Olostep MCP Server vs VPN.FAIL MCP
Olostep MCP Server is an MCP server published by olostep. Marketplaces we read that list it: 2 (Official MCP Registry, Claude Code: claude-plugins-community). VPN.FAIL MCP is an MCP server published by vpnfail. Marketplaces we read that list it: 1 (Official MCP Registry). As of our marketplace pass on 2026-10-28. 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 |  Olostep MCP Server |  VPN.FAIL MCP |
|---|---|---|
| Official MCP Registry | Listed Version: 1.0.18 Downloads/month (npm): 763 Downloads/week (npm): 220 Not marked · First seen |
Listed Version: 0.1.0 Forks (GitHub): 0 Stars (GitHub): 0 Not marked · First seen |
| Claude Code: claude-plugins-community | Listed Version: 1.0.0 Forks (GitHub): 0 Stars (GitHub): 1 Not marked · First seen |
Not listed |
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 | Olostep MCP Server | VPN.FAIL MCP |
|---|---|---|
| Marketplaces that list it (differs) | 2 (better) | 1 (worse) |
| Stars (GitHub) (differs) | 1 (better) | 0 (worse) |
| Forks (GitHub) | 0 | 0 |
| Last release (differs) | 2026-10-25 | Not published |
| Where it runs (differs) | Remote server or your machine | Remote server (mcp.vpn.fail/mcp) |
| Transport | Streamable HTTP | Streamable HTTP |
| Tools it declares | Not published | Not published |
| Environment variables it asks for (differs) | 1, secrets among them: 1 | Not published |
| Parts of the bundle (differs) | 14 | Not a bundle |
| Licence (differs) | MIT | Not stated |
| Repository (differs) | github.com/olostep/olostep-claude-code-plugin | github.com/vpnfail/vpnfail-mcp |
| Changes in the last 7 days (differs) | 3 | 0 |
| First seen | 2026-10-11 | 2026-10-11 |
| Endpoint at the last check (differs) | not checked yet | Not responding since 2026-10-22 |
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
Olostep MCP Server
Search, scrape, and crawl the web for AI agents. Batch scraping and answers with citations.
VPN.FAIL MCP
Free remote MCP server for fetching public web pages through a rotating proxy pool.
How to run each
Olostep MCP Server As a remote MCP server
claude mcp add --transport http olostep-mcp-server https://mcp.olostep.com/mcp --header "Authorization: Bearer <YOUR_TOKEN>"Requires: Authorization header
VPN.FAIL MCP As a remote MCP server
claude mcp add --transport http vpnfail-mcp https://mcp.vpn.fail/mcpCommands built only from what the marketplaces declare; the full set for every client is on each card.
Only VPN.FAIL MCP has a remote endpoint we check. How we check endpoints
Tools each declares
Neither one's marketplaces publish a list of tools, so there is nothing to compare.
Settings each asks for
The marketplaces of VPN.FAIL MCP publish no settings it asks for, so we do not compare settings.
What it can do: Olostep MCP Server · What it can do: VPN.FAIL MCP · Compare two other plugins
Data comes from the Official MCP Registry (registry.modelcontextprotocol.io), CC0 1.0. Data comes from the public marketplace file https://github.com/anthropics/claude-plugins-community/blob/HEAD/.claude-plugin/marketplace.json. Figures come from our own regular passes over the marketplaces, last read on . We publish no contact details for plugin publishers.