Klavis AI alternative: AnythingMCP vs Klavis (2026)
Klavis AI archived its open-source MCP integrations in November 2026 and now focuses on RL environments. What that means for Strata and Klavis MCP users, and how AnythingMCP compares as a maintained MCP gateway.
Klavis AI (Y Combinator X25) built open-source MCP integrations, a hosted MCP platform and Strata, one MCP server that lets an agent discover tools step by step instead of loading them all. In 2026 the company changed direction: its website now offers RL environments, training datasets and benchmarks for AI labs, and on 5 November 2026 the GitHub repository was renamed "[DEPRECATED] Legacy Klavis AI MCP integrations" and archived. The README says this is not a shutdown announcement for the hosted MCP service, and existing customers can still reach the MCP platform. It gives no end-of-support date. Sources: klavis.ai, GitHub repository.
If you run Klavis MCP servers or Strata today, this page compares them with AnythingMCP, an open-source MCP gateway under active development.
TL;DR
- Stay on Klavis for now if your hosted setup works, you only use a few SaaS integrations, and you can plan a migration later. The Apache-2.0 code remains available to fork.
- Move to AnythingMCP if you want a maintained gateway with a public release history, 713 ready connectors with 12,000+ tools, self-hosting or EU hosting, governance per role, and a company brain on top: AI skills, memory, a knowledge graph and File Search.
Side by side
| AnythingMCP | Klavis AI | |
|---|---|---|
| Status (November 2026) | Actively developed, regular releases | Repository archived 5 Nov 2026; company focus moved to RL environments |
| Licence | AGPL-3.0 | Apache-2.0 |
| Hosting | Cloud in Frankfurt, or self-hosted | Hosted platform for existing customers; Docker images per server |
| Ready integrations | 713 connectors, 12,000+ tools | 100+ prebuilt integrations |
| Any REST API without code | ✅ OpenAPI, Postman, cURL | ❌ Per-integration servers |
| SOAP, OData, databases | ✅ Built in | Not a focus |
| Many tools without context bloat | MCP servers scoped per team, roles, and Code Mode | Strata progressive discovery |
| OAuth to upstream apps | ✅ Including per-user sign-in on Enterprise | ✅ About 45 providers |
| Roles and per-tool permissions | ✅ | Not documented |
| Per-tool rate limits per user | ✅ Per minute and hour | Not documented |
| Audit log | ✅ Every call | Not documented |
| SSO / SCIM | Enterprise (OIDC; SCIM with Entra ID) | Not documented |
| AI skills, knowledge graph, company memory | ✅ (memory: Enterprise) | ❌ |
| File Search over SFTP, WebDAV, S3, NAS | ✅ | ❌ |
| Pricing | Community free; Cloud €19 or €49/month (VAT incl.); Enterprise quoted | No public pricing page |
Where Klavis is strong
- Strata. Progressive tool discovery (app, then category, then action) is a smart answer to tool overload, and the idea is worth studying.
- Apache-2.0 code. A permissive licence. You can fork the archived servers and keep running them.
- Per-server Docker images. Easy to run a single integration on its own.
- Guardrails. Klavis documented a proxy for detecting tool poisoning and prompt injection.
Where AnythingMCP wins
1. A maintained product
Archived code still runs, but it no longer gets fixes when an upstream API changes or the MCP spec moves on. AnythingMCP ships releases continuously, with live tests for its connectors, and is listed in the Claude Directory and the ChatGPT app directory.
2. Breadth without writing servers
713 ready connectors cover SaaS, ERP, e-commerce, logistics, banking and government data, with strong European coverage (SAP, DATEV, weclapp, Personio, DHL). Anything else becomes tools by importing an OpenAPI spec, a WSDL, an OData service or a database connection. See the marketplace.
3. Tool overload, handled differently
AnythingMCP keeps the tool list short in three ways: each MCP server exposes only the connectors you assign, roles hide tools a user may not call, and Code Mode lets the model discover and call tools from inside one short program, so intermediate data never fills the context.
4. Governance for companies
Roles and per-tool permissions, per-tool rate limits per minute and hour for each user, response mapping, AES-256-GCM credential encryption, and an audit log of every call. Enterprise adds SSO (Entra ID, Google, Okta, Auth0 or any OIDC provider), SCIM and per-user sign-in to connected systems.
5. A company brain
AI skills learned automatically from real tool calls and fixed errors, a knowledge graph of how your systems connect, company memory shared by every AI client, and File Search over your file servers. See Enterprise.
Migrating from Klavis
- List the Klavis servers you use. Most common SaaS apps (GitHub, Jira, Slack, Notion, Salesforce, HubSpot, Google Drive) have a ready AnythingMCP connector.
- Install those connectors on AnythingMCP Cloud or your own instance and connect them with OAuth or an API key.
- Group them into MCP servers per team, and set roles and rate limits.
- Replace the Klavis URL in Claude, ChatGPT, Copilot Studio or Cursor with your AnythingMCP server URL.
- For a self-hosted Klavis server you want to keep, serve it through AnythingMCP's MCP-to-MCP bridge until you are ready to switch.
FAQ
Is Klavis AI shutting down? Klavis archived its open-source MCP repository on 5 November 2026 and now focuses on RL environments and training data. Its README says this does not announce a shutdown of the hosted MCP service and that existing customers can still use it.
What is Klavis Strata? An MCP server that lets an agent find tools progressively, from app to category to action, instead of loading every tool at once.
What is the best Klavis alternative? For a maintained, open-source MCP gateway with ready connectors, AnythingMCP. It can be self-hosted for free or used on AnythingMCP Cloud in Frankfurt.
Can I keep using the Klavis open-source servers? Yes. The code is Apache-2.0 and stays available, but the repository is archived, so it receives no updates.
Try AnythingMCP
git clone https://github.com/HelpCode-ai/anythingmcp.git
cd anythingmcp && ./setup.sh
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