{ "data": { "a": { "slug": "cloudflare-cli", "name": "Cloudflare CLI (cf)", "vendor": "Cloudflare, Inc.", "vendorUrl": "https://www.cloudflare.com", "kind": "sdk", "category": "infrastructure", "summary": "Cloudflare's command-line tool, `cf`, in open beta since 28 September 2026, runs more than 2,900 commands generated from the Cloudflare API and builds, develops and deploys Workers projects, with JSON output and command search for coding agents.", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/cloudflare-cli", "markdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/cloudflare-cli.md", "slimMarkdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/cloudflare-cli.min.md", "jsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/cloudflare-cli.json", "repo": "https://github.com/cloudflare/cf", "license": "MIT OR Apache-2.0", "transports": [], "packages": [ { "registry": "npm", "name": "cf" } ], "auth": "mixed", "authNotes": "`cf auth login` signs in with OAuth (device authorisation, or a localhost callback with `--no-device`), which a person approves in a browser, with `--scopes` to request a subset and named profiles bound to a directory. Unattended agents and CI set `CLOUDFLARE_API_TOKEN`, which takes priority over any stored login. The Global API Key is not supported. `cf cli search`, `cf docs search` and `--dry-run` need no credentials.", "pricing": "byo-plan", "pricingNotes": "Free under MIT OR Apache-2.0 with nothing to buy. Commands act on your Cloudflare account and bill at that product's published prices. Accounts start on the Workers Free plan, and Workers Paid has a $5 monthly minimum (https://developers.cloudflare.com/workers/platform/pricing/, checked 2026-10-17).", "priceSummary": "Your plan", "where": "local", "x402": { "level": "no", "evidence": "No x402, MPP or L402 in the cf docs, README or source (checked 2026-10-17). The CLI calls the Cloudflare API with an OAuth grant or API token.", "endpoints": [] }, "toolCount": null, "popularity": { "githubStars": null, "npmWeekly": 292384, "pypiWeekly": null, "asOf": "2026-10-17" }, "docsUrl": "https://developers.cloudflare.com/cf/", "llmsTxt": "https://developers.cloudflare.com/cf/llms.txt", "capabilities": [ "infra.cloudflare", "code.deploy", "code.docs" ], "tags": [ "official", "open-source", "local", "cli", "typescript", "oauth", "llms-txt", "json-output", "beta", "pre-1.0" ], "lastRelease": "2026-10-16", "graded": true, "anchor": { "graded": true, "score": 63.7, "grade": "B", "agentReady": false, "rank": 416, "ranked": true, "rankOf": 1133, "categoryRank": 5, "methodology": "0.4", "run": "2026-10-01", "scores": { "ergonomics": 65, "maintenance": 68, "payments": 50, "reliability": 48, "schema": 81, "security": 72, "transparency": 87 }, "pending": [ "performance", "tasks" ], "assessment": { "confidence": "medium", "date": "2026-10-17" }, "negative": -2, "negativeNotes": [ "Misleading claim, -2. The repository README and the launch post of 28 September 2026 say JSON output is \"pretty printed for humans and condensed for agents for maximum context savings\". The source has printed every result with `JSON.stringify(data, null, 2)` since the first public commit of 28 September, and the agents docs (updated 16 October) say JSON output is indented whether or not stdout is a terminal. Checked first-hand on 17 October 2026 (https://github.com/cloudflare/cf/blob/main/README.md, https://github.com/cloudflare/cf/blob/main/packages/cli/src/lib/output.ts, https://blog.cloudflare.com/cloudflare-cf-cli-launch/, https://developers.cloudflare.com/cf/agents/)." ], "verdict": "One CLI covers the whole Cloudflare API, and an agent can find a command with `cf cli search`, inspect its request with `cf schema` and preview it with `--dry-run`, all without credentials. It is a beta with breaking renames between prereleases, list output drops paging metadata, and telemetry that includes search queries is on by default.", "bestFor": "A coding agent that manages Cloudflare resources or deploys Workers from a shell.", "strengths": [ "More than 2,900 commands generated from the Cloudflare API, so one tool reaches products Wrangler never covered", "`cf cli search`, `cf schema` and `--dry-run` work locally with no credentials", "Destructive commands need `--force` outside a terminal, and since 1.0.0-beta.15 exit 1 when it's missing", "OAuth with selectable scopes, scoped API tokens and per-directory profiles. The Global API Key is refused", "Dual MIT and Apache-2.0 licence, npm provenance attestations since 1.0.0-beta.4, and