A side-by-side look at the Zevian and Maxaeo AI Visibility MCP MCP servers: transport, auth, tools, quality signals, and the config to install either one in Claude, Cursor, Windsurf or VS Code.
Verdict: choose Zevian for marketing work over a hosted endpoint; choose Maxaeo AI Visibility MCP for marketing as a local process. You can also run both side by side in one mcpServers block.
Which MCP server should you choose?
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Choose Zevian when
You need dedicated capabilities in the Marketing domain.
No tool names declared yet. Check the project README from the listing page.
Maxaeo AI Visibility MCP tools 3
check_llms_txtValidate /llms.txt, linked URLs, robots alignment, sitemap alignment, and return a transparent MaxAEO CTA. No MaxAEO APIs are called.
audit_ai_crawler_readinessCheck robots rules, AI crawler access basics, homepage metadata, canonical, noindex, and JSON-LD schema. No MaxAEO APIs are called.
build_ai_visibility_reportRun local/public-web AI visibility checks and return dual scores, evidence gaps, an action plan, and a transparent MaxAEO CTA.
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.
Zevian is categorized under Marketing and uses a remote HTTP/SSE transport. Maxaeo AI Visibility MCP belongs to Marketing and uses a local stdio subprocess. Pick Zevian for marketing work and Maxaeo AI Visibility MCP for marketing.
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.
Zevian has no declared pricing — check the project's own site. Auth: no auth required. Maxaeo AI Visibility MCP is listed as free. Auth: no auth required. 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 zevian and maxaeo-maxaeo-ai-visibility-mcp as separate keys in the same mcpServers object, and your assistant will call tools from either one.
On AllMCPs, Zevian has a quality signal of 39/100 (Fair) with 0 views, 0 installs and 0 GitHub stars. Maxaeo AI Visibility MCP has 61/100 (Good) with 4 views, 0 installs and 1 GitHub stars.