Anthropic MCP vs Vercel AI SDK

FeatureAnthropic MCPVercel AI SDK
CategoryAI DevelopmentAI Development
PricingFree (open standard)Free (open-source)
GitHub Stars45,00012,000
PlatformsmacOS, Linux, WindowsWeb
Features
  • ✓ Universal tool protocol
  • ✓ Server/client architecture
  • ✓ Stdio and SSE transport
  • ✓ TypeScript + Python SDKs
  • ✓ Growing ecosystem
  • ✓ React hooks
  • ✓ Streaming
  • ✓ Multi-model
  • ✓ Tool calling
  • ✓ Structured output
  • ✓ Edge runtime
Tags
open-sourceprotocoltoolsintegrationstandard
open-sourcetypescriptreactstreamingsdk