Haystack vs Anthropic MCP

FeatureHaystackAnthropic MCP
CategoryAI DevelopmentAI Development
PricingFree (open-source)Free (open standard)
GitHub Stars18,00045,000
PlatformsLinux, macOS, Windows, DockermacOS, Linux, Windows
Features
  • ✓ Pipeline builder
  • ✓ RAG
  • ✓ Document processing
  • ✓ Model serving
  • ✓ REST API
  • ✓ Universal tool protocol
  • ✓ Server/client architecture
  • ✓ Stdio and SSE transport
  • ✓ TypeScript + Python SDKs
  • ✓ Growing ecosystem
Tags
ragnlppipelineopen-source
open-sourceprotocoltoolsintegrationstandard