A side-by-side look at the Dataassist IO and Airtable 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 Dataassist IO for databases work over a hosted endpoint; choose Airtable MCP Server for databases as a local process. You can also run both side by side in one mcpServers block.
AIRTABLE_API_KEY, MCP_TRANSPORT, PORT.baseId, tableId, maxRecords.Rows where the two servers differ are marked.
| Spec | ||
|---|---|---|
| Category | Databases | Databases |
| Quality signal | 36/100 · Fair | 65/100 · Great |
| Install command | Confirmed | Confirmed |
| Transport | Remote HTTP/SSE | Local subprocess (stdio) |
| Auth | Not declared | API key required |
| Pricing | Not declared | BYOK (pay the provider) |
| Required env vars | None listed | AIRTABLE_API_KEYMCP_TRANSPORTPORT |
| Verified owner | Community listing | Community listing |
| GitHub stars | 0 | 456 |
| Directory activity | 2 views 0 installs 0 upvotes | 3 views 0 installs 0 upvotes |
| Tools | Not listed | 23 |
| Full listing | View Dataassist IO | View Airtable MCP Server |
No tool names declared yet. Check the project README from the listing page.
baseIdtableIdmaxRecordsfilterByFormulasearchTermfieldIdsdetailLeveltableIdentifiersOnlyidentifiersOnlyfullrecordIdfieldsPaste 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": {
"dataassist-io": {
"url": "https://app.dataassist.io/mcp"
}
}
}
{
"mcpServers": {
"domdomegg-airtable-mcp-server": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"airtable-mcp-server"
],
"env": {
"AIRTABLE_API_KEY": "YOUR_AIRTABLE_API_KEY_HERE",
"MCP_TRANSPORT": "YOUR_MCP_TRANSPORT_HERE",
"PORT": "YOUR_PORT_HERE"
}
}
}
}