Control Plane vs Obsify

In-depth architectural comparison of the Control Plane and Obsify 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 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).

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Choose Obsify 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).

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Feature & Specification Comparison

Specification	Control Plane Security	Obsify Security
Summary	Enterprise AI governance: spend, guardrails, policy, budgets, compliance, and provider health.	Local, privacy-preserving PII toolkit over MCP — shape to the model, substance stays local.
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": {
    "control-plane": {
      "url": "https://mcp.thinkneo.ai/mcp"
    }
  }
}

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "obsify": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "--from",
        "obsify",
        "obsify-mcp"
      ]
    }
  }
}

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