Glama vs StackResolve
StackResolve scores higher on the AgentReady, 100/100 against 56/100. They differ on 19 of the 41 signals. Which ones decides whether an agent can adopt them without a person watching.
What each one is
Glama. Glama is a superset of the official MCP Registry that indexes, scans, and ranks MCP servers based on security, compatibility, and ease of use.
StackResolve. StackResolve is an independent registry that scores how ready software is for AI agents, and an API that compresses web research into structured calls.
Where StackResolve is ahead
StackResolve passes clear product positioning, public docs discoverable and llms-full.txt / full agent docs, and Glama does not. That is discover, whether an agent can find the product at all without being told it exists.
It also holds understand: structured api reference, openapi / spec quality, authentication documented, request examples provided, response examples provided and errors and status codes documented. Glama misses those.
And on adopt, agent-compatible signup flow, programmatic credential creation, fast time to first request, copyable quickstart, official python sdk and cli available. Glama misses those.
Finally, on operate, machine-readable errors, retry behavior documented, idempotency support and rate-limit behavior predictable. Glama misses those.
Score, pillar by pillar
The AgentReady splits into four pillars, scored separately, because a product can be easy to find and still impossible to adopt.
Discover. StackResolve leads 100 to 67. Glama misses clear product positioning, public docs discoverable, llms-full.txt / full agent docs; StackResolve misses nothing.
Understand is whether an agent can read the docs and work out how the API behaves before calling it. StackResolve leads 100 to 31. Glama misses structured api reference, openapi / spec quality, authentication documented, request examples provided, response examples provided, errors and status codes documented; StackResolve misses nothing.
Adopt. StackResolve leads 100 to 57. Glama misses agent-compatible signup flow, programmatic credential creation, fast time to first request, copyable quickstart, official python sdk, cli available; StackResolve misses nothing.
Operate. StackResolve leads 100 to 67. Glama misses machine-readable errors, retry behavior documented, idempotency support, rate-limit behavior predictable; StackResolve misses nothing.
Pricing
Glama starts at $9/month and has a free tier. StackResolve starts at $0/mo and has a free tier.
| Glama plans | StackResolve plans |
|---|---|
| Starter $9/month | Starter Free |
| Pro $26/month | Usage Pay as you go |
| Business $80/month | Scale Custom |
Signal by signal
| Signal | Glama | StackResolve |
|---|---|---|
| AgentReady | 56 | 100 |
| Discovery | 67 | 100 |
| Understanding | 31 | 100 |
| Adoption | 57 | 100 |
| Operability | 67 | 100 |
| Public API | Yes | Yes |
| MCP server | Yes | Yes |
| OpenAPI spec | Unknown | Yes |
| CLI | Unknown | Yes |
| llms.txt | Yes | Yes |
| Self-serve signup | Yes | Yes |
| Free tier | Yes | Yes |
Which to pick
StackResolve clears more of the signals an agent needs, so it is the safer default for unattended use. Full profiles: Glama and StackResolve. Alternatives to each: Glama, StackResolve.
An agent can fetch this as data: POST /v1/compare {"slugs": ["glama", "stackresolve"]}