New Relic MCP Server vs Agent47

In-depth architectural comparison of the New Relic MCP Server and Agent47 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 New Relic MCP Server 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).
• You have access to required keys: NEW_RELIC_API_KEY, NEW_RELIC_REGION.
• Primary tools included: Read-only New Relic access by default, NRQL, logs, metrics, traces, and error queries, Entities, alerts, incidents, and dashboard access.

Explore New Relic MCP Server Details

Choose Agent47 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: Read hosted traces and decision history, Query alerts, usage, costs, and budget health, Expose local budget tools through MCP.

Feature & Specification Comparison

Specification	New Relic MCP Server Monitoring	Agent47 bmdhodl Monitoring
Summary	Secure, self-hosted New Relic observability and administration tools for MCP clients	Runtime guardrails and incident read access for coding agents. Query AgentGuard traces, alerts, usage, costs, and budget health.
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": {
    "new-relic-mcp-server": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@meet-bhalodiya/newrelic-mcp@1.0.0"
      ],
      "env": {
        "NEW_RELIC_API_KEY": "YOUR_NEW_RELIC_API_KEY_HERE",
        "NEW_RELIC_REGION": "YOUR_NEW_RELIC_REGION_HERE"
      }
    }
  }
}

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "bmdhodl-agent47": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "agentguard47"
      ]
    }
  }
}

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