Spanning Cloud Backup vs ServiceNow MCP Server
Spanning Cloud Backup is an MCP server published by WYRE-AI. Marketplaces we read that list it: 1 (Official MCP Registry). ServiceNow MCP Server is an MCP server published by jschuller. Marketplaces we read that list it: 3 (Official MCP Registry, PyPI (MCP servers), Community GitHub marketplaces). As of our marketplace pass on 2026-10-30. 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 |  Spanning Cloud Backup |  ServiceNow MCP Server |
|---|---|---|
| Official MCP Registry | Listed Version: 1.1.5 Forks (GitHub): 0 Stars (GitHub): 0 Not marked · First seen |
Listed Version: 0.9.3 Downloads/month (PyPI): 1 362 Downloads/week (PyPI): 1 026 Forks (GitHub): 10 Stars (GitHub): 26 Not marked · First seen |
| PyPI (MCP servers) | Not listed | Listed Version: 0.9.3 Downloads/month (PyPI): 1 362 Downloads/week (PyPI): 1 026 Forks (GitHub): 10 Stars (GitHub): 26 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 | Spanning Cloud Backup | ServiceNow MCP Server |
|---|---|---|
| Marketplaces that list it (differs) | 1 (worse) | 3 (better) |
| Stars (GitHub) (differs) | 0 (worse) | 26 (better) |
| Forks (GitHub) (differs) | 0 (worse) | 10 (better) |
| Last release (differs) | 2026-10-14 (worse) | 2026-10-29 (better) |
| Where it runs (differs) | On your machine (ghcr.io/wyre-ai/spanning-mcp:v1.1.5) | On your machine (mcp-server-servicenow) |
| Transport | stdio | stdio |
| Tools it declares | Not published | Not published |
| Environment variables it asks for (differs) | 6, secrets among them: 1 | 15, secrets among them: 3 |
| Parts of the bundle (differs) | Not a bundle | 5 |
| Licence (differs) | Not stated | MIT |
| Repository (differs) | github.com/wyre-ai/spanning-mcp | github.com/jschuller/mcp-server-servicenow |
| Changes in the last 7 days (differs) | 0 | 5 |
| 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
Spanning Cloud Backup
MCP server for Spanning Cloud Backup — M365/GWS/Salesforce backups, restores, audit.
ServiceNow MCP Server
ServiceNow MCP server: Table API, CMDB, schema, aggregates, update sets and four Agent Skills.
How to run each
Spanning Cloud Backup As a local MCP server: Docker image
claude mcp add --env "SPANNING_ADMIN_EMAIL=<YOUR_SPANNING_ADMIN_EMAIL>" --env "SPANNING_API_TOKEN=<YOUR_SPANNING_API_TOKEN>" --env "SPANNING_PLATFORM=<YOUR_SPANNING_PLATFORM>" --transport stdio spanning-mcp -- docker run -i --rm -e SPANNING_ADMIN_EMAIL -e SPANNING_API_TOKEN -e SPANNING_PLATFORM ghcr.io/wyre-ai/spanning-mcp:v1.1.5Requires: SPANNING_ADMIN_EMAIL, SPANNING_API_TOKEN (secret), SPANNING_PLATFORM
ServiceNow MCP Server As a local MCP server: PyPI package
claude mcp add --env "SERVICENOW_API_KEY=<YOUR_SERVICENOW_API_KEY>" --env "SERVICENOW_CLIENT_SECRET=<YOUR_SERVICENOW_CLIENT_SECRET>" --env "SERVICENOW_INSTANCE_URL=<YOUR_SERVICENOW_INSTANCE_URL>" --env "SERVICENOW_PASSWORD=<YOUR_SERVICENOW_PASSWORD>" --transport stdio mcp-server-servicenow -- uvx mcp-server-servicenowRequires: SERVICENOW_API_KEY (secret), SERVICENOW_CLIENT_SECRET (secret), SERVICENOW_INSTANCE_URL, SERVICENOW_PASSWORD (secret)
Commands 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 Spanning Cloud Backup asks for
AUTH_MODELOG_LEVELMCP_TRANSPORTSPANNING_ADMIN_EMAILSPANNING_API_TOKEN (secret)SPANNING_PLATFORM
Only ServiceNow MCP Server asks for
SERVICENOW_ALLOW_JS_QUERIESSERVICENOW_API_KEY (secret)SERVICENOW_API_KEY_HEADER (secret)SERVICENOW_AUDIT_LOGSERVICENOW_AUTH_TYPE (secret)SERVICENOW_CLIENT_IDSERVICENOW_CLIENT_SECRET (secret)SERVICENOW_DEBUGSERVICENOW_INSTANCE_URLSERVICENOW_PASSWORD (secret)SERVICENOW_READ_ONLYSERVICENOW_SKILLS
Show the remaining 3
SERVICENOW_TIMEOUTSERVICENOW_TOKEN_URL (secret)SERVICENOW_USERNAME
Settings as each marketplace publishes them. Asking for fewer is not better in itself.
What it can do: Spanning Cloud Backup · What it can do: ServiceNow MCP Server · Compare two other plugins
Data comes from the Official MCP Registry (registry.modelcontextprotocol.io), CC0 1.0. Package data comes from the Python Package Index (pypi.org). 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.