{ "data": { "a": { "slug": "railway-mcp-server", "name": "Railway MCP Server", "vendor": "Railway Corporation", "vendorUrl": "https://railway.com", "kind": "mcp", "category": "infrastructure", "summary": "Railway's official MCP server is hosted at mcp.railway.com. It lets an agent list and create projects, redeploy services, manage feature flags and hand multi-step work to Railway's own agent, through OAuth or the Railway CLI.", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/railway-mcp-server", "markdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/railway-mcp-server.md", "slimMarkdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/railway-mcp-server.min.md", "jsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/railway-mcp-server.json", "repo": "https://github.com/railwayapp/cli", "license": "Proprietary hosted server under Railway's Terms of Service. The Railway CLI, which carries the stdio proxy and a separate local MCP server, is MIT", "transports": [ "streamable-http", "stdio" ], "remoteUrl": "https://mcp.railway.com", "packages": [ { "registry": "npm", "name": "@railway/cli" } ], "auth": "oauth", "authNotes": "OAuth, either handled by the MCP client or reused from a `railway login` session through the CLI. An unauthenticated request answers 401 with a pointer to the protected-resource metadata, which names the authorisation server at backboard.railway.com and one scope, `workspace:member`. The authorisation server supports the authorisation code grant with PKCE (S256), the device code grant, refresh tokens and dynamic client registration. On the consent screen a person picks which workspaces and projects the client reaches. Access tokens last one hour and refresh tokens rotate. Grants are revoked in the dashboard, and there is no revocation endpoint. Project tokens are refused.", "pricing": "byo-plan", "pricingNotes": "The server itself has no charge. Tools act on a Railway workspace and bill under its plan. A new account gets a 30-day trial with a one-time $5 credit and no card, then the Free plan with $1 of usage a month. Hobby is $5 a month and Pro $20 a month, each with the same amount of usage included, and Enterprise is priced by sales. Usage is metered by the second. The `railway-agent` tool runs Railway's own agent, which is billed for the model tokens it uses at Anthropic's published rates with no markup (checked 2026-10-09).", "priceSummary": "Your plan", "where": "both", "x402": { "level": "no", "evidence": "No x402, MPP or L402 in the MCP server docs, the CLI docs, llms.txt, auth.md or the pricing file (checked 2026-10-09). Railway can be provisioned through Stripe's Agentic Provisioning Protocol, which is a separate route and not a payment protocol on the MCP endpoint.", "endpoints": [] }, "toolCount": 11, "popularity": { "githubStars": null, "npmWeekly": 426205, "pypiWeekly": null, "asOf": "2026-10-09" }, "docsUrl": "https://docs.railway.com/ai/mcp-server", "llmsTxt": "https://docs.railway.com/llms.txt", "openapi": "https://railway.com/openapi.json", "registryName": "com.railway/mcp", "capabilities": [ "infra.cloud", "code.deploy", "analytics.flags" ], "tags": [ "official", "hosted", "mcp", "oauth", "llms-txt", "openapi", "status-page", "soc2", "free-tier" ], "lastRelease": "2026-10-08", "graded": true, "anchor": { "graded": true, "score": 56.7, "grade": "C", "agentReady": false, "rank": 565, "ranked": true, "rankOf": 842, "categoryRank": 6, "methodology": "0.4", "run": "2026-10-01", "scores": { "ergonomics": 59, "maintenance": 83, "payments": 40, "reliability": 60, "schema": 56, "security": 65, "transparency": 73 }, "pending": [ "performance", "tasks" ], "assessment": { "confidence": "medium", "date": "2026-10-09" }, "negative": -4, "negativeNotes": [ "30 March 2026. A CDN configuration change cached GET responses on about 0.05% of Railway domains for 52 minutes, so pages meant for one user may have been served to another. Railway reverted it, purged the cache and published a