Data Brussels vs Statbel Be — MCP Server Comparison | AllMCPs
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Data Brussels vs Statbel Be
In-depth architectural comparison of the Data Brussels and Statbel Be MCP servers. Compare execution transports, security boundaries, tool capabilities, quality scores, and ready-to-paste client installation snippets for Claude, Cursor, Windsurf, and VS Code.
At a Glance & Executive Verdict
Data Brussels
Developer Tools · Remote HTTP/SSE
Quality: 49/100 (Fair) | Auth: No auth required
Statbel Be
Developer Tools · Remote HTTP/SSE
Quality: 49/100 (Fair) | Auth: No auth required
Verdict Summary: Choose Data Brussels if you need specialized Developer Tools tools running via a hosted cloud SSE transport. Choose Statbel Be if your workspace requires Developer Tools integration with remote web transport. Both servers can be configured concurrently in your client's mcpServers manifest.
Which MCP Server Should You Choose?
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Choose Data Brussels when:
You need dedicated capabilities in the Developer Tools domain.
You prefer remote streaming HTTP/SSE transport architecture.
Your security boundary fits: No auth required (Free / Open Source).
Search Brussels Open Data for datasets by keyword (city services, mobility, culture & urban data). Returns dataset_ids (pass to query/dataset_info), titles, themes and record counts.
dataset_info
Get metadata for one Brussels Open Data dataset (fields/schema, themes, record count) — call before query to learn the column names.
query
Query records from a Brussels Open Data dataset with ODSQL. Filter (where), aggregate (group_by/select), sort (order_by), paginate (limit/offset).
Statbel Be Tools (4)
list_views
Browse/search Statbel (Statistics Belgium, be.STAT) saved statistical views. Each view is a pre-built table over a dataset and carries a single locale (nl/fr/de/en). Returns id, name, locale, dataSourceId and publish dates. Filter by case-insensitive substring of the view name (matches in any langu…
Ready-to-Paste Client Configurations
Paste either (or both) of these JSON server blocks into your client config file (e.g. claude_desktop_config.json or ~/.cursor/mcp.json).
Data Brussels is categorized under Developer Tools and uses a remote streaming HTTP/SSE transport. In contrast, Statbel Be belongs to Developer Tools using remote streaming HTTP/SSE transport. Select Data Brussels when you need capabilities focused on developer tools and Statbel Be when you require tools for developer tools.
Metadata for one Statbel view by its id (a UUID, e.g. from list_views). Returns the view object: name, locale, dataSourceId (the underlying dataset), and publish/change dates. To get the dataset description in all available languages, pass the returned dataSourceId to get_dataset.
list_datasets
Browse/search Statbel datasets (be.STAT "datasources"). Each dataset has a `name` code (e.g. "IM_EAF_HOUSE_SALES_IDX"), a `descriptions` map with one entry per supported language (nl/fr/de/en), a category id, supportedLocales, and last-update timestamps. Filter by case-insensitive substring matched…
get_dataset
Multilingual metadata for one Statbel dataset by its id (a UUID, e.g. the dataSourceId from a view). Returns the dataset code `name`, the `descriptions` map (nl/fr/de/en text), supportedLocales, defaultLocale, category id and update dates.