Finance Pulse vs Helium MCP Server - News, Markets & AI
Finance Pulse is an MCP server published by SlothyAfk. Marketplaces we read that list it: 1 (Official MCP Registry). Helium MCP Server - News, Markets & AI is an MCP server published by connerlambden. Marketplaces we read that list it: 1 (Official MCP Registry). As of our marketplace pass on 2026-11-08. 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 |  Finance Pulse | |
|---|---|---|
| Official MCP Registry | Listed Version: 0.2.1 Downloads/month (PyPI): 118 Downloads/week (PyPI): 22 Forks (GitHub): 0 Stars (GitHub): 0 Not marked · First seen |
Listed Version: 1.0.1 No figure published 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 | Finance Pulse | Helium MCP Server - News, Markets & AI |
|---|---|---|
| Marketplaces that list it | 1 | 1 |
| Stars (GitHub) (differs) | 0 | No figure on GitHub |
| Forks (GitHub) (differs) | 0 | No figure on GitHub |
| Last release (differs) | 2026-10-17 | Not published |
| Where it runs (differs) | On your machine (finance-pulse) | Remote server (heliumtrades.com/mcp) |
| Transport (differs) | stdio | Streamable HTTP |
| Tools it declares | Not published | Not published |
| Environment variables it asks for (differs) | 1, secrets among them: 1 | Not published |
| Licence | Not stated | Not stated |
| Repository (differs) | github.com/slothyafk/finance-pulse-python | github.com/connerlambden/helium-mcp |
| Changes in the last 7 days | 0 | 0 |
| First seen | 2026-10-11 | 2026-10-11 |
| Endpoint at the last check (differs) | no remote endpoint we check | Status out of date: last check 45 h ago returned HTTP 400 |
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
Finance Pulse
Financial news as sourced statements with sentiment and tickers, grouped into developments.
Helium MCP Server - News, Markets & AI
Real-time news with bias scoring, live market data, and AI-powered options pricing
How to run each
Finance Pulse As a local MCP server: PyPI package
claude mcp add --env "RAPIDAPI_KEY=<YOUR_RAPIDAPI_KEY>" --transport stdio finance-pulse -- uvx finance-pulseRequires: RAPIDAPI_KEY (secret)
Helium MCP Server - News, Markets & AI As a remote MCP server
claude mcp add --transport http helium-mcp https://heliumtrades.com/mcpCommands built only from what the marketplaces declare; the full set for every client is on each card.
Only Helium MCP Server - News, Markets & AI has a remote endpoint we check. How we check endpoints
Tools each declares
Neither one's marketplaces publish a list of tools, so there is nothing to compare.
Settings each asks for
The marketplaces of Helium MCP Server - News, Markets & AI publish no settings it asks for, so we do not compare settings.
What it can do: Finance Pulse · What it can do: Helium MCP Server - News, Markets & AI · Compare two other plugins
Data comes from the Official MCP Registry (registry.modelcontextprotocol.io), CC0 1.0. Figures come from our own regular passes over the marketplaces, last read on . We publish no contact details for plugin publishers.