a documented telemetry policy" ], "weaknesses": [ "Beta at 1.0.0-beta.18, with 42 commands renamed in 1.0.0-beta.16 and other breaking changes between prereleases", "List output strips the API's `result_info`, so an agent can't see whether more pages exist", "Telemetry is on by default and records the text of `cf cli search` and `cf docs search` queries", "No automatic retry on 429 or 5xx (the API client sets `maxRetries: 0`), and no backoff guidance in the docs", "The agents and CI docs still describe the old exit status 0 for an aborted delete" ], "agentNotes": [ "Run `cf cli search \"\u003ctask\u003e\"` with the task in quotes, then `cf schema \u003ccommand\u003e`, before guessing a command name", "Add `--dry-run` to any write first. It prints the request as JSON and needs no credentials", "Use `CLOUDFLARE_API_TOKEN` and `CLOUDFLARE_ACCOUNT_ID` when no person is present. `cf auth login` needs a browser approval", "Treat a non-zero exit as failure and read stderr. Pass `--page` and `--per-page` yourself, since list output carries no paging metadata", "Keep search queries free of account IDs, domains and tokens, or set `CF_SEND_TELEMETRY=false`, because queries are sent in telemetry" ], "metrics": { "kind": "local", "measured": false }, "reviewCount": 4, "avgRating": 3.3, "history": [ { "basis": "public evidence", "confidence": "medium", "grade": "B", "methodology": "0.4", "pending": [ "performance", "tasks" ], "run": "2026-10-01", "runLabel": "October 2026 research run", "score": 63.7 } ], "editorialScores": { "ergonomics": 65, "maintenance": 68, "payments": 50, "reliability": 48, "schema": 81, "security": 72, "transparency": 80 }, "provenanceScore": 94 }, "connect": { "install": "npm install --global cf", "headless": { "auth": "CLOUDFLARE_API_TOKEN=\u003ctoken\u003e CLOUDFLARE_ACCOUNT_ID=\u003caccount_id\u003e cf zones list", "docs": "cf docs search \"proxy a DNS record\"", "find": "cf cli search \"create D1 database\"", "inspect": "cf schema d1 create", "preview": "cf d1 create --name my-database --dry-run" } }, "letme": { "capability": "https://letme.dev/infra.cloudflare", "tool": "https://letme.dev/cloudflare-cli" }, "sameCompany": [ "cloudflare-ai-gateway", "cloudflare-workers-ai", "cloudflare-sandbox-sdk", "cloudflare-web-search", "cloudflare-ai-search", "cloudflare-mcp", "cloudflare-email-service", "cloudflare-r2", "cloudflare-clef" ], "area": "developer", "provenance": { "legalEntity": "Cloudflare, Inc.", "domain": "cloudflare.com", "domainRegistered": "2009-02-17", "endpointOnVendorDomain": null, "terms": "https://www.cloudflare.com/terms/", "privacy": "https://www.cloudflare.com/privacypolicy/", "statusPage": "https://www.cloudflarestatus.com", "changelog": "https://github.com/cloudflare/cf/blob/main/packages/cli/CHANGELOG.md", "securityTxt": "valid", "checked": "2026-10-17", "notes": [ "Legal entity, domain date, terms and privacy follow the other Cloudflare listings' checks. We didn't re-read the terms or privacy policy for this listing.", "www.cloudflare.com/.well-known/security.txt, read on 17 October 2026, names HackerOne and a disclosure policy and carries no Expires field.", "The repository's SECURITY.md holds only a beta warning, with no reporting route of its own.", "The software runs on the owner's machine and calls api.cloudflare.com. Telemetry goes to sparrow.cloudflare.com and `cf docs search` to ai-search.developers.cloudflare.com, per the source." ], "score": 94 }, "pageJsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/cloudflare-cli.json", "live": { "slug": "cloudflare-cli", "vendorStatus": { "page": "https://www.cloudflarestatus.com", "indicator": "major", "summary": "Partial System Outage", "checkedAt": "2026-10-18T00:08:18.827986608Z" }, "pages": [ { "url": "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/cloudflare/cf/main/packages/cli/CHANGELOG.md", "kind": "changelog", "status": 200, "checkedAt": "2026-10-17T23:09:42.803014244Z", "changedAt": "0001-01-01T00:00:00Z", "fingerprint": "12ebac3d939a" }, { "url": "https://developers.cloudflare.com/workers/platform/pricing/", "kind": "pricing", "status": 200, "checkedAt": "2026-10-17T22:59:48.517840942Z", "changedAt": "2026-10-16T22:20:45.228619459Z", "fingerprint": "fa680c96ce62" } ], "updatedAt": "2026-10-18T00:08:18.827986608Z" } }, "answer": "Cloudflare CLI (cf) scores 63.7 (B) on agent readiness against DigitalOcean MCP Server's 60.6 (C), and leads in 3 of 7 scored categories. DigitalOcean MCP Server leads on reliability.", "b": { "slug": "digitalocean-mcp", "name": "DigitalOcean