A side-by-side look at the MCP Bigquery Server and Nlqueries MCP servers: transport, auth, tools, quality signals, and the config to install either one in Claude, Cursor, Windsurf or VS Code.
Verdict: choose MCP Bigquery Server for databases work as a local process; choose Nlqueries for databases as a local process. You can also run both side by side in one mcpServers block.
ANTHROPIC_API_KEY, OPENAI_API_KEY, QDRANT_API_KEY, NLQ_MCP_STATIC_TOKEN.Rows where the two servers differ are marked.
| Spec | ||
|---|---|---|
| Category | Databases | Databases |
| Quality signal | 56/100 · Good | 49/100 · Fair |
| Install command | Confirmed | Confirmed |
| Transport | Local subprocess (stdio) | Local subprocess (stdio) |
| Auth | API key required | Not declared |
| Pricing | BYOK (pay the provider) | Not declared |
| Required env vars | None listed | ANTHROPIC_API_KEYOPENAI_API_KEYQDRANT_API_KEYNLQ_MCP_STATIC_TOKEN |
| Verified owner | Community listing | Community listing |
| GitHub stars | 148 | 4 |
| Directory activity | 2 views 0 installs 0 upvotes | 1 views 0 installs 0 upvotes |
| Tools | Not listed | Not listed |
| Full listing | View MCP Bigquery Server | View Nlqueries |
No tool names declared yet. Check the project README from the listing page.
No tool names declared yet. Check the project README from the listing page.
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.
{
"mcpServers": {
"ergut-mcp-bigquery-server": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"@ergut/mcp-bigquery-server"
]
}
}
}
{
"mcpServers": {
"nlqueries-nlqueries": {
"command": "uvx",
"args": [
"nlqueries-core"
],
"env": {
"ANTHROPIC_API_KEY": "YOUR_ANTHROPIC_API_KEY_HERE",
"OPENAI_API_KEY": "YOUR_OPENAI_API_KEY_HERE",
"QDRANT_API_KEY": "YOUR_QDRANT_API_KEY_HERE",
"NLQ_MCP_STATIC_TOKEN": "YOUR_NLQ_MCP_STATIC_TOKEN_HERE"
}
}
}
}