TopAlternativesTo MCP Server

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answering

TopAlternativesTo is answering right now. Last checked 9 min ago. It exposes 3 tools. Last commit 11 Sep 2026.

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

Uptime history 54 days of history · worst day 1%

54 days agonow

71.7%

Uptime 24h

66 of 92 checks

Tools

read from the server

270 ms

Response time

average over 24h

Stars

last commit 11 Sep 2026

TopAlternativesTo does not always answer

Over the last week it answered 90.9% of our checks. We check every 15 minutes, so you hear about the next outage within the hour — not from your users.

Connect this server

Endpoint below is the one we actually reach during checks — not the one copied from a README. Last verified 9 min ago.

Claude Code Claude Desktop Codex Cursor VS Code

run in your terminal

claude mcp add topalternativesto --transport http https://topalternatives.to/api/mcp/mcp

~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "topalternativesto": {
      "url": "https://topalternatives.to/api/mcp/mcp"
    }
  }
}

~/.codex/config.toml

[mcp_servers.topalternativesto]
url = "https://topalternatives.to/api/mcp/mcp"

.cursor/mcp.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "topalternativesto": {
      "url": "https://topalternatives.to/api/mcp/mcp"
    }
  }
}

.vscode/mcp.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "topalternativesto": {
      "url": "https://topalternatives.to/api/mcp/mcp"
    }
  }
}

Available tools 3

Read directly from the server with tools/list, grouped by what they act on. If a tool disappears, we record the date.

alternatives

get_alternatives

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.

tool

get_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.

tools

search_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.

Endpoints

URL	Transport	State	Latency	Checked
https://topalternatives.to/api/mcp/mcp	streamable-http	answering	260 ms	9 min ago

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TopAlternativesTo — questions

Answers built from our own checks of this server.

What can TopAlternativesTo do?

It exposes 3 tools, read directly from the server on our last check. Among them: get_alternatives, get_tool, search_tools. The full list with descriptions is on this page — we take it from the server itself via tools/list, not from a README. How MCP servers expose tools in the first place →

Is TopAlternativesTo working right now?

We send a real MCP handshake every 15 minutes. Over the last 24 hours 66 of 92 checks got a reply (71.7%), average response time 270 ms. The bar chart above shows every period we have measured.

How do I connect TopAlternativesTo?

Copy the ready config from this page — we generate it for Claude Code, Claude Desktop, Codex, Cursor and VS Code, each with the file path that client actually reads. It is a remote server, so there is nothing to install — the client connects to the address.

Does TopAlternativesTo need an API key?

No. TopAlternativesTo completed a full MCP handshake with us as an anonymous client and listed its tools without asking for anything. All 3 of them are readable on this page. This is what we observed, not what the docs claim.

How fast is TopAlternativesTo?

It answers our handshake in 270 ms on average, which is faster than 48% of all working MCP servers we measure. The comparison comes from our own checks across the whole registry, every 15 minutes.

Is TopAlternativesTo open source?

Yes — it is published under the MIT licence, written in JavaScript and 1 stars on GitHub. The source link is on this page, so you can read exactly what it does with your data before you connect it.