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bisibility vs Smithery
Registry for MCP servers, not an SEO tool itself
Which to pick
Pick bisibility if you want…
- Self-hosted rank tracking with any SERP provider
- The lower starting price: $3/month against $10/month
- Open-source code (CorgiCorner/bisibility on GitHub, AGPL-3.0 license)
Pick Smithery if you want…
- Managed MCP server registry
- Finding/hosting MCP servers
Side by side
- What it is
- bisibility:Open-source SEO platform for rank tracking, keyword research and AI visibility with bring-your-own data provider.
- Smithery:Smithery is a registry and hosting platform for MCP servers that lets AI agents connect to tools with built-in auth, credentials and session management.
- Best for
- bisibility:Self-hosted rank tracking with any SERP provider
- Smithery:Managed MCP server registry
- Who it’s for
- bisibility:Founders, developers and AI agents needing customizable SEO tracking.
- Smithery:Developers building AI agents that need easy access to MCP tools and services
- Pricing
- bisibility:Freemium
- Smithery:Freemium
- Plans
- bisibility:Cloud $3/mo per month · Self-host Free
- Smithery:Hobby Free · Pay as you Go $10/mo per month
- Open source
- bisibility:Yes, 590 GitHub stars
- Smithery:—
- Works with
- bisibility:DataForSEO, SerpApi, GA4, Plausible, Claude, ChatGPT, Codex, Cursor
- Smithery:—
bisibility features
- Rank tracking. Daily Google position snapshots by market and device with history and alerts.
- Keyword research. Volume, trend, CPC, difficulty and intent data, priced before each lookup.
- Backlink & domain overview. Inspect referring domains, new/lost backlinks and domain traffic estimates.
- AI visibility tracking. Monitor how AI models (Claude, ChatGPT, Gemini) mention your brand and cite sources.
- Agent integration (MCP). One-command OAuth connection for Claude, ChatGPT, Codex, Cursor and other agents.
- API, CLI & SDKs. REST API with OpenAPI and typed SDKs for TypeScript, Python and Go, plus a CLI.
Smithery features
- MCP Server Registry. Find and list MCP servers for agents to discover and use.
- Hosted MCP Servers. Host your own MCP server with built-in management.
- Managed OAuth. Provides OAuth handling without requiring developers to manage keys.
- Persistent Connections. Keeps agent sessions alive for continuous interactions.
- RPC Quotas. Offers tiered RPC limits (50K free, 100K paid) for API calls.
- Namespace Support. Supports multiple namespaces for organizing tools.
bisibility vs Smithery FAQ
Is bisibility or Smithery free?+
bisibility has a free plan (Self-host); paid plans start at $3/month (Cloud). Smithery has a free plan (Hobby); paid plans start at $10/month (Pay as you Go).
Which is cheaper, bisibility or Smithery?+
bisibility is cheaper to start with: bisibility's Cloud plan ($3/month) against Smithery's Pay as you Go plan ($10/month).
Is bisibility or Smithery open source?+
bisibility is open source (CorgiCorner/bisibility on GitHub, AGPL-3.0 license). DevHunt has no public source repository on record for Smithery.
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