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VendorIndex

By andy-chak Verified namespace

Rank vendors/libraries per use case from verified pricing, agent-friction and health.

Source codeAI models & agentsHealth & science
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Checks passed
12 / 22

2 failed · 8 not measured

Median response
47 ms

Median of successful probes over 7 days

30-day uptime
Not measured

Share of countable probes over 30 days, including daily rollups. Auth challenges are excluded.

Discovered tools
6

Tool definitions returned by this server

Independent monitoring

Health & checks

Status history

Responded

The server completed its last measured handshake. This is an observation, not a guarantee.

Last checked
Check summary by test group
Test areaPassedFailedUnmeasured
ConnectionCan a client connect and discover tools?
500
Reliability & speedDoes it respond consistently and quickly?
004
Access & authenticationWhat is required to use this server?
102
Tool qualityAre the tool definitions usable by an agent?
220
Publisher identityCan the publisher be traced to its source?
402

Unmeasured means there is not enough evidence to decide. How these checks work

Inspect individual checks 22 recorded

Core

  • Pass
    Reachable

    Latest probe returned HTTP 200 in 47 ms.

  • Pass
    Valid handshake

    protocolVersion 2025-06-18, serverInfo.name vendorindex.

  • Pass
    Lists tools

    tools/list returned 6 tools.

  • Pass
    Current protocol

    Negotiated 2025-06-18. The bar is 2025-06-18 or newer.

  • Pass
    HTTPS

    The endpoint URL is https.

Performance

  • Not measured
    Fast (p50)

    Median latency 47 ms over 1 samples in 7 days. The bar is 1000 ms. Need at least 5 samples.

  • Not measured
    Consistent (p95)

    95th percentile 47 ms over 1 samples in 7 days. The bar is 3000 ms. Need at least 20 samples.

  • Not measured
    Reliable (uptime)

    1 of 1 attempts returned a tool list in 30 days (100%). The bar is 99%. Need at least 30 samples.

  • Not measured
    Stable tool list

    Fewer than two successful probes in 30 days, so tool-list stability is not measured.

Access

  • Pass
    Open access

    tools/list succeeded with no credential, and the record declares none.

  • Not measured
    Standard auth

    Auth is not required, so the OAuth metadata check does not apply.

  • Not measured
    Free tier cited

    No publisher quote has been checked.

Tools

  • Pass
    Tools described

    Every tool description is at least 20 characters.

  • Pass
    Valid input schemas

    Every inputSchema is a JSON Schema object.

  • Fail
    Parameters documented

    0 of 10 parameters have a description (0%). The bar is 80%.

  • Fail
    Safety hints

    6 tools set neither readOnlyHint nor destructiveHint.

Publisher

  • Pass
    Verified namespace

    Listed in the Official MCP Registry.

  • Not measured
    Website matches publisher

    This namespace is not a reverse domain, so the website comparison does not apply.

  • Pass
    Source repo linked

    A repository URL is on file.

  • Pass
    Repo owner matches

    The GitHub repository owner matches the namespace login.

  • Pass
    Recently updated

    Updated 2026-11-03T12:53:49.373311Z, within 180 days.

  • Not measured
    Open-source licence

    The GitHub licence lookup has not returned an OSI result yet.

Start using VendorIndex

Connect to this server

Choose your client, copy the configuration, then enable the server in your client’s MCP settings.

Run this command in your terminal, then restart Claude Code.

Claude Code

claude mcp add --transport http vendorindex https://mcp.vendorindex.dev/mcp

Capabilities

Tools 6

compare_vendors

Side-by-side comparison of several vendors for one category + use case: weighted totals, per-dimension scores and health trend. Use for head-to-head questions.

Discovered
get_category_ranking

Get the ranked vendors for a category, scored per use case (deterministic, from verified pricing + agent-friction + health). Omit use_case to get the ranking for every use case in the category. Returns each vendor's weighted total and per-dimension scores.

Discovered
get_vendor

Full detail for one vendor: cited pricing (structured rates + source URL + verified date + confidence), agent-friction checks, SDKs, capabilities, portability and health signals.

Discovered
list_categories

List every vendor category VendorIndex covers (e.g. transactional-email, llm-models, embeddings-apis, llm-gateways), each with its use cases and vendor count. Call this first to discover valid category and use_case ids.

Discovered
recommend

Recommend the top vendors for a specific category + use case, with the reasoning (which dimensions drove the pick). Best when an agent needs a single answer to 'what should I use for X?'.

Discovered
search_vendors

Find vendors by free-text query across name, id, category and capability (e.g. 'embedding', 'soc2', 'fast_inference'). Returns matches with their categories.

Discovered

Recent measurements

Probe history

View status
Latest stored probes. Raw probe rows are kept for 14 days.
CheckedResultResponseTools
Connected47 ms6

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