Comparison

Hoverfly vs SmartBear MCP

Hoverfly is an MCP server published by kapishmalik. Marketplaces we read that list it: 1 (Docker MCP Catalog). SmartBear MCP is an MCP server published by smartbear.com. Marketplaces we read that list it: 2 (Official MCP Registry, Docker MCP Catalog). As of our marketplace pass on 2026-10-17. This pair was picked by a reader, not by our comparison rule, so search engines are asked not to index the page.

Where each is published

Where each is published
Marketplace	Hoverfly	SmartBear MCP
Docker MCP Catalog	Listed Version: sha256:80c9fb90eb15 Forks (GitHub): 3 Stars (GitHub): 9 Not marked · First seen 2026-10-11	Listed Version: sha256:8a64acae01b6 Forks (GitHub): 50 Pulls (Docker Hub): 14 374 Stars (Docker Hub): 0 Stars (GitHub): 44 Not marked · First seen 2026-10-11
Official MCP Registry	Not listed	Listed Version: 0.42.0 Downloads/month (npm): 47 525 Downloads/week (npm): 10 500 Forks (GitHub): 50 Stars (GitHub): 44 Not marked · First seen 2026-10-11

Each figure is the marketplace's own and is never added up across marketplaces. A marketplace that publishes no figure shows none: no number is not zero.

The facts side by side

Hoverfly vs SmartBear MCP
Fact	Hoverfly	SmartBear MCP
Marketplaces that list it (differs)	1 (worse)	2 (better)
Stars (GitHub) (differs)	9 (worse)	44 (better)
Pulls (Docker Hub) (differs)	No figure on Docker Hub	14 374
Forks (GitHub) (differs)	3 (worse)	50 (better)
Last release	Not published	Not published
Where it runs (differs)	On your machine (kapish88/hoverfly-mcp-server)	Remote server or your machine
Transport (differs)	stdio	Streamable HTTP, stdio
Tools it declares (differs)	12	160
Environment variables it asks for (differs)	Not published	17, secrets among them: 10
Licence (differs)	NOASSERTION	MIT
Repository (differs)	github.com/kapishmalik/hoverfly-mcp-server	github.com/smartbear/smartbear-mcp
Changes in the last 7 days	0	0
First seen	2026-10-11	2026-10-11
Endpoint at the last check (differs)	no remote endpoint we check	Answered with HTTP 400 (11 h ago)

Lines where the two differ have a tinted background and bold values. Where the data itself says which value is better (more marketplaces, a larger figure of the same marketplace, a fresher release, a verified mark on a marketplace that lists both), the better one is also marked green with ▲ and the worse one red with ▼. Where it runs, the transport, the tools, the settings, hooks, the bundle's parts, the licence and the week's changes are marked only as different: more or fewer is not better in itself.

What each says it does

Hoverfly

In its own words, on Docker MCP Catalog:

A Model Context Protocol (MCP) server that exposes Hoverfly as a programmable tool for AI assistants like Cursor, Claude, GitHub Copilot, and others supporting MCP. It enables dynamic mocking of third-party APIs to unblock development, automate testing, and simulate unavailable services during integration.

SmartBear MCP

In its own words, on Official MCP Registry:

MCP server for AI access to SmartBear tools, including BugSnag, Reflect, Swagger, PactFlow, QTM4J.

How to run each

Hoverfly As a local MCP server: Docker image

Claude Code

claude mcp add --transport stdio hoverfly-mcp-server -- docker run -i --rm kapish88/hoverfly-mcp-server

SmartBear MCP As a remote MCP server

Claude Code

claude mcp add --transport http smartbear-mcp https://bugsnag.mcp.smartbear.com/mcp

Requires: BEARQ_API_TOKEN (secret), BUGSNAG_AUTH_TOKEN (secret), PACT_BROKER_PASSWORD (secret), PACT_BROKER_TOKEN (secret), QTM4J_API_KEY (secret), QTM4J_AUTOMATION_API_KEY (secret), REFLECT_API_TOKEN (secret), SWAGGER_API_KEY (secret), SWAGGER_FUNCTIONAL_TESTING_API_TOKEN (secret), ZEPHYR_API_TOKEN (secret)

Commands built only from what the marketplaces declare; the full set for every client is on each card.

Only SmartBear MCP has a remote endpoint we check. How we check endpoints

Tools each declares

Only Hoverfly declares

add_hoverfly_mock
clear_hoverfly_mocks
download_hoverfly_simulation
fetch_hoverfly_version
get_hoverfly_debug_logs
get_hoverfly_documentation
get_hoverfly_status
list_hoverfly_mocks
show_hoverfly_endpoints_info
start_hoverfly_web_server
stop_hoverfly_server
suggest_hoverfly_matchers

Only SmartBear MCP declares

bugsnag_get_build
bugsnag_get_current_project
bugsnag_get_error
bugsnag_get_event
bugsnag_get_event_details_from_dashboard_url
bugsnag_get_events_on_an_error
bugsnag_get_network_endpoint_groupings
bugsnag_get_release
bugsnag_get_span_group
bugsnag_get_trace
bugsnag_list_project_errors
bugsnag_list_project_event_filters

