A side-by-side look at the Datadog MCP Server and Zabbix MCP MCP servers: transport, auth, tools, quality signals, and the config to install either one in Claude, Cursor, Windsurf or VS Code.
Verdict: choose Datadog MCP Server for monitoring work as a local process; choose Zabbix MCP for monitoring as a local process. You can also run both side by side in one mcpServers block.
DD_API_KEY, DD_APP_KEY, DD_SITE, DD_ALLOW_WRITE, DD_TOOLS, DD_DISABLE, MCP_TRANSPORT, MCP_HTTP_TOKEN.query-metrics, get-metrics, get-metric-metadata.ZABBIX_URL, ZABBIX_TOKEN, ZABBIX_USER, ZABBIX_PASSWORD.Rows where the two servers differ are marked.
| Spec | ||
|---|---|---|
| Category | Monitoring | Monitoring |
| Quality signal | 59/100 · Good | 40/100 · Fair |
| Install command | Confirmed | Confirmed |
| Transport | Local subprocess (stdio) | Local subprocess (stdio) |
| Auth | API key required | Not declared |
| Pricing | BYOK (pay the provider) | Not declared |
| Required env vars | DD_API_KEYDD_APP_KEYDD_SITEDD_ALLOW_WRITEDD_TOOLSDD_DISABLEMCP_TRANSPORTMCP_HTTP_TOKEN | ZABBIX_URLZABBIX_TOKENZABBIX_USERZABBIX_PASSWORD |
| Verified owner | Community listing | Community listing |
| GitHub stars | 3 | 10 |
| Directory activity | 2 views 0 installs 0 upvotes | 2 views 0 installs 0 upvotes |
| Tools | 80 | Not listed |
| Full listing | View Datadog MCP Server | View Zabbix MCP |
query-metricsget-metricsget-metric-metadatalist-active-metricslist-metric-tagsget-dashboardsget-dashboardcreate-dashboardupdate-dashboarddelete-dashboardsearch-logsaggregate-logsNo tool names declared yet. Check the project README from the listing page.
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.
{
"mcpServers": {
"us-all-datadog-mcp-server": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"@us-all/datadog-mcp"
],
"env": {
"DD_API_KEY": "YOUR_DD_API_KEY_HERE",
"DD_APP_KEY": "YOUR_DD_APP_KEY_HERE",
"DD_SITE": "YOUR_DD_SITE_HERE",
"DD_ALLOW_WRITE": "YOUR_DD_ALLOW_WRITE_HERE",
"DD_TOOLS": "YOUR_DD_TOOLS_HERE",
"DD_DISABLE": "YOUR_DD_DISABLE_HERE",
"MCP_TRANSPORT": "YOUR_MCP_TRANSPORT_HERE",
"MCP_HTTP_TOKEN": "YOUR_MCP_HTTP_TOKEN_HERE"
}
}
}
}
{
"mcpServers": {
"zabbix-mcp": {
"command": "uvx",
"args": [
"zabbix-mcp"
],
"env": {
"ZABBIX_URL": "YOUR_ZABBIX_URL_HERE",
"ZABBIX_TOKEN": "YOUR_ZABBIX_TOKEN_HERE",
"ZABBIX_USER": "YOUR_ZABBIX_USER_HERE",
"ZABBIX_PASSWORD": "YOUR_ZABBIX_PASSWORD_HERE"
}
}
}
}
