SourceWeave Web Search vs Legion MCP

In-depth architectural comparison of the SourceWeave Web Search and Legion 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.

Which MCP Server Should You Choose?

Choose SourceWeave Web Search when:

• You need dedicated capabilities in the Databases domain.
• You prefer local stdio subprocess transport architecture.
• Your security boundary fits: No auth required (Free / Open Source).

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Choose Legion MCP when:

• You need dedicated capabilities in the Databases domain.
• You prefer local stdio subprocess transport architecture.
• Your security boundary fits: other (Free / Open Source).
• You have access to required keys: DB_TYPE, DB_CONFIG, DB_CONFIGS.
• Primary tools included: execute_query, execute_query_json, get_table_columns.

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Feature & Specification Comparison

Specification	SourceWeave Web Search Databases	Legion MCP TheRaLabs Databases
Summary	MCP server and CLI for web search and page reading with SearXNG, Crawl4AI, and Redis.	Universal database MCP server supporting multiple database types including PostgreSQL, Redshift, CockroachDB, MySQL, RDS MySQL, Microsoft SQL Server, BigQuery, Oracle DB, and SQLite.
Category & Scope	Databases

Tools & Capabilities Breakdown

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).

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "sourceweave-web-search": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "--from",
        "sourceweave-web-search",
        "sourceweave-search-mcp"
      ]
    }
  }
}

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "theralabs-legion-mcp": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "database-mcp"
      ],
      "env": {
        "DB_TYPE": "YOUR_DB_TYPE_HERE",
        "DB_CONFIG": "YOUR_DB_CONFIG_HERE",
        "DB_CONFIGS": "YOUR_DB_CONFIGS_HERE"
      }
    }
  }
}

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