BizVerify vs Vatnode MCP
A side-by-side look at the BizVerify and Vatnode MCP MCP servers: transport, auth, tools, quality signals, and the config to install either one in Claude, Cursor, Windsurf or VS Code.
Verdict: choose BizVerify for finance & fintech work over a hosted endpoint; choose Vatnode MCP 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?
Choose BizVerify when
- You need dedicated capabilities in the Finance & Fintech domain.
- You prefer a remote HTTP/SSE transport.
- Its auth model fits you: No auth required.
- You have the keys it needs:
BIZVERIFY_API_KEY, BIZVERIFY_MCP_URL. - You want tools like
get_config, list_jurisdictions, verify_business.
Choose Vatnode MCP when
- You need dedicated capabilities in the Finance & Fintech domain.
- You prefer a local stdio subprocess transport.
- Its auth model fits you: API key required.
- You have the keys it needs:
VATNODE_API_KEY, VATNODE_API_URL. - You want tools like
list_eu_vat_rates, get_country_vat_rates, check_vat_format.
Feature & specification comparison
Rows where the two servers differ are marked.
| Spec | ||
|---|---|---|
| Category | Finance & Fintech | Finance & Fintech |
| Quality signal | 66/100 · Great | 64/100 · Good |
| Install command | Confirmed | Confirmed |
| Transport | Remote HTTP/SSE | Local subprocess (stdio) |
| Auth | No auth required | API key required |
| Pricing | Not declared | Freemium |
| Required env vars | BIZVERIFY_API_KEYBIZVERIFY_MCP_URL | VATNODE_API_KEYVATNODE_API_URL |
| Verified owner | Community listing | Community listing |
| GitHub stars | 0 | 2 |
| Directory activity | 0 views 0 installs 0 upvotes | 2 views 0 installs 0 upvotes |
| Tools | 9 | 5 |
| Full listing | View BizVerify | View Vatnode MCP |
Tools & capabilities
BizVerify tools 9
get_configReturns BizVerify's public configuration as readable text: active US and international jurisdictions, per-operation credit costs, the free-tier allowance, credit packages with pricing, feature flags, and documentation/legal links. Free and requires no authentication. Call this first to discover what jurisdictions are supported and what each operation costs before verifying.list_jurisdictionsLists every registered jurisdiction with its code, active/inactive status, and supported capabilities — search, entity lookup, quick verification, and deep verification. Free and requires no authentication. Use it to confirm a state or country is supported and which verification tiers it offers before calling verify_business or search_entities.verify_businessConfirm a specific, named business in one jurisdiction — the PRIMARY tool whenever the user wants to verify, check, confirm, or look up a company's existence, status, good standing, or details (e.g. "verify Acme LLC in Delaware", "is Acme registered in FL?", "I need to verify a company in Delaware"). If the user has verification intent but has not given the exact company name, ASK them for the name and use THIS tool — do NOT fall back to search_entities. Two tiers: quick (1 credit) returns existence + status + good-standing. Deep (15 credits, or 25 with force_refresh) adds entity type, formation date, registered agent, officers, principal address, and filing history. Deep is available in a subset of jurisdictions; requesting deep where unavailable returns a quick result with a reason. Requires authentication. A completed verification deducts credits whether or not the business is found — a confirmed no-match is a result. Calls that cannot produce an answer (source unavailable or timed out) are refunded.search_entitiesDiscover candidate businesses when the exact entity is UNKNOWN — a listing/discovery tool, NOT a verification tool. Use only when the user wants to browse or list multiple companies matching a partial or fuzzy name, or does not yet know which specific entity they mean. If the user can name one specific company they want to confirm or check, use verify_business instead (ask them for the name first if needed). Costs 2 credits per jurisdiction searched and requires authentication.check_job_statusPoll a long-running (async) verification job created by verify_business. Returns the full verification result once complete, a failure reason if it failed, or a "still processing" status to poll again. Free — no credits charged — but requires authentication. Pass the job_id from the verify_business async response.get_entityFetch a previously verified business entity from BizVerify's cache by its ID — returns name, jurisdiction, status, type, good-standing, formation date, registered agent, and the number of snapshots on record. Free and read-only; does NOT fetch a fresh live result (use verify_business with force_refresh for live data). Requires authentication. Pass an entity_id returned by a prior verify_business or search_entities call.get_entity_historyReturns the chronological verification snapshots recorded for an entity — each with a timestamp, name, and status — newest first, with pagination. Costs 5 credits and requires authentication. Use it to see how a company's status or details have changed over time.get_accountReturns your BizVerify account summary: email and verification status, plan, current credit balance, member-since date, and your active and revoked API keys. Free and read-only; requires authentication. Use it to check your remaining credit balance before running paid verifications.purchase_creditsStarts a credit purchase: creates a Stripe checkout session for the chosen package and returns a payment URL to present to the user. Does NOT charge immediately and does NOT add credits until the user completes payment — credits are then added automatically. Requires authentication. Packages: credits_100, credits_500, credits_2000, credits_10000 (see get_config for current prices).
