The Company Atlas vs Trade Compliance
A side-by-side look at the The Company Atlas and Trade Compliance MCP servers: transport, auth, tools, quality signals, and the config to install either one in Claude, Cursor, Windsurf or VS Code.
Verdict: choose The Company Atlas for legal work over a hosted endpoint; choose Trade Compliance for legal as a local process. You can also run both side by side in one mcpServers block.
Which MCP server should you choose?
Choose The Company Atlas when
- You need dedicated capabilities in the Legal domain.
- You prefer a remote HTTP/SSE transport.
- You want tools like
Trade_search_trades, Trade_company_trade_volume_by_year, Trade_hs_code_breakdown.
Choose Trade Compliance when
- You need dedicated capabilities in the Legal domain.
- You prefer a local stdio subprocess transport.
Feature & specification comparison
Rows where the two servers differ are marked.
| Spec | ||
|---|---|---|
| Category | Legal | Legal |
| Quality signal | 48/100 · Fair | 41/100 · Fair |
| Install command | Confirmed | Confirmed |
| Transport | Remote HTTP/SSE | Local subprocess (stdio) |
| Auth | Not declared | Not declared |
| Pricing | Not declared | Not declared |
| Required env vars | None listed | None listed |
| Verified owner | Community listing | Community listing |
| GitHub stars | 0 | 0 |
| Directory activity | 2 views 0 installs 0 upvotes | 0 views 0 installs 0 upvotes |
| Tools | 8 | Not listed |
| Full listing | View The Company Atlas | View Trade Compliance |
Tools & capabilities
The Company Atlas tools 8
Trade_search_tradesPaginated customs shipment search — filter by HS code, buyer, seller, ports, value, date range, and countryTrade_company_trade_volume_by_yearRank companies by declared trade value and line counts per calendar year, with optional HS and country filtersTrade_hs_code_breakdownFor one company, aggregate import and export value by HS code prefix (chapter, heading, or subheading)Trade_year_country_breakdownFor one company, aggregate trade value by year and counterparty countryTrade_partner_breakdownFor one company, aggregate trade value by year and matched counterparty companyCompany_searchSearch the global company registry by name or id, with optional country filterCompany_extended_searchAdvanced search with filters on industry, capital, incorporation date, address, and moreCompany_get_by_idFull company profile by primary key id
Trade Compliance 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.
The Company Atlas
{
"mcpServers": {
"the-company-atlas": {
"url": "https://thecompanyatlas.com/mcp"
}
}
}
Trade Compliance
{
"mcpServers": {
"trade-compliance": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"@pipeworx/mcp-trade-compliance"
]
}
}
}
Frequently asked questions
The Company Atlas is categorized under Legal and uses a remote HTTP/SSE transport. Trade Compliance belongs to Legal and uses a local stdio subprocess. Pick The Company Atlas for legal work and Trade Compliance for legal.
Copy the mcpServers block from the config section on this page into your client's config (for example claude_desktop_config.json or ~/.cursor/mcp.json), then fully restart the client.
The Company Atlas has no declared pricing — check the project's own site. Trade Compliance has no declared pricing — check the project's own site. If a server needs environment variables such as API keys, define them under the env key in your client's MCP config.
Yes. MCP clients support multiple servers: add the-company-atlas and trade-compliance as separate keys in the same mcpServers object, and your assistant will call tools from either one.
On AllMCPs, The Company Atlas has a quality signal of 48/100 (Fair) with 2 views, 0 installs and 0 GitHub stars. Trade Compliance has 41/100 (Fair) with 0 views, 0 installs and 0 GitHub stars.