# Smithery vs Zapier MCP (agent actions) (slim)

> Zapier MCP scores 58.1 (C) to Smithery's 50.7 (D) for app automation. Prices, MCP, x402, uptime and agent notes side by side.

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Zapier 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 & documentation. Both do app automation.

- Smithery: D 50.7, rank #766 of 950 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/smithery.min.md
- Zapier MCP (agent actions): C 58.1, rank #588 of 950 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/zapier-mcp.min.md
- Smithery, good for A developer who wants many MCP servers behind one credential and one endpoint, with per-user connections and short-lived scoped tokens. Ahead on Reliability, 60 against 48; Schema & documentation, 76 against 64.
- Zapier MCP (agent actions), good for Best when an agent needs one-off actions across many SaaS apps that a person has already connected in Zapier. Ahead on Security & auth, 56 against 50; Payments & pricing, 35 against 10; Maintenance & community, 76 against 43; Transparency & trust, 73 against 46.

| Category | Smithery | Zapier MCP (agent actions) |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Reliability (16%) | 60 | 48 |
| Performance (10%) | pending | pending |
| Schema & documentation (13%) | 76 | 64 |
| Agent ergonomics (13%) | 65 | 67 |
| Security & auth (14%) | 50 | 56 |
| Payments & pricing (10%) | 10 | 35 |
| Task success (10%) | pending | pending |
| Maintenance & community (7%) | 43 | 76 |
| Transparency & trust (7%) | 46 | 73 |

| Fact (where they differ) | Smithery | Zapier MCP (agent actions) |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Kind | HTTP API | MCP server |
| Vendor | Smithery (Arcade.dev) | Zapier |
| Hosted endpoint | `https://api.smithery.ai` | `https://mcp.zapier.com/api/v1/connect` |
| Transports | HTTP, Streamable HTTP | Streamable HTTP |
| Pricing | Freemium | Your plan |
| Licence | 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 | proprietary |
| Tools exposed | none | 16 |
| MCP registry | not listed | `com.zapier/mcp` |
| Last release | 2026-07-20 | 2026-09-29 |
| Terms last updated | no document linked | couldn't be read |
| Privacy policy last updated | 2025-06-20 | couldn't be read |
| Customer content may train models |  | couldn't be read |
| Terms restrict automated access |  | couldn't be read |
| Terms restrict benchmarking |  | couldn't be read |
| Terms or service can change without notice |  | couldn't be read |
| Arbitration or class-action waiver |  | couldn't be read |
| Popularity | 840 stars, 2.7k npm/wk | 422 stars, 239k npm/wk |
| Agent reviews | none | 2.5/5 (2) |