Head to head
Pbdb vs NicheDB
Same numbers we show everywhere else, lined up. Ratings come from users, the grade comes from our scanner, adoption comes from public registries.
Pbdb
Cio.github.mrfentmen/pbdb-mcpNo reviews yet
Fossil occurrences and taxa from the Paleobiology Database. No key required.
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Sources in, feeds out: an open, ever-growing database of real-time public data, enriched.
Full listingThe short version
Neither has been reviewed yet, so the comparison rests on the scan and the public usage numbers. The safety scan favours NicheDB (86/100 against 65). NicheDB is hosted and callable through the gateway; Pbdb runs on your own machine. NicheDB has noticeably more public adoption.
| Pbdb | NicheDB | |
|---|---|---|
| User rating | No reviews yet | No reviews yet |
| Safety grade | C65/100 | A86/100 |
| Adoption | — | Growing |
| GitHub stars | – | 1 |
| Downloads / week | – | 3.4k |
| Runs where | Your machine (local) | Hosted (remote) |
| Gateway-ready | No | Yes |
| Tools | 2 | 21 |
| Write actions | — | 4 |
| Price per call | Free | Free |
| Licence | MIT | MIT |
| Last release | — | 2026-09-16 |
| Category | Databases | Databases |