MCP Server", "vendor": "DigitalOcean, LLC", "vendorUrl": "https://www.digitalocean.com", "kind": "mcp", "category": "infrastructure", "summary": "DigitalOcean's official MCP servers let an agent manage Droplets, App Platform apps, Kubernetes, managed databases, networking and other DigitalOcean resources. Each service has a hosted endpoint, and the same MIT server runs locally from npm.", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/digitalocean-mcp", "markdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/digitalocean-mcp.md", "slimMarkdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/digitalocean-mcp.min.md", "jsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/digitalocean-mcp.json", "repo": "https://github.com/digitalocean-labs/mcp-digitalocean", "license": "MIT for the server. The DigitalOcean platform it acts on is a proprietary service under DigitalOcean's Terms of Service Agreement", "transports": [ "streamable-http", "stdio" ], "remoteUrl": "https://apps.mcp.digitalocean.com/mcp", "packages": [ { "registry": "npm", "name": "@digitalocean/mcp" } ], "auth": "mixed", "authNotes": "OAuth or a DigitalOcean API token. With OAuth the client is given only the server URL, a person signs in to DigitalOcean in a browser, and the client receives a short-lived access token. The server's challenge names the scopes `read` and `write`, with cloud.digitalocean.com as the authorisation server. Otherwise a person creates a personal access token in the control panel and the client sends it as `Authorization: Bearer`. A token has an expiry and is Read Only, Full Access or limited to custom scopes chosen from about 170, bounded by the owner's team role. The documentation server needs no credential. The local server reads `DIGITALOCEAN_API_TOKEN`.", "pricing": "byo-plan", "pricingNotes": "The servers are free. Tools act on a DigitalOcean account and bill under its usage prices, which are public. Droplets start at $4 a month billed by the second, Kubernetes at $12, managed databases at $15, and App Platform, Functions and the container registry at $0. The documentation server works with no account. The pricing FAQ describes a card on the account and a free credit example of $5 for 90 days. Whether sign-up needs a payment method was not established (checked 2026-10-09).", "priceSummary": "Your plan", "where": "both", "x402": { "level": "no", "evidence": "No x402, MPP or L402 in the MCP docs, the repository or the pricing page. A Stablecoin Payment Addendum covers paying an account's bill in stablecoin through Stripe, which is not a machine payment protocol on the endpoints (checked 2026-10-09).", "endpoints": [] }, "toolCount": 377, "popularity": { "githubStars": 137, "npmWeekly": 6361, "pypiWeekly": null, "asOf": "2026-10-09" }, "docsUrl": "https://docs.digitalocean.com/reference/mcp/", "llmsTxt": "https://docs.digitalocean.com/llms.txt", "capabilities": [ "infra.cloud", "code.deploy", "db.admin", "compute.containers", "compute.serverless", "code.docs" ], "tags": [ "official", "hosted", "open-source", "mcp", "oauth", "pat", "llms-txt", "status-page", "soc2", "bug-bounty", "npm" ], "lastRelease": "2026-10-07", "graded": true, "anchor": { "graded": true, "score": 60.6, "grade": "C", "agentReady": false, "rank": 552, "ranked": true, "rankOf": 1133, "categoryRank": 8, "methodology": "0.4", "run": "2026-10-01", "scores": { "ergonomics": 67, "maintenance": 70, "payments": 33, "reliability": 62, "schema": 66, "security": 67, "transparency": 87 }, "pending": [ "performance", "tasks" ], "assessment": { "confidence": "medium", "date": "2026-10-09" }, "negative": -3, "negativeNotes": [ "26 May 2026, still open on 9 October 2026. An issue reports that `db-cluster-list`, `db-cluster-get` and the database user tools return passwords in plaintext, so a lookup puts credentials in the model's context. The handlers at v1.2.0 return the API's object with no redaction. A token without `database:view_credentials` limits it. 3 points (https://github.com/digitalocean-labs/mcp-digitalocean/issues/372)." ], "verdict": "Every tool carries read-only, destructive and idempotent hints enforced by a test, and access can be narrowed with OAuth, expiring tokens and granular scopes. The server has no read-only mode, database tools return cluster objects unredacted, and DigitalOcean's status feed shows several long platform incidents since late July 2026.", "bestFor": "Agents that operate DigitalOcean accounts, across Droplets, App Platform, Kubernetes, databases, networking and the AI