# Alternatives to Nango

> Source: https://theagentsindex.com/nango/alternatives/ (re-verified)
> Updated: 30 October 2026

## At a glance

| Name | Best for | Starts at | Better than Nango at | Checked |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [Nango](https://theagentsindex.com/nango.md) | Engineering teams shipping many customer-facing API integrations and agent tool calls | Free, then $50 a month | — | 28 October 2026 |
| [Composio](https://theagentsindex.com/composio.md) | Developers adding app integrations and auth to agents they already build | Free, then $29 a month | SDK languages | 28 October 2026 |
| [Arcade](https://theagentsindex.com/arcade-dev.md) | Enterprise teams putting agents into production that must pass a security review | Free, then $25 a month | SDK languages, Data residency | 28 October 2026 |

The ones people open most here come first, then the closest matches.

## Shortlist

### 1. Aident Loadout

Managed capability layer that connects any AI agent to 1,000+ apps through one reusable, audited setup.

**Where it improves on Nango:**

**Trade-offs against Nango:**
- [Agent permissions: partial — A loadout is described as carrying policies and audit rules and agents never receive raw secrets, but no per-action allow/deny policy editor or approval gate is documented in the Loadout docs.](https://docs.aident.ai/documentation/loadouts.md)
- [Self-hosted: partial — On-premises deployment is offered only through a sales conversation on the custom tier; no self-hosted option exists on any published self-serve plan.](https://aident.ai/pricing)
- [Open source: partial — The agent-side skill package is published as an MIT-licensed public repository, while the Loadout platform, Vault and action catalog remain a closed hosted service.](https://aident.ai/SETUP.md)

[View Aident Loadout](https://theagentsindex.com/aident-loadout)

### 2. Composio

Managed OAuth, tool discovery and execution across 1,500+ apps for agents you already run.

**Where it improves on Nango:**
- [SDK languages: yes — Python and TypeScript SDKs are documented with install commands for both, plus a documented REST API for other languages; no Go, Java, C#, Ruby or Rust package is shown.](https://docs.composio.dev/docs/quickstart)

**Trade-offs against Nango:**
- [Agent permissions: partial — By default an agent runs any session tool immediately; approval gating by tool or tag exists but the vendor labels it experimental with sandbox, proxy and provider limitations.](https://docs.composio.dev/docs/approvals)
- [Self-hosted: partial — Composio Cloud is the default; private VPC and self-hosted installs with Helm support exist only as an Enterprise arrangement agreed with the team.](https://docs.composio.dev/docs/security/token-custody)
- [Audit log: partial — Tool execution and trigger events are logged with metadata and retained a year, but the vendor states the logs endpoint gives no organisation-level administrative audit feed.](https://docs.composio.dev/docs/poc-to-prod/stream-logs-to-a-siem)

[View Composio](https://theagentsindex.com/composio)

### 3. Arcade

Runtime that brokers OAuth, executes MCP tools and audits every agent action against the user's own permissions.

**Where it improves on Nango:**
- [SDK languages: yes — Python and JavaScript/TypeScript are the languages named: the runtime connects to an existing Python or JavaScript codebase, and the open-source tool framework is Python with a CLI.](https://www.arcade.dev/)
- [Data residency: yes — Residency follows the deployment model a buyer picks: Arcade Cloud, the buyer's own AWS, Azure or GCP account, on-premises or air-gapped, with the vendor saying data never leaves the chosen environment.](https://www.arcade.dev/product/)

**Trade-offs against Nango:**
- [Open source: partial — The tool-building framework arcade-mcp is MIT-licensed on GitHub, but the vendor says only much of what it builds is open source, and the runtime platform itself is distributed as licensed images.](https://www.arcade.dev/about/)

[View Arcade](https://theagentsindex.com/arcade-dev)