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Markdown https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/zapier-mcp.md · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/zapier-mcp.json\n- Best agent tool access platforms: https://www.anchorterminal.com/best/aggregator/index.md\n- All 28 tool access comparisons: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/aggregator/index.md\n- Best auth and delegated access for AI agents: https://www.anchorterminal.com/best/agent-auth/index.md\n- All 111 agent auth comparisons: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/agent-auth/index.md\n\n## Which one, for what\n\n### Smithery (D)\n\nGood for: A developer who wants many MCP servers behind one credential and one endpoint, with per-user connections and short-lived scoped tokens.\n\nAhead on:\n- Reliability, 60 against 48\n- Schema \u0026 documentation, 76 against 64\n\nWatch for: No terms of service are linked from the site, the docs or the footer. The privacy notice of 20 June 2025 is the only legal document found\n\n### Zapier MCP (agent actions) (C)\n\nGood for: Best when an agent needs one-off actions across many SaaS apps that a person has already connected in Zapier.\n\nAhead on:\n- Security \u0026 auth, 56 against 50\n- Payments \u0026 pricing, 35 against 10\n- Maintenance \u0026 community, 76 against 43\n- Transparency \u0026 trust, 73 against 46\n\nWatch for: Connection tokens are long-lived and the docs allow them in the URL query string\n\n\n## Score by category\n\n| Category | Weight | Smithery | Zapier MCP (agent actions) | Edge |\n| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |\n| Reliability | 16% (20 this run) | 60 | 48 | Smithery +12 |\n| Performance | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |\n| Schema \u0026 documentation | 13% (16.2 this run) | 76 | 64 | Smithery +12 |\n| Agent ergonomics | 13% (16.2 this run) | 65 | 67 | Zapier MCP (agent actions) +2 |\n| Security \u0026 auth | 14% (17.5 this run) | 50 | 56 | Zapier MCP (agent actions) +6 |\n| Payments \u0026 pricing | 10% (12.5 this run) | 10 | 35 | Zapier MCP (agent actions) +25 |\n| Task success | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |\n| Maintenance \u0026 community | 7% (8.8 this run) | 43 | 76 | Zapier MCP (agent actions) +33 |\n| Transparency \u0026 trust | 7% (8.8 this run) | 46 | 73 | Zapier MCP (agent actions) +27 |\n| Negative events | ≤15 | -2 | 0 | |\n| **Total** | | **50.7 · D** | **58.1 · C** | |\n\n## Facts side by side\n\n| Fact | Smithery | Zapier MCP (agent actions) |\n| --- | --- | --- |\n| Kind | HTTP API | MCP server |\n| Vendor | Smithery (Arcade.dev) | Zapier |\n| Hosted endpoint | `https://api.smithery.ai` | `https://mcp.zapier.com/api/v1/connect` |\n| Transports | HTTP, Streamable HTTP | Streamable HTTP |\n| Auth | OAuth or key | OAuth or key |\n| Pricing | Freemium | Your plan |\n| x402 | no | no |\n| Licence | Proprietary hosted service, with no terms of service found. 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No terms of service, rate limits or SLA were found, the pricing page could not be read, and the newest client release is from 20 July 2026.\n\n**Zapier MCP (agent actions).** 16 meta-tools in agentic mode, or managed mode with only the actions you pick. Connection tokens are long-lived and the docs allow them in the URL query string.\n\n## Before you call either\n\n### Smithery\n\n1. Keep the API key on the backend and hand an agent a service token limited to `connections` with `read` and `execute` and a `metadata` match\n2. Create connections with `PUT /connect/{namespace}/{connectionId}`, which is an upsert, and check `status.state` before calling a tool\n3. On `auth_required` or `input_required`, send the person to `setupUrl`, then retry with the same `connectionId`\n4. Tool names on the namespace MCP endpoint are prefixed with the connection ID, such as `user-123-github.search_repositories`\n5. Do not rely on `smithery skill` commands. Version 1.1.1 of the CLI removed them\n\n### Zapier MCP (agent actions)\n\n1. Call discover_zapier_actions and enable_zapier_action before executing, discovery is free and execution costs two tasks\n2. Use execute_zapier_read_action for lookups, keep execute_zapier_write_action for changes\n3. Send the connection token in the `Authorization` header, never in the URL\n4. Count batch writes per item before starting, five rows is ten tasks\n\n## Questions\n\n### Which is better for AI agents, Smithery or Zapier MCP (agent actions)?\n\nZapier MCP (agent actions) scores 58.1 (C) on agent readiness against Smithery's 50.7 (D), and leads in 5 of 7 scored categories. Smithery leads on reliability and schema \u0026 documentation.\n\n### Do Smithery and Zapier MCP (agent actions) need an API key?\n\nBoth take an API key or an OAuth sign-in.\n\n### Can an agent call Smithery and Zapier MCP (agent actions) without installing anything?\n\nYes. 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