Smithery vs rootmode

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Smithery compared with rootmode
Detail	Smithery	rootmode
What it does	Connect agents to thousands of tools and services with managed authentication and credentials	AI without the middleman
Stage	Not given	Not given
Founded	Not given	Not given
Based in	Not given	Not given
Pricing model	Freemium	Free
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	Not given
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	Competitive pricing through operator competition Works offline on own machine Open source software Cross-platform support
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	Truly decentralized: no company in the middle, peer-to-peer directly Significantly cheaper through operator competition Survives indefinitely without central service
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	1 no change since last check
Trust Flow (Majestic)	24	1
Citation Flow (Majestic)	55	20
Referring domains (Majestic)	3775	13

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