ExcelMcp - MCP Server for Microsoft Excel vs Excel MCP Server

A side-by-side comparison of two Productivity servers — tools, transport, auth, maintenance, and copy-paste config for each.

	ExcelMcp - MCP Server for Microsoft Excel Automate Excel via AI - Power Query, DAX, VBA, PivotTables, charts through Excel's native COM API (Windows only). Unverified stdio (local) No auth C#	Excel MCP Server Create, read, and modify Excel workbooks with your AI agent — no Microsoft Excel required. Unverified stdio (local) No auth Python
Category	Productivity	Productivity
Language	C#	Python
Transport	stdio (local)	stdio (local)
Auth	None	None
GitHub stars	196	3.9k
Last commit	2 days ago	2 months ago
Verified
Actively maintained
Install	`dotnet tool install --global Sbroenne.ExcelMcp.McpServer`	`uvx excel-mcp-server stdio`
Repo	Open	Open

Verdict

Pick ExcelMcp - MCP Server for Microsoft Excel if you prefer its approach (automate excel via ai - power query, dax, vba, pivottables, charts through excel's native com api (windows only)).

Pick Excel MCP Server if you prefer the more popular, battle-tested option, and you need the broadest set of tools.

Add ExcelMcp - MCP Server for Microsoft Excel

Install / run

dotnet tool install --global Sbroenne.ExcelMcp.McpServer

Paste into ~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "excelmcp---mcp-server-for-microsoft-excel": {
      "command": "mcp-excel",
      "args": []
    }
  }
}

Add Excel MCP Server

Install / run

uvx excel-mcp-server stdio

Paste into ~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "excel-mcp-server": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "excel-mcp-server",
        "stdio"
      ]
    }
  }
}

Requires `uv` (the Python package runner). Install it from https://docs.astral.sh/uv/ if `uvx` is not found.

FAQ

ExcelMcp - MCP Server for Microsoft Excel or Excel MCP Server — which is better?

Pick ExcelMcp - MCP Server for Microsoft Excel if you prefer its approach (automate excel via ai - power query, dax, vba, pivottables, charts through excel's native com api (windows only)). Pick Excel MCP Server if you prefer the more popular, battle-tested option, and you need the broadest set of tools.

Can I use both ExcelMcp - MCP Server for Microsoft Excel and Excel MCP Server?

Yes — MCP clients let you enable multiple servers at once. Add both configs to your client's mcpServers and use whichever tool fits the task.

Do ExcelMcp - MCP Server for Microsoft Excel and Excel MCP Server work with Claude, Cursor and Windsurf?

Both do. Copy the per-client config below into Claude Desktop, Cursor, or Windsurf.

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