Gralio MCP server

Gralio SaaS Database MCP provides access to a comprehensive database of SaaS product information, including over 3 million reviews, pricing data, alternatives, growth metrics, and feature information for more than 30,000 software products. This tool helps transform your LLM into a software research assistant without the noise of marketing materials or polluted web searches.

Accessing the Gralio MCP Server

The Gralio MCP endpoint allows you to connect your preferred development environment to this wealth of SaaS data. Below are instructions for integrating with various platforms.

Cursor Integration

To connect Gralio MCP to your Cursor editor:

1. Choose one of the following configuration locations:

   • Project-specific: Create .cursor/mcp.json in your project directory
   • Global: Create ~/.cursor/mcp.json in your home directory

2. Add the following configuration:

{
    "mcpServers": {
        "gralio": {
            "url": "https://gralio.ai/mcp/sse"
        }
    }
}

Windsurf & Cascade Integration

To integrate with Windsurf and Cascade:

1. Open Windsurf and navigate to Settings > Advanced Settings
2. Scroll to the Cascade section
3. Add a new MCP server with this configuration:

{
    "mcpServers": {
        "gralio": {
            "url": "https://gralio.ai/mcp/sse"
        }
    }
}

VS Code Integration

For VS Code users:

1. Create or modify .vscode/mcp.json in your project's root directory
2. Add the following configuration:

{
    "servers": {
        "GralioSaaS": {
            "type": "sse",
            "url": "https://gralio.ai/mcp/sse"
        }
    }
}

Claude Desktop Integration

To use Gralio MCP with Claude Desktop:

1. Test the connection with supergateway:

npx -y supergateway --sse "https://gralio.ai/mcp/sse"

2. Configure Claude Desktop by adding to your MCP configuration file:

{
    "mcpServers": {
        "gralio_remote": {
            "command": "npx",
            "args": [
                "-y",
                "supergateway",
                "--sse",
                "https://gralio.ai/mcp/sse"
            ]
        }
    }
}

3. Restart Claude Desktop for the changes to take effect.

Using the Gralio SaaS Database

Once connected, you can leverage the Gralio database for various use cases:

Finding Alternatives

Query the database to discover cost-effective alternatives to popular SaaS tools that maintain necessary features. Example query format might include asking about alternatives to specific software within certain price ranges.

Tool Discovery by Use Case

Find tools that match specific feature requirements or use cases. You can query based on particular functionality you need in a SaaS product.

Competitor Research

Identify emerging competitors in your market space before they become major threats by researching growth trajectories and funding information.

Review Analysis

Get aggregated sentiment analysis from user reviews across the web for specific SaaS products to quickly gauge user satisfaction.

Additional Information

For more details on available data and advanced usage techniques, visit the Gralio MCP Page.

How to install this MCP server

For Claude Code

To add this MCP server to Claude Code, run this command in your terminal:

claude mcp add-json "gralio" '{"url":"https://gralio.ai/mcp/sse"}'

See the official Claude Code MCP documentation for more details.

For Cursor

There are two ways to add an MCP server to Cursor. The most common way is to add the server globally in the ~/.cursor/mcp.json file so that it is available in all of your projects.

If you only need the server in a single project, you can add it to the project instead by creating or adding it to the .cursor/mcp.json file.

Adding an MCP server to Cursor globally

To add a global MCP server go to Cursor Settings > Tools & Integrations and click "New MCP Server".

When you click that button the ~/.cursor/mcp.json file will be opened and you can add your server like this:

{
    "mcpServers": {
        "gralio": {
            "url": "https://gralio.ai/mcp/sse"
        }
    }
}

Adding an MCP server to a project

To add an MCP server to a project you can create a new .cursor/mcp.json file or add it to the existing one. This will look exactly the same as the global MCP server example above.

How to use the MCP server

Once the server is installed, you might need to head back to Settings > MCP and click the refresh button.

The Cursor agent will then be able to see the available tools the added MCP server has available and will call them when it needs to.

You can also explicitly ask the agent to use the tool by mentioning the tool name and describing what the function does.

For Claude Desktop

To add this MCP server to Claude Desktop:

1. Find your configuration file:

• macOS: ~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json
• Windows: %APPDATA%\Claude\claude_desktop_config.json
• Linux: ~/.config/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json

2. Add this to your configuration file:

{
    "mcpServers": {
        "gralio": {
            "url": "https://gralio.ai/mcp/sse"
        }
    }
}

3. Restart Claude Desktop for the changes to take effect