Cloud Regions vs Control Plane

In-depth architectural comparison of the Cloud Regions 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?

Choose Cloud Regions when:

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

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Choose Control Plane when:

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

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Feature & Specification Comparison

Specification	Cloud Regions Cloud Platforms	Control Plane Cloud Platforms
Summary	Cloud region data for AWS, Azure, GCP, OCI & more. Query by location, compliance, GPU.	Deploy and operate workloads, secrets, and networking across AWS, GCP, Azure, and private clouds.
Category & Scope	Cloud Platforms	Cloud Platforms

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": {
    "cloud-regions": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "mcp-server-cloud-regions"
      ]
    }
  }
}

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "control-plane-3": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "control-plane-3"
      ]
    }
  }
}

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