MCP Pay Gate vs Hera Agent Unity

In-depth architectural comparison of the MCP Pay Gate and Hera Agent Unity 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 MCP Pay Gate 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).

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Choose Hera Agent Unity 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).

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Feature & Specification Comparison

Specification	M MCP Pay Gate Finance & Fintech	Hera Agent Unity Finance & Fintech
Summary	Dual-rail Lightning paywall for MCP servers: accepts L402 and x402 bip122/exact, one LNBits backend.	Control and verify a live Unity Editor through a local, low-token MCP server.
Category & Scope	Finance & Fintech	Finance & Fintech

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": {
    "mcp-pay-gate": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "mcp-pay-gate"
      ]
    }
  }
}

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "hera-agent-unity": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "skills"
      ]
    }
  }
}

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