A side-by-side look at the Swissgroceries MCP and Priceoracle MCP servers: transport, auth, tools, quality signals, and the config to install either one in Claude, Cursor, Windsurf or VS Code.
Verdict: choose Swissgroceries MCP for e-commerce work as a local process; choose Priceoracle for e-commerce over a hosted endpoint. You can also run both side by side in one mcpServers block.
find_stores, search_products, get_product.price_search, idealo_search, amazon_search.Rows where the two servers differ are marked.
| Spec | ||
|---|---|---|
| Category | E-Commerce | E-Commerce |
| Quality signal | 63/100 · Good | 44/100 · Fair |
| Install command | Confirmed | Confirmed |
| Transport | Local subprocess (stdio) | Remote HTTP/SSE |
| Auth | No auth required | Not declared |
| Pricing | Free | Not declared |
| Required env vars | None listed | None listed |
| Verified owner | Community listing | Community listing |
| GitHub stars | 34 | 1 |
| Directory activity | 6 views 0 installs 0 upvotes | 0 views 0 installs 0 upvotes |
| Tools | 7 | 7 |
| Full listing | View Swissgroceries MCP | View Priceoracle |
find_storesFind grocery stores near a location, filtered by chain and radius.search_productsCross-chain product search with normalised price, unit price, size, and tags.get_productFull product details for a chain plus product ID pair.get_promotionsCurrent promotional deals, filterable by chain, keyword, store, or expiry.find_stockStores of a chain that have a given product in stock.plan_shoppingPlan a multi-store trip for a shopping list near a location.health_checkProbe each registered chain adapter and report status, latency, and capabilities.price_searchSearch product prices from news and price comparison sites.idealo_searchSearch Idealo price comparison for any product.amazon_searchSearch Amazon/open product database for prices and product info.price_historyFind recent price change news for a product.competitor_pricesCompare price positioning of your brand vs competitors in news coverage.barcode_lookupLook up product details and prices by EAN/UPC barcode.health_checkPriceOracle server status.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": {
"nicktcode-swissgroceries-mcp": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"@nicktcode/swissgroceries-mcp"
]
}
}
}
{
"mcpServers": {
"priceoracle": {
"url": "https://tooloracle.io/price/mcp/"
}
}
}