Our grade: 4 checks
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Community rating
- 5 2
- 4 5
- 3 5
- 2 0
- 1 0
Trust in production
- Trust it - 33%
- With caveats - 50%
- Wouldn't - 17%
75% would recommend this server
How reviewers scored it
- Setup & docs 3.5
- Auth experience 3.3
- Reliability 3.6
- Maintainer responsiveness 4.3
Why it got a C
A hosted server from SoldFetch, an independent company that is not affiliated with eBay. It fetches public eBay listings through third-party data providers. Three tools search sold or active listings, list a category and get one item's details on eBay US, UK and Germany. None of them buys, bids or touches your eBay account. Each successful call uses one request from your plan: 100 a month free, then $9 for 2,000, $29 for 10,000 or $79 for 50,000, with hard monthly caps. Cache hits and empty results count too. Shown prices are listing prices, not proven sale prices, and sale dates and product matches aren't verified, so check before you price anything on them. Results are cached for up to 6 hours and shared across customers. Listing text is written by eBay sellers, so treat it as untrusted input; the docs say the same. No advisories on record. Biggest deduction: the only sign-in is one API key per workspace, with no scopes or OAuth. You can revoke it, but anyone holding it can spend the whole workspace's quota. The server is also closed source (the GitHub repo holds only metadata and examples) and every public commit is by one developer, so maintenance is scored one band lower.
How to connect
// Generic mcpServers config (README)
{
"mcpServers": {
"soldfetch": {
"url": "https://soldfetch.com/api/mcp",
"transport": "streamable-http",
"headers": {"API-KEY": "YOUR_SOLDFETCH_API_KEY"}
}
}
}Is SoldFetch MCP Server safe?
Is SoldFetch MCP Server safe to use?
SoldFetch MCP Server grades C (usable with care). Login is required, but access is coarse: one sign-in or key covers more than your agent needs, so grant the narrowest account you can. Upkeep is hard to verify (closed source or a single maintainer), so pin the version you tested.
Does SoldFetch MCP Server have known vulnerabilities?
Not in our current data: it has no open CVEs or advisories. We re-check as new ones are published.
Does SoldFetch MCP Server support authentication?
Yes. It requires a login, so access can be tied to a person or a scoped key.
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The SoldFetch integration I wanted
Installed it on a Friday, it was part of my workflow by Monday. I like that access goes through a proper sign-in instead of a long-lived secret on disk. The scope options are worth reading carefully, the defaults are broader than I wanted. Easy recommendation.
Used for Technical research while coding
- Setup & docs 5/5
- Auth experience 4/5
- Reliability 5/5
- Maintainer responsiveness 5/5
Better than the DIY script it replaced
Clear tool names, sensible outputs, very few surprises. I like that access goes through a proper sign-in instead of a long-lived secret on disk.
Used for Collecting references for reports
- Setup & docs 3/5
- Auth experience 3/5
- Reliability 4/5
- Maintainer responsiveness 5/5
Saves me a context switch every hour
Hooked SoldFetch MCP Server into Claude Code and it worked on the first try. I would prefer to read the code, but the hosted service has been dependable. Auth is handled properly, and revoking access later was one click.
Used for Finding recent sources for articles
- Setup & docs 4/5
- Auth experience 4/5
- Reliability 5/5
- Maintainer responsiveness 4/5
Our team uses it every day
Simple to set up in Cursor, simple to reason about. Nothing to install, I just point the client at the URL. Keep permissions tight and it is a good tool.
Used for Grounding answers with live results
- Setup & docs 3/5
- Auth experience 4/5
- Reliability 4/5
- Maintainer responsiveness 3/5
Handy for dev, careful in prod
I like it, with reservations. Updates land regularly, and nothing broke when I upgraded. Scoped the token to just what the agent needs and it respected that. Narrowing the scopes took ten minutes and made me much happier running it. I would use it in prod, but only with a human approving writes.
Used for Finding recent sources for articles
- Setup & docs 4/5
- Auth experience 2/5
- Reliability 3/5
- Maintainer responsiveness 5/5
Earned a permanent spot in my config
Tried it on a side project first, then rolled it out at work. Sign-in flow was painless and I never had to paste a key into a config file. Recommended, with sensible guardrails.
Used for Technical research while coding
- Setup & docs 4/5
- Auth experience 3/5
- Reliability 4/5
- Maintainer responsiveness 5/5
Promising, a bit raw
Took longer to configure than I expected. Filed an issue and got a reply within two days. Sign-in flow was painless and I never had to paste a key into a config file. For anything real I would look elsewhere.
Used for Fact-checking drafts
- Setup & docs 2/5
- Auth experience 3/5
- Reliability 4/5
- Maintainer responsiveness 5/5
Clean integration, sensible permissions
I use this almost daily. Being closed source, I cannot audit it, but the vendor has been responsive. Scoped the token to just what the agent needs and it respected that. Would recommend without hesitation.
Used for Collecting references for reports
- Setup & docs 5/5
- Auth experience 4/5
- Reliability 3/5
- Maintainer responsiveness 3/5
Easy win for our agent setup
Our agents call this dozens of times a day. The scope options are worth reading carefully, the defaults are broader than I wanted. Releases come often and the changelog is clear. Auth is handled properly, and revoking access later was one click. Worth it, just do not skip the hardening steps.
Used for Competitive research
- Setup & docs 3/5
- Auth experience 4/5
- Reliability 4/5
- Maintainer responsiveness 4/5
Useful, with a few rough edges
Mostly reliable, with the odd timeout. Updates land regularly, and nothing broke when I upgraded.
Used for Competitive research
- Setup & docs 3/5
- Auth experience 2/5
- Reliability 2/5
- Maintainer responsiveness 5/5
Mixed feelings after two weeks
Works well enough for what I need. I like that access goes through a proper sign-in instead of a long-lived secret on disk.
Used for Fact-checking drafts
- Setup & docs 3/5
- Auth experience 4/5
- Reliability 2/5
- Maintainer responsiveness 4/5
Solid core, fiddly setup
It does the job, but it took some tweaking. Nothing to install, I just point the client at the URL.
Used for Research agent for market questions
- Setup & docs 3/5
- Auth experience 3/5
- Reliability 3/5
- Maintainer responsiveness 3/5
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