A side-by-side look at the Looot and Zebu Data Customer Reviews MCP servers: transport, auth, tools, quality signals, and the config to install either one in Claude, Cursor, Windsurf or VS Code.
Verdict: choose Looot for search & data extraction work as a local process; choose Zebu Data Customer Reviews for search & data extraction. You can also run both side by side in one mcpServers block.
catalog_overview, discover_smart, inspect.Rows where the two servers differ are marked.
| Spec | L Looot | Z Zebu Data Customer Reviews |
|---|---|---|
| Category | Search & Data Extraction | Search & Data Extraction |
| Quality signal | 60/100 · Good | 33/100 · Emerging |
| Install command | Confirmed | Not confirmed yet |
| Transport | Local subprocess (stdio) | — |
| Auth | OAuth 2.0 | Not declared |
| Pricing | Paid service | Not declared |
| Required env vars | None listed | None listed |
| Verified owner | Community listing | Community listing |
| GitHub stars | 0 | 0 |
| Directory activity | 2 views 0 installs 0 upvotes | 0 views 0 installs 0 upvotes |
| Tools | 4 | Not listed |
| Full listing | View Looot | View Zebu Data Customer Reviews |
catalog_overviewcategories, platforms and jobs with counts and cheapest pricesdiscover_smartranks a shortlist against a plain-English use caseinspectinput and output schema, price formula, estimated max costrunholds the estimated cost, runs, settles; accepts `job:<id>` and `fallbackNo 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": {
"looot": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"looot-mcp"
]
}
}
}
No confirmed install command for Zebu Data Customer Reviews yet — follow the setup steps linked from its listing page rather than a guessed package name.