery/api` 0.68.0, released on 20 July 2026, 107 days before this check (10).)
- Security & auth, SandBase +45: SandBase 45 (Standard keys (`sk-` and 64 hex characters) act for one organisation with no user-selectable scopes, can carry an expiry and a spending limit, are shown once an…); Smithery 0 (No live surface to secure.)
- Payments & pricing, SandBase +40: SandBase 40 (No x402, MPP or L402 on the home page, pricing, billing, llms.txt or the OpenAPI paths; the balance is funded through Stripe or Airwallex checkout (0).); Smithery 0 (Nothing to buy.)