Comparison

Metabase vs grafana-dashboard

grafana-dashboard is no longer listed on any marketplace we read: these are its last known data, as of 2026‑10‑18.

Metabase is an MCP server published by easecloudio. Marketplaces we read that list it: 1 (Docker MCP Catalog). grafana-dashboard is a plugin bundle for AI coding tools published by barnburner121. No marketplace we read lists it any more. As of our marketplace pass on 2026-10-29. A plugin in this pair is no longer listed on any marketplace we read, so search engines are asked not to index the page.

Where each is published

Where each is published
Marketplace	Metabase	grafana-dashboard
Docker MCP Catalog	Listed Version: sha256:02e633ae77a1 Forks (GitHub): 25 Pulls (Docker Hub): 51 958 Stars (Docker Hub): 3 Stars (GitHub): 83 Not marked · First seen 2026-10-11	Not listed
Community marketplace barnburner121/claude-plugin-marketplace	Not listed	Removed on 2026-10-18 Version: 1.0.0 Forks (GitHub): 0 Stars (GitHub): 3 Not marked · First seen 2026-10-14

Each figure is the marketplace's own and is never added up across marketplaces. A marketplace that publishes no figure shows none: no number is not zero.

The facts side by side

Metabase vs grafana-dashboard
Fact	Metabase	grafana-dashboardno longer listed · 2026-10-18
Marketplaces that list it (differs)	1	0
Stars (GitHub) (differs)	83	3
Pulls (Docker Hub) (differs)	51 958	No figure on Docker Hub
Forks (GitHub) (differs)	25	0
Last release	Not published	Not published
Where it runs (differs)	On your machine (mcp/metabase)	On your machine (@barnburner121/plugin-hub-mcp)
Transport (differs)	stdio	Not stated
Tools it declares (differs)	28	Not published
Environment variables it asks for (differs)	4, secrets among them: 2	Not published
Parts of the bundle (differs)	Not a bundle	2
Licence	MIT	MIT
Repository (differs)	github.com/easecloudio/mcp-metabase-server	github.com/barnburner121/claude-plugin-marketplace
Changes in the last 7 days	0	0
First seen (differs)	2026-10-11	2026-10-14

Lines where the two differ have a tinted background and bold values. No value is marked better or worse: a plugin no marketplace lists any more is shown with its last known data, which we do not rank against current figures.

What to use instead of grafana-dashboard

Plugins still listed whose own names, descriptions, tools and skills are closest in meaning to it. Comparable, not endorsed.

mcp-grafana io.github.grafana/mcp-grafana

An MCP server giving access to Grafana dashboards, data and more.

by grafana · MCP server

Listed on: Official MCP Registry, Claude Code: claude-plugins-official, Docker MCP Catalog, Claude Code: claude-plugins-community, Community GitHub marketplaces · Describes nearly the same job
grafana-assistant

Skills and rules for developing and using the Grafana Assistant app and CLI.

by grafana · Plugin bundle

Listed on: Claude Code: claude-plugins-official, Claude: knowledge-work-plugins, Claude Code: claude-plugins-community · Describes nearly the same job
vizro-e2e-flow

Build Vizro dashboards from concept to deployment. Enforces a 2-phase workflow covering requirements, layout design, visualization selection, implementation with Python, and…

by Vizro Team · Plugin bundle

Listed on: Community GitHub marketplaces · Describes nearly the same job
chartwire io.github.outturndev/chartwire

Generate production-ready chart code (Recharts, Chart.js, ECharts, Plotly) from a prompt.

by outturndev · MCP server

Listed on: Official MCP Registry · Describes nearly the same job
ChartPane

Renders interactive Chart.js charts and dashboards inline in AI conversations.

by ahmadsl · MCP server

Listed on: Official MCP Registry · Describes nearly the same job
gcx

Debug, explore, and instrument with Grafana using gcx CLI

by Grafana Labs · Plugin bundle

Listed on: Community GitHub marketplaces · Describes nearly the same job

Its card, with similar plugins by marketplace

What each says it does

Metabase

In its own words, on Docker MCP Catalog:

A comprehensive MCP server for Metabase with 70+ tools.

grafana-dashboard

In its own words, on Community GitHub marketplaces:

Generate Grafana dashboard JSON definitions

How to run each

Metabase As a local MCP server: Docker image

Claude Code

claude mcp add --env "METABASE_API_KEY=<YOUR_METABASE_API_KEY>" --env "METABASE_PASSWORD=<YOUR_METABASE_PASSWORD>" --transport stdio metabase -- docker run -i --rm -e METABASE_API_KEY -e METABASE_PASSWORD mcp/metabase

Requires: METABASE_API_KEY (secret), METABASE_PASSWORD (secret)

grafana-dashboard

No data for an automatic command: what its marketplaces declare does not say unambiguously how to connect it.

Commands built only from what the marketplaces declare; the full set for every client is on each card.

Tools each declares

The marketplaces of grafana-dashboard publish no list of tools, so we do not compare tools.

Settings each asks for

The marketplaces of grafana-dashboard publish no settings it asks for, so we do not compare settings.

What it can do: Metabase · What it can do: grafana-dashboard · Compare two other plugins

Data comes from the Docker MCP Catalog (desktop.docker.com/mcp/catalog) and Docker Hub. Data comes from public marketplace files in GitHub repositories of their authors. Figures come from our own regular passes over the marketplaces, last read on 2026-10-29. We publish no contact details for plugin publishers.