What is MCP hosting and can I run servers without installing them?
▸ TL;DR
MCP hosting runs the server on remote infrastructure instead of your machine. On Unyly you connect hosted servers by URL with OAuth: nothing to install, no Node or Python, works from Claude, ChatGPT and Cursor.
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Local MCP servers need a runtime (Node, Python, Docker) and per-client configuration. Hosted MCP removes all of that: the server runs on managed infrastructure, your client connects over Streamable HTTP with OAuth 2.1, and calls are metered. Unyly offers hosted runners for catalog servers and for your own private servers, plus an hourly health check on every remote endpoint so you can see a server is actually alive before connecting. For authors, hosting is also the path to monetization: usage-based billing without shipping anything to the user.
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How do I sell or monetize my MCP server?
Publish it on Unyly: set a one-time price or per-call pricing, or run it as a hosted server. Authors keep the majority share; billing, metering and payouts are handled by the platform.
What is an MCP gateway?
An MCP gateway is one server that proxies many. Unyly Gateway (gateway.unyly.org/mcp, OAuth 2.1) exposes the whole 80,000+ catalog to any client through three meta-tools: search, inspect, call — one connection instead of dozens of installs.