Which MCP Server Should You Choose?
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Choose Academic Research Intelligence MCP when:
- You need dedicated capabilities in the Knowledge & Memory domain.
- You prefer remote streaming HTTP/SSE transport architecture.
- Your security boundary fits: No auth required (Free / Open Source).
- Primary tools included: search_papers, paper_detail, citation_graph.
Choose Graphlit Mcp Server when:
- You need dedicated capabilities in the Knowledge & Memory domain.
- You prefer local stdio subprocess transport architecture.
- Your security boundary fits: API Key required (BYOK (Pay Provider Direct)).
- You have access to required keys:
GRAPHLIT_ENVIRONMENT_ID, GRAPHLIT_ORGANIZATION_ID, GRAPHLIT_JWT_SECRET. - Primary tools included: Ingest files, emails, messages, issues, and web pages, Extract and convert documents to Markdown, Transcribe audio and video files.