Smithery vs RailCall

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Smithery compared with RailCall
Detail	Smithery	RailCall
What it does	Connect agents to thousands of tools and services with managed authentication and credentials	AI runs where you own it
Stage	Not given	Not given
Founded	Not given	Not given
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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	RailCall local runtime: free. RailHub Team: $5 per seat per month. Cloud agents: $5 per trained agent per month. Advanced thinking (overflow): metered against a budget you set, with 500 flows per month included. Storage on hub: $0.25 per GB-month with 5 GB free.
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	Studio visual workflow builder with 1,000+ nodes CLI and terminal-first interface Ed25519-signed tamper-evident receipts Human approval airlock for all actions Autonomous agents that run 24/7 Capacity routing across organization machines MCP integration with 33 tools Multi-level human approval workflows Offline receipt verification Company-wide stop button
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	Entire local runtime free with MIT license, no login required Cryptographically signed receipts verifiable offline 80% reduction in AI costs compared to top models No execution counters or machine count limits
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	26 no change since last check
Trust Flow (Majestic)	24	3
Citation Flow (Majestic)	55	13
Referring domains (Majestic)	3775	35

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