A side-by-side look at the Alphai MCP and NORTH7 Finance Trading Signals & Stock Market Intelligence MCP servers: transport, auth, tools, quality signals, and the config to install either one in Claude, Cursor, Windsurf or VS Code.
Verdict: choose Alphai MCP for finance & fintech work over a hosted endpoint; choose NORTH7 Finance Trading Signals & Stock Market Intelligence for finance & fintech over a hosted endpoint. You can also run both side by side in one mcpServers block.
alphai_news_search, alphai_ticker_news, alphai_trending.Rows where the two servers differ are marked.
| Spec | ||
|---|---|---|
| Category | Finance & Fintech | Finance & Fintech |
| Quality signal | 59/100 · Good | 36/100 · Fair |
| Install command | Confirmed | Confirmed |
| Transport | Remote HTTP/SSE | Remote HTTP/SSE |
| Auth | OAuth 2.0 | Not declared |
| Pricing | Freemium | Not declared |
| Required env vars | None listed | None listed |
| Verified owner | Community listing | Community listing |
| GitHub stars | 2 | 1 |
| Directory activity | 3 views 0 installs 0 upvotes | 0 views 0 installs 0 upvotes |
| Tools | 16 | Not listed |
| Full listing | View Alphai MCP | View NORTH7 Finance Trading Signals & Stock Market Intelligence |
alphai_news_searchFull-text + filtered news search (query, tickers, category, dates, relevance)alphai_ticker_newsLatest news for one ticker (optionally incl. insider)alphai_trendingTop articles of the last 48h by relevance, reprints collapsedalphai_storiesStories: events two or more publishers reported, summarised from their articles; `list=top` ranks the last 48h, `list=latest` pages newest-firstalphai_storyOne story by `story_id` (the key every news item carries): summary, key facts with sources, per-ticker read, open questions, plus the articles behind italphai_actionable_nowBreaking, decision-grade news (actionability + novelty gate)alphai_insider_newsSEC Form 4 insider-trade newsalphai_insider_clustersIssuers where several insiders bought on the open market in one run of purchases (Form 4, labeled per buyer)alphai_pair_analysisTwo-ticker read-across (news naming both companies)alphai_articleFetch a single article by `uid` (adds a structured `earnings` read on SEC filings)alphai_earningsAlphAI's filing-verified earnings reads per ticker, plus the next report datealphai_calendarScheduled macro releases (CPI, FOMC, jobless claims) with times and the coverage that followedNo 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": {
"makeev-alphai-mcp": {
"url": "https://mcp.so/server/alphai-news/makeev"
}
}
}
{
"mcpServers": {
"north7-finance-trading-signals-stock-market-intelligence": {
"url": "https://north7.ai/mcp"
}
}
}