Vatnode MCP tools 5
list_eu_vat_ratesReturns current VAT rates for all EU member states (plus XI for Northern Ireland). Read-only and offline: no network call, no API key, no rate limit, no side effects. Takes no arguments. Output: { rates: Array<{ countryCode, countryName, vatName, vatAbbr, currency, standardRate, reducedRates[], superReducedRate, parkingRate, vatNumberFormat, vatNumberPattern, updatedAt }>, count, updatedAt }. Rates are percentages (e.g. 25.5). Use when the user asks for an overview, a comparison across countries, or "all EU VAT rates". For a single country prefer get_country_vat_rates. Data is sourced from the EU Commission TEDB and updated daily. Free, no API key required.get_country_vat_ratesReturns the standard, reduced, super-reduced and parking VAT rates for a single European country, plus the VAT number format and regex. Read-only and offline: no network call, no API key, no rate limit, no side effects. Accepts ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 codes (DE, FR, IT, …); also covers non-EU European jurisdictions where available (NO, CH, GB, UA, TR, …). Output: { countryCode, countryName, vatName, vatAbbr, currency, standardRate, reducedRates[], superReducedRate, parkingRate, vatNumberFormat, vatNumberPattern, updatedAt }; rates are percentages and may be null where not applicable. Returns an error if the country code is unknown. Use when the user asks "what is the VAT rate in X" or needs the VAT number format for a country. Free, no API key required.check_vat_formatPerforms an offline syntactic check of a VAT number against the country-specific regex pattern. Read-only and offline: no network call, no API key, no rate limit, no side effects. Does NOT verify the VAT with VIES (a valid format does not mean the VAT is real or active) — use validate_vat_number for that. Output: { input, normalized, countryCode, validFormat (boolean), error }; countryCode is null when the prefix is unknown. Use when the user wants a quick sanity check on the shape of a VAT ID without burning a quota call. Free, no API key required.list_supported_countriesReturns every country the vatnode server has VAT data for (EU-27 + XI for Northern Ireland + ~17 other European jurisdictions such as NO, CH, GB, UA, TR). Read-only and offline: no network call, no API key, no rate limit, no side effects. Takes no arguments. Output: { countries: Array<{ countryCode, countryName, isEUMember, viesValidationSupported }>, count, euCount, updatedAt }, sorted by countryCode. `viesValidationSupported: true` means validate_vat_number can do live VIES verification; non-EU jurisdictions are rate-lookup only. Use to discover coverage or to pick a valid countryCode before calling get_country_vat_rates or validate_vat_number.validate_vat_numberVerifies an EU VAT number against the official VIES service and returns validity, company name, address, registration date and other metadata. The audit-grade VIES consultation number (`consultationNumber`) is produced when a requester VAT is configured once in the vatnode dashboard Settings — a one-time account setup, not a per-call parameter. With a requester configured, every response is either a success with a non-null `consultationNumber` or an error; without one, `consultationNumber` is null and national-registry fallback stays enabled. Use whenever the user wants to confirm a VAT is real, look up the company behind a VAT, or needs evidence for accounting/compliance. Side effects: makes an authenticated network call to api.vatnode.dev (which queries the EU VIES service) and consumes one request from your monthly quota; it is read-only (verifies, never mutates) and safe to retry. Requires a vatnode API key (free tier available; set VATNODE_API_KEY). Only EU-27 + XI (Northern Ireland) are supported by VIES; other countries return an error.
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.
BizVerify
{
"mcpServers": {
"bizverify-2": {
"url": "https://api.bizverify.co/mcp"
}
}
}
Vatnode MCP
{
"mcpServers": {
"vatnode-vatnode-mcp": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"vatnode-mcp"
],
"env": {
"VATNODE_API_KEY": "YOUR_VATNODE_API_KEY_HERE",
"VATNODE_API_URL": "YOUR_VATNODE_API_URL_HERE"
}
}
}
}
Frequently asked questions
BizVerify is categorized under Finance & Fintech and uses a remote HTTP/SSE transport. Vatnode MCP belongs to Finance & Fintech and uses a local stdio subprocess. Pick BizVerify for finance & fintech work and Vatnode MCP for finance & fintech.
Copy the mcpServers block from the config section on this page into your client's config (for example claude_desktop_config.json or ~/.cursor/mcp.json), then fully restart the client.
BizVerify has no declared pricing — check the project's own site. Auth: no auth required. Vatnode MCP is listed as freemium — a free tier with paid plans. Auth: api key required. If a server needs environment variables such as API keys, define them under the env key in your client's MCP config.
Yes. MCP clients support multiple servers: add bizverify-2 and vatnode-vatnode-mcp as separate keys in the same mcpServers object, and your assistant will call tools from either one.
On AllMCPs, BizVerify has a quality signal of 66/100 (Great) with 0 views, 0 installs and 0 GitHub stars. Vatnode MCP has 64/100 (Good) with 2 views, 0 installs and 2 GitHub stars.