Comparison

MCP Database Server vs io.github.cyanheads/openfda-mcp-server

MCP Database Server is an MCP server published by Souhar-dya. Marketplaces we read that list it: 2 (Official MCP Registry, Docker MCP Catalog). io.github.cyanheads/openfda-mcp-server is an MCP server published by cyanheads. Marketplaces we read that list it: 2 (Official MCP Registry, npm registry (MCP servers)). 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

Where each is published
Marketplace	MCP Database Server	io.github.cyanheads/openfda-mcp-server
Official MCP Registry	Listed Version: 1.3.1 Forks (GitHub): 14 Stars (GitHub): 19 Not marked · First seen 2026-10-11	Listed Version: 0.9.1 Downloads/month (npm): 1 224 Downloads/week (npm): 147 Forks (GitHub): 3 Stars (GitHub): 4 Not marked · First seen 2026-10-11
Docker MCP Catalog	Listed Version: sha256:9ccd629df448 Forks (GitHub): 14 Stars (GitHub): 19 Not marked · First seen 2026-10-11	Not listed
npm registry (MCP servers)	Not listed	Listed Version: 0.9.1 Downloads/month (npm): 1 224 Downloads/week (npm): 147 Forks (GitHub): 3 Stars (GitHub): 4 Not marked · First seen 2026-10-12

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

MCP Database Server vs io.github.cyanheads/openfda-mcp-server
Fact	MCP Database Server	io.github.cyanheads/openfda-mcp-server
Marketplaces that list it	2	2
Stars (GitHub) (differs)	19 (better)	4 (worse)
Forks (GitHub) (differs)	14 (better)	3 (worse)
Last release (differs)	Not published	2026-10-27
Where it runs (differs)	On your machine (docker.io/souhardyak/mcp-db-server:1.3.1)	Remote server or your machine
Transport (differs)	stdio	Streamable HTTP
Tools it declares (differs)	7	Not published
Environment variables it asks for (differs)	1, secrets among them: 0	15, secrets among them: 0
Licence (differs)	NOASSERTION	Apache-2.0
Repository (differs)	github.com/souhar-dya/mcp-db-server	github.com/cyanheads/openfda-mcp-server
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Endpoint at the last check (differs)	no remote endpoint we check	Status out of date: last check 42 h ago returned HTTP 200

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

MCP Database Server

In its own words, on Official MCP Registry:

MCP server for SQLite, PostgreSQL, and MySQL with natural language to SQL and direct SQL tooling.

io.github.cyanheads/openfda-mcp-server

In its own words, on Official MCP Registry:

Query FDA data on drugs, food, devices, and recalls via openFDA. STDIO or Streamable HTTP.

How to run each

MCP Database Server As a local MCP server: Docker image

Claude Code

claude mcp add --transport stdio mcp-db-server -- docker run -i --rm docker.io/souhardyak/mcp-db-server:1.3.1

io.github.cyanheads/openfda-mcp-server As a remote MCP server

Claude Code

claude mcp add --transport http openfda-mcp-server https://openfda.caseyjhand.com/mcp

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

Only io.github.cyanheads/openfda-mcp-server has a remote endpoint we check. How we check endpoints

Tools each declares

Only MCP Database Server has

connect_to_database
describe_table
execute_sql
get_connection_examples
get_current_database_info
list_tables
query_database

Only io.github.cyanheads/openfda-mcp-server has

openfda_count_values
openfda_dataframe_describe
openfda_dataframe_query
openfda_describe_fields
openfda_drug_profile
openfda_get_drug_label
openfda_lookup_ndc
openfda_search_adverse_events
openfda_search_animal_events
openfda_search_device_clearances
openfda_search_drug_approvals
openfda_search_drug_shortages

Show the remaining 2

openfda_search_recalls
openfda_search_tobacco_reports

Both have

None

Tool names as the marketplaces declare them and as Ext Ops observed them on the endpoints (io.github.cyanheads/openfda-mcp-server as of 2026-11-06). More tools is not better in itself: compare what each needs for the job.

Settings each asks for

Only MCP Database Server asks for

DATABASE_URL

Only io.github.cyanheads/openfda-mcp-server asks for

CANVAS_PROVIDER_TYPE
MCP_AUTH_MODE
MCP_HTTP_ENDPOINT_PATH
MCP_HTTP_HOST
MCP_HTTP_PORT
MCP_LOG_LEVEL
MCP_TRANSPORT_TYPE
OPENFDA_API_KEY
OPENFDA_DATAFRAME_DROP_ENABLED
OPENFDA_MIRROR_BASE_URL
OPENFDA_MIRROR_ENABLED
OPENFDA_MIRROR_FALLBACK_LIVE

Show the remaining 3

OPENFDA_MIRROR_PATH
OPENFDA_MIRROR_REFRESH_CRON
OPENFDA_MIRROR_REFRESH_TIMEOUT_MS

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

What it can do: MCP Database Server · What it can do: io.github.cyanheads/openfda-mcp-server · Compare two other plugins

Data comes from the Official MCP Registry (registry.modelcontextprotocol.io), CC0 1.0. Data comes from the Docker MCP Catalog (desktop.docker.com/mcp/catalog) and Docker Hub. Package data comes from the public npm registry (registry.npmjs.org). Figures come from our own regular passes over the marketplaces, last read on 2026-11-07. We publish no contact details for plugin publishers.