A side-by-side look at the Backlinkswinkel and SiteVitals MCP servers: transport, auth, tools, quality signals, and the config to install either one in Claude, Cursor, Windsurf or VS Code.
Verdict: choose Backlinkswinkel for monitoring work over a hosted endpoint; choose SiteVitals for monitoring over a hosted endpoint. You can also run both side by side in one mcpServers block.
list_sites, get_site_health, get_site_uptime.Rows where the two servers differ are marked.
| Spec | ||
|---|---|---|
| Category | Monitoring | Monitoring |
| Quality signal | 36/100 · Fair | 45/100 · Fair |
| Install command | Confirmed | Confirmed |
| Transport | Remote HTTP/SSE | Remote HTTP/SSE |
| Auth | Not declared | Not declared |
| Pricing | Not declared | Not declared |
| Required env vars | None listed | None listed |
| Verified owner | Community listing | Community listing |
| GitHub stars | 0 | 0 |
| Directory activity | 0 views 0 installs 0 upvotes | 0 views 0 installs 0 upvotes |
| Tools | Not listed | 5 |
| Full listing | View Backlinkswinkel | View SiteVitals |
No tool names declared yet. Check the project README from the listing page.
list_sitesList all monitored sites with current health scoresget_site_healthDetailed scores and trends for a specific siteget_site_uptimeUptime history and downtime incidents (up to 90 days)get_latest_checksLatest SEO, security and page speed check resultsget_ssl_domain_statusSSL certificate and domain expiry statusPaste 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.
{
"mcpServers": {
"backlinkswinkel": {
"url": "https://backlinkswinkel.nl/mcp"
}
}
}
{
"mcpServers": {
"sitevitals": {
"url": "https://www.sitevitals.co.uk/api/mcp"
}
}
}