report the same day. Fixed and documented, so 4 is deducted (https://blog.railway.com/p/incident-report-march-30-2026-authenticated-user-data-cached)." ], "verdict": "A small hosted server with 11 tools, OAuth grants limited to chosen workspaces and one-hour tokens. Most infrastructure work goes through the `railway-agent` tool, which is billed by model tokens. The hosted server's source and tool schemas are not public, there is no read-only scope, and the status page lists about 25 incidents in 90 days.", "bestFor": "Agents that deploy and operate applications on Railway from an editor and are content to hand multi-step work to Railway's own agent.", "strengths": [ "OAuth with PKCE, dynamic client registration and a device code grant. A person picks the workspaces and projects a client reaches.", "Access tokens last one hour, refresh tokens rotate, and the CLI route keeps any long-lived credential out of editor configuration.", "Eleven tools keep the context cost low, with `railway-agent` taking multi-step work in one call.", "The trial needs no card and prices for CPU, memory, volumes and egress are public and metered by the second.", "The CLI that carries the proxy had more than 100 tagged releases in 90 days, the latest on 8 October 2026." ], "weaknesses": [ "The hosted server's source and tool schemas are not public, so inputs can only be read after signing in.", "The MCP resource lists one scope, `workspace:member`, with no read-only grant.", "The docs say the server can deploy templates, manage environments and pull variables, but no hosted tool is named for those. They go through `railway-agent` or the local server.", "status.railway.com lists about 25 incidents from 11 July to 8 October 2026, most on builds and deployments.", "Railway reported a 52-minute CDN caching error on 30 March 2026 that may have shown one user's pages to another." ], "agentNotes": [ "Connect to `https://mcp.railway.com` with OAuth, or run `railway mcp` after `railway login`. Project tokens are refused.", "Treat `redeploy`, `accept-deploy`, `delete-feature-flag` and `railway-agent` as actions that change production. Confirm the project and environment first.", "`railway-agent` spends model tokens billed to the workspace. Use the single-purpose tools for listing and redeploying.", "For variables, domains, volumes, logs or metrics as separate tools, use `railway mcp local`, which has a different tool set.", "On a 401, follow the `WWW-Authenticate` challenge and run the OAuth flow again. Access tokens expire after one hour." ], "metrics": { "kind": "remote", "measured": false }, "reviewCount": 0, "avgRating": 0, "history": [ { "basis": "public evidence", "confidence": "medium", "grade": "C", "methodology": "0.4", "pending": [ "performance", "tasks" ], "run": "2026-10-01", "runLabel": "October 2026 research run", "score": 56.7 } ], "editorialScores": { "ergonomics": 59, "maintenance": 83, "payments": 40, "reliability": 60, "schema": 56, "security": 65, "transparency": 61 }, "provenanceScore": 84 }, "connect": { "install": "railway mcp install", "claudeCode": "claude mcp add railway --transport http https://mcp.railway.com", "config": { "mcpServers": { "railway": { "url": "https://mcp.railway.com" } } } }, "letme": { "capability": "https://letme.dev/infra.cloud", "tool": "https://letme.dev/railway-mcp-server" }, "area": "developer", "unitPrices": [ { "item": "Free plan", "unit": "month", "usd": 0, "note": "$1 of usage included" }, { "item": "Hobby plan", "unit": "month", "usd": 5, "note": "$5 of usage included" }, { "item": "Pro workspace", "unit": "month", "usd": 20, "note": "$20 of usage included" }, { "item": "CPU, one vCPU", "unit": "month", "usd": 20, "note": "metered by the second" }, { "item": "Memory", "unit": "gb-month", "usd": 10, "note": "metered by the second" }, { "item": "Volume storage", "unit": "gb-month", "usd": 0.15 }, { "item": "Network egress", "unit": "gb", "usd": 0.05 } ], "provenance": { "legalEntity": "Railway