Comparison

Metabase vs Airtable

Metabase is an MCP server published by easecloudio. Marketplaces we read that list it: 1 (Docker MCP Catalog). Airtable is an MCP server published by domdomegg. Marketplaces we read that list it: 3 (Official MCP Registry, Docker MCP Catalog, Community GitHub marketplaces). As of our marketplace pass on 2026-10-17. This pair was picked by a reader, not by our comparison rule, so search engines are asked not to index the page.

Where each is published

Where each is published
Marketplace	Metabase	Airtable
Docker MCP Catalog	Listed Version: sha256:02e633ae77a1 Forks (GitHub): 25 Pulls (Docker Hub): 50 863 Stars (Docker Hub): 3 Stars (GitHub): 82 Not marked · First seen 2026-10-11	Listed Version: sha256:3d15a7da38f6 Forks (GitHub): 132 Pulls (Docker Hub): 19 873 Stars (Docker Hub): 1 Stars (GitHub): 455 Not marked · First seen 2026-10-11
Official MCP Registry	Not listed	Listed Version: 1.14.0 Downloads/month (npm): 11 554 Downloads/week (npm): 2 607 Forks (GitHub): 132 Stars (GitHub): 455 Not marked · First seen 2026-10-11

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 Airtable
Fact	Metabase	Airtable
Marketplaces that list it (differs)	1 (worse)	3 (better)
Stars (GitHub) (differs)	82 (worse)	455 (better)
Pulls (Docker Hub) (differs)	50 863 (better)	19 873 (worse)
Forks (GitHub) (differs)	25 (worse)	132 (better)
Last release	Not published	Not published
Where it runs (differs)	On your machine (mcp/metabase)	On your machine (airtable-mcp-server)
Transport	stdio	stdio
Tools it declares (differs)	28	16
Environment variables it asks for (differs)	4, secrets among them: 2	2, secrets among them: 1
Parts of the bundle (differs)	Not a bundle	6
Licence	MIT	MIT
Repository (differs)	github.com/easecloudio/mcp-metabase-server	github.com/domdomegg/airtable-mcp-server
Changes in the last 7 days (differs)	0	2
First seen	2026-10-11	2026-10-11

Lines where the two differ have a tinted background and bold values. Where the data itself says which value is better (more marketplaces, a larger figure of the same marketplace, a fresher release, a verified mark on a marketplace that lists both), the better one is also marked green with ▲ and the worse one red with ▼. Where it runs, the transport, the tools, the settings, hooks, the bundle's parts, the licence and the week's changes are marked only as different: more or fewer is not better in itself.

What each says it does

Metabase

In its own words, on Docker MCP Catalog:

A comprehensive MCP server for Metabase with 70+ tools.

Airtable

In its own words, on Official MCP Registry:

Read and write access to Airtable database schemas, tables, and records.

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)

Airtable As a local MCP server: npm package

Claude Code

claude mcp add --env "AIRTABLE_API_KEY=<YOUR_AIRTABLE_API_KEY>" --transport stdio airtable-mcp-server -- npx -y airtable-mcp-server

Requires: AIRTABLE_API_KEY (secret)

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

Tools each declares

Only Metabase declares

add_card_to_dashboard
create_card
create_collection
create_dashboard
create_database_connection
create_permission_group
create_user
delete_card
delete_dashboard
execute_card
execute_query
get_dashboard_cards

Show the remaining 16

get_database_schema
get_database_sync_status
get_database_tables
list_cards
list_collections
list_dashboards
list_databases
list_permission_groups
list_users
remove_card_from_dashboard
search_content
sync_database_schema
test_database_connection
update_card
update_dashboard
update_dashboard_card

Only Airtable declares

create_comment
create_field
create_record
create_table
delete_records
describe_table
get_record
list_bases
list_comments
list_records
list_tables
search_records

Show the remaining 4

update_field
update_records
update_table
upload_attachment

Both declare

None

Tool names as each marketplace publishes them. More tools is not better in itself: compare what each needs for the job.

Settings each asks for

Only Metabase asks for

METABASE_API_KEY (secret)
METABASE_PASSWORD (secret)
METABASE_URL
METABASE_USERNAME

Only Airtable asks for

AIRTABLE_API_KEY (secret)
NODE_ENV

Settings as each marketplace publishes them. Asking for fewer is not better in itself.

What it can do: Metabase · What it can do: Airtable · Compare two other plugins

Data comes from the Docker MCP Catalog (desktop.docker.com/mcp/catalog) and Docker Hub. Data comes from the Official MCP Registry (registry.modelcontextprotocol.io), CC0 1.0. 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 2026-10-17. We publish no contact details for plugin publishers.