MCP Comparison
Compare features, tools, and capabilities of these MCP servers side by side.
IO Aerospace MCP Server
IO Aerospace MCP Server is a production-ready Model Context Protocol (MCP) server designed for aerospace and astrodynamics calculations. It exposes a rich set of tools for celestial body ephemeris, orbital mechanics, DSN ground station operations, solar system object properties, and comprehensive unit and time system conversions. Built on the IO Aerospace Astrodynamics framework, this server delivers core algorithms for ephemerides, geometry, and time systems, enabling developers to integrate advanced aerospace calculations into local or hosted deployments. The project supports both modern streamable-HTTP transport and legacy SSE/STDIO configurations, with self-hosting options via Docker or native .NET deployments for flexible integration into existing ecosystems.
NCP - Natural Context Provider (NCP)
NCP is a unified MCP platform that consolidates 50+ tools, skills, and Photons into a single, intelligent interface. It enables code-mode execution, on-demand loading, scheduling, and semantic tool discovery, dramatically reducing token usage and latency while enabling AI assistants to work with external MCPs, skills, and Photons. This documentation covers how NCP works, the available MCPs and tools, installation and integration steps for popular clients (Claude Desktop, VS Code, and more), and practical examples that demonstrate how to find, run, and compose tools across MCPs. Whether you’re building with internal MCPs or exploring external tools, NCP provides a scalable, vendor-agnostic foundation for AI-powered automation and tool orchestration.
| Feature | IO Aerospace MCP Server | NCP - Natural Context Provider (NCP) |
|---|---|---|
| Verified | ||
| Official | ||
| Tools Available | 37 | 14 |
| Has Installation Guide | ||
| Has Examples | ||
| Website | ||
| Source Code |
- GetEphemerisAsStateVectors
- GetCelestialBodyProperties
- ConvertStateVectorToKeplerianElements
- ConvertStateVectorToEquinoctialElements
- ConvertStateVectorToEquatorialCoordinates
- ConvertKeplerianElementsToStateVector
- ConvertEquinoctialElementsToStateVector
- ConvertStateVectorToTheGivenFrame
- FindCoordinateConstraint
- FindDistanceConstraint
- +27 more tools
- find
- code
- run
- web.search
- web.read
- read_file
- get_file_content
- filesystem
- sequential-thinking
- memory
- +4 more tools
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