Head to head
Grafana vs MCP
Same numbers we show everywhere else, lined up. Ratings come from users, the grade comes from our scanner, adoption comes from public registries.
No reviews yet
One install, every MCP server, managed from yaw.sh/mcp. Runs locally: no account, no sign-in.
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Neither has been reviewed yet, so the comparison rests on the scan and the public usage numbers. The safety scan favours Grafana (98/100 against 75). Grafana is hosted and callable through the gateway; MCP runs on your own machine. Grafana has noticeably more public adoption.
| Grafana | MCP | |
|---|---|---|
| User rating | No reviews yet | No reviews yet |
| Safety grade | A98/100 | B75/100 |
| Adoption | Established | Growing |
| GitHub stars | 3.5k | 1 |
| Downloads / week | – | 1.2k |
| Runs where | Hosted (remote) | Your machine (local) |
| Gateway-ready | Yes | No |
| Tools | — | 10 |
| Write actions | — | — |
| Price per call | Free | Free |
| Licence | Apache-2.0 | NOASSERTION |
| Last release | 2026-09-18 | 2026-09-17 |
| Category | Everything else | Everything else |