# DigitalOcean MCP Server vs Render MCP Server (slim)

> Render scores 63.6 (B) to DigitalOcean's 60.6 (C) for cloud hosting. Prices, MCP, x402, uptime and agent notes side by side.

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Render MCP Server scores 63.6 (B) on agent readiness against DigitalOcean MCP Server's 60.6 (C), and leads in 4 of 7 scored categories. DigitalOcean MCP Server leads on security & auth and maintenance & community. Both do cloud hosting.

- DigitalOcean MCP Server: C 60.6, rank #503 of 950 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/digitalocean-mcp.min.md
- Render MCP Server: B 63.6, rank #388 of 950 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/render-mcp-server.min.md
- DigitalOcean MCP Server, good for Agents that operate DigitalOcean accounts, across Droplets, App Platform, Kubernetes, databases, networking and the AI platform, with one endpoint a service. Ahead on Security & auth, 67 against 58; Maintenance & community, 70 against 56.
- Render MCP Server, good for Agents that deploy and debug applications on Render, reading logs and metrics and querying Postgres. Ahead on Schema & documentation, 76 against 66; Payments & pricing, 40 against 33. Also No incidents deducted, where DigitalOcean MCP Server loses 3 points for them.

| Category | DigitalOcean MCP Server | Render MCP Server |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Reliability (16%) | 62 | 63 |
| Performance (10%) | pending | pending |
| Schema & documentation (13%) | 66 | 76 |
| Agent ergonomics (13%) | 67 | 69 |
| Security & auth (14%) | 67 | 58 |
| Payments & pricing (10%) | 33 | 40 |
| Task success (10%) | pending | pending |
| Maintenance & community (7%) | 70 | 56 |
| Transparency & trust (7%) | 87 | 84 |

| Fact (where they differ) | DigitalOcean MCP Server | Render MCP Server |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Vendor | DigitalOcean, LLC | Render Services, Inc. |
| Hosted endpoint | `https://apps.mcp.digitalocean.com/mcp` | `https://mcp.render.com/mcp` |
| Licence | MIT for the server. The DigitalOcean platform it acts on is a proprietary service under DigitalOcean's Terms of Service Agreement | Apache-2.0 for the server. The Render platform it acts on is a proprietary service under Render's Terms of Service |
| Tools exposed | 377 | 26 |
| Last release | 2026-10-07 | 2026-01-14 |
| Terms last updated | 2026-08-22 | 2026-07-10 |
| Privacy policy last updated | 2025-01-01 | 2026-07-10 |
| Terms or service can change without notice | not found in the text | yes |
| Popularity | 137 stars, 6.4k npm/wk | 176 stars |