Opencages vs Openrouteservice
A side-by-side look at the Opencages and Openrouteservice MCP servers: transport, auth, tools, quality signals, and the config to install either one in Claude, Cursor, Windsurf or VS Code.
Verdict: choose Opencages for location services work as a local process; choose Openrouteservice for location services as a local process. You can also run both side by side in one mcpServers block.
Which MCP server should you choose?
Choose Opencages when
- You need dedicated capabilities in the Location Services domain.
- You prefer a local stdio subprocess transport.
- You have the keys it needs:
PLATFORM_OPENCAGE_KEY.
Choose Openrouteservice when
- You need dedicated capabilities in the Location Services domain.
- You prefer a local stdio subprocess transport.
- You have the keys it needs:
PLATFORM_ORS_KEY.
Feature & specification comparison
Rows where the two servers differ are marked.
| Spec | ||
|---|---|---|
| Category | Location Services | Location Services |
| Quality signal | 41/100 · Fair | 41/100 · Fair |
| Install command | Confirmed | Confirmed |
| Transport | Local subprocess (stdio) | Local subprocess (stdio) |
| Auth | Not declared | Not declared |
| Pricing | Not declared | Not declared |
| Required env vars | PLATFORM_OPENCAGE_KEY | PLATFORM_ORS_KEY |
| Verified owner | Community listing | Community listing |
| GitHub stars | 0 | 0 |
| Directory activity | 0 views 0 installs 0 upvotes | 0 views 0 installs 0 upvotes |
| Tools | Not listed | Not listed |
| Full listing | View Opencages | View Openrouteservice |
Tools & capabilities
Opencages tools
No tool names declared yet. Check the project README from the listing page.
Openrouteservice 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.
Opencages
{
"mcpServers": {
"opencages": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"@pipeworx/mcp-opencages"
],
"env": {
"PLATFORM_OPENCAGE_KEY": "YOUR_PLATFORM_OPENCAGE_KEY_HERE"
}
}
}
}
Openrouteservice
{
"mcpServers": {
"openrouteservice": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"@pipeworx/mcp-openrouteservice"
],
"env": {
"PLATFORM_ORS_KEY": "YOUR_PLATFORM_ORS_KEY_HERE"
}
}
}
}