# TopAlternativesTo (remote · topalternatives.to)

Compare software: verified pricing with its source and date, and ranked alternatives.

- Trust score: 88/100 (high trust)
- Change this week: +3
- Registry status: active
- Liveness: live
- Owner verified: no
- Last scored: 2026-09-21

## Components

- remote · `topalternatives.to`: 88/100 (this document), [markdown](https://verifymcp.io/servers/natden444-topalternativesto/api-mcp-mcp.md), [page](https://verifymcp.io/servers/natden444-topalternativesto/api-mcp-mcp)

## Channel facts

- Endpoint: `https://topalternatives.to/api/mcp/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 2026-09-21.

- **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. Every tool declares its destructiveHint and none is destructive, so open access doesn't expose one.
  - 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**: 86/100
  - AI-judged instruction clarity (excellent).
  - Tool/resource definitions use about 396 tokens (~132/item across 3 items; 3 tools + 0 resources), lean.
  - Usage-examples check failed: none of the tools include examples.
- **Stability & Change Management**: 90/100
  - Stability observed for 27 of 30 days with no destabilising changes; credit accrues until the full window elapses.
- **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 3 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 TopAlternativesTo MCP server?

TopAlternativesTo is a hosted endpoint at https://topalternatives.to/api/mcp/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 natden444-topalternativesto 'https://topalternatives.to/api/mcp/mcp'
```

### Cursor

```json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "natden444-topalternativesto": {
      "url": "https://topalternatives.to/api/mcp/mcp"
    }
  }
}
```

### VS Code

```json
{
  "servers": {
    "natden444-topalternativesto": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://topalternatives.to/api/mcp/mcp"
    }
  }
}
```

### Codex

```toml
[mcp_servers.natden444-topalternativesto]
url = "https://topalternatives.to/api/mcp/mcp"
```

### opencode

```json
{
  "$schema": "https://opencode.ai/config.json",
  "mcp": {
    "natden444-topalternativesto": {
      "type": "remote",
      "url": "https://topalternatives.to/api/mcp/mcp",
      "enabled": true
    }
  }
}
```

### OpenClaw

```bash
openclaw mcp add natden444-topalternativesto --url 'https://topalternatives.to/api/mcp/mcp' --transport streamable-http
```

### Hermes

```yaml
mcp_servers:
  natden444-topalternativesto:
    url: "https://topalternatives.to/api/mcp/mcp"
```

### Netclaw

```json
{
  "McpServers": {
    "natden444-topalternativesto": {
      "Transport": "http",
      "Url": "https://topalternatives.to/api/mcp/mcp"
    }
  }
}
```

### Vellum

```bash
assistant mcp add natden444-topalternativesto -t streamable-http -u 'https://topalternatives.to/api/mcp/mcp'
```

### Other

```json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "natden444-topalternativesto": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://topalternatives.to/api/mcp/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.

### 2026-09-20 (score 88, +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.

### 2026-09-18 (score 87, +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.

### 2026-09-16 (score 86, +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.

### 2026-09-14 (score 85, +1)

No change was recorded against any check on this day. Stability & Change Management went from 63 to 67. That category is still filling its 30-day observation window: 19 days of observed history at the previous scan, 20 at this one. The score rises as the window fills, whether or not the server changes.

### 2026-09-12 (score 84, +1)

No change was recorded against any check on this day. Stability & Change Management went from 57 to 60. That category is still filling its 30-day observation window: 17 days of observed history at the previous scan, 18 at this one. The score rises as the window fills, whether or not the server changes.

### 2026-09-10 (score 83, +1)

No change was recorded against any check on this day. Stability & Change Management went from 50 to 53. That category is still filling its 30-day observation window: 15 days of observed history at the previous scan, 16 at this one. The score rises as the window fills, whether or not the server changes.

### 2026-09-07 (score 82, +1)

No change was recorded against any check on this day. Stability & Change Management went from 40 to 43. That category is still filling its 30-day observation window: 12 days of observed history at the previous scan, 13 at this one. The score rises as the window fills, whether or not the server changes.

### 2026-09-05 (score 81, +1)

No change was recorded against any check on this day. Stability & Change Management went from 33 to 37. That category is still filling its 30-day observation window: 10 days of observed history at the previous scan, 11 at this one. The score rises as the window fills, whether or not the server changes.

