Nango vs Prismatic (2026): which should you pick?
As of Nov 13, 2026, Nango grades higher than Prismatic: 2.2 against 1.8 out of 4.0.
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, features and platforms. Prismatic grades higher on ease of use. They get the same grade on value for money.
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
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 Prismatic if
- Fits if you run a SaaS product and want your customers to switch on integrations themselves
- Works for teams that want a low-code designer with room for custom code
Look elsewhere if
- Not for you if you want to automate your own company's apps, as it's built for software vendors embedding integrations
- Skip it if you need a price before talking to anyone: Scale, Enterprise and Custom are all quoted through a demo
- Watch out: SSO, private and GovCloud hosting and on-prem connectivity are Enterprise features, not on Scale
- Tight if you want to try it properly, since the trial's length and limits aren't stated
How we grade them
| 2.2GPANangoFair | 1.8GPAPrismaticWeak | |
|---|---|---|
| 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 price is published: Scale, Enterprise and Custom are quoted through a demo, per customer instance. With nothing on record it sits at C by default. The vendor says it never bills on API calls or executions. |
| 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, but the pricing page doesn't say how long it lasts, what it covers or whether it needs a card. There's no free plan. |
| Features | BManaged auth, tools, triggers and syncs, webhooks, an MCP server, logs and a unified API. The core job is covered. | CA low-code designer, code components, a themed marketplace and managed sign-in for connected apps. SSO, private hosting and an embedded workflow builder are Enterprise only, and it isn't made for internal automation. |
| Ease of use | DNo store rating on record. It's a developer platform and needs code to use. | CNo store rating on record. You build integrations, a config wizard and a marketplace before a customer sees anything, which is a learning curve. |
| Platforms and integrations | BWeb, with 6 integrations, an MCP server and an API. | CWeb only, with no list of integrations on record. The MCP server and AI tooling start on the Scale plan. |
| Best for | connecting your product or AI agent to outside APIs | embedding integrations in your own software |
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 Prismatic. 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 | Prismatic | |
|---|---|---|
| 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; length and limits are not stated on the pricing page |
| Web | ||
| Made by | Nango | Prismatic |
| 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.
Prismatic
- No prices are published: Scale, Enterprise and Custom are all quoted through a demo, with volume per-instance pricing.
- It is built for software vendors embedding integrations, not for businesses automating their own internal apps.
- Private and GovCloud hosting, an embedded workflow builder, on-prem connectivity and SSO are Enterprise features, not on Scale.
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.
Prismatic
- Low-code and code-first building
- An extensible low-code integration designer sits beside custom connectors and code components, with a testing framework, versioning and integration cloning.
- Embedded marketplace
- A themeable, white-labeled marketplace where your customers activate integrations themselves, with a config wizard and dynamic field mapping.
- Managed authentication
- Authentication for connected apps is handled by the platform, so customers connect their own accounts without custom sign-in code.
- Unlimited integrations and customers
- Every plan allows unlimited team members, customers and integrations. The vendor says it never bills on API calls or executions.
- Hosting options
- Enterprise and Custom plans add private and GovCloud hosting, multi-region hosting and on-prem connectivity.
- MCP server and AI tooling
- The Scale plan lists AI-enabled development with MCP server support, and the vendor describes letting AI act across connected systems.
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.
Prismatic
Pricing could not be confirmed. See prismatic.io.
Common questions
Which is cheaper, Nango or Prismatic?
As of Nov 13, 2026, Nango starts at $50 per month, with $50 in usage credits included, and Prismatic has no price we could confirm.
Which has a free plan, Nango or Prismatic?
As of Nov 13, 2026, only Nango has a free plan. Prismatic 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.