AI · alternatives · 2026
24 alternatives to MCP Chat by Pipedream
Chat with your software, across 2700+ apps with 10k+ tools
Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Prices are shown for the 1 we have checked on their own sites, 1 of them free or with a free tier.
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Pipedream MCP▲2912,500+ APIs and 10,000+ tools for your AI assistant
2025 · mcp.pipedream.com · its alternatives →
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Work across 20+ apps in Slack with multiplayer collaboration
Jun 2026 · slack.com · its alternatives →
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MCP-Builder.aifree tier, from $29/mo▲174The fastest way to connect your data with your AI Tools.
Aug 2026 · mcp-builder.ai · its alternatives →
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A read-only MCP server that lets your AI agent search and read your own WhatsApp messages. Runs on Cloudflare Workers. - finereli/whatsapp-mcp
3d ago · github.com · its alternatives →
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Hi HN – I built an open-source, self-hosted Model Context Protocol (MCP) server for WhatsApp: https://github.com/lharries/whatsapp-mcp It connects to your personal WhatsApp account via the WhatsApp Web multi-device API (using whatsmeow from the Beeper team), and doesn't rely on third-party APIs. All messages are stored locally in SQLite. Nothing is sent to the cloud unless you explicitly allow your LLM to access the data via tools – so you maintain full control and privacy. The MCP server can: - Search your messages, contacts, and groups - Send WhatsApp messages to…
2025 · github.com · its alternatives →
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API to MCP▲195Turn any API into an MCP server for AI agents
Jun 2026 · apitomcp.ai · its alternatives →
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Built a terminal-based chat application that interact with AI models while keeping full control of chat data. Simple but effective MCP client implementation.
2025 · github.com · its alternatives →
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In Parallel MCP▲127Your context, available to every agent.
Jul 2026 · in-parallel.com · its alternatives →
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BackEngine MCP▲137Make private company knowledge usable for AI
Aug 2026 · backengine.com · its alternatives →
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Every MCP server injects its full tool schemas into context on every turn — 30 tools costs ~3,600 tokens/turn whether the model uses them or not. Over 25 turns with 120 tools, that's 362,000 tokens just for schemas. mcp2cli turns any MCP server or OpenAPI spec into a CLI at runtime. The LLM discovers tools on demand: mcp2cli --mcp https://mcp.example.com/sse --list # ~16 tokens/tool mcp2cli --mcp https://mcp.example.com/sse create-task --help # ~120 tokens, once mcp2cli --mcp https://mcp.example.com/sse create-task --title "Fix bug" No…
Mar 2026 · github.com · its alternatives →
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2024 · pipedream.com · its alternatives →
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Search your highlights and notes inside Claude and ChatGPT
Aug 2026 · glasp.co · its alternatives →
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Hi HN. I'm one of the co-founders of 100Hires ATS. We built an MCP server on top of our REST API. I would love HN to weigh in on whether 130 tools are too many. Big competitors have 30-40 Some details: Three layers, from the bottom up: - REST API v2: 87 endpoints, OpenAPI 3.0 spec, Bearer auth, public docs at 100hires.com/api - MCP server: 130 tools mapping roughly 1:1 to REST endpoints, hosted at mcp.100hires.com/mcp, ~400 LOC of wrapper code - ChatGPT plugin: thin wrapper on the MCP, OAuth handled by the plugin store Auth on the MCP: OAuth 2.1 with PKCE and Dynamic Client…
Jun 2026 · 100hires.com · its alternatives →
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Gumpbox▲13Hi HN community, I'm the maker behind Gumpbox, a native macOS app that connects AI agents to your Linux servers. Stop typing commands. Just tell Claude or ChatGPT what to do. Deploy apps, restart services, check server health - all through conversation. AI agents execute everything through Gumpbox's built-in MCP (Model Context Protocol) server running locally on your Mac. AI-Powered Server Management - Built-in MCP server connects Claude, ChatGPT, or any AI agent to your infrastructure - Chat to deploy: "Deploy the latest build to production" - Chat to debug: "Why is nginx using so much…
2025 · gumpbox.com · its alternatives →
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MCP360▲61Hey HN Community, I built MCP360 after spending weeks integrating APIs for an AI agent project. Each tool needed its own setup, auth, billing, and maintenance. When any APIs changed, my integrations broke. I got tired of it. MCP360 is a single gateway giving AI agents access to 100+ tools through one config block. Search engines, web scraping, SEO, e-commerce data, maps, domain tools, and more. Real example: Instead of managing Google Search, web scraping, SERP tracking, and keyword research as 4 separate subscriptions (4 bills, 4 auth systems, 4 points of failure), you connect once. Works…
2025 · mcp360.ai · its alternatives →
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A MCP server for Kubernetes that help AI to chat w/ clusters
2025 · github.com · its alternatives →
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This is like ChatGPT but simpler, with less features (for now). It offers unlimited access to o3, Claude Sonnet 4 and other models for the pro plan. It offers access to o4-mini and the like for the free version. Requests are unlimited up to rate limits that we hope apply to less than 2% of users (they're transparent and can be seen on the account page). I was sick of having these like t3.chat or abacus.ai that give you very few messages for the $8-$10 / month subscription, so wanted to create something closer to Cursor's new pricing but transparent. Image generation will come soon, I…
2025 · donsir.com · its alternatives →
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Connect AI tools directly to your CRM and task management
May 2026 · tooling.studio · its alternatives →
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Hey folks! I just launched https://mcphost.link/ a web-based MCP host that lets you connect to multiple remote MCP servers and interact with them through a simple chat interface. Key Features Multi-server support: connect to several MCP servers at once OAuth 2.0 & Bearer Token auth (with PKCE) Persistent sessions: servers + credentials saved locally Full MCP features: tools, resources, prompts LLM support: bring your own inference backend The goal is to make exploring and working with the Model Context Protocol much more approachable. Happy to answer questions, take feedback,…
Dec 2025 · mcphost.link · its alternatives →
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