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Hanko vs Speakeasy

Speakeasy scores higher on the AgentReady, 64/100 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.

Speakeasy. Speakeasy is an AI control plane platform for securely scaling enterprise AI.

Where Hanko is ahead

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

It also holds adopt: self-service signup and fast time to first request. Speakeasy misses those.

Where Speakeasy is ahead

Speakeasy 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 understand: structured api reference and authentication documented. Hanko misses those.

And on adopt, agent-compatible signup flow and mcp integration available. Hanko misses those.

Finally, on operate, agent compatibility verified. Hanko misses it.

What neither does

Both fail openapi / spec quality, request examples provided, response examples provided, errors and status codes documented, limits / constraints documented, no mandatory sales call, programmatic credential creation, cli available, machine-readable errors, retry behavior documented, 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. Speakeasy leads 87 to 73. Hanko misses clear product positioning, mcp discoverable; Speakeasy misses search discoverable.

Understand is whether an agent can read the docs and work out how the API behaves before calling it. Speakeasy leads 46 to 23. Hanko misses structured api reference, openapi / spec quality, authentication documented, request examples provided, response examples provided, errors and status codes documented, limits / constraints documented; Speakeasy misses openapi / spec quality, request examples provided, response examples provided, errors and status codes documented, limits / constraints documented.

Adopt. Speakeasy leads 55 to 50. Hanko misses no mandatory sales call, agent-compatible signup flow, programmatic credential creation, cli available, mcp integration available; Speakeasy misses self-service signup, no mandatory sales call, programmatic credential creation, fast time to first request, cli available.

Operate. Speakeasy leads 67 to 47. Hanko misses machine-readable errors, retry behavior documented, idempotency support, rate-limit behavior predictable, agent compatibility verified; Speakeasy misses machine-readable errors, retry behavior documented, idempotency support, rate-limit behavior predictable.

Pricing

Hanko starts at $29/month and has a free tier. Speakeasy does not publish one with no free tier.

Signal by signal

Which to pick

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

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