Arcade.dev
Authorization + tool platform for AI agents — managed OAuth so agents act on user accounts, an MCP server framework (arcade-mcp) and MCP gateway with thousands of pre-built tools.
Active · Verified 2026-10-26 · fresh as of 2026-10-26 · 22 cited facts, 0 with a third-party source · 1 recorded change · Suggest a correction
At a glance
- Type
- OAuth + tools for agents vendor fix
- Tier
- T3
- Latest release
- v1.16.3 (2026-10-14) — arcade-mcp registry fix
- Pricing
- Free ($0: 2,000 auth events + 2,000 tool calls/mo); Team from $25/mo + usage; Enterprise custom vendor fix
- Funding
- $12M seed 2024-12 (Laude Ventures + Mayfield); tool-calling infrastructure for agents. vendor fix
- Freshness
- 2026-10-26 fix
- Layer
- agent-infra repo fix
- SDK languages
- python, rest, typescript vendor fix
- Protocols
- mcp-server, opentelemetry vendor fix
When to use
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Pros & cons
Pros
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Claims & capabilities
$12M seed 2024 (Laude Ventures).
Technical surface
- API surface
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- Backend storage
- not applicable — not a memory product
- Deployment
- Both (self-hosted + managed cloud) — Arcade Cloud; VPC or air-gapped deployment on Enterprise
- Embedding model
- not applicable — not a memory product
- Multi-tenancy
- searched not found
- MCP
- yes — official MCP server framework (arcade-mcp) + MCP gateway
- A2A
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- OpenTelemetry
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Sources (21 cited facts, 0 third-party)
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- What it is OAuth + tools for agents vendor
- What it does & what's distinct Authorization + tool platform for AI agents — managed OAuth so agents act on user accoun… repo
- Claims / benefits $12M seed 2024 (Laude Ventures). vendor
- Created 2024 vendor
- Latest release v1.16.3 (2026-10-14) — arcade-mcp registry
- License MIT (arcade-mcp framework); proprietary (Arcade Cloud / Engine) repo
- GitHub ArcadeAI/arcade-mcp — ~1.1k stars, last commit 2026-10 repo
- Funding $12M seed 2024-12 (Laude Ventures + Mayfield); tool-calling infrastructure for agents. vendor
- Pricing Free ($0: 2,000 auth events + 2,000 tool calls/mo); Team from $25/mo + usage; Enterprise… vendor
- Deployment Both (self-hosted + managed cloud) — Arcade Cloud; VPC or air-gapped deployment on Enter… vendor
- HQ US vendor
- Founders / pedigree Alex Salazar (CEO); founded 2024; ex-Okta + Stormpath. vendor
- MCP support yes — official MCP server framework (arcade-mcp) + MCP gateway repo
- Runtimes Python, TypeScript (arcade-mcp-ts) repo
- architecture-deployment-locus hybrid vendor
- licensing-bucket open-core vendor
- positioning-platform-vs-product platform vendor
- taxonomy-three-layer-rollup agent-infra repo
- sdk-languages python,rest,typescript vendor
- protocol-support mcp-server,opentelemetry vendor
- maturity ga registry
What changed
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- 2026-10-26
- License first recorded as “MIT (arcade-mcp framework); proprietary (Arcade Cloud / Engine)” source
- Latest release first recorded as “v1.16.3 (2026-10-14) — arcade-mcp” source
- Pricing first recorded as “Free ($0: 2,000 auth events + 2,000 tool calls/mo); Team from $25/mo + usage; Enterprise custom” source
- Deployment first recorded as “Both (self-hosted + managed cloud) — Arcade Cloud; VPC or air-gapped deployment on Enterprise” source
- MCP support first recorded as “yes — official MCP server framework (arcade-mcp) + MCP gateway” source
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References (14)
- AutoGen / AG2 integrates with — Arcade docs have a AutoGen / AG2 integration page. (verified 2026-10-29)
- CrewAI integrates with — Arcade docs have a CrewAI integration page. (verified 2026-10-29)
- Cursor (IDE) integrates with — Arcade docs have a Cursor (IDE) integration page. (verified 2026-10-29)
- Daytona integrates with — Arcade docs have a Daytona integration page. (verified 2026-10-29)
- e2b integrates with — Arcade docs have a e2b integration page. (verified 2026-10-29)
- Glean integrates with — Arcade docs have a Glean integration page. (verified 2026-10-29)
- Google Agent Development Kit (ADK) integrates with — Arcade docs have a Google Agent Development Kit (ADK) integration page. (verified 2026-10-29)
- Granola integrates with — Arcade docs have a Granola integration page. (verified 2026-10-29)
- LangChain (framework) integrates with — Arcade docs have a LangChain (framework) integration page. (verified 2026-10-29)
- Mastra integrates with — Arcade docs have a Mastra integration page. (verified 2026-10-29)
- OpenAI Agents SDK integrates with — Arcade docs have a OpenAI Agents SDK integration page. (verified 2026-10-29)
- Spring AI ChatMemory integrates with — Arcade docs have a Spring AI ChatMemory integration page. (verified 2026-10-29)
- Vercel AI SDK integrates with — Arcade docs have a Vercel AI SDK integration page. (verified 2026-10-29)
- Weaviate integrates with — Arcade docs have a Weaviate integration page. (verified 2026-10-29)
Referenced by (1)
- MongoDB Atlas Vector Search integrates with — MongoDB's Atlas AI Integrations page lists Arcade.dev as an integration (some entries are marked community-maintained). (verified 2026-10-29)