Settlens vs Smithery

Provides a registry for finding and hosting MCP servers, but does not perform x402 payment policy checks.

Which to pick

What it is: Settlens:Settlens validates x402 payment requests against policies, providing pre-payment decisions without sending funds.; 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: Settlens:Policy-driven preflight checks for x402 payments; Smithery:Managed MCP server registry
Who it’s for: Settlens:Teams building or operating x402-based paid APIs and AI agents that need payment safety checks.; Smithery:Developers building AI agents that need easy access to MCP tools and services
Pricing: Settlens:Contact sales; Smithery:Freemium
Plans: Settlens:—; Smithery:Hobby Free · Pay as you Go $10/mo per month
Open source: Settlens:Yes, 0 GitHub stars; Smithery:—
Works with: Settlens:Node.js, HTTP API, MCP server; Smithery:—

Passive endpoint scan. Scans 402 handshakes and payment requirements without making any payment.
CI gate integration. Fails pull-request jobs based on configurable severity thresholds via a GitHub Action.
Monitoring & regression detection. Compares scans to baselines, alerts on drifts and regressions, and can post webhooks.
Signed evidence attestation. Attests reports with an ed25519 signature and timestamp for offline verification.
Offline signature verification. Verifies EVM and Solana payment signatures without needing RPC calls.
MCP preflight API. Agents call evaluate_payment_requirements to get pay, review or do_not_pay decisions.

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.

Is Settlens or Smithery free?+

Smithery has a free plan (Hobby); paid plans start at $10/month (Pay as you Go).

Is Settlens or Smithery open source?+

Settlens is open source (Pazificateur69/settlens on GitHub). DevHunt has no public source repository on record for Smithery.

Settlens

1 upvote · Launching on DevHunt on Feb 25, 2031

Smithery

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