StackRates VPS prices
REMOTE · STACKRATES.AI
VPS prices read daily from providers' own pricing pages and APIs: cheapest by size, place or app.
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Last scanned (6 hours ago)
Scores higher than 61% of remote servers
Reachable. Last reached 18 Oct 2026.
Category Cloud Infrastructure
How this component scores in each security and reliability category. Every signal is checked automatically against the live server, and we only credit what we can confirm. How we score → Why this is hard to score →
Endpoint Security80
- The endpoint's TLS certificate is valid, in date, and uses a strong key. View diagnostics → Pass
- No authorisation is required to call this server. Every tool declares its destructiveHint and none is destructive, so open access doesn't expose one. See how to fix → View diagnostics → Partial
- HTTPS is enforced; there's no plaintext access path. View diagnostics → Pass
- The HSTS (Strict-Transport-Security) header is present. View diagnostics → Pass
- DNSSEC check failed: this domain isn't protected by DNSSEC. See how to fix → View diagnostics → Fail
Transport & Reachability100
- Verified streamable-http transport via a live MCP handshake. View diagnostics → Pass
Schema Quality & AI Usability63
- AI-judged instruction clarity (good).Pass
- Context-footprint check failed: tool/resource definitions use about 931 tokens (~186/item across 5 items; 5 tools + 0 resources), over budget; trim descriptions and params. See how to fix → Fail
- Usage-examples check failed: none of the tools include examples. See how to fix → Fail
Stability & Change Management13
- Stability observed for 4 of 30 days with no destabilising changes; credit accrues until the full window elapses.Partial
Tool Coverage99
- 100% of tools have a non-trivial description (not blank, and not just the tool's name).Pass
- 96% of tool parameters carry a description.Partial
Tool Safety100
- No prompt-injection markers were found in the server instructions, tool names or descriptions we captured.Pass
- We read all 5 captured tool definition(s), and no name or description among them implies an irreversible operation.Pass
- An AI judge read all 6 captured unit(s) of tool text and found none that tries to manipulate the model reading it.Pass
Capabilities60
- Spec-recency check failed: implements MCP spec 2025-06-18; the latest is 2026-07-28. See how to fix → Fail
Every change we have recorded for this component, newest first. Security-relevant changes are always shown. ▲ marks a change for the better, ▼ a change for the worse; unmarked changes are neutral.
- 18 Oct 26 +2
- HSTS header: fail → pass ▲ security
- 17 Oct 26 +1
No change was recorded against any check on this day. Stability & Change Management went from 7 to 10. That category is still filling its 30-day observation window: 2 days of observed history at the previous scan, 3 at this one. The score rises as the window fills, whether or not the server changes.
- 15 Oct 26 0
- Schema quality: 165 → 186 ▼ functional
- Stability: unverified → 0.03 ▲ functional
- Server version: 1.0.0 → 1.5.0 functional
- New tool “advise_vps_choice” functional
- “search_vps_plans” reworded the description of “location” cosmetic
- “server_for_app” reworded the description of “location” cosmetic
- 14 Oct 26 68
First indexed and scored.
Diagnostic detail from the automated scan of this channel: what the scanner observed at each step, so you can see exactly where a check passed or failed. It is informational only and never changes the trust score.
Captured 18 Oct 2026 · Probed https://stackrates.ai/mcp
TLS valid
Negotiated TLS 1.3 with TLS_AES_128_GCM_SHA256 .
| Subject | Issuer | Valid from | Valid until | Key | Signature | Serial |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CN=stackrates.ai | CN=WE1,O=Google Trust Services,C=US | 22 Sept 2026 | 21 Dec 2026 | ECDSA 256 | ECDSA-SHA256 | e2bd36818975e565135db4a0adadcc1e |
| SANs: stackrates.ai | ||||||
| CN=WE1,O=Google Trust Services,C=US (CA) | CN=GTS Root R4,O=Google Trust Services LLC,C=US | 13 Dec 2023 | 20 Feb 2029 | ECDSA 256 | ECDSA-SHA384 | 7ff31977972c224a76155d13b6d685e3 |
| CN=GTS Root R4,O=Google Trust Services LLC,C=US (CA) | CN=GlobalSign Root CA,OU=Root CA,O=GlobalSign nv-sa,C=BE | 15 Nov 2023 | 28 Jan 2028 | ECDSA 384 | SHA256-RSA | 7fe530bf331343bedd821610493d8a1b |
Background: What to check on a remote MCP endpoint →
DNSSEC insecure
Validation of stackrates.ai. — Not signed
| Zone | DS | Keys | Algorithms | Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| . | trust_anchor | 20326, 38696 | 8, 8 | Verified |
| ai. | present | 3799 | 8 | Verified |
| stackrates.ai. | absent | Unsigned (proven) parent-signed NSEC/NSEC3 proves an unsigned delegation |
Authentication No authorisation required
The endpoint answered without asking for a token. Anyone who knows the URL can reach it.