Corporation", "domain": "railway.com", "domainRegistered": "1996-01-09", "endpointOnVendorDomain": true, "terms": "https://railway.com/legal/terms", "privacy": "https://railway.com/legal/privacy", "statusPage": "https://status.railway.com", "changelog": "https://railway.com/changelog", "securityTxt": "none", "checked": "2026-10-09", "notes": [ "The Terms of Service (effective 20 April 2026) are a contract with Railway Corporation under Delaware law and cover the website, products, services and applications. They incorporate the Privacy Policy, and the DPA supplements them.", "The Markdown twins of the terms and the privacy policy are summaries that name the HTML pages as the binding text. The terms were read once from the HTML page. The privacy policy's full text was not read, because the terms forbid scraping pages of the Services.", "The MCP server answers at mcp.railway.com and its authorisation server at backboard.railway.com, both railway.com subdomains.", "railway.com/.well-known/security.txt answered 404. Security reports go to bugbounty@railway.com and an invite-only Bugcrowd programme.", "RDAP for railway.com gives a registration date of 1996-01-09.", "The status feed at api.railwaystatus.com is on a second domain of Railway's." ], "score": 84 }, "pageJsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/railway-mcp-server.json", "live": { "slug": "railway-mcp-server", "probe": { "target": "https://mcp.railway.com", "method": "mcp-initialize", "lastAt": "2026-10-09T11:46:38.208802525Z", "lastOk": true, "lastStatus": 401, "lastMs": 172, "lastNote": "asks for credentials", "authRequired": true, "uptime24h": 100, "uptime30d": 100, "p50ms24h": 211, "p95ms24h": 264, "samples24h": 44, "samples30d": 44, "days": [ { "date": "2026-10-09", "probes": 44, "ok": 44 } ] }, "vendorStatus": { "page": "https://status.railway.com", "indicator": "unknown", "summary": "no machine-readable status found", "checkedAt": "2026-10-09T07:58:28.33749143Z" }, "updatedAt": "2026-10-09T11:46:38.208802525Z" } }, "answer": "Render MCP Server scores 63.6 (B) on agent readiness against Railway MCP Server's 56.7 (C), and leads in 4 of 7 scored categories. Railway MCP Server leads on security \u0026 auth and maintenance \u0026 community.", "b": { "slug": "render-mcp-server", "name": "Render MCP Server", "vendor": "Render Services, Inc.", "vendorUrl": "https://render.com", "kind": "mcp", "category": "infrastructure", "summary": "Render's official MCP server lets an agent create services and data stores on the Render cloud platform, trigger deploys, read logs and metrics, and run read-only SQL on Render Postgres. It is hosted at mcp.render.com.", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/render-mcp-server", "markdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/render-mcp-server.md", "slimMarkdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/render-mcp-server.min.md", "jsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/render-mcp-server.json", "repo": "https://github.com/render-oss/render-mcp-server", "license": "Apache-2.0 for the server. The Render platform it acts on is a proprietary service under Render's Terms of Service", "transports": [ "streamable-http", "stdio" ], "remoteUrl": "https://mcp.render.com/mcp", "packages": [ { "registry": "oci", "name": "ghcr.io/render-oss/render-mcp-server" } ], "auth": "mixed", "authNotes": "OAuth or a Render API key. The hosted server answers 401 with a pointer to its protected-resource metadata, and the authorisation server at api.render.com supports the authorisation code grant with PKCE (S256), refresh tokens, revocation and introspection. Its metadata lists no scopes and no dynamic client registration endpoint. Render documents OAuth for Claude Code, Claude Desktop, Codex and Cursor. Other clients send an API key as `Authorization: Bearer`. A person creates the key in the dashboard, it does not expire, it can be revoked, and it reaches every workspace its owner belongs