Smithery vs GAIM

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Smithery compared with GAIM
Detail	Smithery	GAIM
What it does	Connect agents to thousands of tools and services with managed authentication and credentials	Hosted shared memory for AI assistants
Stage	Not given	Not given
Founded	Not given	Not given
Based in	Not given	Not given
Pricing model	Freemium	Freemium
Pricing	Hobby: Free (50K RPCs/month, 3 Namespaces, Managed OAuth, Persistent connections); Pay as you Go: $10/mo (100K RPCs/month included, then $0.10 per 1K RPCs, 100 Namespaces, Managed OAuth, Persistent connections); Custom: Contact for pricing (Everything in Pay as you Go plus custom rate limits, uptime	Free: Personal memory up to 1,000 records with no time limit. Pro: $5 per month or $50 per year for unlimited personal memory. Team: $10 per month plus $5 per member per month for shared memory and collaboration.
Key features	Managed OAuth and credential storage Persistent connections Public MCP registry with hundreds of pre-built services Compatible with Claude, Cursor, and MCP-compatible AI assistants Multiple namespace support RPC-based usage model	Personal and team memory MCP server with OAuth 2.1 or token authentication Search by words and by meaning Record provenance and version history Conflict detection and resolution JSON export and import Project-based organization with hierarchical grouping Urgent inbox for team notifications Role-based access control for teams Works with Claude, ChatGPT, ZCode, Grok and other MCP clients
What makes it different	Handles authentication and credential complexity for agents Unified interface to thousands of tools and services Public registry of MCP servers for easy discovery Free tier available for getting started	One memory accessible from any AI assistant without re-explanation or chat copying Separate personal and team memory layers with no automatic sharing Records show full history and cannot be silently erased or replaced Search by meaning finds relevant records even with different wording
Free plan	Not given	Not given
Open source	Not given	Not given
Platforms	Not given	Not given
Public API	Not given	Not given
Community votes	0	0
DR (Domain Rating by Ahrefs)	79 no change since last check	2 no change since last check
Trust Flow (Majestic)	24	1
Citation Flow (Majestic)	55	13
Referring domains (Majestic)	3775	6

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