## MCP tools (3)

### `search_tools` (~211 tokens)

Search software tools

Search TopAlternativesTo's catalogue of software tools. Filter by free-text query, category, whether a free tier exists, and a maximum starting price. Every result carries the price, the vendor page it was read from, and the date it was checked. WHEN TO USE: browsing or filtering ('project management tools under 15 dollars', 'CRMs with a free plan'). Use get_alternatives when the user wants to replace a specific tool, and get_tool for full detail on one.

Input parameters:

- `category` (string): Category slug, for example 'crm' or 'meeting-notetakers'. Omit to search all.
- `free_tier` (boolean): Only tools with a genuinely free plan.
- `limit` (number): Default 10.
- `max_price` (number): Only tools whose disclosed starting price is at or below this. Excludes quote-only tools.
- `query` (string): Free-text match on name, category, tagline and features. Results come back best-match first.

### `get_tool` (~75 tokens)

Get one tool

Full detail on one tool by slug: what it is, pricing with the vendor source URL and the date it was checked, who it suits, and who it does not. Use search_tools first if you do not know the slug.

Input parameters:

- `slug` (string, required): Tool slug, for example 'notion' or 'zendesk'.

### `get_alternatives` (~110 tokens)

Get ranked alternatives to a tool

The question this site exists to answer: what should someone use instead of a given tool. Returns the verdict (which alternative suits which buyer situation, including when staying put is the right call), the ranked list with each option's price, and why teams leave. WHEN TO USE: any 'alternatives to X', 'replace X', 'X competitors' or 'something cheaper than X' question.

Input parameters:

- `slug` (string, required): Slug of the tool being replaced, for example 'zendesk'.

## Diagnostics

Captured diagnostic sections: TLS, DNSSEC, Authorisation, Transports. The full working is on the page: https://verifymcp.io/servers/natden444-topalternativesto/api-mcp-mcp#diagnostics

## Score history

- 2026-09-21: 88
- 2026-09-20: 88
- 2026-09-19: 87
- 2026-09-18: 87
- 2026-09-17: 86
- 2026-09-16: 86
- 2026-09-15: 85
- 2026-09-14: 85
- 2026-09-13: 84
- 2026-09-12: 84
- 2026-09-11: 83
- 2026-09-10: 83
- 2026-09-09: 82
- 2026-09-08: 82
- 2026-09-07: 82
- 2026-09-06: 81
- 2026-09-05: 81
- 2026-09-04: 80
- 2026-09-03: 80
- 2026-09-02: 79
- 2026-09-01: 79
- 2026-08-31: 78
- 2026-08-30: 78
- 2026-08-29: 77
- 2026-08-28: 77
- 2026-08-27: 76
- 2026-08-26: 76
- 2026-08-25: 74

## Common questions

### What is the TopAlternativesTo MCP server?

TopAlternativesTo is an MCP server listed in the public MCP registry as io.github.Natden444/topalternativesto. Compare software: verified pricing with its source and date, and ranked alternatives. This page covers its hosted endpoint (https://topalternatives.to/api/mcp/mcp).

### Is the TopAlternativesTo MCP server safe to use?

TopAlternativesTo scores 88 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 TopAlternativesTo MCP server expose?

TopAlternativesTo exposes 3 tools: search_tools, get_tool, get_alternatives. Their descriptions and schemas cost roughly 396 tokens of context every time the server is loaded.

### Does the TopAlternativesTo MCP server require authentication?

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

### Is the TopAlternativesTo MCP server still maintained?

TopAlternativesTo is still listed as active in the MCP registry. We last reached this channel on 21 September 2026. Those dates come from our own scans of the registry and the channel itself, not from anything the publisher announced.

## Links

- Remote endpoint: https://topalternatives.to/api/mcp/mcp
- Repository: https://github.com/AgenticAdvertising/topalternativesto-mcp
- Website: https://topalternatives.to/
- Changelog RSS feed: https://verifymcp.io/servers/natden444-topalternativesto/api-mcp-mcp.xml
- Changelog JSON feed: https://verifymcp.io/servers/natden444-topalternativesto/api-mcp-mcp.json
- HTML version of this page: https://verifymcp.io/servers/natden444-topalternativesto/api-mcp-mcp