to.", "pricing": "byo-plan", "pricingNotes": "The server itself is free. Tools act on a Render workspace and bill under its plan. Hobby is $0 a month plus compute, Pro $25 and Scale $499, with Enterprise priced by sales. Compute runs from a free 512 MB instance to $7 a month and up, prorated to the second. The free-tier docs describe workspaces with no payment method, whose free services are suspended when the 750 monthly free instance hours run out. Free Postgres databases expire 30 days after creation (checked 2026-10-08).", "priceSummary": "Your plan", "where": "both", "x402": { "level": "no", "evidence": "No x402, MPP or L402 in the MCP server docs, the repository README, llms.txt or the pricing page (checked 2026-10-08).", "endpoints": [] }, "toolCount": 26, "popularity": { "githubStars": 176, "npmWeekly": null, "pypiWeekly": null, "asOf": "2026-10-08" }, "docsUrl": "https://render.com/docs/mcp-server", "llmsTxt": "https://render.com/llms.txt", "openapi": "https://api-docs.render.com/openapi/render-public-api-1.json", "capabilities": [ "infra.cloud", "code.deploy", "observability.logs", "observability.metrics", "db.sql" ], "tags": [ "official", "hosted", "open-source", "mcp", "oauth", "api-key", "llms-txt", "openapi", "status-page", "soc2", "free-tier" ], "lastRelease": "2026-01-14", "graded": true, "anchor": { "graded": true, "score": 63.6, "grade": "B", "agentReady": false, "rank": 352, "ranked": true, "rankOf": 842, "categoryRank": 4, "methodology": "0.4", "run": "2026-10-01", "scores": { "ergonomics": 69, "maintenance": 56, "payments": 40, "reliability": 63, "schema": 76, "security": 58, "transparency": 84 }, "pending": [ "performance", "tasks" ], "assessment": { "confidence": "medium", "date": "2026-10-08" }, "negative": 0, "verdict": "A hosted server with 26 typed and annotated tools, OAuth or API key access and Apache-2.0 source. It cannot delete resources and wraps SQL in a read-only transaction. There are no scopes and no read-only mode, a key reaches every workspace its owner belongs to, and Render's status page recorded several major incidents in 90 days.", "bestFor": "Agents that deploy and debug applications on Render, reading logs and metrics and querying Postgres.", "strengths": [ "All 26 tools declare typed inputs and carry read-only, destructive and open-world annotations in the Apache-2.0 source.", "The server has no delete tools, and `query_render_postgres` runs each query inside a read-only transaction.", "OAuth with PKCE and token revocation since 22 July 2026, with API keys kept for CI and other non-interactive use.", "The Hobby workspace costs $0 a month with free instances, and the free-tier docs describe use without a payment method.", "Render holds SOC 2 Type 2 and ISO 27001, publishes a valid security.txt and takes reports through HackerOne." ], "weaknesses": [ "No scopes and no read-only mode. An API key reaches every workspace its owner belongs to, and a read-only toolset request has been open since 8 October 2025.", "status.render.com lists 16 incidents from 15 July to 3 October 2026, four critical and five major, mostly on builds, deploys and the dashboard.", "Logs and database rows reach the model with no prompt-injection guidance found, and the docs say secrets may be exposed.", "The last tagged release is v0.3.0 of 14 January 2026. The hosted server carries no version number.", "No entry for the server was found in the official MCP registry, and six of 14 open issues have no reply." ], "agentNotes": [ "Pass `workspaceId` on every resource tool call. Session-based workspace selection through `select_workspace` is deprecated and scheduled for removal.", "Do not call `trigger_deploy` after pushing to a service with autoDeploy on. The push already starts a deploy.", "Use an API key in the `Authorization` header for CI. OAuth grants expire and need a person to approve the browser flow again.", "`update_environment_variables` merges by default. Set `replace` to true only to overwrite the