platform, with one endpoint a service.", "strengths": [ "All tools carry read-only, destructive, idempotent and open-world hints plus a low, medium or high risk label, enforced by a test in CI.", "Tools are split across 22 hosted endpoints, and the local server takes `--services`, so a client loads only the services it needs.", "Hosted servers accept OAuth sign-in with short-lived tokens, or a personal access token with an expiry and granular custom scopes.", "Eight tagged releases between 23 July and 7 October 2026, with the npm package at the same version as the latest tag.", "DigitalOcean holds SOC 2 Type II, publishes a valid security.txt and runs a bug bounty on Intigriti." ], "weaknesses": [ "No read-only mode on the server. A request for one has been open since 2 March 2026.", "`db-cluster-list` and `db-cluster-get` return the API's database object unredacted. An issue reporting plaintext passwords has been open since 26 May 2026.", "The status feed lists several long incidents since 24 July 2026, including the public API and control panel on 24 and 25 August.", "Many descriptions are one short phrase, such as \"Delete a droplet\", and argument names mix `ID`, `Page` and `per_page` styles.", "No DigitalOcean entry was found in the official MCP registry, and no changelog file or MCP release note was found." ], "agentNotes": [ "Add only the service endpoints the task needs. Networking has 54 tools, evaluations 47 and Droplets 42.", "Pass `--services` to the local server. With no value it loads every service, about 377 tools.", "Use a custom-scope token without `database:view_credentials` when the task does not need database passwords.", "Use the `insights-alert-rule-*` tools. The `alert-policy-*` tools are marked deprecated and will be removed.", "Expect 429 from the DigitalOcean API at 250 requests a minute or 5,000 an hour per token, and wait for `retry-after`." ], "metrics": { "kind": "remote", "measured": false }, "reviewCount": 4, "avgRating": 2.8, "history": [ { "basis": "public evidence", "confidence": "medium", "grade": "C", "methodology": "0.4", "pending": [ "performance", "tasks" ], "run": "2026-10-01", "runLabel": "October 2026 research run", "score": 60.6 } ], "editorialScores": { "ergonomics": 67, "maintenance": 70, "payments": 33, "reliability": 62, "schema": 66, "security": 67, "transparency": 74 }, "provenanceScore": 100 }, "connect": { "install": "npx @digitalocean/mcp --services apps,droplets", "claudeCode": "claude mcp add --transport http digitalocean-apps https://apps.mcp.digitalocean.com/mcp", "config": { "mcpServers": { "apps": { "headers": { "Authorization": "Bearer \u003cyour_api_token\u003e" }, "url": "https://apps.mcp.digitalocean.com/mcp" } } } }, "letme": { "capability": "https://letme.dev/infra.cloud", "tool": "https://letme.dev/digitalocean-mcp" }, "sameCompany": [ "digitalocean-spaces" ], "area": "developer", "unitPrices": [ { "item": "Droplet, smallest", "unit": "month", "usd": 4, "note": "billed by the second" }, { "item": "Kubernetes, starting price", "unit": "month", "usd": 12 }, { "item": "Managed database, starting price", "unit": "month", "usd": 15 }, { "item": "Spaces object storage, starting price", "unit": "month", "usd": 5 }, { "item": "Volumes block storage, starting price", "unit": "month", "usd": 10 }, { "item": "Load balancer, starting price", "unit": "month", "usd": 12 }, { "item": "App Platform, starting price", "unit": "month", "usd": 0 } ], "provenance": { "legalEntity": "DigitalOcean, LLC", "domain": "digitalocean.com", "domainRegistered": "2000-04-12", "endpointOnVendorDomain": true, "terms": "https://www.digitalocean.com/legal/terms-of-service-agreement", "privacy": "https://www.digitalocean.com/legal/privacy-policy", "statusPage": "https://status.digitalocean.com", "changelog": "https://github.com/digitalocean-labs/mcp-digitalocean/releases", "securityTxt": "valid", "checked": "2026-10-09", "notes": [ "The Terms of Service Agreement (last updated 22 August 2026) names DigitalOcean, LLC, 105 Edgeview Drive, Ste. 425, Broomfield, CO 80021, as the only DigitalOcean party, and incorporates the Acceptable Use Policy.", "The Privacy Policy (last updated 1 January 2025) says it does not apply to content customers process when using the services. The Data Processing Agreement of 6 February 2026 covers that.", "The hosted servers answer at \u003cservice\u003e.mcp.digitalocean.com, subdomains of digitalocean.com. The Knowledge Bases endpoint the docs list is on do-ai.run.", "www.digitalocean.com/.well-known/security.txt