head to head/Developer Tools

Needle vs usagegate

Neck and neck on boosts. Profiles, pricing and deals below.

Needle

Needle MCP

community boosts

⚡ 0

pricing

Freemium

what it is

Needle MCP server (v1). Connect at /mcp/v1 by signing in.

usagegate

UsageGate: Entitlements API for SaaS. Plan limits, usage credits and feature gating

community boosts

⚡ 0

pricing

Freemium

what it is

Enforce SaaS plan limits without building them. UsageGate checks features, seats, projects and AI credits on every request, and stays in sync with Stripe, Paddle, Paystack or any payment gateway. Free up to 50,000 checks a month.