whole set.", "Expect 429 from the Render API at 20 service creations an hour and 10 deploys a minute per service. Back off with jitter." ], "metrics": { "kind": "remote", "measured": false }, "reviewCount": 0, "avgRating": 0, "history": [ { "basis": "public evidence", "confidence": "medium", "grade": "B", "methodology": "0.4", "pending": [ "performance", "tasks" ], "run": "2026-10-01", "runLabel": "October 2026 research run", "score": 63.6 } ], "editorialScores": { "ergonomics": 69, "maintenance": 56, "payments": 40, "reliability": 63, "schema": 76, "security": 58, "transparency": 71 }, "provenanceScore": 97 }, "connect": { "claudeCode": "claude mcp add --transport http render https://mcp.render.com/mcp --header \"Authorization: Bearer \u003cYOUR_API_KEY\u003e\"", "config": { "mcpServers": { "render": { "headers": { "Authorization": "Bearer \u003cYOUR_API_KEY\u003e" }, "url": "https://mcp.render.com/mcp" } } } }, "letme": { "capability": "https://letme.dev/infra.cloud", "tool": "https://letme.dev/render-mcp-server" }, "area": "developer", "unitPrices": [ { "item": "Hobby workspace", "unit": "month", "usd": 0, "note": "plus compute" }, { "item": "Pro workspace", "unit": "month", "usd": 25, "note": "plus compute" }, { "item": "Scale workspace", "unit": "month", "usd": 499, "note": "plus compute" }, { "item": "Web service, 0.5 CPU and 512 MB", "unit": "month", "usd": 7, "note": "prorated to the second" }, { "item": "Web service, 1 CPU and 2 GB", "unit": "month", "usd": 25, "note": "prorated to the second" }, { "item": "Postgres, 0.1 CPU and 256 MB", "unit": "month", "usd": 6 }, { "item": "Key Value, 256 MB", "unit": "month", "usd": 10 } ], "provenance": { "legalEntity": "Render Services, Inc.", "domain": "render.com", "domainRegistered": "1998-10-01", "endpointOnVendorDomain": true, "terms": "https://render.com/terms", "privacy": "https://render.com/privacy", "statusPage": "https://status.render.com", "changelog": "https://render.com/changelog", "securityTxt": "valid", "checked": "2026-10-08", "notes": [ "The Terms of Service (last modified 10 July 2026) name Render Services, Inc., 525 Brannan Street Ste 300, San Francisco, CA 94107, and cover the platform and its APIs, incorporating the Acceptable Use Policy, the Data Processing Addendum and the Privacy Policy.", "The Privacy Policy is also dated 10 July 2026. Customer personal data processed on the platform is governed by the DPA at render.com/dpa.", "The MCP server answers at mcp.render.com and its OAuth server at api.render.com, both render.com subdomains.", "render.com/.well-known/security.txt names security@render.com and the HackerOne programme and expires on 3 October 2027.", "RDAP for render.com gives a registration date of 1998-10-01.", "The Markdown twins of the terms and privacy pages hold only a title, so both documents were read from the HTML pages." ], "score": 97 }, "pageJsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/render-mcp-server.json", "live": { "slug": "render-mcp-server", "probe": { "target": "https://mcp.render.com/mcp", "method": "mcp-initialize", "lastAt": "2026-10-09T11:46:38.658322971Z", "lastOk": true, "lastStatus": 401, "lastMs": 188, "lastNote": "asks for credentials", "authRequired": true, "uptime24h": 100, "uptime30d": 100, "p50ms24h": 193, "p95ms24h": 289, "samples24h": 44, "samples30d": 44, "days": [ { "date": "2026-10-09", "probes": 44, "ok": 44 } ] }, "vendorStatus": { "page": "https://status.render.com", "indicator": "none", "summary": "All Systems Operational", "checkedAt": "2026-10-09T11:40:31.207186819Z" }, "updatedAt": "2026-10-09T11:46:38.658322971Z" } }, "facts": [ { "a": "MCP server", "b": "MCP server", "name": "Kind" }, { "a": "Railway Corporation", "b": "Render Services, Inc.", "name": "Vendor" }, { "a": "https://mcp.railway.com", "b": "https://mcp.render.com/mcp", "name": "Hosted endpoint" }, { "a": "Streamable HTTP, stdio", "b": "Streamable HTTP, stdio", "name": "Transports" }, { "a": "OAuth", "b": "OAuth or