Dawshund MCP vs Shieldly IO MCP

In-depth architectural comparison of the Dawshund MCP and Shieldly IO MCP 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 Dawshund MCP when:

• You need dedicated capabilities in the Security domain.
• You prefer local stdio subprocess transport architecture.
• Your security boundary fits: other (Free / Open Source).
• You have access to required keys: PORT.
• Primary tools included: Collects IAM users, groups, roles, and selected resource policies, Consolidates policy data into sawsage.json, Uses simulate-principal-policy to evaluate effective permissions.

Explore Dawshund MCP Details

Choose Shieldly IO MCP when:

• You need dedicated capabilities in the Security domain.
• You prefer local stdio subprocess transport architecture.
• Your security boundary fits: No auth required (Freemium).
• Primary tools included: analyze_iam_policy, analyze_cloudformation_template.

Feature & Specification Comparison

Specification	Dawshund MCP samvas-codes Security	Shieldly IO MCP shieldly-io Security
Summary	An MCP server based on dAWShund to enumerate AWS IAM data, analyze effective permissions, and visualize access relationships across users, roles, and resources. Built for cloud security engineers who want fast, easy and effective insights into AWS identity risk.	Official Shieldly MCP server: analyzeiampolicy and analyzecloudformationtemplate tools flag AWS IAM privilege-escalation paths, wildcards, and over-permissive access. Free demo mode, no signup or API key needed. npx -y @shieldly/mcp.
Category & Scope

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": {
    "samvas-codes-dawshund-mcp": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "fastmcp"
      ],
      "env": {
        "PORT": "YOUR_PORT_HERE"
      }
    }
  }
}

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "shieldly-io-mcp": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@shieldly/mcp"
      ]
    }
  }
}

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