# SMB Compare (remote · smbcompare.com)

Ranks business software and payment providers by monthly cost at your numbers, AU, UK, US

- Trust score: 84/100 (high trust)
- Change this week: +2
- Registry status: active
- Liveness: live
- Owner verified: no
- Last scored: 2026-11-05

## Components

- remote · `smbcompare.com`: 84/100 (this document), [markdown](https://verifymcp.io/servers/com-smbcompare-smb-compare/api-mcp.md), [page](https://verifymcp.io/servers/com-smbcompare-smb-compare/api-mcp)

## Channel facts

- Endpoint: `https://smbcompare.com/api/mcp`
- Transports: `streamable-http`
- Auth: `none`
- Version: `1.0.0`

## Trust breakdown

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. Scores are 0–100 per category. Scoring method: https://verifymcp.io/docs/scoring (what has changed: https://verifymcp.io/docs/scoring/changelog)

Scored 2026-11-05.

- **Endpoint Security**: 80/100
  - The endpoint's TLS certificate is valid, in date, and uses a strong key.
  - No authorisation is required to call this server. Nothing on it is marked destructive, but we can't show that an anonymous caller can only read: full credit needs the server to list at least one tool and every tool to be verifiably read-only. We use a best-effort check of tool names and descriptions to tell read-only tools from tools that change things, so some genuinely read-only tools may not get full credit. Names that start with a read verb (get, list, read, search and similar) and accurate readOnlyHint annotations help. Meet that to earn full credit, or require authorisation.
  - HTTPS is enforced; there's no plaintext access path.
  - The HSTS (Strict-Transport-Security) header is present.
  - DNSSEC check failed: this domain isn't protected by DNSSEC.
- **Transport & Reachability**: 100/100
  - Verified streamable-http transport via a live MCP handshake.
- **Schema Quality & AI Usability**: 58/100
  - AI-judged instruction clarity (excellent).
  - Context-footprint check failed: tool/resource definitions use about 1297 tokens (~432/item across 3 items; 3 tools + 0 resources), over budget; trim descriptions and params.
  - Usage-examples check failed: none of the tools include examples.
- **Stability & Change Management**: 100/100
  - No destabilizing schema changes in the last 30 days.
- **Tool Coverage**: 100/100
  - 100% of tools have a non-trivial description (not blank, and not just the tool's name).
  - 100% of tool parameters carry a description.
- **Tool Safety**: 100/100
  - No prompt-injection markers were found in the server instructions, tool names or descriptions we captured.
  - We read all 3 captured tool definition(s), and no name or description among them implies an irreversible operation.
  - An AI judge read all 4 captured unit(s) of tool text and found none that tries to manipulate the model reading it.
- **Capabilities**: 100/100
  - Implements a current MCP spec version (2026-07-28).

## Install

### How do I install the SMB Compare MCP server?

SMB Compare is a hosted endpoint at https://smbcompare.com/api/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.

### Claude

```bash
claude mcp add --transport http com-smbcompare-smb-compare 'https://smbcompare.com/api/mcp'
```

### Cursor

```json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "com-smbcompare-smb-compare": {
      "url": "https://smbcompare.com/api/mcp"
    }
  }
}
```

### VS Code

```json
{
  "servers": {
    "com-smbcompare-smb-compare": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://smbcompare.com/api/mcp"
    }
  }
}
```

### Codex

```toml
[mcp_servers.com-smbcompare-smb-compare]
url = "https://smbcompare.com/api/mcp"
```

### opencode

```json
{
  "$schema": "https://opencode.ai/config.json",
  "mcp": {
    "com-smbcompare-smb-compare": {
      "type": "remote",
      "url": "https://smbcompare.com/api/mcp",
      "enabled": true
    }
  }
}
```

### OpenClaw

```bash
openclaw mcp add com-smbcompare-smb-compare --url 'https://smbcompare.com/api/mcp' --transport streamable-http
```

### Hermes

```yaml
mcp_servers:
  com-smbcompare-smb-compare:
    url: "https://smbcompare.com/api/mcp"
```

### Netclaw

```json
{
  "McpServers": {
    "com-smbcompare-smb-compare": {
      "Transport": "http",
      "Url": "https://smbcompare.com/api/mcp"
    }
  }
}
```

### Vellum

```bash
assistant mcp add com-smbcompare-smb-compare -t streamable-http -u 'https://smbcompare.com/api/mcp'
```

### Other

```json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "com-smbcompare-smb-compare": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://smbcompare.com/api/mcp"
    }
  }
}
```

The mcpServers block is a cross-client convention. Remote transports vary, so check your client's docs.

## Changelog

Every change recorded for this component, newest first. Days that predate change tracking, or that we cannot explain, say so: "we were watching and nothing happened" and "we were not watching" are different claims.

### 2026-11-05 (score 84, 0)

- [security] The server rewrote its instructions, which are the text every model session reads
- [functional improvement] Schema quality: 538 → 432
- [functional] Server version: 1.0.0 → 1.1.0
- [functional] New tool “list_offers”

### 2026-11-03 (score 84, 0)

- [security] Stability: 0.97 → pass

### 2026-11-02 (score 84, +1)

No change was recorded against any check on this day. Stability & Change Management went from 93 to 97. That category is still filling its 30-day observation window: 28 days of observed history at the previous scan, 29 at this one. The score rises as the window fills, whether or not the server changes.

