MCP Prometheus vs Grafana Loki MCP

In-depth architectural comparison of the MCP Prometheus and Grafana Loki 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 MCP Prometheus when:

• You need dedicated capabilities in the Monitoring domain.
• You prefer local stdio subprocess transport architecture.
• Your security boundary fits: No auth required (Free / Open Source).
• Primary tools included: query, queryRange, getTargets.

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Choose Grafana Loki MCP when:

• You need dedicated capabilities in the Monitoring domain.
• You prefer local stdio subprocess transport architecture.
• Your security boundary fits: API Key required (Free / Open Source).
• You have access to required keys: GRAFANA_URL, GRAFANA_API_KEY.
• Primary tools included: query, start, end.

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Feature & Specification Comparison

Specification	MCP Prometheus Monitoring	Grafana Loki MCP tumf Monitoring
Summary	A Model Context Protocol (MCP) server for Prometheus monitoring	An MCP server that allows querying Loki logs through the Grafana API.
Category & Scope	Monitoring	Monitoring

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": {
    "mcp-prometheus": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "mcp-prometheus@latest"
      ]
    }
  }
}

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "tumf-grafana-loki-mcp": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "grafana-loki-mcp",
        "-u",
        "GRAFANA_URL",
        "-k",
        "GRAFANA_API_KEY"
      ],
      "env": {
        "GRAFANA_URL": "YOUR_GRAFANA_URL_HERE",
        "GRAFANA_API_KEY": "YOUR_GRAFANA_API_KEY_HERE"
      }
    }
  }
}

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