A side-by-side look at the Blazingcdn MCP and Datadog MCP Server MCP servers: transport, auth, tools, quality signals, and the config to install either one in Claude, Cursor, Windsurf or VS Code.
Verdict: choose Blazingcdn MCP for monitoring work as a local process; choose Datadog MCP Server for monitoring as a local process. You can also run both side by side in one mcpServers block.
BLAZINGCDN_API_TOKEN, BLAZINGCDN_API_URL, BLAZINGCDN_ALLOW_WRITE, BLAZINGCDN_ALLOW_DELETE.list_cdn_resources, get_cdn_resource, purge_cache.DD_API_KEY, DD_APP_KEY, DD_SITE, MCP_DEFAULT_LIMIT, MCP_DEFAULT_LOG_LINES, MCP_DEFAULT_METRIC_POINTS, MCP_DEFAULT_TIME_RANGE, MCP_TRANSPORT.monitors, dashboards, logs.Rows where the two servers differ are marked.
| Spec | ||
|---|---|---|
| Category | Monitoring | Monitoring |
| Quality signal | 55/100 · Good | 64/100 · Good |
| Install command | Confirmed | Confirmed |
| Transport | Local subprocess (stdio) | Local subprocess (stdio) |
| Auth | Not declared | API key required |
| Pricing | Not declared | BYOK (pay the provider) |
| Required env vars | BLAZINGCDN_API_TOKENBLAZINGCDN_API_URLBLAZINGCDN_ALLOW_WRITEBLAZINGCDN_ALLOW_DELETE | DD_API_KEYDD_APP_KEYDD_SITEMCP_DEFAULT_LIMITMCP_DEFAULT_LOG_LINESMCP_DEFAULT_METRIC_POINTSMCP_DEFAULT_TIME_RANGEMCP_TRANSPORT |
| Verified owner | Community listing | Community listing |
| GitHub stars | 2 | 6 |
| Directory activity | 1 views 0 installs 0 upvotes | 3 views 0 installs 0 upvotes |
| Tools | 8 | 22 |
| Full listing | View Blazingcdn MCP | View Datadog MCP Server |
list_cdn_resourcesList all CDN resources (pull zones)get_cdn_resourceFull settings of one resourcepurge_cachePurge everything or specific URLs; works per-resource or across resources by URLwarmup_cachePre-fetch paths into the cache (per compression method)get_cdn_metricsBandwidth, cache hit, requests, HTTP codes, traffic — by day/hour/minute, filter by region/domainget_prometheus_metricsPrometheus-format metrics for monitoringlist_custom_domainsDomains of a resource / match domains account-widelist_system_dns_zonesSystem DNS zones for CDN hostnamesmonitorsList monitors with optional filtersdashboardsList all dashboardslogsSearch logs with query syntax and filterslogs_pipelinesInspect log processing pipelines and their processorslogs_indexesInspect indexes (filter, retention, Flex tier, exclusion filters); `create`/`delete` are UI-only per Datadog and not exposedlogs_archivesInspect log archives (S3 / GCS / Azure destinations); per-provider credential fields are forwarded unchangedmetricsQuery timeseries data. Response `meta` includes `rollupRequested` (parsed from `rollup(method, seconds)`, with `methodInferred` flag), `rollupEffective` (interval derived from returned pointlist intervals + deduped `intervalsObserved` for multi-series), and `rollupOverridden: boolean` so callers ca…tracesSearch spans with filterseventsList eventsincidentsList incidentsslosList SLOs. Each item exposes `query`, `monitorIds`, `monitorTags`, `groups`, and a UI `url` so round-trips (get → edit → update) preserve definition fields.syntheticsList synthetic testsPaste 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": {
"blazingcdn-mcp": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"@blazingcdn/mcp"
],
"env": {
"BLAZINGCDN_API_TOKEN": "YOUR_BLAZINGCDN_API_TOKEN_HERE",
"BLAZINGCDN_API_URL": "YOUR_BLAZINGCDN_API_URL_HERE",
"BLAZINGCDN_ALLOW_WRITE": "YOUR_BLAZINGCDN_ALLOW_WRITE_HERE",
"BLAZINGCDN_ALLOW_DELETE": "YOUR_BLAZINGCDN_ALLOW_DELETE_HERE"
}
}
}
}
{
"mcpServers": {
"tantiope-datadog-mcp-server": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"datadog-mcp"
],
"env": {
"DD_API_KEY": "YOUR_DD_API_KEY_HERE",
"DD_APP_KEY": "YOUR_DD_APP_KEY_HERE",
"DD_SITE": "YOUR_DD_SITE_HERE",
"MCP_DEFAULT_LIMIT": "YOUR_MCP_DEFAULT_LIMIT_HERE",
"MCP_DEFAULT_LOG_LINES": "YOUR_MCP_DEFAULT_LOG_LINES_HERE",
"MCP_DEFAULT_METRIC_POINTS": "YOUR_MCP_DEFAULT_METRIC_POINTS_HERE",
"MCP_DEFAULT_TIME_RANGE": "YOUR_MCP_DEFAULT_TIME_RANGE_HERE",
"MCP_TRANSPORT": "YOUR_MCP_TRANSPORT_HERE"
}
}
}
}