What is the key difference between RateAPI — live US mortgage, auto, HELOC, personal & deposit rates and Echo MCP?

RateAPI — live US mortgage, auto, HELOC, personal & deposit rates belongs to the Developer Tools category with cloud HTTP/SSE execution, while Echo MCP belongs to the Developer Tools category with local stdio execution.

How do I install RateAPI — live US mortgage, auto, HELOC, personal & deposit rates or Echo MCP in Claude Desktop or Cursor?

Copy the mcpServers JSON configuration snippet provided on this page into your claude_desktop_config.json or ~/.cursor/mcp.json file and restart your AI client.

Are RateAPI — live US mortgage, auto, HELOC, personal & deposit rates and Echo MCP free or paid?

RateAPI — live US mortgage, auto, HELOC, personal & deposit rates operates under a Free / Open Source model (No auth required). Echo MCP operates under a Free / Open Source model (No auth required).

Which MCP server has more tools and community activity?

RateAPI — live US mortgage, auto, HELOC, personal & deposit rates lists 0 tools with 0 views and 0 GitHub stars. Echo MCP lists 6 tools with 3 views and 10 GitHub stars.

Can I use both RateAPI — live US mortgage, auto, HELOC, personal & deposit rates and Echo MCP together in the same MCP host?

Yes! MCP hosts like Claude Desktop, Cursor, Windsurf, Cline, and VS Code support configuring multiple servers under the mcpServers object simultaneously.

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Feature & Specification Comparison

Specification	R RateAPI — live US mortgage, auto, HELOC, personal & deposit rates Developer Tools	Echo MCP BrunoKrugel Developer Tools
Summary	Live US mortgage, auto, HELOC, personal & deposit rates with evidence, plus who can join each lender	A zero-configuration Go library to automatically expose any existing Echo web framework APIs as MCP tools.
Category & Scope	Developer Tools	Developer Tools
Quality signal	30/100 (Emerging)	45/100 (Fair)
Transport Protocol	Remote HTTP/SSE	Local Subprocess (stdio)
Auth Requirement	No auth required	No auth required
Pricing Model	Free / Open Source	Free / Open Source
Required Env Vars	None required	None required
Compatible Clients	Claude DesktopCursorWindsurfClineVS Code	Claude DesktopCursorWindsurfClineVS Code
Install path signal	`Remote (HTTP/SSE) · medium`	`npx · high`
Engagement & Health	0 views 0 copies 0 upvotes	3 views 0 copies 0 upvotes 10 stars
Verified / Official	Community Listing	Community Listing
Open full listing	View RateAPI — live US mortgage, auto, HELOC, personal & deposit rates Listing	View Echo MCP Listing

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).

RateAPI — live US mortgage, auto, HELOC, personal & deposit rates Configuration

mcpServers (Claude Desktop / Cursor)

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "rateapi-live-us-mortgage-auto-heloc-personal-deposit-rates": {
      "url": "https://rateapi.dev/mcp"
    }
  }
}

Echo MCP Configuration

mcpServers (Claude Desktop / Cursor)

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "brunokrugel-echo-mcp": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@modelcontextprotocol/inspector"
      ]
    }
  }
}

RateAPI — live US mortgage, auto, HELOC, personal & deposit rates vs Echo MCP

At a Glance & Executive Verdict

Which MCP Server Should You Choose?

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Feature & Specification Comparison

Tools & Capabilities Breakdown

RateAPI — live US mortgage, auto, HELOC, personal & deposit rates Tools (0)

Echo MCP Tools (6)

Ready-to-Paste Client Configurations

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