MCP Telemetry vs MCPSpend

In-depth architectural comparison of the MCP Telemetry and MCPSpend MCP servers. Compare execution transports, security boundaries, tool capabilities, quality scores, and ready-to-paste client installation snippets for Claude, Cursor, Windsurf, and VS Code.

Which MCP Server Should You Choose?

Choose MCP Telemetry when:

• You need dedicated capabilities in the Monitoring domain.
• You prefer local stdio subprocess transport architecture.
• Your security boundary fits: No auth required (Free / Open Source).
• Primary tools included: check_deployment_status, watch_deployment, compare_deployments.

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Choose MCPSpend when:

• You need dedicated capabilities in the Monitoring domain.
• You prefer local stdio subprocess transport architecture.
• Your security boundary fits: API Key required (Freemium).
• Primary tools included: Local stdio observability proxy, Per-tool and per-server usage attribution, MCP-based usage queries.

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Feature & Specification Comparison

Specification	MCP Telemetry arnavranjan005 Monitoring	MCPSpend andreisirbu91-lab Monitoring
Summary	Socket.IO-style telemetry for MCP servers. Instrument a tool call with a few lines of mcp-telemetry-sdk, and telemetrysubscribe streams its live progress (steps, logs, cost, done) to any connected MCP client via notifications/progress — no polling, and a job started in one session can be watched from a completely different one.	Real-time cost observability for MCP tool calls. Transparent proxy auto-detects every MCP client (Claude Desktop, Cursor, Windsurf, VS Code, Claude Code, Zed, Continue.dev, Cline, Goose) and attributes spend per tool, per project, per end-customer. npx @mcpspend/proxy add install. Free tier 25K calls/month, no card. MIT proxy on npm. EU-hosted, GDPR-ready.

Tools & Capabilities Breakdown

Ready-to-Paste Client Configurations

Paste either (or both) of these JSON server blocks into your client config file (e.g. claude_desktop_config.json or ~/.cursor/mcp.json).

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "arnavranjan005-mcp-telemetry": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "deploy-mcp"
      ]
    }
  }
}

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "andreisirbu91-lab-mcpspend": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "--yes"
      ]
    }
  }
}

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