Better Stack MCP vs Backend Investigator
Better Stack MCP is an MCP server published by Servosity. Marketplaces we read that list it: 2 (Official MCP Registry, Community GitHub marketplaces). Backend Investigator is an MCP server published by mrZedov. Marketplaces we read that list it: 1 (Official MCP Registry). As of our marketplace pass on 2026-10-20. 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
| Marketplace |   Better Stack MCP | |
|---|---|---|
| Official MCP Registry | Listed Version: 0.1.4 Forks (GitHub): 13 Stars (GitHub): 61 Not marked · First seen |
Listed Version: 1.7.1 Downloads/month (npm): 770 Downloads/week (npm): 497 Not marked · First seen |
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
| Fact | Better Stack MCP | Backend Investigator |
|---|---|---|
| Marketplaces that list it (differs) | 2 (better) | 1 (worse) |
| Stars (GitHub) (differs) | 61 | No figure on GitHub |
| Forks (GitHub) (differs) | 13 | No figure on GitHub |
| Last release (differs) | 2026-10-16 (better) | 2026-10-13 (worse) |
| Where it runs (differs) | On your machine (https://github.com/Servosity/msp-skills/releases/download/betterstack-v0.1.4/betterstack-mcp.mcpb) | On your machine (@mr.zedov/backend-investigator) |
| Transport | stdio | stdio |
| Tools it declares | Not published | Not published |
| Environment variables it asks for (differs) | 2, secrets among them: 1 | 2, secrets among them: 0 |
| Licence (differs) | Apache-2.0 | Not stated |
| Repository (differs) | github.com/servosity/msp-skills | Not stated |
| Changes in the last 7 days (differs) | 5 | 1 |
| First seen | 2026-10-11 | 2026-10-11 |
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
Better Stack MCP
Every Better Stack Uptime feature, plus an offline SQLite mirror and cross-resource fleet analytics
Backend Investigator
Read-only diagnostics: Loki, Prometheus, PostgreSQL, Redis, BullMQ, Docker and GitHub.
How to run each
Better Stack MCP As a Claude Code plugin
/plugin marketplace add servosity/msp-skills
/plugin install betterstack@msp-skillsRequires: BETTERSTACK_API_TOKEN (secret)
Backend Investigator As a local MCP server: npm package
claude mcp add --transport stdio backend-investigator -- npx -y @mr.zedov/backend-investigatorCommands built only from what the marketplaces declare; the full set for every client is on each card.
Tools each declares
Neither one's marketplaces publish a list of tools, so there is nothing to compare.
Settings each asks for
Only Better Stack MCP asks for
BETTERSTACK_API_TOKEN (secret)BETTERSTACK_BASE_URL
Only Backend Investigator asks for
BACKEND_INVESTIGATOR_TELEMETRYBACKEND_INVESTIGATOR_WORKSPACE
Settings as each marketplace publishes them. Asking for fewer is not better in itself.
What it can do: Better Stack MCP · What it can do: Backend Investigator · Compare two other plugins
Data comes from the Official MCP Registry (registry.modelcontextprotocol.io), CC0 1.0. Data comes from public marketplace files in GitHub repositories of their authors. Figures come from our own regular passes over the marketplaces, last read on . We publish no contact details for plugin publishers.