Investor Agent vs Finbrain MCP

In-depth architectural comparison of the Investor Agent and Finbrain MCP 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.

Which MCP Server Should You Choose?

Choose Investor Agent when:

• You need dedicated capabilities in the Finance & Fintech domain.
• You prefer local stdio subprocess transport architecture.
• Your security boundary fits: No auth required (Free / Open Source).
• Primary tools included: get_stock_info, historical_prices, get_options.

Explore Investor Agent Details

Choose Finbrain MCP when:

• You need dedicated capabilities in the Finance & Fintech domain.
• You prefer local stdio subprocess transport architecture.
• Your security boundary fits: API Key required (BYOK (Pay Provider Direct)).
• You have access to required keys: FINBRAIN_API_KEY.
• Primary tools included: FinBrain price predictions with confidence intervals, News, sentiment, and analyst-rating tools, Congressional, insider, and lobbying activity data.

Feature & Specification Comparison

Specification	Investor Agent ferdousbhai Finance & Fintech	Finbrain MCP ahmetsbilgin Finance & Fintech
Summary	Yahoo Finance integration to fetch stock market data including options recommendations	Access institutional-grade alternative financial data directly in your LLM workflows.
Category & Scope	Finance & Fintech

Tools & Capabilities Breakdown

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).

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "ferdousbhai-investor-agent": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "investor-agent"
      ]
    }
  }
}

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "ahmetsbilgin-finbrain-mcp": {
      "command": "pipx",
      "args": [
        "finbrain-mcp"
      ],
      "env": {
        "FINBRAIN_API_KEY": "YOUR_FINBRAIN_API_KEY_HERE"
      }
    }
  }
}

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