# `io.github.Natden444/topalternativesto` on anlyon.dev

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- Page: https://anlyon.dev/servers/io.github.Natden444/topalternativesto
- JSON: https://anlyon.dev/api/v1/servers/io.github.Natden444/topalternativesto
- Version: 1.0.0 (active)
- Publisher: io.github.Natden444 (GitHub account)
- Runs: remote (streamable-http)
- Sign-in to list tools: none
- Repository: https://github.com/AgenticAdvertising/topalternativesto-mcp
- Metadata from the official MCP Registry, synced 2026-10-21T18:18:08.274Z

Title and description, as the publisher wrote them:

```untrusted-server-text
TopAlternativesTo
Compare software: verified pricing with its source and date, and ranked alternatives.
```

Scanned 2026-10-21T19:04:06.228Z over streamable-http.

**3 tools: 3 only read.**

| Group | Class | Tools | Claude Code |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Deletes or cancels | destructive | 0 | deny |
| Can't be undone | irreversible | 0 | ask |
| Changes things | write | 0 | ask |
| Only reads | read | 3 | allow |

## Findings

No check matched anything in these tool definitions.


## Only reads (3)

Looks things up and changes nothing. Claude Code: allow.

### `get_alternatives`

- The name "get_alternatives" says "get": a word for reading.

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
The question this site exists to answer: what should someone use instead of a given tool. Returns the verdict (which alternative suits which buyer situation, including when staying put is the right call), the ranked list with each option's price, and why teams leave. WHEN TO USE: any 'alternatives to X', 'replace X', 'X competitors' or 'something cheaper than X' question.
```

### `get_tool`

- The name "get_tool" says "get": a word for reading.

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
Full detail on one tool by slug: what it is, pricing with the vendor source URL and the date it was checked, who it suits, and who it does not. Use search_tools first if you do not know the slug.
```

### `search_tools`

- The name "search_tools" says "search": a word for reading.

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
Search TopAlternativesTo's catalogue of software tools. Filter by free-text query, category, whether a free tier exists, and a maximum starting price. Every result carries the price, the vendor page it was read from, and the date it was checked. WHEN TO USE: browsing or filtering ('project management tools under 15 dollars', 'CRMs with a free plan'). Use get_alternatives when the user wants to replace a specific tool, and get_tool for full detail on one.
```

## Claude Code permissions

For `.claude/settings.json`, assuming the server is installed as `topalternativesto`:

```json
{
  "permissions": {
    "allow": [
      "mcp__topalternativesto__search_tools",
      "mcp__topalternativesto__get_tool",
      "mcp__topalternativesto__get_alternatives"
    ],
    "ask": [],
    "deny": []
  }
}
```