Shipvela vs Sota
A side-by-side look at the Shipvela and Sota MCP servers: transport, auth, tools, quality signals, and the config to install either one in Claude, Cursor, Windsurf or VS Code.
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ShipvelaCloud Platforms · Remote HTTP/SSEShipvela vendor-maintained remote Streamable HTTP MCP at https://shipvela.com/mcp for creating website projects, deploying supported GitHub repositories, and reading operation/deployment status, build logs and usage. Requires a Shipvela account with OAuth S256 PKCE and dynamic client registration; GitHub deployment uses an existing Shipvela GitHub connection. Hobby starts free with 3 projects and 20 publishes/month; paid plans are available. Public beta Codex plugin and publishing skill: https://github.com/stefanautomateed/shipvela-codex. Hosted runtime is private and no source license or authenticated health benchmark is claimed. Maker submission by Stefan Mitrovic with Codex assistance.47FairAuth: oauth 2.0Verdict: choose Shipvela for cloud platforms work over a hosted endpoint; choose Sota for cloud platforms as a local process. You can also run both side by side in one mcpServers block.
Which MCP server should you choose?
SChoose Shipvela when
- You need dedicated capabilities in the Cloud Platforms domain.
- You prefer a remote HTTP/SSE transport.
- Its auth model fits you: OAuth 2.0.
Choose Sota when
- You need dedicated capabilities in the Cloud Platforms domain.
- You prefer a local stdio subprocess transport.
- You have the keys it needs:
SOTA_API_KEY, SOTA_API_URL. - You want tools like
deploy, get-logs, set-env.
Feature & specification comparison
Rows where the two servers differ are marked.
| Spec | S Shipvela | |
|---|---|---|
| Category | Cloud Platforms | Cloud Platforms |
| Quality signal | 47/100 · Fair | 51/100 · Good |
| Install command | Confirmed | Confirmed |
| Transport | Remote HTTP/SSE | Local subprocess (stdio) |
| Auth | OAuth 2.0 | Not declared |
| Pricing | Freemium | Not declared |
| Required env vars | None listed | SOTA_API_KEYSOTA_API_URL |
| Verified owner | Community listing | Community listing |
| GitHub stars | — | 0 |
| Directory activity | 0 views 0 installs 0 upvotes | 0 views 0 installs 0 upvotes |
| Tools | Not listed | 13 |
| Full listing | View Shipvela | View Sota |
Tools & capabilities
Shipvela tools
No tool names declared yet. Check the project README from the listing page.
Sota tools 13
deployDeploy an appget-logsGet build/runtime logsset-envSet environment variableget-envList environment variablesrollbackRollback to previous deploymentget-statusGet deployment statuslist-projectsList all projectscreate-projectCreate a new projectdelete-projectDelete a project permanentlyadd-domainAdd custom domain to projectlist-domainsList custom domainsget-domainGet domain details and DNS status- +1 more on the listing page
Ready-to-paste client configs
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.
Shipvela
{
"mcpServers": {
"shipvela": {
"url": "https://shipvela.com/mcp"
}
}
}
Sota
{
"mcpServers": {
"sota": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"@sota-io/mcp"
],
"env": {
"SOTA_API_KEY": "YOUR_SOTA_API_KEY_HERE",
"SOTA_API_URL": "YOUR_SOTA_API_URL_HERE"
}
}
}
}
Frequently asked questions
Shipvela is categorized under Cloud Platforms and uses a remote HTTP/SSE transport. Sota belongs to Cloud Platforms and uses a local stdio subprocess. Pick Shipvela for cloud platforms work and Sota for cloud platforms.
Copy the mcpServers block from the config section on this page into your client's config (for example claude_desktop_config.json or ~/.cursor/mcp.json), then fully restart the client.
Shipvela is listed as freemium — a free tier with paid plans. Auth: oauth 2.0. Sota has no declared pricing — check the project's own site. If a server needs environment variables such as API keys, define them under the env key in your client's MCP config.
Yes. MCP clients support multiple servers: add shipvela and sota as separate keys in the same mcpServers object, and your assistant will call tools from either one.
On AllMCPs, Shipvela has a quality signal of 47/100 (Fair) with 0 views, 0 installs and 0 GitHub stars. Sota has 51/100 (Good) with 0 views, 0 installs and 0 GitHub stars.