Arcade checks who the agent acts for.
Engini also takes it deep inside.
Arcade is an MCP runtime focused on user-delegated authorization and tool execution. Engini governs agent calls into systems of record and adds ERP depth, approvals, workflows and outbound-only on-prem reach.
Authorization runtime and system-of-record gateway
Arcade gives agents just-in-time, user-delegated authorization, 8,000+ agent-optimized tools, MCP gateways per toolset, policy hooks and audit records. It runs in Arcade Cloud, a VPC, on-premises or air-gapped.
Engini governs what agents do inside systems of record: live schema for each ERP instance, toolsets per agent, approval rules per call, an audit trail and a no-code workflow canvas on the same core.
Where Arcade is strong
- User-delegated, least-privilege authorization
- 8,000+ tools and tool recommendation
- Pre and post tool-call hooks for custom policy
- Cloud, VPC, on-prem and air-gapped deployment
- Open-source arcade-mcp framework
Where Engini is built to win
- Toolsets that decide which tools each agent can see
- Approvals that hold risky calls for a person
- An audit trail of every call, its arguments and the person it acted for
- Live schema for SAP, NetSuite, Oracle, Workday and Salesforce, custom fields included
- On-Prem Agent for systems behind the firewall, outbound only
- MCP, SDK, CLI, REST and a no-code canvas on one core
Arcade vs Engini, side by side
Choose Engini, Arcade, or both
Choose Engini when
- Your agents need deep access to ERP, HR and CRM records
- You want approval rules without writing hooks
- You want workflows, tables and apps on the same core
- You want an outbound-only on-prem agent you do not have to build
Choose Arcade when
- Your main challenge is user-delegated auth across SaaS tools
- You need air-gapped deployment
- Your developers want to write custom MCP servers
Where the difference shows up
With Arcade: A natural fit for delegated authorization.
With Engini: Supported through managed credentials, but Engini's focus is systems of record.
With Arcade: Build or bring an SAP MCP server and add a hook.
With Engini: Connect SAP, scope the toolset and route large journals to finance for approval.
With Arcade: Developer-first runtime.
With Engini: Build an Agentic Workflow with agent steps, branches and approvals.
Using Arcade and Engini together
Teams that use Arcade for user-delegated SaaS actions can route system-of-record calls through Engini, so ERP and HR actions get toolsets, approvals and one audit trail.
Last reviewed October 30, 2026. Details about Arcade come from its public website and documentation, listed below, and may change.
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Arcade vs Engini: common questions
Is Engini an Arcade alternative?
For agents working in systems of record, yes. For user-delegated authorization across many SaaS tools, Arcade is a strong runtime.
Does Arcade support SAP or NetSuite?
We could not confirm Arcade-built MCP servers for SAP, NetSuite, Workday or Oracle in Arcade's docs as of October 30, 2026. Teams can build their own with arcade-mcp.
Does Engini keep credentials away from the model?
Yes. Credentials are stored and refreshed by Engini and never exposed to the model.
How does Arcade price?
Free up to 2,000 tool calls a month, then Team at $25 a month plus $0.01 per tool call, with Enterprise pricing for VPC and on-prem.
How do I connect my AI agent to Engini?
Point any MCP client to https://mcp.engini.io and pass the toolset you want the agent to use in the X-Engini-Toolset header. The same tools are available from the SDK, the CLI and the REST API, and the agent only sees the tools inside its toolset.