Comparisons
How SpiderRating compares to SpiderShield, Glama, Smithery, mcp.so, and other platforms.
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How is SpiderRating different from SpiderShield?
SpiderShield is the open-source scanner (MIT license) that runs locally; SpiderRating is the cloud platform that continuously scans the entire MCP ecosystem and publishes ratings. SpiderShield provides static analysis, runtime guards, DLP scanning, and audit logging — all free and self-hostable. SpiderRating adds the discovery pipeline, centralized rating engine, public leaderboards, Decision API, and enterprise dashboards on top. You can use SpiderShield standalone without ever touching the cloud platform.
How does SpiderRating compare to Glama, Smithery, and mcp.so?
SpiderRating is the only MCP directory focused on independent security ratings; Glama, Smithery, and mcp.so are primarily discovery and hosting platforms without systematic security scoring. Glama.ai provides MCP server hosting with some basic checks, Smithery.ai focuses on easy installation and playground testing, and mcp.so (chatmcp/mcpso) is an unmoderated community directory. SpiderRating complements all three: we scan every server regardless of where it's listed and publish an independent security grade, so you can cross-reference our rating when browsing any other directory.