MCP alternatives in 2026: 19 tools like MCP

Closest: MCP Servers & Registries

Arcade

Runtime for authorizing, executing, and governing AI agent tool calls

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Composio

Managed toolset and integrations platform for AI agents via MCP

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Glama

Directory and gateway for MCP servers

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Merge Agent Handler

Merge platform connecting AI agents to third-party tools over MCP

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Nango

Integration platform connecting products and AI agents to external APIs

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Smithery

Registry for discovering and deploying MCP servers

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EM

Excel MCP Server

MCP server for reading and editing Excel files without Excel installed

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More in AI Protocols

A2A

Agent-to-Agent protocol by Google for multi-agent interop

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ACP

Agent Communication Protocol by IBM/BeeAI

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Agentic Commerce Protocol

Open standard by Stripe and OpenAI for agent-driven checkout flows

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AGENTS.md

Open convention for giving coding agents build, test, and style instructions

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ANP

Agent Network Protocol for decentralized agent communication

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AP2

Google Cloud's open-source Agent Payments Protocol for AI agent transactions

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Trusted Agent Protocol

Visa specification letting merchants verify trusted AI shopping agents

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Nevermined

Payments infrastructure for AI agents to meter usage and settle charges

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Stripe Agentic Commerce Suite

Stripe suite for accepting agentic payments and selling via AI agents

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Skyfire

Identity and payment tooling for AI agents to log in and check out

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VI

Visa Intelligent Commerce

Visa program enabling AI agents to make card payments for consumers

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Novamira

Open-source WordPress plugin that exposes a site to AI agents over MCP

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Questions

What are the closest alternatives to MCP?

Arcade, Composio and Glama sit on the same sub-line as MCP (MCP Servers & Registries) on AI Landscape, with 4 more.

How are these alternatives chosen?

They are the other products on the AI Protocols stop of the map: curated products first, the ones on MCP's sub-line before the rest, then by name until members have marked enough of them.