Manufact
A cloud hosting platform built specifically for MCP servers — the plumbing that lets AI assistants like Claude or ChatGPT call your tools and data — so a developer can deploy, monitor, and scale an MCP integration without building the hosting infrastructu
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Description
Building a tool that an AI assistant like Claude or ChatGPT can actually use behind the scenes (technically called an MCP server) is only half the job — someone still has to host it reliably, keep it running, and watch for problems, which is exactly the kind of infrastructure work most developers would rather not reinvent for every project. Manufact is a cloud platform built specifically for that: deploy your MCP server to it and it handles hosting, monitoring, and scaling, the same way a service like Vercel or Heroku handles hosting for a regular web app, but purpose-built for this specific new kind of AI integration.
Manufact (YC S25, formerly known as mcp-use) is a cloud platform for the complete MCP (Model Context Protocol) lifecycle: building, deploying, hosting, publishing, and monitoring MCP servers, agents, and applications. It provides an open-source SDK (mcp-use) for scaffolding MCP applications in TypeScript and Python, plus the managed hosting platform on top, used by developers building integrations for ChatGPT, Claude, and other AI platforms, as well as coding agents and internal agent systems. Pricing: Free ($0/month, $5 monthly credits, 2 projects, 7-day analytics retention, 1 team member); Hobby ($25/month, $30 in monthly credits plus pay-as-you-go, 5 projects, 30-day retention, 3 team members); Startup ($250/month, $300 in monthly credits plus pay-as-you-go, unlimited projects, 1-year retention, 10 team members, all regions); Enterprise (custom, unlimited resources, premium support).
💬 Our review
The short version: Manufact is a sensible pick for a developer who's already building an MCP server and doesn't want to become an infrastructure engineer just to keep it running reliably — the free tier is genuinely usable to get started, and the open-source SDK underneath means you're not fully locked into their hosting either.
Because MCP itself is a very new standard, there isn't yet an obvious 'generic cloud hosting' answer that's purpose-built for it the way Vercel is for frontend apps — most alternatives mean self-hosting on a general-purpose platform (AWS, a VPS, Railway) and wiring up MCP-specific monitoring yourself. Manufact's combination of an open-source SDK (mcp-use) plus optional managed hosting is a reasonable middle ground: use the SDK for free and self-host if you want zero platform lock-in, or pay for the managed platform once you need reliable production hosting, monitoring, and a team workflow. At $25/month for Hobby, the entry paid tier is accessible for a small team or solo developer moving from a side project toward something real; $250/month for Startup is a bigger jump aimed at teams running MCP integrations at meaningful scale. The honest caveat: as a very young platform in a category that's evolving fast, expect the product (and possibly pricing) to keep shifting for a while.
💰 Pricing
📊 Global score
🤖 AI-enriched data
Free : $0/mois, 5$ de crédits, 2 projets, rétention 7j, 1 membre. Hobby : $25/mois (30$ de crédits + pay-as-you-go), 5 projets, rétention 30j, 3 membres. Startup : $250/mois (300$ de crédits + pay-as-you-go), projets illimités, rétention 1 an, 10 membres. Enterprise : sur devis.
Pros
Plateforme spécifiquement pensée pour le cycle de vie MCP (build/deploy/monitor)
SDK open source (mcp-use) — pas de lock-in total, self-host possible
Niveau gratuit réellement utilisable pour démarrer (2 projets, crédits inclus)
Tarification progressive claire (Free/Hobby $25/Startup $250/Enterprise)
Cons
Catégorie MCP très récente, produit et pricing susceptibles d'évoluer rapidement
$250/mois pour Startup est un saut important depuis Hobby
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