| Result | No authorisation required |
|---|---|
| HTTP status | 200 |
| Header | Value |
|---|---|
| strict-transport-security | max-age=86400 |
| x-content-type-options | nosniff |
| x-frame-options | DENY |
| referrer-policy | strict-origin-when-cross-origin |
Background: How OAuth 2.1 works in the 2026 MCP spec →
Transports 2 probes
| Transport | URL | Outcome | Status | Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| streamable-http | https://stackrates.ai/mcp | Verified | 200 | |
| http (plaintext) | http://stackrates.ai/mcp | HTTPS enforced | 301 | https://stackrates.ai/mcp |
The tools this component advertises to a client, with an estimated token cost for each. Expand a tool to see its parameters and schema. The per-tool counts are indicative and are not scored directly; the schema's total context footprint is one signal in Schema Quality & AI Usability. A tool's description is untrusted text the model reads on every call, which is what makes this list a security surface and not just an inventory: how tool poisoning works →
advise_vps_choice Advise on a VPS choice ~244
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 their cost over the term, two to four sentences on the trade-offs written only from those rows, and what the data cannot answer. Pass the previous answer’s `filter` to continue a conversation. Every number comes from the dataset; the first line says whether a small language model or the rule parser read the question.
| Name | Type | Req | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| country | string | – | Buyer’s country, ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 (DE, GB, US), used only to add VAT where the price is ex VAT. |
| filter | object | – | The `filter` object returned by the previous advise_vps_choice call, to carry the conversation forward. |
| limit | number | – | 1-20, default 8. |
| question | string | yes | The buyer’s question, up to 500 characters. |
| term_months | number | – | How long the buyer plans to keep the server (default 12). |
No output schema declared.
No examples provided.
ask_vps_prices Ask a VPS price question ~58
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.
| Name | Type | Req | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| question | string | yes | – |
No output schema declared.
No examples provided.
current_vps_offers Current VPS offers ~122
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.
| Name | Type | Req | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| max_usd_month | number | – | Maximum monthly price in USD. |
| min_ram_gb | number | – | Minimum memory in GB (0.5 for 512 MB). |
| providers | array | – | Provider slugs, e.g. hetzner, digitalocean, vultr, akamai-linode, aws-lightsail, ovhcloud, contabo, netcup. |
No output schema declared.
No examples provided.
search_vps_plans Search VPS plans ~275
Cheapest VPS plans matching a size, budget, provider or location, cheapest first (one per provider unless exactly one provider is given).
| Name | Type | Req | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| limit | number | – | 1-20, default 8. |
| location | string | – | Country, city or region slug, e.g. usa, germany, india, frankfurt, new-york, europe, asia, austria, vienna, helsinki, zurich. |
| managed | boolean | – | Managed hosting (Cloudways, Kinsta) instead of unmanaged servers. |
| max_usd_month | number | – | Maximum monthly price in USD. |
| min_disk_gb | number | – | Minimum disk in GB. |
| min_ram_gb | number | – | Minimum memory in GB (0.5 for 512 MB). |
| min_transfer_tb | number | – | Minimum included monthly transfer in TB. |
| min_vcpu | number | – | Minimum vCPU count. |
| no_commitment | boolean | – | Leave out prices that need a prepaid term. |
| providers | array | – | Provider slugs, e.g. hetzner, digitalocean, vultr, akamai-linode, aws-lightsail, ovhcloud, contabo, netcup. |
| unmetered | boolean | – | Only plans with unmetered traffic. |
No output schema declared.
No examples provided.
server_for_app Cheapest server for a self-hosted app ~144
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.
| Name | Type | Req | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| app | string | yes | App name or slug, e.g. n8n, immich, minecraft-java, gitlab. |
| location | string | – | Country, city or region slug, e.g. usa, germany, india, frankfurt, new-york, europe, asia, austria, vienna, helsinki, zurich. |
| max_usd_month | number | – | Maximum monthly price in USD. |
No output schema declared.
No examples provided.
How do I install the StackRates VPS prices MCP server?
StackRates VPS prices is a hosted endpoint at https://stackrates.ai/mcp, so there is nothing to install locally. Ready-made configuration for Claude, Cursor, VS Code, Codex and 5 more is on this page, copied from each client's own documentation.
remote · stackrates.ai
claude mcp add --transport http ai-stackrates-vps-prices 'https://stackrates.ai/mcp'
What is the StackRates VPS prices MCP server?
StackRates VPS prices is an MCP server listed in the public MCP registry as ai.stackrates/vps-prices. VPS prices read daily from providers' own pricing pages and APIs: cheapest by size, place or app. This page covers its hosted endpoint (https://stackrates.ai/mcp).
Is the StackRates VPS prices MCP server safe to use?
StackRates VPS prices scores 71 out of 100 on VerifyMCP. That is a record of what we were able to check automatically, not an endorsement. The category breakdown on this page shows every signal behind the number, including the ones we could not confirm.
What tools does the StackRates VPS prices MCP server expose?
StackRates VPS prices exposes 5 tools: ask_vps_prices, search_vps_plans, server_for_app, current_vps_offers, advise_vps_choice. Their descriptions and schemas cost roughly 843 tokens of context every time the server is loaded.
Does the StackRates VPS prices MCP server require authentication?
No. We connected to StackRates VPS prices without credentials and it answered, so anything it exposes is reachable by anyone who knows the address.
Is the StackRates VPS prices MCP server still maintained?
StackRates VPS prices is still listed as active in the MCP registry. We last reached this channel on 18 October 2026. Those dates come from our own scans of the registry and the channel itself, not from anything the publisher announced.