spotinfo vs filesystem

Side-by-side comparison to help you pick between these two MCP servers.

	spotinfo by alexei-led	filesystem by modelcontextprotocol
Stars	★ 161	★ 85,748
30d uses	—	—
Score	50	77
Official	—	✓
Categories	Ops & InfraDeveloper ToolsAI / LLM Tools	File SystemDeveloper ToolsProductivity
Language	Go	TypeScript
Last commit	2 mo ago	this month

spotinfo · Summary

MCP server for exploring AWS EC2 Spot instance inventory with real-time placement scores, pricing data, and interruption rates.

filesystem · Summary

A feature-rich MCP server for filesystem operations with dynamic directory access control.

spotinfo · Use cases

DevOps engineers optimizing cloud infrastructure costs by identifying cost-effective Spot instances
Cloud architects comparing availability and pricing of instance types across regions
AI assistants helping users find best Spot instance matches for their workload requirements

filesystem · Use cases

Enable AI models to read and write project files during development
Allow Claude or other MCP clients to browse and analyze codebases
Provide secure sandboxed access to specific directories for content generation

spotinfo · Install

Installation

# macOS with Homebrew
brew tap alexei-led/tap
brew install alexei-led/tap/spotinfo

# Linux/Windows: Download from releases
curl -L https://github.com/alexei-led/spotinfo/releases/latest/download/spotinfo_linux_amd64.tar.gz | tar xz

# Docker
docker pull ghcr.io/alexei-led/spotinfo:latest

Claude Desktop Setup

Add to Claude Desktop config.json:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "spotinfo": {
      "command": "spotinfo",
      "args": ["--mcp"]
    }
  }
}

filesystem · Install

Installation

Using NPX

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "filesystem": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@modelcontextprotocol/server-filesystem",
        "/path/to/allowed/directory"
      ]
    }
  }
}

Using Docker

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "filesystem": {
      "command": "docker",
      "args": [
        "run",
        "-i",
        "--rm",
        "--mount", "type=bind,src=/path/to/allowed/dir,dst=/projects/allowed/dir",
        "mcp/filesystem",
        "/projects"
      ]
    }
  }
}

VS Code Extension

Click the installation buttons in the README to install directly in VS Code.

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