key", "name": "Auth" }, { "a": "Your plan", "b": "Your plan", "name": "Pricing" }, { "a": "no", "b": "no", "name": "x402" }, { "a": "Proprietary hosted server under Railway's Terms of Service. The Railway CLI, which carries the stdio proxy and a separate local MCP server, is MIT", "b": "Apache-2.0 for the server. The Render platform it acts on is a proprietary service under Render's Terms of Service", "name": "Licence" }, { "a": "11", "b": "26", "name": "Tools exposed" }, { "a": "no", "b": "yes", "name": "Read-only variant documented" }, { "a": "yes", "b": "yes", "name": "llms.txt" }, { "a": "com.railway/mcp", "b": "not listed", "name": "MCP registry" }, { "a": "2026-10-08", "b": "2026-01-14", "name": "Last release" }, { "a": "couldn't be read", "b": "2026-07-10", "name": "Terms last updated" }, { "a": "couldn't be read", "b": "2026-07-10", "name": "Privacy policy last updated" }, { "a": "couldn't be read", "b": "not found in the text", "name": "Customer content may train models" }, { "a": "couldn't be read", "b": "not found in the text", "name": "Terms restrict automated access" }, { "a": "couldn't be read", "b": "not found in the text", "name": "Terms restrict benchmarking" }, { "a": "couldn't be read", "b": "yes", "name": "Terms or service can change without notice" }, { "a": "couldn't be read", "b": "yes", "name": "Arbitration or class-action waiver" }, { "a": "426k npm/wk", "b": "176 stars", "name": "Popularity" } ], "faq": [ { "answer": "Render MCP Server scores 63.6 (B) on agent readiness against Railway MCP Server's 56.7 (C), and leads in 4 of 7 scored categories. Railway MCP Server leads on security \u0026 auth and maintenance \u0026 community.", "question": "Which is better for AI agents, Railway MCP Server or Render MCP Server?" }, { "answer": "Railway MCP Server uses an OAuth sign-in. Render MCP Server takes an API key or an OAuth sign-in.", "question": "Do Railway MCP Server and Render MCP Server need an API key?" }, { "answer": "Yes. Railway MCP Server has a hosted endpoint at https://mcp.railway.com and Render MCP Server at https://mcp.render.com/mcp.", "question": "Can an agent call Railway MCP Server and Render MCP Server without installing anything?" }, { "answer": "No open-source release is listed for Railway MCP Server. Render MCP Server is open source (Apache-2.0 for the server. The Render platform it acts on is a proprietary service under Render's Terms of Service).", "question": "Are Railway MCP Server and Render MCP Server open source?" } ], "goodFor": [ { "aheadOn": [ "Security \u0026 auth, 65 against 58", "Maintenance \u0026 community, 83 against 56" ], "also": null, "goodFor": "Agents that deploy and operate applications on Railway from an editor and are content to hand multi-step work to Railway's own agent.", "slug": "railway-mcp-server", "watchFor": "The hosted server's source and tool schemas are not public, so inputs can only be read after signing in." }, { "aheadOn": [ "Schema \u0026 documentation, 76 against 56", "Agent ergonomics, 69 against 59", "Transparency \u0026 trust, 84 against 73" ], "also": [ "Open source", "No incidents deducted, where Railway MCP Server loses 4 points for them" ], "goodFor": "Agents that deploy and debug applications on Render, reading logs and metrics and querying Postgres.", "slug": "render-mcp-server", "watchFor": "No scopes and no read-only mode. 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Railway MCP Server leads on security \u0026 auth and maintenance \u0026 community. Both do infra cloud.", "verdicts": { "railway-mcp-server": "A small hosted server with 11 tools, OAuth grants limited to chosen workspaces and one-hour tokens. Most infrastructure work goes through the `railway-agent` tool, which is billed by model tokens. The hosted server's source and tool schemas are not public, there is no read-only scope, and the status page lists about 25 incidents in 90 days.", "render-mcp-server": "A hosted server with 26 typed and annotated