API Acre vs Swap API
A side-by-side look at the API Acre and Swap API MCP servers: transport, auth, tools, quality signals, and the config to install either one in Claude, Cursor, Windsurf or VS Code.
Verdict: choose API Acre for finance & fintech work; choose Swap API for finance & fintech as a local process. You can also run both side by side in one mcpServers block.
Which MCP server should you choose?
AChoose API Acre when
- You need dedicated capabilities in the Finance & Fintech domain.
Choose Swap API when
- You need dedicated capabilities in the Finance & Fintech domain.
- You prefer a local stdio subprocess transport.
- Its auth model fits you: No auth required.
Feature & specification comparison
Rows where the two servers differ are marked.
| Spec | A API Acre | |
|---|---|---|
| Category | Finance & Fintech | Finance & Fintech |
| Quality signal | 37/100 · Fair | 44/100 · Fair |
| Install command | Not confirmed yet | Confirmed |
| Transport | — | Local subprocess (stdio) |
| Auth | Not declared | No auth required |
| Pricing | Not declared | Free |
| Required env vars | None listed | None listed |
| Verified owner | Community listing | Community listing |
| GitHub stars | — | 22 |
| Directory activity | 0 views 0 installs 0 upvotes | 5 views 0 installs 0 upvotes |
| Tools | Not listed | Not listed |
| Full listing | View API Acre | View Swap API |
Tools & capabilities
API Acre tools
No tool names declared yet. Check the project README from the listing page.
Swap API tools
No tool names declared yet. Check the project README from the listing page.
Ready-to-paste client configs
Paste either block (or both) into your client config, e.g. claude_desktop_config.json or ~/.cursor/mcp.json. We only show a config when the install command is confirmed.
API Acre
No confirmed install command for API Acre yet — follow the setup steps linked from its listing page rather than a guessed package name.
Swap API
{
"mcpServers": {
"mcp-207": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"@swapapi/mcp"
]
}
}
}