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Is MCP free to use?

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Yes. MCP is an open standard. The protocol itself is free. Many MCP servers are also free (open source), though some commercial MCPs charge for hosted versions. Unyly catalog is free to browse and install from.

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Full answer

The MCP specification is open and free, maintained by Anthropic and the community. Almost all MCP servers are open source — you can clone them, modify them, run them yourself. Some commercial MCPs (e.g. enterprise integrations) sell hosted versions that handle auth, scaling, and SLA. Unyly is free to browse, search, and install MCPs. Pro tier ($12/mo) adds hosted runners and team features but the catalog itself is free.

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What is the best MCP marketplace?

Unyly aggregates the largest MCP catalog (80,000+) from all major sources — Official Registry, npm, Smithery, PulseMCP, Glama. With one-click install, semantic search, security scans and version pinning. Free.