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Which MCP servers are KI Alternativen's own, from the official registry and from asking its own domain, whether they answer, and what they offer. A program checked each of these, nobody copied them from a product page.

read 2026-10-24

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Whose server it is
  • Registry namecom.ki-alternativen/kialternativenverified in the MCP registry

The registry name sits under ki-alternativen.com. The registry only lets a publisher use that namespace after proving control of the domain through DNS or HTTP.

When we asked itchecked 2026-10-24
  • Stateanswerschecked 2026-10-24
  • Tools6
  • Server calls itselfkialternativen
  • Server version1.20.0
  • Protocol version2025-06-18

On 2026-10-24 the server answered initialize and tools/list without a sign-in. First answer in 562 ms.

Should an agent connect itNot proven either way yet
  • Its tools do every use case we checked: Find alternatives to a well-known AI tool by category; Submit your own AI tool for a free listing; Query alternatives from coding agents through the API.
  • Checked on 5 of the 7 days it takes to judge reliability.

Once connected

  • For "Find alternatives to a well-known AI tool by category", the likely first call is list_alternatives.
  • For "Submit your own AI tool for a free listing", the likely first call is submit_tool.
  • For "Query alternatives from coding agents through the API", the likely first call is list_alternatives.
  • create_checkout change data without a sign-in: anyone with the address can call them.

Said by rules from the measurements above. The likely first call is a model's pick from the tool list; read its description before relying on it.

Measured dailydaily checks: 5, the first on 2026-10-24
  • INITE MCP scoreafter a weeka score needs 7 daily checks: 5 so far
  • What an agent can do with it3 of 3 use cases
  • Answeredmeasuring5 of the 7 daily checks it takes to print a share
  • Median first answer582 ms
  • Space in an agent's context≈ 1,411 tokensthe definitions of all its tools (6), which an agent carries on every turn
  • Tool definitionsA · 100 of 100
  • Typed results6 of 6 toolsdeclared outputSchema: results come typed, read once
  • Every tool passes all six checks.

What an agent can do with it

  • can do · Find alternatives to a well-known AI tool by category
  • can do · Submit your own AI tool for a free listing
  • can do · Query alternatives from coding agents through the API

Each of the product's use cases, put to Jev against this server's tool list: can an agent do it with these tools?

Worth a look

  • Tools that change data, on a server that answers without a sign-in: create_checkout

A program checks the server once a day: initialize and tools/list, no model. Tokens are the definitions' length at about four characters a token. The grade averages six checks of every tool's name, description, schema and annotations; it says how well the tools are described, not whether they work. The score weighs what was measured and nothing else: answering (25%), doing the product's job (25%), definitions (20%), context (10%), use (10%) and how readily a client connects (10%). A part that was not measured is left out, and a hidden instruction caps the score at 40. The state of vendors' MCP servers: method and numbers →

Tools it offers6 tools · read 2026-10-24
  • search_tools

    Search the KI Alternativen catalog of live, published AI tools by a free-text query. Matches on tool name, tagline, or category name (case-insensitive substring). Call this first when a user asks to find, discover, or compare AI tools by…

  • get_tool

    Fetch the full public detail for one AI tool by its listing slug (as returned by search_tools' toolUrl, e.g. '/tools/acme-writer' -> slug 'acme-writer'). Call this after search_tools to get a tool's full description, launch date, revenue…

  • list_alternatives

    List live, same-category alternatives to a well-known AI tool (e.g. 'chatgpt', 'notion-ai', 'figma'). Call this when a user asks 'what are the alternatives to X' or wants competitors/substitutes for a named product. `target` is the…

  • submit_tool

    Submit a new AI tool to KI Alternativen on behalf of its maker. Creates a draft listing (not yet public) and returns a claimUrl the maker must visit to sign up and claim/publish it. Call this only when a user explicitly wants to list…

  • list_offers

    List the optional paid add-ons a maker can buy to promote their listing (name, one-sentence effect, price in USD). Listing is always free; these only ADD reach and are always labeled 'Sponsored'. Call this to see what's purchasable before…

  • create_checkout

    Create a Stripe checkout URL for one paid add-on on one listing, and return it for a HUMAN to open. Never present this as a completed purchase: nothing is charged until a person completes checkout in a browser. Returns an error when the…

How to connect

Add the server to your MCP client config. Claude Desktop, Cursor and most other clients read this shape:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "kialternativen": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://ki-alternativen.com/api/mcp/mcp"
    }
  }
}

Add it

Claude Code, in a terminal

claude mcp add --transport http ki-alternativen https://ki-alternativen.com/api/mcp/mcp

Add to CursorAdd to VS Code

claude.ai, ChatGPT and other clients: add https://ki-alternativen.com/api/mcp/mcp as a custom connector in the settings.

OpenAPI spec

62 paths, read 2026-10-24. Open the spec ↗

Each line is something a program found when it went looking: the registry entry, the server's own answer, a spec that parses. A missing line means we did not find it, not that it does not exist.