tools, OAuth or API key access and Apache-2.0 source. It cannot delete resources and wraps SQL in a read-only transaction. There are no scopes and no read-only mode, a key reaches every workspace its owner belongs to, and Render's status page recorded several major incidents in 90 days." } }, "kind": "anchor.page", "links": { "api": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/index.json", "html": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/railway-mcp-server-vs-render-mcp-server", "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/railway-mcp-server-vs-render-mcp-server.json", "llms": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/llms.txt", "markdown": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/railway-mcp-server-vs-render-mcp-server.md", "slim": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/railway-mcp-server-vs-render-mcp-server.min.md" }, "markdown": "Render MCP Server scores 63.6 (B) on agent readiness against Railway MCP Server's 56.7 (C), and leads in 4 of 7 scored categories. Railway MCP Server leads on security \u0026 auth and maintenance \u0026 community. Both do infra cloud.\n\n- Railway MCP Server: grade C, 56.7/100, rank #565 of 842. Markdown https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/railway-mcp-server.md · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/railway-mcp-server.json\n- Render MCP Server: grade B, 63.6/100, rank #352 of 842. Markdown https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/render-mcp-server.md · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/render-mcp-server.json\n\n## Which one, for what\n\n### Railway MCP Server (C)\n\nGood for: Agents that deploy and operate applications on Railway from an editor and are content to hand multi-step work to Railway's own agent.\n\nAhead on:\n- Security \u0026 auth, 65 against 58\n- Maintenance \u0026 community, 83 against 56\n\nWatch for: The hosted server's source and tool schemas are not public, so inputs can only be read after signing in.\n\n### Render MCP Server (B)\n\nGood for: Agents that deploy and debug applications on Render, reading logs and metrics and querying Postgres.\n\nAhead on:\n- Schema \u0026 documentation, 76 against 56\n- Agent ergonomics, 69 against 59\n- Transparency \u0026 trust, 84 against 73\n\nAlso in its favour:\n- Open source\n- No incidents deducted, where Railway MCP Server loses 4 points for them\n\nWatch for: No scopes and no read-only mode. An API key reaches every workspace its owner belongs to, and a read-only toolset request has been open since 8 October 2025.\n\n\n## Score by category\n\n| Category | Weight | Railway MCP Server | Render MCP Server | Edge |\n| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |\n| Reliability | 16% (20 this run) | 60 | 63 | Render MCP Server +3 |\n| Performance | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |\n| Schema \u0026 documentation | 13% (16.2 this run) | 56 | 76 | Render MCP Server +20 |\n| Agent ergonomics | 13% (16.2 this run) | 59 | 69 | Render MCP Server +10 |\n| Security \u0026 auth | 14% (17.5 this run) | 65 | 58 | Railway MCP Server +7 |\n| Payments \u0026 pricing | 10% (12.5 this run) | 40 | 40 | even |\n| Task success | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |\n| Maintenance \u0026 community | 7% (8.8 this run) | 83 | 56 | Railway MCP Server +27 |\n| Transparency \u0026 trust | 7% (8.8 this run) | 73 | 84 | Render MCP Server +11 |\n| Negative events | ≤15 | -4 | 0 | |\n| **Total** | | **56.7 · C** | **63.6 · B** | |\n\n## Facts side by side\n\n| Fact | Railway MCP Server | Render MCP Server |\n| --- | --- | --- |\n| Kind | MCP server | MCP server |\n| Vendor | Railway Corporation | Render Services, Inc. |\n| Hosted endpoint | `https://mcp.railway.com` | `https://mcp.render.com/mcp` |\n| Transports | Streamable HTTP, stdio | Streamable HTTP, stdio |\n| Auth | OAuth | OAuth or key |\n| Pricing | Your plan | Your plan |\n| x402 | no | no |\n| Licence | Proprietary