### 2026-10-31 (score 83, 0)

- [security] The server rewrote its instructions, which are the text every model session reads
- [functional regression] Schema quality: 469 → 538

### 2026-10-30 (score 83, +1)

No change was recorded against any check on this day. Stability & Change Management went from 83 to 87. That category is still filling its 30-day observation window: 25 days of observed history at the previous scan, 26 at this one. The score rises as the window fills, whether or not the server changes.

### 2026-10-28 (score 82, +1)

No change was recorded against any check on this day. Stability & Change Management went from 77 to 80. That category is still filling its 30-day observation window: 23 days of observed history at the previous scan, 24 at this one. The score rises as the window fills, whether or not the server changes.

### 2026-10-27 (score 81, 0)

- [security] The server rewrote its instructions, which are the text every model session reads

### 2026-10-26 (score 81, +1)

No change was recorded against any check on this day. Stability & Change Management went from 70 to 73. That category is still filling its 30-day observation window: 21 days of observed history at the previous scan, 22 at this one. The score rises as the window fills, whether or not the server changes.

## MCP tools (3)

### `list_categories` (~64 tokens)

List SMB Compare categories

Lists the business software and merchant services categories SMB Compare prices in a country (US, UK or AU), and whether quotes are available in each. Each category lists the calculator inputs compare accepts for it.

Input parameters:

- `market` (string, required): The user's country: US, UK or AU.

### `compare` (~210 tokens)

Compare providers by cost

Ranks providers in a category by estimated monthly cost at the user's own numbers (card volume, average sale, employees, users, and so on), for the US, the UK or Australia. Returns links to the comparison table and provider pages, and quote links where quotes are available. Examples: EFTPOS and card machine fees, cheapest payroll software, POS system costs, inventory software pricing.

Input parameters:

- `category` (string, required): A category slug from list_categories, e.g. "payment-providers".
- `inputs` (object): Calculator values keyed by input slug (list_categories gives each category's inputs). Inputs not supplied use the calculator defaults and are listed in defaulted_inputs. Unknown keys are returned in…
- `market` (string, required): The user's country: US, UK or AU.
- `provider` (string): A provider or brand the user named, as a lowercase slug (e.g. "cin7", "windcave"). Every matching product is returned in focus with its own quote link.

### `list_offers` (~84 tokens)

List current provider offers

Lists the providers in a category (US, UK or AU) that have a current offer recorded on SMB Compare, with each offer's headline and a link to its details on our site.

Input parameters:

- `category` (string, required): A category slug from list_categories, e.g. "hr-software".
- `market` (string, required): The user's country: US, UK or AU.

## Diagnostics

Captured diagnostic sections: TLS, DNSSEC, Authorisation, Transports. The full working is on the page: https://verifymcp.io/servers/com-smbcompare-smb-compare/api-mcp#diagnostics

## Score history

- 2026-11-05: 84
- 2026-11-04: 84
- 2026-11-03: 84
- 2026-11-02: 84
- 2026-11-01: 83
- 2026-10-31: 83
- 2026-10-30: 83
- 2026-10-29: 82
- 2026-10-28: 82
- 2026-10-27: 81
- 2026-10-26: 81
- 2026-10-25: 80
- 2026-10-24: 80
- 2026-10-23: 79
- 2026-10-22: 79
- 2026-10-21: 79
- 2026-10-20: 78
- 2026-10-19: 78
- 2026-10-18: 77
- 2026-10-17: 77
- 2026-10-16: 76
- 2026-10-15: 76
- 2026-10-14: 75
- 2026-10-13: 75
- 2026-10-12: 74
- 2026-10-10: 73
- 2026-10-07: 73
- 2026-10-06: 72
- 2026-10-04: 72

## Common questions

### What is the SMB Compare MCP server?

SMB Compare is an MCP server listed in the public MCP registry as com.smbcompare/smb-compare. Ranks business software and payment providers by monthly cost at your numbers, AU, UK, US. This page covers its hosted endpoint (https://smbcompare.com/api/mcp).

### Is the SMB Compare MCP server safe to use?

SMB Compare scores 84 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 SMB Compare MCP server expose?

SMB Compare exposes 3 tools: list_categories, compare, list_offers. Their descriptions and schemas cost roughly 358 tokens of context every time the server is loaded.

### Does the SMB Compare MCP server require authentication?

No. We connected to SMB Compare without credentials and it answered, so anything it exposes is reachable by anyone who knows the address.

### Is the SMB Compare MCP server still maintained?

SMB Compare is still listed as active in the MCP registry. We last reached this channel on 5 November 2026. Those dates come from our own scans of the registry and the channel itself, not from anything the publisher announced.

### What did VerifyMCP test on the SMB Compare MCP server?

VerifyMCP ran 13 checks on SMB Compare, covering TLS certificate, Authorization, HTTPS, HSTS header and 9 more. Supply Chain Security and Provenance & Transparency do not apply to a hosted endpoint, so they were not tested. The score does not measure everything, and the scoring documentation lists what it leaves out.

## Links

- Remote endpoint: https://smbcompare.com/api/mcp
- Website: https://smbcompare.com/
- Changelog RSS feed: https://verifymcp.io/servers/com-smbcompare-smb-compare/api-mcp.xml
- Changelog JSON feed: https://verifymcp.io/servers/com-smbcompare-smb-compare/api-mcp/changelog.json
- Trust report (JSON): https://verifymcp.io/servers/com-smbcompare-smb-compare/api-mcp.json
- HTML version of this page: https://verifymcp.io/servers/com-smbcompare-smb-compare/api-mcp