TopicGate vs Grafana
TopicGate is an MCP server published by Dumdart. Marketplaces we read that list it: 1 (Official MCP Registry). Grafana is an MCP server published by grafana. Marketplaces we read that list it: 4 (Official MCP Registry, Claude Code: claude-plugins-official, Docker MCP Catalog, Claude Code: claude-plugins-community). As of our marketplace pass on 2026-11-07. 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
| Marketplace |  Grafana | |
|---|---|---|
| Official MCP Registry | Listed Version: 1.6.0 Downloads/month (PyPI): 831 Downloads/week (PyPI): 32 Not marked · First seen |
Listed Version: v2.2.0 Forks (GitHub): 490 Stars (GitHub): 3 646 Not marked · First seen |
| Claude Code: claude-plugins-official | Not listed | Listed Version: 0.2.0 Forks (GitHub): 5 Stars (GitHub): 19 Not marked · First seen |
| Docker MCP Catalog | Not listed | Listed Version: sha256:9362bcf6aa0e Forks (GitHub): 490 Pulls (Docker Hub): 1 158 029 Stars (Docker Hub): 22 Stars (GitHub): 3 646 Not marked · First seen |
| Claude Code: claude-plugins-community | Not listed | Listed Version: 0.2.0 Forks (GitHub): 5 Stars (GitHub): 19 Not marked · First seen |
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
| Fact | TopicGate | Grafana |
|---|---|---|
| Marketplaces that list it (differs) | 1 (worse) | 4 (better) |
| Stars (GitHub) (differs) | No figure on GitHub | 3 646 |
| Pulls (Docker Hub) (differs) | No figure on Docker Hub | 1 158 029 |
| Forks (GitHub) (differs) | No figure on GitHub | 490 |
| Last release (differs) | Not published | 2026-11-02 |
| Where it runs (differs) | On your machine (topicgate) | Remote server or your machine |
| Transport (differs) | stdio | Streamable HTTP, stdio |
| Tools it declares (differs) | Not published | 65 |
| Environment variables it asks for (differs) | Not published | 7, secrets among them: 2 |
| Parts of the bundle (differs) | Not a bundle | 2 |
| Licence (differs) | Not stated | Apache-2.0 |
| Repository (differs) | Not stated | github.com/grafana/mcp-grafana |
| Changes in the last 7 days (differs) | 0 | 5 |
| First seen | 2026-10-11 | 2026-10-11 |
| Endpoint at the last check (differs) | no remote endpoint we check | Responded 23 h ago, requires authentication |
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
TopicGate
Secure local access to MQTT topics through MCP.
Grafana
An MCP server giving access to Grafana dashboards, data and more.
How to run each
TopicGate As a local MCP server: PyPI package
claude mcp add --transport stdio topicgate -- uvx topicgateGrafana As a remote MCP server
claude mcp add --transport http mcp-grafana https://mcp.grafana.com/mcpRequires: GRAFANA_PASSWORD (secret), GRAFANA_SERVICE_ACCOUNT_TOKEN (secret), GRAFANA_URL
Commands built only from what the marketplaces declare; the full set for every client is on each card.
Only Grafana has a remote endpoint we check. How we check endpoints
Tools each declares
The marketplaces of TopicGate publish no list of tools, so we do not compare tools.
Settings each asks for
The marketplaces of TopicGate publish no settings it asks for, so we do not compare settings.
What it can do: TopicGate · What it can do: Grafana · Compare two other plugins
Data comes from the Official MCP Registry (registry.modelcontextprotocol.io), CC0 1.0. Data comes from the public marketplace file https://github.com/anthropics/claude-plugins-official/blob/HEAD/.claude-plugin/marketplace.json. Data comes from the Docker MCP Catalog (desktop.docker.com/mcp/catalog) and Docker Hub. Data comes from the public marketplace file https://github.com/anthropics/claude-plugins-community/blob/HEAD/.claude-plugin/marketplace.json. 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 . We publish no contact details for plugin publishers.