Arcade.dev

Agents 4.4/10 Jun 18, 2026

Genuine ongoing free Hobby tier that lets you deploy and actually run an agent — 1,000 tool executions + a 24/7 hosted MCP server, no platform fee.

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Arcade.dev scores 4.4/10 for free value in Agents. The main constraint: Hobby plan (FREE, $0 platform fee, ongoing): 1,000 standard tool executions, 50 pro tool executions, 100 user authorization challenges, and 1 Arcade-hosted MCP server running 24/7 included. Shared tenant. Community support via GitHub Discussions. Rate limit 1,000/min.

Category Agents Kind Managed agent runtime Card required No Eligibility anyone

Free value score

4.4 / 10

Show the math

Overall 4.4/10

value = 4.4/100

weighted_components_v1

Execution 1/10

value = 0.1 $/mo

fixed_log_v1

Connectivity 7.5/10

value = 7.5/100

policy_score_v1

Production controls 8.3/10

value = 8.3/100

policy_score_v1

Key metrics

1/mo Execution quota Uses stated quota when present; otherwise a conservative unpublished-quota floor.

4 Tool/model connectivity api, langchain, mcp, tool

1 Production controls No published production-control count found.

free-forever Free tier

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What you get

Hobby plan (FREE, $0 platform fee, ongoing): 1,000 standard tool executions, 50 pro tool executions, 100 user authorization challenges, and 1 Arcade-hosted MCP server running 24/7 included. Shared tenant. Community support via GitHub Discussions. Rate limit 1,000/min.

Sign up for a free Arcade account, generate an API key (dashboard or `arcade login` CLI via `pip install arcade-mcp`), then use the arcadepy

Gotchas

1,000 tool executions/mo

The free Hobby plan includes 1,000 standard tool executions per month at $0 platform fee.
Advanced auth/connectors are paid

Premium connectors and higher execution limits require the paid platform-fee plan.

Sources

"Hobby ... FREE ... 100 user challenges into services included ... 1,000 standard tool executions included ... 50 pro tool executions for advanced capabilities ... 1 Arcade-hosted MCP server included 24/7 ... Community support via GitHub"
https://www.arcade.dev/pricing
"Rate limit is 1,000 / min. If you need more, please reach out to us at [email protected]"
https://www.arcade.dev/pricing
"Arcade.dev ... today announced $60 million in Series A funding led by SYN Ventures, with strategic investment from Morgan Stanley and Wipro. Combined with the $12 million seed in 2025, this brings Arcade to $72 million in total funding"
https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20260615229631/en/Arcade-Raises-%2460M-to-Become-the-Secure-Action-Layer-Behind-Every-Production-AI-Agent
"Arcade authored the MCP authorization specification adopted by Anthropic and is the only one running in production at the world's largest banks and global enterprises, including a top US bank, Prosus, and LangChain. Tool call volume is up 25x in six months."
https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20260615229631/en/Arcade-Raises-%2460M-to-Become-the-Secure-Action-Layer-Behind-Every-Production-AI-Agent

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