VMware NSX Security vs Infrawise

In-depth architectural comparison of the VMware NSX Security and Infrawise 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 VMware NSX Security when:

• You need dedicated capabilities in the Cloud Platforms domain.
• You prefer local stdio subprocess transport architecture.
• Your security boundary fits: other (Free / Open Source).
• You have access to required keys: VMWARE_NSX_SECURITY_CONFIG, VMWARE_NSX_SECURITY_NSX_PROD_PASSWORD.
• Primary tools included: Manage DFW policies and rules, Create and inspect NSX security groups, List and apply VM tags.

Explore VMware NSX Security Details

Choose Infrawise when:

• You need dedicated capabilities in the Cloud Platforms domain.
• You prefer local stdio subprocess transport architecture.
• Your security boundary fits: API Key required (Free / Open Source).
• Primary tools included: get_infra_overview, get_graph_summary, get_table_schema.

Feature & Specification Comparison

Specification	VMware NSX Security zw008 Cloud Platforms	Infrawise Sidd27 Cloud Platforms
Summary	VMware NSX security — Distributed Firewall policies/rules, Security Groups, Traceflow troubleshooting, and IDS/IPS profiles. 20 tools with active-rule checks before policy deletion and reference-count validation for security groups.	Cloud infrastructure analysis for AI coding assistants — detects IaC drift, missing indexes, security gaps, and performance anti-patterns across AWS services and databases. 13 tools, works with Claude Code and Cursor.
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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": {
    "zw008-vmware-nsx-security": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "zw008-vmware-nsx-security"
      ],
      "env": {
        "VMWARE_NSX_SECURITY_CONFIG": "YOUR_VMWARE_NSX_SECURITY_CONFIG_HERE",
        "VMWARE_NSX_SECURITY_NSX_PROD_PASSWORD": "YOUR_VMWARE_NSX_SECURITY_NSX_PROD_PASSWORD_HERE"
      }
    }
  }
}

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "sidd27-infrawise": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "infrawise"
      ]
    }
  }
}

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