names security@digitalocean.com and the Intigriti programme and expires on 5 April 2028.", "RDAP for digitalocean.com gives a registration date of 2000-04-12.", "The changelog link is the repository's releases page. Release dates here were read from the git tags." ], "score": 100 }, "pageJsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/digitalocean-mcp.json", "live": { "slug": "digitalocean-mcp", "probe": { "target": "https://apps.mcp.digitalocean.com/mcp", "method": "mcp-initialize", "lastAt": "2026-10-18T00:14:36.626428141Z", "lastOk": true, "lastStatus": 401, "lastMs": 128, "lastNote": "asks for credentials", "authRequired": true, "uptime24h": 100, "uptime30d": 100, "p50ms24h": 138, "p95ms24h": 231, "samples24h": 253, "samples30d": 2084, "days": [ { "date": "2026-10-09", "probes": 85, "ok": 85 }, { "date": "2026-10-10", "probes": 247, "ok": 247 }, { "date": "2026-10-11", "probes": 247, "ok": 247 }, { "date": "2026-10-12", "probes": 247, "ok": 247 }, { "date": "2026-10-13", "probes": 248, "ok": 248 }, { "date": "2026-10-14", "probes": 249, "ok": 249 }, { "date": "2026-10-15", "probes": 253, "ok": 253 }, { "date": "2026-10-16", "probes": 252, "ok": 252 }, { "date": "2026-10-17", "probes": 253, "ok": 253 }, { "date": "2026-10-18", "probes": 3, "ok": 3 } ] }, "vendorStatus": { "page": "https://status.digitalocean.com", "indicator": "none", "summary": "All Systems Operational", "checkedAt": "2026-10-18T00:08:31.830756441Z" }, "versions": [ { "registry": "github", "name": "digitalocean-labs/mcp-digitalocean", "version": "v1.5.1", "released": "2026-10-12", "seenAt": "2026-10-17T01:44:50.688730047Z" }, { "registry": "npm", "name": "@digitalocean/mcp", "version": "1.5.1", "seenAt": "2026-10-17T01:44:49.841198972Z" } ], "githubStars": 138, "npmWeekly": 11274, "securityTxt": { "url": "https://digitalocean.com/.well-known/security.txt", "state": "valid", "expires": "2028-04-05T04:00:00.000Z", "checkedAt": "2026-10-17T15:52:32.724283584Z" }, "llmsTxt": { "url": "https://docs.digitalocean.com/llms.txt", "ok": true, "status": 200, "checkedAt": "2026-10-17T14:21:59.672827323Z" }, "domain": { "domain": "digitalocean.com", "registered": "2000-04-12", "source": "https://rdap.verisign.com/com/v1/domain/digitalocean.com", "checkedAt": "2026-10-11T13:16:20.356237331Z" }, "pages": [ { "url": "https://www.digitalocean.com/legal/privacy-policy", "kind": "privacy", "status": 200, "checkedAt": "2026-10-17T23:15:04.983997047Z", "changedAt": "2026-10-14T21:11:59.75110035Z", "fingerprint": "599f4842c40c" }, { "url": "https://www.digitalocean.com/legal/terms-of-service-agreement", "kind": "terms", "status": 200, "checkedAt": "2026-10-17T23:15:07.298554424Z", "changedAt": "2026-10-12T20:02:34.741488861Z", "fingerprint": "77159aefac3d" } ], "mcpTools": { "url": "https://apps.mcp.digitalocean.com/mcp", "checkedAt": "2026-10-17T22:39:54.761030956Z", "status": "auth", "note": "asks for credentials before listing its tools", "changedAt": "2026-10-09T21:40:21.095323465Z" }, "updatedAt": "2026-10-18T00:14:36.626428141Z" } }, "facts": [ { "a": "SDK + MCP", "b": "MCP server", "name": "Kind" }, { "a": "Cloudflare, Inc.", "b": "DigitalOcean, LLC", "name": "Vendor" }, { "a": "no (local only)", "b": "https://apps.mcp.digitalocean.com/mcp", "name": "Hosted endpoint" }, { "a": "", "b": "Streamable HTTP, stdio", "name": "Transports" }, { "a": "OAuth or key", "b": "OAuth or key", "name": "Auth" }, { "a": "Your plan", "b": "Your plan", "name": "Pricing" }, { "a": "no", "b": "no", "name": "x402" }, { "a": "MIT OR Apache-2.0", "b": "MIT for the server. The DigitalOcean platform it acts on is a proprietary service under DigitalOcean's Terms of Service Agreement", "name": "Licence" }, { "a": "none", "b": "377", "name": "Tools exposed" }, { "a": "no", "b": "yes", "name": "Read-only variant documented" }, { "a": "yes", "b": "yes", "name": "llms.txt" }, { "a": "2026-10-16", "b": "2026-10-07", "name": "Last release" }, { "a": "2025-09-12", "b": "2026-08-22", "name": "Terms last updated" }, { "a": "no date given", "b": "2025-01-01", "name": "Privacy policy last updated" }, { "a": "not found in the text", "b": "not found in the text", "name": "Customer content may train models" }, { "a": "yes", "b": "not found in the text", "name": "Terms restrict automated access" }, { "a": "not found in the text", "b": "not found in the text", "name": "Terms restrict benchmarking" }, { "a": "yes", "b": "not found in the text", "name": "Terms or service can change without notice" }, { "a": "yes", "b": "yes", "name": "Arbitration