Both are open source tools & integrations options with comparable terms, so the choice comes down to which model of the problem you prefer — compare the descriptions below rather than the licence.
The open protocol for exposing tools and data to agents. The default answer.
Write your integrations as MCP servers and every harness on this page can use them unchanged.
Open-source integration platform — you own the OAuth and the sync logic.
| MCP (Model Context Protocol) | Nango | |
|---|---|---|
| Licence | Open source | Open source |
| Pricing | open source | freemium |
| Self-hostable | Yes | Yes |
| Languages | TypeScript, Python | TypeScript, Python |
| Install | npm install @modelcontextprotocol/sdk | — |
| Keys required | None | NANGO_SECRET_KEY |
Both are open source tools & integrations options with comparable terms, so the choice comes down to which model of the problem you prefer — compare the descriptions below rather than the licence. MCP (Model Context Protocol): The open protocol for exposing tools and data to agents. The default answer. Nango: Open-source integration platform — you own the OAuth and the sync logic.
MCP (Model Context Protocol) can run on your own infrastructure. Nango can run on your own infrastructure.
MCP (Model Context Protocol) is open source (open source). Nango is open source (freemium).
Every page here answers to Accept: text/markdown and returns the same content at roughly a tenth the tokens. No separate site, no toggle — same URL.
curl -s -H "Accept: text/markdown" https://newagent.build/compare/mcp-vs-nango