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Hanko vs Mcp

Mcp scores higher on the AgentReady, 58/100 against 48/100. They differ on 10 of the 41 signals. Which ones decides whether an agent can adopt them without a person watching.

What each one is

Hanko. Hanko is an open-source authentication and user management platform for modern web and mobile apps.

Mcp. MCP.so is a discovery platform for MCP (Model Context Protocol) servers, connecting AI apps to tools, data, and automated workflows.

Where Hanko is ahead

Hanko passes public docs discoverable, and Mcp does not. That is discover, whether an agent can find the product at all without being told it exists.

It also holds adopt: fast time to first request and copyable quickstart. Mcp misses those.

And on operate, structured, predictable output. Mcp misses it.

Where Mcp is ahead

Mcp passes clear product positioning and mcp discoverable, and Hanko does not. That is discover, whether an agent can find the product at all without being told it exists.

It also holds adopt: cli available and mcp integration available. Hanko misses those.

And on operate, retry behavior documented and agent compatibility verified. Hanko misses those.

What neither does

Both fail structured api reference, openapi / spec quality, authentication documented, request examples provided, response examples provided, errors and status codes documented, limits / constraints documented, no mandatory sales call, agent-compatible signup flow, programmatic credential creation, machine-readable errors, idempotency support, rate-limit behavior predictable. If your agent needs any of those, you will be building it yourself either way.

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 is whether an agent can find the product at all without being told it exists. Mcp leads 87 to 73. Hanko misses clear product positioning, mcp discoverable; Mcp misses public docs discoverable.

Understand. Both sit at 23/100 here. Hanko misses structured api reference, openapi / spec quality, authentication documented, request examples provided, response examples provided, errors and status codes documented, limits / constraints documented; Mcp misses structured api reference, openapi / spec quality, authentication documented, request examples provided, response examples provided, errors and status codes documented, limits / constraints documented.

Adopt. Mcp leads 60 to 50. Hanko misses no mandatory sales call, agent-compatible signup flow, programmatic credential creation, cli available, mcp integration available; Mcp misses no mandatory sales call, agent-compatible signup flow, programmatic credential creation, fast time to first request, copyable quickstart.

Operate is whether an agent can run against it in production and recover when a call fails. Mcp leads 61 to 47. Hanko misses machine-readable errors, retry behavior documented, idempotency support, rate-limit behavior predictable, agent compatibility verified; Mcp misses structured, predictable output, machine-readable errors, idempotency support, rate-limit behavior predictable.

Pricing

Hanko starts at $29/month and has a free tier. Mcp starts at $399/mo with no free tier.

Signal by signal

Which to pick

Mcp clears more of the signals an agent needs, so it is the safer default for unattended use. Full profiles: Hanko and Mcp. Alternatives to each: Hanko, Mcp.

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