Obot MCP GatewayObot | Datasheet DS-007 | Rev 2026-11-03 |
| Total 5.25 / 10 | Shares seventh place | |
| Status: Open source under the MIT licence; Community and Enterprise editions. | ||
In short: Obot scores 5.25 out of 10 and shares seventh place in this guide. Its strongest area is deployment, and its weakest is human approval. Deployment is listed as Open source, self-hosted. It is free under the MIT licence. Each score below has a reason and a dated source.
Features
- MCP gateway and hosting for MCP servers
- Catalog of approved MCP servers and skills
- Obot CLI for discovery and installation
- Audit logs, including egress audit logging
- Same open source code in Community and Enterprise editions
Specifications
| Parameter | Value | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Product type | Open source MCP platform and gateway | [obot-gh] |
| Licence | MIT | [obot-gh] |
| Registry | Catalog of approved servers | [obot-gh] |
| Audit | Audit logs, egress audit logging | [obot-gh] |
| Price as published | Free open source; Enterprise edition | [obot-gh] |
How does Obot score on each criterion?
| Criterion | Weight | Score | Reason | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| G1 Identity-bound per-call authorization | 25 | 5 | Access to MCP servers is granted per user and group, but per-call checks against the person an agent acts for are not described. | [obot-gh] |
| G2 Credential brokering | 20 | 5 | The platform stores and manages server credentials, but short-lived token brokering was not described. | [obot-gh] |
| G3 Human approval and escalation | 15 | 2 | No human approval step for tool calls was found. | [obot-gh] |
| G4 Server registry and discovery | 10 | 8 | A catalog of approved MCP servers is managed centrally, and the Obot CLI lets users discover and install them. | [obot-gh] |
| G5 Audit evidence | 10 | 6 | Audit logs record findings, and egress audit logging adds auditor-only views; SIEM export was not confirmed. | [obot-gh] |
| G6 Standards | 10 | 4 | OAuth is used for server connections, but specific MCP authorization standards were not named. | [obot-gh] |
| G7 Deployment and buying clarity | 10 | 9 | Every edition runs the same MIT open source code, so self-hosting is free. | [obot-gh] |
| Total | 100 | 5.25 | Sum of score times weight, divided by 100. | |
Typical deployment
Self-hosted container image; same code in every edition.
Pricing as published
Free under the MIT licence; Enterprise edition terms not published on the page read.
Works alongside your identity provider?
Partly. Obot supports sign-in through external providers, but details were not confirmed on the page read. [obot-gh]
Frequently asked questions
- Does Obot work alongside my identity provider?
- Partly. Obot supports sign-in through external providers, but details were not confirmed on the page read.
- How is Obot deployed?
- Self-hosted container image; same code in every edition.
- What does Obot cost?
- Free under the MIT licence; Enterprise edition terms not published on the page read.
How does it compare?
Revision history
| Rev | Change |
|---|---|
| 2026-11-03 | First issue of this datasheet. |
Sources
- obot-platform/obot README [obot-gh] read 2026-11-03
By The Datasheet desk · Published and reviewed 2026-11-03