A side-by-side look at the Freshdesk MCP and MCP Itglue MCP servers: transport, auth, tools, quality signals, and the config to install either one in Claude, Cursor, Windsurf or VS Code.
Verdict: choose Freshdesk MCP for support & service management work over a hosted endpoint; choose MCP Itglue for support & service management as a local process. You can also run both side by side in one mcpServers block.
get_ticket, get_ticket_summary, batch_get_ticket_summaries.ITGLUE_API_KEY.itglue_list_document_folders, itglue_get_document_image, itglue_list_attachments.Rows where the two servers differ are marked.
| Spec | ||
|---|---|---|
| Category | Support & Service Management | Support & Service Management |
| Quality signal | 51/100 · Good | 60/100 · Good |
| Install command | Confirmed | Confirmed |
| Transport | Remote HTTP/SSE | Local subprocess (stdio) |
| Auth | Not declared | API key required |
| Pricing | Not declared | BYOK (pay the provider) |
| Required env vars | None listed | ITGLUE_API_KEY |
| Verified owner | Community listing | Community listing |
| GitHub stars | 0 | 5 |
| Directory activity | 0 views 0 installs 0 upvotes | 2 views 0 installs 0 upvotes |
| Tools | 15 | 9 |
| Full listing | View Freshdesk MCP | View MCP Itglue |
get_ticketFetch a single ticket by ID. Returns status name, group name, company ID.get_ticket_summaryTicket + all conversations + attachments in one call.batch_get_ticket_summariesMultiple ticket summaries in parallel.search_ticketsFilter by query, status, priority, type, overdue, escalated, dates, company, requester, agent, group. Full ticket history.list_ticketsAll tickets with optional filters.get_conversationsAll replies and notes for a ticket (fully paginated).list_attachmentsAll attachments across ticket and conversations. Filters scanning placeholders.get_attachment_textExtract text from docx, xlsx, json, txt, csv, png, jpg (Vision OCR).query_attachmentSearch within a JSON attachment.find_image_attachmentsScan multiple tickets for image attachments.get_description_imagesOCR inline images in ticket description HTML and conversation replies.find_requesterSearch contacts by name/email → requester_id.itglue_list_document_foldersreaditglue_get_document_imagereaditglue_list_attachmentsreaditglue_create_document_imagewriteitglue_create_attachmentwriteitglue_build_vector_indexwriteitglue_delete_documentsdestructiveitglue_delete_flexible_assetdestructiveitglue_delete_attachmentdestructivePaste 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": {
"omnom62-freshdesk-mcp": {
"url": "https://your-deployment-url/mcp"
}
}
}
{
"mcpServers": {
"selic-mcp-itglue": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"mcp-itglue"
],
"env": {
"ITGLUE_API_KEY": "YOUR_ITGLUE_API_KEY_HERE"
}
}
}
}