MCP Comparison
Compare features, tools, and capabilities of these MCP servers side by side.
Hugging Face MCP Server
Hugging Face Official MCP Server connects your large language models (LLMs) to the Hugging Face Hub and thousands of Gradio AI Applications, enabling seamless MCP (Model Context Protocol) integration across multiple transports. It supports STDIO, SSE (to be deprecated but still commonly deployed), StreamableHTTP, and StreamableHTTPJson, with the Web Application allowing dynamic tool management and status updates. This MCP server is designed to be run locally or in Docker, and it provides integrations with Claude Desktop, Claude Code, Gemini CLI (and its extension), VSCode, and Cursor, making it easy to configure and manage MCP-enabled tools and endpoints. Tools such as hf_doc_search and hf_doc_fetch can be enabled to enhance document discovery, and an optional Authenticate tool can be included to handle OAuth challenges when called.
N8N MCP Server
An MCP (Model Context Protocol) server designed to integrate Claude Desktop, Claude Code, Windsurf, and Cursor with n8n workflows. This MCP enables users to build, test, and orchestrate complex workflows by exposing a set of tools that bridge Claude’s capabilities with n8n’s automation platform. The project emphasizes robust trigger handling, multi-tenant readiness, and progressive documentation to help developers understand how tools map to real-world workflow tasks. It also outlines future tooling integration points (such as getNodeEssentials and getNodeInfo) to further enhance node-structure awareness within MCP-powered automations.
| Feature | Hugging Face MCP Server | N8N MCP Server |
|---|---|---|
| Verified | ||
| Official | ||
| Tools Available | 3 | 4 |
| Has Installation Guide | ||
| Has Examples | ||
| Website | ||
| Source Code |
- hf_doc_fetch
- hf_doc_search
- authenticate
- n8n_test_workflow
- n8n_trigger_webhook_workflow
- getNodeEssentials
- getNodeInfo
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