spotinfo vs time

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

	spotinfo by alexei-led	time by modelcontextprotocol
Stars	★ 161	★ 85,748
30d uses	—	—
Score	50	77
Official	—	✓
Categories	Ops & InfraDeveloper ToolsAI / LLM Tools	ProductivityDeveloper ToolsCommunication
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.

time · Summary

A comprehensive MCP server providing time and timezone conversion tools with automatic system timezone detection.

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

time · Use cases

Assisting with international meeting scheduling across time zones
Providing real-time time information for location-based queries
Enabling time conversion for travel planning and itineraries

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"]
    }
  }
}

time · Install

Installation Options

**Using uv (recommended):**

uvx mcp-server-time

**Using PIP:**

pip install mcp-server-time
python -m mcp_server_time

**Configure for Claude Desktop:**

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "time": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": ["mcp-server-time"]
    }
  }
}

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