BUYER COMPARISON
OAuth-required vs no-auth MCPs
Compare authenticated and unauthenticated MCP servers across buyer risk, setup effort, and readiness.
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Buyer question
Should buyers prefer OAuth-required MCPs or no-auth discovery servers?
Primary metric
Auth boundary, operability, publishability, and safe evaluation verdict.
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| Metric | ||||||||
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| Snapshot ID | trustsnap_bf70ab72429b990d | trustsnap_b83cc95ecfc483a2 | trustsnap_bc7289bd82f14328 | trustsnap_a68a53c159b6e10f | trustsnap_0e6ac887a2067845 | trustsnap_6c9518faf36bc887 | trustsnap_cb175ead231431e1 | trustsnap_a9a9af0cc841b25f |
| Status | Degraded | Healthy | Healthy | Healthy | Healthy | Healthy | Healthy | Healthy |
| Score | 81.6 | 79.8 | 79.2 | 79.1 | 79.0 | 78.9 | 78.7 | 78.3 |
| Production readiness class | Safe For Evaluation | Safe For Evaluation | Safe For Evaluation | Safe For Evaluation | Safe For Evaluation | Safe For Evaluation | Safe For Evaluation | Safe For Evaluation |
| Production trust decision | Safe For Evaluation | Safe For Evaluation | Safe For Evaluation | Safe For Evaluation | Safe For Evaluation | Safe For Evaluation | Safe For Evaluation | Safe For Evaluation |
| Evidence confidence | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Freshness | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Latency | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Spec recency | 2.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 4.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 3.0 |
| Session resume | 3.0 | 4.0 | 3.0 | 4.0 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 4.0 |
| Step-up auth | 4.0 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 3.0 |
| Transport compliance | 2.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 2.5 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 2.5 |
| Utility coverage | 2.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 |
| Publishability | 3.0 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 3.0 |
| Connector replay | 4.0 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 4.0 |
| Request association | 3.0 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 3.0 |
| Action safety | 2.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 3.0 | 2.0 | 3.0 | 3.0 |
| Registry presence | 4.0 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 4.0 |
| Provenance divergence | 4.0 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 4.0 |
| Client compatibility: ChatGPT | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown |
| Client compatibility: Claude | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown |
| Write-action publishing | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown |
| Snapshot churn risk | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown |
| Transport | streamable-http | streamable-http | streamable-http | streamable-http | streamable-http | streamable-http | streamable-http | streamable-http |
| Auth | OAuth | OAuth | OAuth | OAuth | Unauthenticated / none | Unauthenticated / none | Unauthenticated / none | Unauthenticated / none |
| Tools | 20 | 2 | 31 | 148 | 5 | 13 | 3 | 1 |
| Prompts | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Resources | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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| Taxonomy | other | development search web | automation development | development | automation development | development search | other | automation |
| Recommended for | ChatGPT compatible Claude compatible Smithery | ChatGPT compatible Claude compatible Smithery | ChatGPT compatible Claude compatible Smithery | ChatGPT compatible Claude compatible Smithery | Claude compatible Smithery Generic HTTP | Claude compatible Smithery Generic HTTP | Claude compatible Smithery Generic HTTP | Claude compatible Smithery Generic HTTP |
| Top alerts | none | none | none | none | none | none | none | none |