Skip to content

Context7 vs Glama

A side-by-side comparison of Context7 and Glama, two MCP tools, drawn from Ignaite's continuously-verified listings.

Compared from listings verified as of

Context7

MCP

Up-to-date, version-specific library docs piped into any AI coding agent via MCP.

View Context7

Glama

MCP

MCP server registry, inspector, and gateway.

View Glama

At a glance

Feature comparison of Context7 and Glama
AttributeContext7Glama
CategoryMCPMCP
Pricing (differs)FREEFREEMIUM
License (differs)Open sourceProprietary
Deployment (differs)—Cloud
Platforms (differs)CLI, APIWeb, API
Model supportModel-agnosticModel-agnostic
Vendor (differs)UpstashGlama
Capabilities (differs)
  • MCP server
  • MCP gateway / registry

The honest brief

Context7

Injects version-specific, current library docs into the prompt, cutting the stale-API hallucinations models learn at training.

  • Free and open-source
  • Simple two-tool MCP setup
  • Works in any MCP client
  • Only as good as indexed libraries
  • Adds tokens to every prompt
  • Docs-only, no code execution

Glama

Superset of the official MCP registry that scores servers and lets you test any of them in an ephemeral browser sandbox.

  • Indexes 10000+ MCP servers, security-scored
  • In-browser Inspector for live tool calls
  • Gateway adds auth, logs, access control
  • Hosting for private/public servers
  • Hosting and Gateway features are paid
  • Quality varies across indexed servers
  • Cloud-centric, not a local tool

When to pick which

Pick Context7 if you need MCP server.

  • MCP server (primary capability)

Pick Glama if you need MCP gateway / registry.

  • MCP gateway / registry (primary capability)

They also differ on:

Pricing
FREE · FREEMIUM
License
Open source · Proprietary
Platforms
CLI, API · Web, API
Context7 detailsGlama detailsAll MCP apps