Grafana vs New Relic MCP Server

Grafana and New Relic MCP Server are both in Observability in this directory. The table repeats the description, category, transport, auth, publisher mark, and links stored on each listing. A field this directory does not have says Not listed. This page is not a ranking and does not add features, prices, or test results.

Grafana listing New Relic MCP Server listing

Grafana vs New Relic MCP Server
Field	Grafana	New Relic MCP Server
Description	Grafana is an MCP server an agent can use to search dashboards, investigate incidents and query datasources in the Grafana instance.	New Relic MCP Server is an MCP server an agent can use to query New Relic observability data, including metrics, logs, traces, and entities. This paraphrases the MCP Registry record com.newrelic/mcp-server, version 0.1.0.
Category	Observability	Observability
Transport	Not listed	Not listed
Auth	Not listed	Not listed
Publisher	Official	Official
Listing link	https://github.com/grafana/mcp-grafana	https://registry.modelcontextprotocol.io/v0.1/servers/com.newrelic%2Fmcp-server/versions/0.1.0
Repository	https://github.com/grafana/mcp-grafana	Not listed
Homepage	Not listed	Not listed
Source	https://github.com/modelcontextprotocol/servers/blob/e6b0b0f5d355530ebdd09bc547240e556fbc6c19/README.md	https://registry.modelcontextprotocol.io/v0.1/servers/com.newrelic%2Fmcp-server/versions/0.1.0

Connect it: Grafana

from vendor docs, not tested by us

Source: Grafana README

Local command

Claude Desktop

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "grafana": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "mcp-grafana"
      ],
      "env": {
        "GRAFANA_URL": "http://localhost:3000",
        "GRAFANA_SERVICE_ACCOUNT_TOKEN": "<your service account token>"
      }
    }
  }
}

Claude Code

claude mcp add grafana -- uvx mcp-grafana

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{
  "mcpServers": {
    "grafana": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "mcp-grafana"
      ],
      "env": {
        "GRAFANA_URL": "http://localhost:3000",
        "GRAFANA_SERVICE_ACCOUNT_TOKEN": "<your service account token>"
      }
    }
  }
}

VS Code

{
  "servers": {
    "grafana": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "mcp-grafana"
      ],
      "env": {
        "GRAFANA_URL": "http://localhost:3000",
        "GRAFANA_SERVICE_ACCOUNT_TOKEN": "<your service account token>"
      }
    }
  }
}

Connect it: New Relic MCP Server

from vendor docs, not tested by us

Source: MCP Registry record com.newrelic/mcp-server 0.1.0

Remote URL

Claude Desktop

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "new-relic": {
      "url": "https://mcp.newrelic.com/mcp"
    }
  }
}

Claude Code

claude mcp add --transport http new-relic "https://mcp.newrelic.com/mcp"

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{
  "mcpServers": {
    "new-relic": {
      "url": "https://mcp.newrelic.com/mcp"
    }
  }
}

VS Code

{
  "servers": {
    "new-relic": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://mcp.newrelic.com/mcp"
    }
  }
}