A side-by-side look at the Maxaeo AI Visibility MCP and Zevian MCP servers: transport, auth, tools, quality signals, and the config to install either one in Claude, Cursor, Windsurf or VS Code.
Verdict: choose Maxaeo AI Visibility MCP for marketing work as a local process; choose Zevian for marketing over a hosted endpoint. You can also run both side by side in one mcpServers block.
Which MCP server should you choose?
Choose Maxaeo AI Visibility MCP when
You need dedicated capabilities in the Marketing domain.
You prefer a local stdio subprocess transport.
Its auth model fits you: No auth required.
You want tools like check_llms_txt, audit_ai_crawler_readiness, build_ai_visibility_report.
check_llms_txtValidate /llms.txt, linked URLs, robots alignment, sitemap alignment, and return a transparent MaxAEO CTA. No MaxAEO APIs are called.
audit_ai_crawler_readinessCheck robots rules, AI crawler access basics, homepage metadata, canonical, noindex, and JSON-LD schema. No MaxAEO APIs are called.
build_ai_visibility_reportRun local/public-web AI visibility checks and return dual scores, evidence gaps, an action plan, and a transparent MaxAEO CTA.
Zevian tools
No tool names declared yet. Check the project README from the listing page.
Ready-to-paste client configs
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.
Maxaeo AI Visibility MCP is categorized under Marketing and uses a local stdio subprocess. Zevian belongs to Marketing and uses a remote HTTP/SSE transport. Pick Maxaeo AI Visibility MCP for marketing work and Zevian for marketing.
Copy the mcpServers block from the config section on this page into your client's config (for example claude_desktop_config.json or ~/.cursor/mcp.json), then fully restart the client.
Maxaeo AI Visibility MCP is listed as free. Auth: no auth required. Zevian has no declared pricing — check the project's own site. Auth: no auth required. If a server needs environment variables such as API keys, define them under the env key in your client's MCP config.
Yes. MCP clients support multiple servers: add maxaeo-maxaeo-ai-visibility-mcp and zevian as separate keys in the same mcpServers object, and your assistant will call tools from either one.
On AllMCPs, Maxaeo AI Visibility MCP has a quality signal of 61/100 (Good) with 4 views, 0 installs and 1 GitHub stars. Zevian has 39/100 (Fair) with 0 views, 0 installs and 0 GitHub stars.