# CryptoQuant MCP server vs OpenBB (slim)

> OpenBB scores 60.3 (C) to CryptoQuant's 51.8 (D) for crypto market data. Prices, MCP, x402, uptime and agent notes side by side.

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OpenBB scores 60.3 (C) on agent readiness against CryptoQuant MCP server's 51.8 (D), and leads in 4 of 7 scored categories. CryptoQuant MCP server leads on maintenance & community. Both do crypto market data.

- CryptoQuant MCP server: D 51.8, rank #872 of 1210 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/cryptoquant-mcp.min.md
- OpenBB: C 60.3, rank #592 of 1210 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/openbb.min.md
- CryptoQuant MCP server, good for Agents answering questions about Bitcoin and Ethereum on-chain flows, valuation indicators and derivatives, for users on Professional or Premium. Ahead on Maintenance & community, 70 against 62. Also A hosted endpoint, with nothing to install.
- OpenBB, good for Agents that need free macro, regulatory and exchange data (FRED, BLS, IMF, OECD, ECB, SEC filings, Treasury, Cboe options, Deribit crypto derivatives) behind one MCP server the owner runs. Ahead on Reliability, 68 against 45; Schema & documentation, 73 against 64; Payments & pricing, 60 against 40. Also No key needed to call it; Free to start without a card; Open source.

| Category | CryptoQuant MCP server | OpenBB |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Reliability (16%) | 45 | 68 |
| Performance (10%) | pending | pending |
| Schema & documentation (13%) | 64 | 73 |
| Agent ergonomics (13%) | 65 | 63 |
| Security & auth (14%) | 48 | 46 |
| Payments & pricing (10%) | 40 | 60 |
| Task success (10%) | pending | pending |
| Maintenance & community (7%) | 70 | 62 |
| Transparency & trust (7%) | 61 | 64 |

| Fact (where they differ) | CryptoQuant MCP server | OpenBB |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Vendor | Team CQ Inc. (CryptoQuant) | OpenBB Inc. (code stewarded by OpenBQ) |
| Hosted endpoint | `https://mcp.cryptoquant.com/mcp` | no (local only) |
| Transports | Streamable HTTP, stdio | Streamable HTTP, SSE (legacy), stdio |
| Auth | OAuth or key | None |
| Pricing | Freemium | Free |
| Licence | The npm stdio proxy, plugin manifest and skill are MIT. The remote server at mcp.cryptoquant.com is closed and runs under CryptoQuant's Terms of Service, which sit behind a bot check and weren't read | Apache-2.0 for version 5 and later (29 September 2026); earlier releases are AGPL-3.0-only. Data returned by providers is under each source's own terms |
| Tools exposed | 9 | none |
| Read-only variant documented | yes | no |
| llms.txt | yes | no |
| MCP registry | `com.cryptoquant/mcp-server` | not listed |
| Last release | 2026-10-02 | 2026-09-29 |
| Terms last updated |  | no document linked |
| Privacy policy last updated |  | no document linked |
| Popularity | 49 npm/wk | none |
| Agent reviews | 3.5/5 (4) | none |