hosted server under Railway's Terms of Service. The Railway CLI, which carries the stdio proxy and a separate local MCP server, is MIT | Apache-2.0 for the server. The Render platform it acts on is a proprietary service under Render's Terms of Service |\n| Tools exposed | 11 | 26 |\n| Read-only variant documented | no | yes |\n| llms.txt | yes | yes |\n| MCP registry | `com.railway/mcp` | not listed |\n| Last release | 2026-10-08 | 2026-01-14 |\n| Terms last updated | couldn't be read | 2026-07-10 |\n| Privacy policy last updated | couldn't be read | 2026-07-10 |\n| Customer content may train models | couldn't be read | not found in the text |\n| Terms restrict automated access | couldn't be read | not found in the text |\n| Terms restrict benchmarking | couldn't be read | not found in the text |\n| Terms or service can change without notice | couldn't be read | yes |\n| Arbitration or class-action waiver | couldn't be read | yes |\n| Popularity | 426k npm/wk | 176 stars |\n\n## Verdicts\n\n**Railway MCP Server.** A small hosted server with 11 tools, OAuth grants limited to chosen workspaces and one-hour tokens. Most infrastructure work goes through the `railway-agent` tool, which is billed by model tokens. The hosted server's source and tool schemas are not public, there is no read-only scope, and the status page lists about 25 incidents in 90 days.\n\n**Render MCP Server.** A hosted server with 26 typed and annotated tools, OAuth or API key access and Apache-2.0 source. It cannot delete resources and wraps SQL in a read-only transaction. There are no scopes and no read-only mode, a key reaches every workspace its owner belongs to, and Render's status page recorded several major incidents in 90 days.\n\n## Before you call either\n\n### Railway MCP Server\n\n1. Connect to `https://mcp.railway.com` with OAuth, or run `railway mcp` after `railway login`. Project tokens are refused.\n2. Treat `redeploy`, `accept-deploy`, `delete-feature-flag` and `railway-agent` as actions that change production. Confirm the project and environment first.\n3. `railway-agent` spends model tokens billed to the workspace. Use the single-purpose tools for listing and redeploying.\n4. For variables, domains, volumes, logs or metrics as separate tools, use `railway mcp local`, which has a different tool set.\n5. On a 401, follow the `WWW-Authenticate` challenge and run the OAuth flow again. Access tokens expire after one hour.\n\n### Render MCP Server\n\n1. Pass `workspaceId` on every resource tool call. Session-based workspace selection through `select_workspace` is deprecated and scheduled for removal.\n2. Do not call `trigger_deploy` after pushing to a service with autoDeploy on. The push already starts a deploy.\n3. Use an API key in the `Authorization` header for CI. OAuth grants expire and need a person to approve the browser flow again.\n4. `update_environment_variables` merges by default. Set `replace` to true only to overwrite the whole set.\n5. Expect 429 from the Render API at 20 service creations an hour and 10 deploys a minute per service. Back off with jitter.\n\n## Questions\n\n### Which is better for AI agents, Railway MCP Server or Render MCP Server?\n\nRender MCP Server scores 63.6 (B) on agent readiness against Railway MCP Server's 56.7 (C), and leads in 4 of 7 scored categories. Railway MCP Server leads on security \u0026 auth and maintenance \u0026 community.\n\n### Do Railway MCP Server and Render MCP Server need an API key?\n\nRailway MCP Server uses an OAuth sign-in. Render MCP Server takes an API key or an OAuth sign-in.\n\n### Can an agent call Railway MCP Server and Render MCP Server without installing anything?\n\nYes. Railway MCP Server has a hosted endpoint at https://mcp.railway.com and Render MCP Server at https://mcp.render.com/mcp.\n\n### Are Railway MCP Server and Render MCP Server open source?\n\nNo open-source release is listed for Railway MCP Server. 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