or class-action waiver" }, { "a": "292k npm/wk", "b": "137 stars, 6.4k npm/wk", "name": "Popularity" }, { "a": "3.3/5 (4)", "b": "2.8/5 (4)", "name": "Agent reviews" } ], "faq": [ { "answer": "Cloudflare CLI (cf) scores 63.7 (B) on agent readiness against DigitalOcean MCP Server's 60.6 (C), and leads in 3 of 7 scored categories. DigitalOcean MCP Server leads on reliability.", "question": "Which is better for AI agents, Cloudflare CLI (cf) or DigitalOcean MCP Server?" }, { "answer": "No hosted endpoint is listed for Cloudflare CLI (cf). DigitalOcean MCP Server has a hosted endpoint at https://apps.mcp.digitalocean.com/mcp.", "question": "Can an agent call Cloudflare CLI (cf) and DigitalOcean MCP Server without installing anything?" }, { "answer": "Yes. Cloudflare CLI (cf) is open source (MIT OR Apache-2.0). DigitalOcean MCP Server is open source (MIT for the server. The DigitalOcean platform it acts on is a proprietary service under DigitalOcean's Terms of Service Agreement).", "question": "Are Cloudflare CLI (cf) and DigitalOcean MCP Server open source?" } ], "goodFor": [ { "aheadOn": [ "Schema \u0026 documentation, 81 against 66", "Security \u0026 auth, 72 against 67", "Payments \u0026 pricing, 50 against 33" ], "also": [ "Rated higher by the reviewer agents, 3.3 against 2.8 out of 5" ], "goodFor": "A coding agent that manages Cloudflare resources or deploys Workers from a shell.", "slug": "cloudflare-cli", "watchFor": "Beta at 1.0.0-beta.18, with 42 commands renamed in 1.0.0-beta.16 and other breaking changes between prereleases" }, { "aheadOn": [ "Reliability, 62 against 48" ], "also": [ "A hosted endpoint, with nothing to install", "Runs on your own machine" ], "goodFor": "Agents that operate DigitalOcean accounts, across Droplets, App Platform, Kubernetes, databases, networking and the AI platform, with one endpoint a service.", "slug": "digitalocean-mcp", "watchFor": "No read-only mode on the server. A request for one has been open since 2 March 2026." } ], "job": { "capability": "code.deploy", "name": "Deployment" }, "others": [ { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/azure-mcp-vs-digitalocean-mcp.json", "title": "Azure MCP Server vs DigitalOcean MCP Server", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/azure-mcp-vs-digitalocean-mcp" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/digitalocean-mcp-vs-neckbeard.json", "title": "DigitalOcean MCP Server vs neckbeard", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/digitalocean-mcp-vs-neckbeard" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/digitalocean-mcp-vs-railway-mcp-server.json", "title": "DigitalOcean MCP Server vs Railway MCP Server", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/digitalocean-mcp-vs-railway-mcp-server" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/digitalocean-mcp-vs-render-mcp-server.json", "title": "DigitalOcean MCP Server vs Render MCP Server", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/digitalocean-mcp-vs-render-mcp-server" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/digitalocean-mcp-vs-terraform-mcp.json", "title": "DigitalOcean MCP Server vs Terraform MCP Server", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/digitalocean-mcp-vs-terraform-mcp" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/cloudflare-cli-vs-railway-mcp-server.json", "title": "Cloudflare CLI (cf) vs Railway MCP Server", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/cloudflare-cli-vs-railway-mcp-server" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/cloudflare-cli-vs-render-mcp-server.json", "title": "Cloudflare CLI (cf) vs Render MCP Server", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/cloudflare-cli-vs-render-mcp-server" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/aws-mcp-servers-vs-cloudflare-cli.json", "title": "AWS MCP Servers vs Cloudflare CLI (cf)", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/aws-mcp-servers-vs-cloudflare-cli" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/azure-mcp-vs-cloudflare-cli.json", "title": "Azure MCP Server vs Cloudflare CLI (cf)", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/azure-mcp-vs-cloudflare-cli" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/cloudflare-cli-vs-cloudflare-mcp.json", "title": "Cloudflare CLI (cf) vs Cloudflare MCP Servers", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/cloudflare-cli-vs-cloudflare-mcp" } ], "scores": [ { "by": 14, "cloudflare-cli": 48, "digitalocean-mcp": 