Catalyst Governance vs Control Plane

In-depth architectural comparison of the Catalyst Governance and Control Plane 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?

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Choose Catalyst Governance when:

• You need dedicated capabilities in the Security domain.
• You prefer local stdio subprocess transport architecture.
• Your security boundary fits: No auth required (Free / Open Source).

Explore Catalyst Governance Details

Choose Control Plane when:

• You need dedicated capabilities in the Security domain.
• You prefer remote streaming HTTP/SSE transport architecture.
• Your security boundary fits: No auth required (Free / Open Source).

Explore Control Plane Details

Feature & Specification Comparison

Specification	C Catalyst Governance Security	Control Plane Security
Summary	Governance middleware for AI agents: permission gates, approvals, compliance scanning, audit ledger.	Enterprise AI governance: spend, guardrails, policy, budgets, compliance, and provider health.
Category & Scope	Security	Security
Quality signal

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": {
    "catalyst-governance": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "catalyst-governance"
      ]
    }
  }
}

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "control-plane": {
      "url": "https://thinkneo.ai"
    }
  }
}

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