Arcade vs Gram

A side-by-side comparison of Arcade and Gram, two MCP tools, drawn from Ignaite's continuously-verified listings.

Compared from listings verified as of 2026-06-20

Arcade

MCP

The MCP runtime for secure, authenticated agent tool-calling.

Gram

MCP

Build, curate, and host Model Context Protocol servers from your APIs or TypeScript.

At a glance

Feature comparison of Arcade and Gram
Attribute	Arcade	Gram
Category	MCP	MCP
Pricing	FREEMIUM	FREEMIUM
License (differs)	Proprietary	Open core
Deployment (differs)	Cloud	Hybrid
Platforms (differs)	API	Web, CLI, API
Model support	Model-agnostic	Model-agnostic
Vendor (differs)	Arcade	Speakeasy

The honest brief

Arcade

Auth-first MCP runtime: brokers per-user OAuth so an agent acts as the real end user, not behind one shared token.

Real actions in Gmail, GitHub, Slack
Prebuilt agent-optimized tools
Open framework for custom tools
Exposed over MCP standard

Closed/hosted core platform
Newer entrant in MCP space
Setup needed per integration
Free tier limited

Gram

Curates and composes business-level tools from your OpenAPI or TypeScript instead of exposing raw API endpoints, so agents get cleaner toolsets.

Open source (AGPL-3.0)
Hosted MCP servers, no infra
OpenAPI and TypeScript sources
Built-in OAuth 2.1 proxy
Tool curation, not raw APIs

Still in public beta
Usage-based costs at scale
Tied to Speakeasy ecosystem
Newer, smaller community

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