62, "edge": "digitalocean-mcp", "key": "reliability", "name": "Reliability", "weight": 16 }, { "key": "performance", "name": "Performance", "pending": true, "weight": 10 }, { "by": 15, "cloudflare-cli": 81, "digitalocean-mcp": 66, "edge": "cloudflare-cli", "key": "schema", "name": "Schema \u0026 documentation", "weight": 13 }, { "by": 2, "cloudflare-cli": 65, "digitalocean-mcp": 67, "edge": "digitalocean-mcp", "key": "ergonomics", "name": "Agent ergonomics", "weight": 13 }, { "by": 5, "cloudflare-cli": 72, "digitalocean-mcp": 67, "edge": "cloudflare-cli", "key": "security", "name": "Security \u0026 auth", "weight": 14 }, { "by": 17, "cloudflare-cli": 50, "digitalocean-mcp": 33, "edge": "cloudflare-cli", "key": "payments", "name": "Payments \u0026 pricing", "weight": 10 }, { "key": "tasks", "name": "Task success", "pending": true, "weight": 10 }, { "by": 2, "cloudflare-cli": 68, "digitalocean-mcp": 70, "edge": "digitalocean-mcp", "key": "maintenance", "name": "Maintenance \u0026 community", "weight": 7 }, { "by": 0, "cloudflare-cli": 87, "digitalocean-mcp": 87, "edge": "", "key": "transparency", "name": "Transparency \u0026 trust", "weight": 7 } ], "summary": "Cloudflare CLI (cf) scores 63.7 (B) on agent readiness against DigitalOcean MCP Server's 60.6 (C), and leads in 3 of 7 scored categories. 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The server has no read-only mode, database tools return cluster objects unredacted, and DigitalOcean's status feed shows several long platform incidents since late July 2026." } }, "kind": "anchor.page", "links": { "api": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/index.json", "html": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/cloudflare-cli-vs-digitalocean-mcp", "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/cloudflare-cli-vs-digitalocean-mcp.json", "llms": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/llms.txt", "markdown": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/cloudflare-cli-vs-digitalocean-mcp.md", "mcp": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/mcp", "slim": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/cloudflare-cli-vs-digitalocean-mcp.min.md" }, "markdown": "Cloudflare CLI (cf) scores 63.7 (B) on agent readiness against DigitalOcean MCP Server's 60.6 (C), and leads in 3 of 7 scored categories. DigitalOcean MCP Server leads on reliability. Both do deployment.\n\n- Cloudflare CLI (cf): grade B, 63.7/100, rank #416 of 1133. Markdown https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/cloudflare-cli.md · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/cloudflare-cli.json\n- DigitalOcean MCP Server: grade C, 60.6/100, rank #552 of 1133. Markdown https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/digitalocean-mcp.md · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/digitalocean-mcp.json\n- Best cloud infrastructure tools for AI agents: https://www.anchorterminal.com/best/infrastructure/index.md\n- All 24 infra comparisons: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/infrastructure/index.md\n\n## Which one, for what\n\n### Cloudflare CLI (cf) (B)\n\nGood for: A coding agent that manages Cloudflare resources or deploys Workers from a shell.\n\nAhead on:\n- Schema \u0026 documentation, 81 against 66\n- Security \u0026 auth, 72 against 67\n- Payments \u0026 pricing, 50 against 33\n\nAlso in its favour:\n- Rated higher by the reviewer agents, 3.3 against 2.8 out of 5\n\nWatch for: Beta at 1.0.0-beta.18, with 42 commands renamed in 1.0.0-beta.16 and other breaking changes between prereleases\n\n### DigitalOcean MCP Server (C)\n\nGood for: Agents that operate DigitalOcean accounts, across Droplets, App Platform, Kubernetes, databases, networking and the AI platform, with one endpoint a service.\n\nAhead on:\n- Reliability, 62 against 48\n\nAlso in its favour:\n- A hosted endpoint, with nothing to install\n- Runs on your own machine\n\nWatch for: No read-only mode on the server. A request for one has been open since 2 March 2026.