Nango vs Paragon (2026): which should you pick?
As of Nov 13, 2026, Nango and Paragon share a 2.2 GPA, and only Nango has a free plan.
Checked Nov 12, 2026 and Nov 13, 2026 · graded Nov 12, 2026 and Nov 13, 2026 by ToolGPA
Nango grades higher on the free plan. Paragon grades higher on ease of use. They get the same grade on value for money, features and platforms.
Price, platforms and features side by side. The table says where each price was read and when.
Nango
Integration infrastructure for products and AI agents
Free plan · from $50/mo
Paragon
Integration infrastructure for customer-facing integrations
Free trial
Which one is for you
Pick Nango if
- Fits if you're building a product that must connect to your customers' other apps
- Works for teams building AI agents that call outside APIs
Look elsewhere if
- Tight on Free: 10 connections, 10 compute hours and 10GB, with hard caps
- Not for you if you want a no-code app, since it needs code to use
- Watch out: a connection is one user's account for one API, so cost climbs with customers
- Pricey if you want more: the Growth add-on is $450 a month
- Watch out: self-hosting is an Enterprise offer, priced through sales
Pick Paragon if
- Fits if you run a SaaS product and want to offer integrations to your customers
- Works for a team with engineers who can embed an SDK
Look elsewhere if
- Skip it if you just want to link your own apps, as it is built for product teams
- Skip it if you want a price on the page, as none is published
- Watch out: cost scales with the number of customer organizations, not executions
- Watch out: self-hosting, SAML SSO and SLAs are Enterprise only
How we grade them
| 2.2GPANangoFair | 2.2GPAParagonFair | |
|---|---|---|
| Value for money | C$50 a month with $50 in usage credits, at $0.29 a connection, $0.72 a compute hour and $0.50 a GB. That's the start of the dearer quarter. | CNo prices are published: Pro and Enterprise both say talk to sales, with a quote based on connected users. It sits in the middle. |
| Free plan and trial | CFree gives 10 connections, 10 compute hours and 10GB, with hard caps that reset monthly. You'll hit them. | DA free trial is offered for each product, but its length and limits are not stated. |
| Features | BManaged auth, tools, triggers and syncs, webhooks, an MCP server, logs and a unified API. The core job is covered. | BWorkflows, ActionKit, managed sync, an embedded UI or headless SDK, managed authentication and a self-host option. Nothing in the listing shows a gap in the core work. |
| Ease of use | DNo store rating on record. It's a developer platform and needs code to use. | CNo store rating on record. Engineers must wire it into your product. |
| Platforms and integrations | BWeb, with 6 integrations, an MCP server and an API. | BWeb platform with an SDK and an embedded UI. No integrations list on the pages read. |
| Best for | connecting your product or AI agent to outside APIs | integrations built into your own product |
The GPA is the average of the five grades: an A is 4 points, an F is none. The full reasons are on each tool's page: Nango and Paragon. How we grade
Where they differ
- Nango is open source and self-hostable, according to its own site.
- Nango also covers AI agents.
In commonWebPublic APIWorkflow automation
At a glance
| Nango | Paragon | |
|---|---|---|
| Pricing | Free plan | Free trial |
| Starts at | $50 per month, with $50 in usage credits included | Not published |
| Free plan | 10 connections, 10 hours of compute time and 10GB of data transfer a month, with hard caps that reset monthly. | None |
| Free trial | None listed | Free trial offered for each product; length and limits are not stated |
| Web | ||
| Made by | Nango | Paragon |
| Price read from | nango.dev | Not confirmed |
| Checked | Nov 13, 2026 | Nov 12, 2026 |
Worth knowing
Nango
- The Free plan has hard monthly caps of 10 connections, 10 compute hours and 10GB of data; usage beyond that needs the paid plan.
- A connection is one user's authorized account for one API, so costs scale with how many customer accounts you connect.
- A Growth add-on costs $450 per month, and self-hosting with support is listed under Enterprise.
- It is a developer platform that needs code to use, not a no-code app for personal automations.
Paragon
- No prices are published: the Pro and Enterprise plans both say talk to sales, with a custom quote based on connected users.
- Usage costs scale with the number of tenants (customer organizations) using integrations, not with executions.
- Self-hosting, dynamic field mapping, SAML SSO and SLAs are listed under Enterprise.
Key features
Nango
- Managed authorization
- Pre-built authentication, secure credential storage and token refresh for more than 1,200 APIs and MCP servers, including a request proxy.
- Tools, triggers and syncs
- Thousands of pre-built tools, triggers and syncs are available, and teams can extend the templates or write fully custom ones.
- Webhooks
- Incoming webhooks from outside APIs are verified and routed, for use in syncs or as triggers.
- MCP server for agents
- A single MCP server exposes the tool library to AI agents, with permissions and scopes controlling what an agent may do.
- Logs and audit trail
- Built-in logs, metrics and alerting show every call, and traces can be exported in OpenTelemetry format on paid plans.
- Unified API and white labeling
- A unified API gives one schema across APIs, and white labeling plus custom OAuth apps remove Nango branding from the authorization flow.
Paragon
- Workflows
- An embedded iPaaS for asynchronous integration logic, written in TypeScript or the low-code editor and triggered from your app or third-party webhooks.
- ActionKit
- One API and MCP server of synchronous integration actions across many apps, aimed at AI agents and workflow products.
- Managed Sync
- Managed ingestion pipelines for third-party data with normalized schemas, sync frequencies down to one minute and a Permissions API for access control in RAG.
- Embedded UI or headless SDK
- Customers connect apps through a white-labeled Connect Portal, or you build your own interface with the headless SDK.
- Managed authentication
- Authentication for connected apps is handled by Paragon, with unlimited integrations and custom connectors on every plan.
- Self-host option
- Enterprise plans can self-host or forward-deploy, and add SAML SSO, dynamic field mapping, priority support and SLAs.
Plans
Nango
Free$0
API and MCP auth, tools and syncs with hard-capped monthly limits: 10 connections, 10 compute hours, 10GB of data.
Pay-as-you-go$50
per month, includes $50 in usage credits
Usage rates of $0.29 per connection, $0.72 per compute hour and $0.50 per GB of data transfer.
EnterpriseCustom
Commitment discounts, self-hosting, an MSA and SLA. Priced through sales.
Paragon
Pricing could not be confirmed. See useparagon.com.
Common questions
Which is cheaper, Nango or Paragon?
As of Nov 13, 2026, Nango starts at $50 per month, with $50 in usage credits included, and Paragon has no price we could confirm.
Which has a free plan, Nango or Paragon?
As of Nov 13, 2026, only Nango has a free plan. Paragon does not, though it has a free trial.
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How this page was made
- The verdict at the top follows a fixed rule. When both tools are in the same category and either is in our top three for it, the verdict follows that ranking: the higher-placed tool is our pick. The top three weigh who each tool suits as well as its grades, so a pick can go against the GPA. Otherwise the page does not pick one and says which grades higher: the higher GPA first; on a tie, the one with a free plan, then the one that starts cheaper in dollars a month, counted the same way for both; if they are still level, what the choice depends on.
- The grades are our own, from each tool’s review or report card. The GPA is their average.
- Prices, plans and platforms come from each tool’s listing. The table above says where each price was read and when.
- The differences and the answers to the questions are worked out from those listings.