Openrouter MCP Multimodal vs Macos Vision MCP

In-depth architectural comparison of the Openrouter MCP Multimodal and Macos Vision 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 Openrouter MCP Multimodal when:

• You need dedicated capabilities in the Multimedia Process domain.
• You prefer local stdio subprocess transport architecture.
• Your security boundary fits: API Key required (BYOK (Pay Provider Direct)).
• You have access to required keys: OPENROUTER_API_KEY.
• Primary tools included: chat_completion, start_chat_completion, get_chat_completion_status.

Explore Openrouter MCP Multimodal Details

Choose Macos Vision MCP when:

• You need dedicated capabilities in the Multimedia Process domain.
• You prefer local stdio subprocess transport architecture.
• Your security boundary fits: No auth required (Free / Open Source).
• Primary tools included: ocr_image, detect_faces, detect_barcodes.

Feature & Specification Comparison

Specification	Openrouter MCP Multimodal stabgan Multimedia Process	Macos Vision MCP woladi Multimedia Process
Summary	All-in-one multimodal MCP for 300+ OpenRouter models: text chat, image / audio / video analysis, and image / audio / video generation (Veo 3.1, Sora 2 Pro, Seedance, Wan). Structured meta.code error taxonomy, IPv4+IPv6 SSRF guards, path-sandbox for disk writes, retry-after-aware backoff, multi-arch Docker.	Local OCR and image analysis via Apple Vision Framework. Wraps macOS's native Vision API to expose OCR for images and PDFs (with reading-order paragraphs, bounding boxes, line/paragraph IDs, and confidence), face / barcode / QR / document-corner detection, and image classification — all as MCP tools any client (Claude Code, Claude Desktop, Cursor, Codex CLI) can call. 97% token savings vs sending raw images. Fully offline, no API keys, files never leave the Mac. One-line install: npx -y macos-vision-mcp.

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": {
    "stabgan-openrouter-mcp-multimodal": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@stabgan/openrouter-mcp-multimodal"
      ],
      "env": {
        "OPENROUTER_API_KEY": "YOUR_OPENROUTER_API_KEY_HERE"
      }
    }
  }
}

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "woladi-macos-vision-mcp": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "macos-vision-mcp"
      ]
    }
  }
}

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