Cost Seg Smart vs Hive Vault

In-depth architectural comparison of the Cost Seg Smart and Hive Vault 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 Cost Seg Smart when:

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

Explore Cost Seg Smart Details

Choose Hive Vault when:

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

Explore Hive Vault Details

Feature & Specification Comparison

Specification	Cost Seg Smart Finance & Fintech	Hive Vault Finance & Fintech
Summary	Cost segregation study pricing and Year-1 depreciation/tax-savings estimates for US properties.	A2A ZK wallet recovery — guardian swarm, no seed phrase, HiveLaw enforcement
Category & Scope	Finance & Fintech	Finance & Fintech
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": {
    "cost-seg-smart": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@smithery/cli"
      ]
    }
  }
}

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "hive-vault": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "hive-vault"
      ]
    }
  }
}

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