Side-by-Side Model Context Protocol Comparison
Radar vs Crypto Market Data MCP
In-depth architectural comparison of the Radar and Crypto Market Data MCP 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.
At a Glance & Executive Verdict
Radar
Finance & Fintech · Remote HTTP/SSE
Quality: 55/100 (Good) | Auth: No auth required
Crypto Market Data MCP
Finance & Fintech · Local stdio
Quality: 59/100 (Good) | Auth: API Key required
Verdict Summary: Choose Radar if you need specialized Finance & Fintech tools running via a hosted cloud SSE transport. Choose Crypto Market Data MCP if your workspace requires Finance & Fintech integration with local subprocess execution. Both servers can be configured concurrently in your client's
mcpServers manifest.Which MCP Server Should You Choose?
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Choose Radar when:
- You need dedicated capabilities in the Finance & Fintech domain.
- You prefer remote streaming HTTP/SSE transport architecture.
- Your security boundary fits: No auth required (Free / Open Source).
- Primary tools included: funding_events, pair_briefing, funding_history.
Choose Crypto Market Data MCP when:
- You need dedicated capabilities in the Finance & Fintech domain.
- You prefer local stdio subprocess transport architecture.
- Your security boundary fits: API Key required (Free / Open Source).
- You have access to required keys:
CRYPTO_MCP_API_KEYS, CRYPTO_MCP_API_KEYS_FILE, CRYPTO_MCP_DISABLE_AUTH, PORT. - Primary tools included: list_exchanges, get_capabilities, search_symbols.
Feature & Specification Comparison
Tools & Capabilities Breakdown
Radar Tools (6)
funding_events
What is burning on the crypto perpetuals funding market right now: open extreme events (|hourly rate| ≥ 0.1%/h) with peaks and receiving sides, plus the top pairs by hourly funding rate across Binance, Bybit, OKX, Bitget and Hyperliquid. Rates are predictions for the next settlement; data age ≤ ~5 min.
pair_briefing
Everything the radar knows about one perpetual pair in a single answer: funding rate and receiving side, time to next settlement, mark price, 24h volume, open interest with deviation from the 7-day norm, orderbook walls with break-through history, how the price usually moves around settlement, and the same coin on other exchanges. Accepts an exact symbol (BTCUSDT) or just the coin (BTC).
funding_history
Charged funding rates of one coin across all exchanges where it trades, normalized to %/hour on a common hourly grid (up to 90 days back). Shows whether the cross-exchange spread is sustained (feeds a hedged pair) or a one-off spike. Returns the curves plus the median and maximum spread.
settlement_calendar
Which notable funding settlements are coming in the next hours (default 4): pairs with |rate| ≥ 0.05%/h and volume ≥ $1M, sorted by time. Each row includes that pair's own settlement-window statistics — how much its price usually moves in the 15 minutes before the charge, with the number of observed windows.
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).
Radar Configuration
Crypto Market Data MCP Configuration
Frequently Asked Questions
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