TopAlternativesTo is a remote MCP server that gives an AI agent 3 tools, among them get_alternatives, get_tool, search_tools. It answers at https://topalternatives.to/api/mcp/mcp over streamable HTTP, and it listed its tools to an anonymous client, so no sign-in was needed for that. Our probes reached it 6 of 6 times since 11 September 2026; the last check, on 20 October 2026, succeeded.
Compare software: verified pricing with its source and date, and ranked alternatives.
Description as the publisher wrote it.
| Tool | What it does |
|---|---|
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 Inputs: slug |
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. Inputs: slug |
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 che Inputs: query, category, free_tier, max_price, limit |
Every block below points at https://topalternatives.to/api/mcp/mcp. Pick your client and copy.
claude mcp add --transport http topalternativesto https://topalternatives.to/api/mcp/mcp
{
"mcpServers": {
"topalternativesto": {
"command": "npx",
"args": ["-y", "mcp-remote", "https://topalternatives.to/api/mcp/mcp"]
}
}
}{
"mcpServers": {
"topalternativesto": {
"url": "https://topalternatives.to/api/mcp/mcp"
}
}
}{
"servers": {
"topalternativesto": {
"type": "http",
"url": "https://topalternatives.to/api/mcp/mcp"
}
}
}{
"context_servers": {
"topalternativesto": {
"url": "https://topalternatives.to/api/mcp/mcp"
}
}
}{
"mcpServers": {
"topalternativesto": {
"serverUrl": "https://topalternatives.to/api/mcp/mcp"
}
}
}{
"mcpServers": {
"topalternativesto": {
"url": "https://topalternatives.to/api/mcp/mcp"
}
}
}name: TopAlternativesTo
version: 0.0.1
schema: v1
mcpServers:
- name: TopAlternativesTo
type: streamable-http
url: https://topalternatives.to/api/mcp/mcp{
"mcpServers": {
"topalternativesto": {
"httpUrl": "https://topalternatives.to/api/mcp/mcp"
}
}
}{
"mcpServers": {
"topalternativesto": {
"type": "http",
"url": "https://topalternatives.to/api/mcp/mcp"
}
}
}{
"mcpServers": {
"topalternativesto": {
"url": "https://topalternatives.to/api/mcp/mcp"
}
}
}goose://extension?url=https%3A%2F%2Ftopalternatives.to%2Fapi%2Fmcp%2Fmcp&type=streamable_http&id=topalternativesto&name=TopAlternativesTo
It answered our last check on 20 October 2026 in 204 ms. Over 6 checks since 11 September 2026 it answered 6. Status here comes from Neuronto's own probes, not from the publisher.
3, as returned by the server's own tools/list on 12 September 2026: get_alternatives, get_tool, search_tools.
It answered our last check on 20 October 2026 in 204 ms. Over 6 checks since 11 September 2026 it answered 6.
Put the server under mcpServers in ~/.cursor/mcp.json with the URL https://topalternatives.to/api/mcp/mcp. The exact JSON is above, with the same setup for Claude Code, Claude Desktop, VS Code, Windsurf, Zed, Gemini CLI and the rest.
It listed its tools to an anonymous client, so reading the tool list needs no key. Individual tools can still ask for credentials in their own inputs.
Publisher: io.github.natden444. Endpoint host: topalternatives.to. ARD identifier: urn:air:io.github.natden444:mcp:topalternativesto.
First indexed 10 September 2026. The tools are exactly what the server returned; nothing on this page
is inferred from its name. Ranking in Neuronto search is never for sale.