What are the top 20 tools to use as the platform for hosting an MCP server, all the way from self hosting solutions, to a fully managed service.

Coolify - Self-hosted, open-source Vercel/Heroku alternative that deploys any language or Docker workload to your own server over SSH, a common baseline for hosting a self-run MCP server.

Docker MCP Gateway - Free Docker CLI plugin and gateway that runs and manages MCP servers as isolated containers with profile-based configuration sharing.

OpenClaw K8s Operator - Kubernetes operator that deploys MCP servers as native K8s resources with CRDs, Helm, and ArgoCD/Flux lifecycle automation for self-hosted clusters.

Portus - Rust-based Kubernetes gateway carrying HTTP, LLM, and MCP traffic on one Gateway API data plane with policy CRDs for timeouts, retries, rate limits, and auth.

Obot - Open-source MCP gateway and control plane you self-host, centralizing MCP servers with universal hosting/proxying plus access policies and auditing.

Executor - Open-source MCP gateway giving every agent one shared endpoint over MCP, OpenAPI, and GraphQL integrations with per-tool policies, runnable on your own infrastructure.

Conduit - Local-first, no-cloud-dependency MCP gateway that fronts your servers with lazy tool discovery and OS-keychain secret storage.

ToolHub - Self-hosted, open-source platform that turns any console script into an MCP-exposed agent tool with hierarchical navigation and node federation.

FastMCP - The standard Python framework for building MCP servers and clients, deployed as your own process or HTTP endpoint — the usual self-hosting build layer.

xmcp - TypeScript MCP framework with file-system routing and flexible deployment targets (Express, Next.js, Vercel) for shipping your own hosted server.

Railway - Fully managed app cloud with zero-config GitHub deploys, automatic SSL and networking — a hands-off place to run a remote MCP server.

Cloudflare Agents - Cloudflare's edge SDK for building and deploying agents and remote MCP servers on Workers and Durable Objects, with state, WebSockets, and scheduled triggers.

Metorial - Open-source MCP infrastructure layer treated as a hosting platform: instant serverless deployment of 600+ servers with end-to-end observability, reliability, and scaling.

Smithery - Registry and gateway where you publish and host MCP servers or Agent Skills with managed OAuth, credential storage, and session handling (4,700+ servers).

Speakeasy - Generates idiomatic SDKs and hosts MCP servers in its Gram MCP cloud, deploying from an OpenAPI spec to a managed endpoint.

mcp-use - Fullstack TypeScript/Python MCP framework with built-in Inspector, React Views, and one-push cloud deployment for hosting MCP servers and Apps.

Zuplo - Managed API/AI/MCP gateway platform with built-in authentication, rate limiting, and monetization for production-exposed MCP endpoints.

Forth MCP - Hosted relay that puts local, NAT'd, or firewalled MCP servers behind a single secure public URL via a lightweight connector binary.

Runlayer - Paid enterprise command-and-control plane for MCP servers with a private MCP registry, real-time security protection, governance, and observability.

MintMCP - Paid managed platform that deploys and governs MCP servers for enterprises with SSO/OIDC, monitoring, and guardrails around agent connections.