MCP Victoriametrics vs Measure
A side-by-side look at the MCP Victoriametrics and Measure MCP servers: transport, auth, tools, quality signals, and the config to install either one in Claude, Cursor, Windsurf or VS Code.
Verdict: choose MCP Victoriametrics for monitoring work over a hosted endpoint; choose Measure for monitoring. You can also run both side by side in one mcpServers block.
Which MCP server should you choose?
Choose MCP Victoriametrics when
- You need dedicated capabilities in the Monitoring domain.
- You prefer a remote HTTP/SSE transport.
- You have the keys it needs:
VM_INSTANCE_ENTRYPOINT, VMC_API_KEY, VM_INSTANCE_TYPE, MCP_SERVER_MODE, MCP_LISTEN_ADDR. - You want tools like
active_queries, alerts, documentation.
Feature & specification comparison
Rows where the two servers differ are marked.
| Spec | ||
|---|---|---|
| Category | Monitoring | Monitoring |
| Quality signal | 64/100 · Good | 41/100 · Fair |
| Install command | Confirmed | Not confirmed yet |
| Transport | Remote HTTP/SSE | — |
| Auth | Not declared | Not declared |
| Pricing | Free | Free |
| Required env vars | VM_INSTANCE_ENTRYPOINTVMC_API_KEYVM_INSTANCE_TYPEMCP_SERVER_MODEMCP_LISTEN_ADDR | None listed |
| Verified owner | Community listing | Community listing |
| GitHub stars | 239 | 1,415 |
| Directory activity | 3 views 0 installs 0 upvotes | 1 views 0 installs 0 upvotes |
| Tools | 17 | Not listed |
| Full listing | View MCP Victoriametrics | View Measure |
Tools & capabilities
MCP Victoriametrics tools 17
active_queriesActive queries. This tool can determine currently active queries in the VictoriaMetrics instance. This information is obtained from the "/api/v1/status/active_queries" HTTP endpoint of VictoriaMetrics API.alertsList of firing and pending alerts of the VictoriaMetrics instance. This tool uses `/api/v1/alerts` endpoint of vmalert API, proxied by VictoriaMetrics API.documentationSearch documentation resources for the given search query, returning the URIs of the resources that match the search criteria sorted by relevance. This tool can help to get context for any VictoriaMetrics related question.explain_queryExplain how MetricsQL query workslabel_valuesList of label values from VictoriaMetrics instance for a provided label name. This tool uses `/api/v1/label/{labelName}/values` endpoint of VictoriaMetrics API.labelsList of label names of the VictoriaMetrics instance. This tools uses `/api/v1/labels` endpoint of VictoriaMetrics API.metric_statisticsStatistics of metrics usage in queries of the VictoriaMetrics instance. This tool helps to identify unused (never queried) or rarely used metrics or conversely actively queried metrics. This tool uses `/api/v1/status/metric_names_stats` endpoint of VictoriaMetrics API.metricsList of available metrics of the VictoriaMetrics instance. This tool uses `/api/v1/label/__name__/values` endpoint of VictoriaMetrics API.metrics_metadataReturns stored metrics details (metadata) such as name, type, help (description), and unit, and can be used to generate natural language queries. This tool uses `/api/v1/metadata` endpoint of VictoriaMetrics API.prettify_queryPrettify (format) MetricsQL query. This tool uses `/prettify-query` endpoint of VictoriaMetrics API.queryInstant query executes PromQL or MetricsQL query expression at the given time. The result of Instant query is a list of time series matching the filter in query expression. Each returned series contains exactly one (timestamp, value) entry, where timestamp equals to the time query arg, while the value contains query result at the requested time. This tool uses `/api/v1/query` endpoint of VictoriaMetrics API.query_rangeRange query executes the query expression at the given [start…end] time range with the given step. The result of Range query is a list of time series matching the filter in query expression. Each returned series contains (timestamp, value) results for the query executed at start, start+step, start+2*step, …, start+N*step timestamps. In other words, Range query is an Instant query executed independently at start, start+step, …, start+N*step timestamps with the only difference that an instant query does not return ephemeral samples (see below). Instead, if the database does not contain any samples for the requested time and step, it simply returns an empty result. This tool uses `/api/v1/query_range` endpoint of VictoriaMetrics API.- +5 more on the listing page
Measure 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.
MCP Victoriametrics
{
"mcpServers": {
"mcp-victoriametrics": {
"url": "https://play-mcp.victoriametrics.com/mcp"
}
}
}
Measure
No confirmed install command for Measure yet — follow the setup steps linked from its listing page rather than a guessed package name.
Frequently asked questions
MCP Victoriametrics is categorized under Monitoring and uses a remote HTTP/SSE transport. Measure belongs to Monitoring and uses an install path we have not confirmed yet. Pick MCP Victoriametrics for monitoring work and Measure for monitoring.
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. Measure has no confirmed install command yet — follow its own setup instructions.
MCP Victoriametrics is listed as free. Measure is listed as free. 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 mcp-victoriametrics and measure as separate keys in the same mcpServers object, and your assistant will call tools from either one.
On AllMCPs, MCP Victoriametrics has a quality signal of 64/100 (Good) with 3 views, 0 installs and 239 GitHub stars. Measure has 41/100 (Fair) with 1 views, 0 installs and 1,415 GitHub stars.