A side-by-side look at the Ocean Schedules and Esim MCP MCP servers: transport, auth, tools, quality signals, and the config to install either one in Claude, Cursor, Windsurf or VS Code.
Verdict: choose Ocean Schedules for travel & transportation work; choose Esim MCP for travel & transportation as a local process. You can also run both side by side in one mcpServers block.
CHEAPERESIM_API_BASE, CHEAPERESIM_API_TOKEN, CHEAPERESIM_TIMEOUT_MS.search_destinations, list_plans, plan_trip.Rows where the two servers differ are marked.
| Spec | ||
|---|---|---|
| Category | Travel & Transportation | Travel & Transportation |
| Quality signal | 32/100 · Emerging | 53/100 · Good |
| Install command | Not confirmed yet | Confirmed |
| Transport | — | Local subprocess (stdio) |
| Auth | API key required | Not declared |
| Pricing | Freemium | Not declared |
| Required env vars | None listed | CHEAPERESIM_API_BASECHEAPERESIM_API_TOKENCHEAPERESIM_TIMEOUT_MS |
| Verified owner | Community listing | Community listing |
| GitHub stars | 0 | 1 |
| Directory activity | 0 views 0 installs 0 upvotes | 1 views 0 installs 0 upvotes |
| Tools | Not listed | 7 |
| Full listing | View Ocean Schedules | View Esim MCP |
No tool names declared yet. Check the project README from the listing page.
search_destinationsFind countries CheapereSIM sells eSIM plans for, by full or partial name.list_plansList eSIM plans for one country, cheapest first.plan_tripWork out the cheapest way to stay connected across several countries.get_plan_coverageList every country a regional or global plan covers.list_popular_destinationsList the destinations travellers buy eSIMs for most often.list_my_esimsList the eSIMs on the configured CheapereSIM account.get_esim_usageShow how much data is left on one eSIM.Paste either block (or both) into your client config, e.g. claude_desktop_config.json or ~/.cursor/mcp.json. We only show a config when the install command is confirmed.
No confirmed install command for Ocean Schedules yet — follow the setup steps linked from its listing page rather than a guessed package name.
{
"mcpServers": {
"esim-mcp": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"esim-mcp"
],
"env": {
"CHEAPERESIM_API_BASE": "YOUR_CHEAPERESIM_API_BASE_HERE",
"CHEAPERESIM_API_TOKEN": "YOUR_CHEAPERESIM_API_TOKEN_HERE",
"CHEAPERESIM_TIMEOUT_MS": "YOUR_CHEAPERESIM_TIMEOUT_MS_HERE"
}
}
}
}