Show the remaining 148

bugsnag_list_projects
bugsnag_list_releases
bugsnag_list_span_groups
bugsnag_list_spans
bugsnag_list_trace_fields
bugsnag_set_network_endpoint_groupings
bugsnag_update_error
contract-testing_add_label_to_pacticipant
contract-testing_admin_add_role_to_user
contract-testing_admin_create_role
contract-testing_admin_create_system_account
contract-testing_admin_create_team
contract-testing_admin_create_user
contract-testing_admin_delete_role
contract-testing_admin_delete_team
contract-testing_admin_delete_user
contract-testing_admin_get_role
contract-testing_admin_get_system_account_tokens
contract-testing_admin_get_team
contract-testing_admin_get_team_user
contract-testing_admin_get_user
contract-testing_admin_invite_users
contract-testing_admin_list_permissions
contract-testing_admin_list_roles
contract-testing_admin_list_team_users
contract-testing_admin_list_teams
contract-testing_admin_list_users
contract-testing_admin_patch_team_users
contract-testing_admin_remove_role_from_user
contract-testing_admin_remove_user_from_team
contract-testing_admin_reset_roles
contract-testing_admin_set_team_users
contract-testing_admin_set_user_roles
contract-testing_admin_update_role
contract-testing_admin_update_team
contract-testing_admin_update_user
contract-testing_can_i_deploy
contract-testing_check_pactflow_ai_entitlements
contract-testing_create_environment
contract-testing_create_pacticipant
contract-testing_create_secret
contract-testing_create_webhook
contract-testing_delete_all_integrations
contract-testing_delete_branch
contract-testing_delete_environment
contract-testing_delete_integration
contract-testing_delete_pacticipant
contract-testing_delete_secret
contract-testing_delete_webhook
contract-testing_execute_webhook
contract-testing_get_audit_log
contract-testing_get_bdct_consumer_by_consumer_version
contract-testing_get_bdct_consumer_contract_verification_results
contract-testing_get_bdct_consumer_contracts
contract-testing_get_bdct_consumer_pact_test_results_by_consumer
contract-testing_get_bdct_cross-contract_verification_results
contract-testing_get_bdct_provider_by_consumer_version
contract-testing_get_bdct_provider_check_results_by_consumer
contract-testing_get_bdct_provider_contract
contract-testing_get_bdct_provider_contract_verification_results
contract-testing_get_bdct_x-contract_test_results_by_consumer
contract-testing_get_branch
contract-testing_get_branch_versions
contract-testing_get_current_user
contract-testing_get_currently_deployed_versions
contract-testing_get_currently_supported_versions
contract-testing_get_deployed_versions_for_version
contract-testing_get_environment
contract-testing_get_integrations_by_team
contract-testing_get_latest_pacticipant_version
contract-testing_get_metrics
contract-testing_get_pacticipant
contract-testing_get_pacticipant_label
contract-testing_get_pacticipant_network
contract-testing_get_pacticipant_version
contract-testing_get_pacts_for_verification
contract-testing_get_provider_states
contract-testing_get_released_versions_for_version
contract-testing_get_secret
contract-testing_get_system_preferences
contract-testing_get_team_metrics
contract-testing_get_user_preferences
contract-testing_get_webhook
contract-testing_list_api_tokens
contract-testing_list_branches
contract-testing_list_environments
contract-testing_list_integrations
contract-testing_list_labels
contract-testing_list_pacticipant_versions
contract-testing_list_pacticipants
contract-testing_list_pacticipants_by_label
contract-testing_list_secrets
contract-testing_list_webhooks
contract-testing_matrix
contract-testing_patch_pacticipant
contract-testing_publish_consumer_contracts
contract-testing_publish_provider_contract
contract-testing_record_deployment
contract-testing_record_release
contract-testing_regenerate_api_token
contract-testing_remove_label_from_pacticipant
contract-testing_test_execute_webhooks
contract-testing_update_environment
contract-testing_update_pacticipant
contract-testing_update_pacticipant_version
contract-testing_update_secret
contract-testing_update_webhook
reflect_add_prompt_step
reflect_add_segment
reflect_cancel_suite_execution
reflect_connect_to_session
reflect_delete_previous_step
reflect_execute_suite
reflect_get_screenshot
reflect_get_suite_execution_status
reflect_get_test_detail
reflect_get_test_status
reflect_list_segments
reflect_list_suite_executions
reflect_list_suites
reflect_list_tests
reflect_run_test
swagger_create_api_from_prompt
swagger_create_documentation_page
swagger_create_or_update_api
swagger_create_portal
swagger_create_portal_product
swagger_create_table_of_contents
swagger_delete_portal_product
swagger_delete_table_of_contents
swagger_get_api_definition
swagger_get_document
swagger_get_portal
swagger_get_portal_product
swagger_list_organizations
swagger_list_portal_product_sections
swagger_list_portal_products
swagger_list_portals
swagger_list_table_of_contents
swagger_publish_portal_product
swagger_resolve_organization_portal
swagger_scan_api_standardization
swagger_scan_api_standardization_from_registry
swagger_search_apis_and_domains
swagger_standardize_api
swagger_update_document
swagger_update_portal
swagger_update_portal_product

Both declare

None

Tool names as each marketplace publishes them. More tools is not better in itself: compare what each needs for the job.

Settings each asks for

The marketplaces of Hoverfly publish no settings it asks for, so we do not compare settings.

What it can do: Hoverfly · What it can do: SmartBear MCP · Compare two other plugins

Data comes from the Docker MCP Catalog (desktop.docker.com/mcp/catalog) and Docker Hub. Data comes from the Official MCP Registry (registry.modelcontextprotocol.io), CC0 1.0. Figures come from our own regular passes over the marketplaces, last read on 2026-10-17. We publish no contact details for plugin publishers.