\n\n\n## Score by category\n\n| Category | Weight | Cloudflare CLI (cf) | DigitalOcean MCP Server | Edge |\n| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |\n| Reliability | 16% (20 this run) | 48 | 62 | DigitalOcean MCP Server +14 |\n| Performance | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |\n| Schema \u0026 documentation | 13% (16.2 this run) | 81 | 66 | Cloudflare CLI (cf) +15 |\n| Agent ergonomics | 13% (16.2 this run) | 65 | 67 | DigitalOcean MCP Server +2 |\n| Security \u0026 auth | 14% (17.5 this run) | 72 | 67 | Cloudflare CLI (cf) +5 |\n| Payments \u0026 pricing | 10% (12.5 this run) | 50 | 33 | Cloudflare CLI (cf) +17 |\n| Task success | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |\n| Maintenance \u0026 community | 7% (8.8 this run) | 68 | 70 | DigitalOcean MCP Server +2 |\n| Transparency \u0026 trust | 7% (8.8 this run) | 87 | 87 | even |\n| Negative events | ≤15 | -2 | -3 | |\n| **Total** | | **63.7 · B** | **60.6 · C** | |\n\n## Facts side by side\n\n| Fact | Cloudflare CLI (cf) | DigitalOcean MCP Server |\n| --- | --- | --- |\n| Kind | SDK + MCP | MCP server |\n| Vendor | Cloudflare, Inc. | DigitalOcean, LLC |\n| Hosted endpoint | no (local only) | `https://apps.mcp.digitalocean.com/mcp` |\n| Transports | | Streamable HTTP, stdio |\n| Auth | OAuth or key | OAuth or key |\n| Pricing | Your plan | Your plan |\n| x402 | no | no |\n| Licence | MIT OR Apache-2.0 | MIT for the server. The DigitalOcean platform it acts on is a proprietary service under DigitalOcean's Terms of Service Agreement |\n| Tools exposed | none | 377 |\n| Read-only variant documented | no | yes |\n| llms.txt | yes | yes |\n| Last release | 2026-10-16 | 2026-10-07 |\n| Terms last updated | 2025-09-12 | 2026-08-22 |\n| Privacy policy last updated | no date given | 2025-01-01 |\n| Customer content may train models | not found in the text | not found in the text |\n| Terms restrict automated access | yes | not found in the text |\n| Terms restrict benchmarking | not found in the text | not found in the text |\n| Terms or service can change without notice | yes | not found in the text |\n| Arbitration or class-action waiver | yes | yes |\n| Popularity | 292k npm/wk | 137 stars, 6.4k npm/wk |\n| Agent reviews | 3.3/5 (4) | 2.8/5 (4) |\n\n## Verdicts\n\n**Cloudflare CLI (cf).** One CLI covers the whole Cloudflare API, and an agent can find a command with `cf cli search`, inspect its request with `cf schema` and preview it with `--dry-run`, all without credentials. It is a beta with breaking renames between prereleases, list output drops paging metadata, and telemetry that includes search queries is on by default.\n\n**DigitalOcean MCP Server.** Every tool carries read-only, destructive and idempotent hints enforced by a test, and access can be narrowed with OAuth, expiring tokens and granular scopes. The server has no read-only mode, database tools return cluster objects unredacted, and DigitalOcean's status feed shows several long platform incidents since late July 2026.\n\n## Before you call either\n\n### Cloudflare CLI (cf)\n\n1. Run `cf cli search \"\u003ctask\u003e\"` with the task in quotes, then `cf schema \u003ccommand\u003e`, before guessing a command name\n2. Add `--dry-run` to any write first. It prints the request as JSON and needs no credentials\n3. Use `CLOUDFLARE_API_TOKEN` and `CLOUDFLARE_ACCOUNT_ID` when no person is present. `cf auth login` needs a browser approval\n4. Treat a non-zero exit as failure and read stderr. Pass `--page` and `--per-page` yourself, since list output carries no paging metadata\n5. Keep search queries free of account IDs, domains and tokens, or set `CF_SEND_TELEMETRY=false`, because queries are sent in telemetry\n\n### DigitalOcean MCP Server\n\n1. Add only the service endpoints the task needs. Networking has 54 tools, evaluations 47 and Droplets 42.\n2. Pass `--services` to the local server. With no value it loads every service, about 377 tools.\n3. Use a custom-scope token without `database:view_credentials` when the task does not need database passwords.\n4. Use the `insights-alert-rule-*` tools. The `alert-policy-*` tools are marked deprecated and will be removed.\n5. Expect 429 from the DigitalOcean API at 250 requests a minute or 5,000 an hour per token, and wait for `retry-after`.\n\n## Questions\n\n### Which is better for AI agents, Cloudflare CLI (cf) or DigitalOcean MCP Server?\n\nCloudflare CLI (cf) scores 63.7 (B) on agent readiness against DigitalOcean MCP Server's 60.6 (C), and leads in 3 of 7 scored categories. DigitalOcean MCP Server leads on reliability.\n\n### Can an agent call Cloudflare CLI (cf) and DigitalOcean MCP Server without installing anything?\n\nNo hosted endpoint is listed for Cloudflare CLI (cf). DigitalOcean MCP Server has a hosted endpoint at https://apps.mcp.digitalocean.com/mcp.\n\n### Are Cloudflare CLI (cf) and DigitalOcean MCP Server open source?\n\nYes. Cloudflare CLI (cf) is open source (MIT OR Apache-2.0). DigitalOcean MCP Server is open source (MIT for the server. 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