Head to head
Pubmed vs Scholar MCP
Same numbers we show everywhere else, lined up. Ratings come from users, the grade comes from our scanner, adoption comes from public registries.
No reviews yet
Search PubMed/Europe PMC, fetch articles and full text (PMC/EPMC/Unpaywall), citations, MeSH terms.
Full listingScholar MCP
Bio.github.Liyux3/scholar-mcpNo reviews yet
Federated academic search, citation traversal, persistent PDF download, and temporary reading.
Full listingThe short version
Neither has been reviewed yet, so the comparison rests on the scan and the public usage numbers. The safety scan favours Pubmed (93/100 against 83). Pubmed is hosted and callable through the gateway; Scholar MCP runs on your own machine. Pubmed has noticeably more public adoption.
| Pubmed | Scholar MCP | |
|---|---|---|
| User rating | No reviews yet | No reviews yet |
| Safety grade | A93/100 | B83/100 |
| Adoption | Established | Growing |
| GitHub stars | 148 | 3 |
| Downloads / week | 8.0k | 118 |
| Runs where | Hosted (remote) | Your machine (local) |
| Gateway-ready | Yes | No |
| Tools | 11 | 6 |
| Write actions | — | — |
| Price per call | Free | Free |
| Licence | Apache-2.0 | Apache-2.0 |
| Last release | 2026-09-18 | 2026-09-19 |
| Category | Web search | Web search |