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Which MCP servers are StackRates'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 2026-10-27

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Whose server it is
  • Registry nameai.stackrates/vps-pricesverified in the MCP registry

The registry name sits under stackrates.ai. The registry only lets a publisher use that namespace after proving control of the domain through DNS or HTTP.

When we asked itchecked 2026-10-27
  • Stateanswerschecked 2026-10-27
  • Tools5
  • Server calls itselfstackrates
  • Server version1.5.0
  • Protocol version2025-06-18

On 2026-10-27 the server answered initialize and tools/list without a sign-in. First answer in 66 ms.

Should an agent connect itNot proven either way yet
  • Its tools do every use case we checked: Compare VPS plans by memory, vCPU and location; Find the cheapest server that meets an app's published requirements.
  • Checked on 6 of the 7 days it takes to judge reliability.

Once connected

  • For "Compare VPS plans by memory, vCPU and location", the likely first call is search_vps_plans.
  • For "Find the cheapest server that meets an app's published requirements", the likely first call is server_for_app.

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: 6, the first on 2026-10-27
  • INITE MCP scoreafter a weeka score needs 7 daily checks: 6 so far
  • What an agent can do with it2 of 2 use cases
  • Answeredmeasuring6 of the 7 daily checks it takes to print a share
  • Median first answer128 ms
  • Space in an agent's context≈ 1,023 tokensthe definitions of all its tools (5), which an agent carries on every turn
  • Tool definitionsA · 97 of 100
  • Typed results0 of 5 toolsdeclared outputSchema: results come typed, read once
  • Parameters without a description: in 1 of 5

What an agent can do with it

  • can do · Compare VPS plans by memory, vCPU and location
  • can do · Find the cheapest server that meets an app's published requirements
  • not sure · Check the cost per vCPU and per GB before buying a plan

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

None of the five warning signs in these definitions.

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 offers5 tools · read 2026-10-27
  • ask_vps_prices

    Answer a plain-language hosting price question ("cheapest 4 GB VPS in Germany under $10", "hetzner vs vultr", "server for a Minecraft Java server") from today’s prices.

  • search_vps_plans

    Cheapest VPS plans matching a size, budget, provider or location, cheapest first (one per provider unless exactly one provider is given).

  • server_for_app

    The documented requirements of a self-hosted app or game server (n8n, Nextcloud AIO, Immich, Minecraft Java, Odoo, GitLab, ... 192 apps) and the cheapest plans that meet them.

  • current_vps_offers

    Introductory and sale prices on the providers’ own pages today, each judged on its first year against the cheapest regular plan with as much memory.

  • advise_vps_choice

    A messy buying question in plain words ("moving WordPress and a small Postgres app off a $40 box, I am in Germany, no yearly contract") answered from today’s prices: how the question was read (editable filter), the matching plans with…

How to connect

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

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "vps-prices": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://stackrates.ai/mcp"
    }
  }
}

Add it

Claude Code, in a terminal

claude mcp add --transport http stackrates https://stackrates.ai/mcp

Add to CursorAdd to VS Code

claude.ai, ChatGPT and other clients: add https://stackrates.ai/mcp as a custom connector in the settings.

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.