Yahoo Finance MCP servers: which one to use

Compare the community Yahoo Finance MCP servers that let your AI assistant look up stock prices, financials, options and news.

Servers: 24; active
Hosted: 3; nothing to install
Local: 14; runs on your machine

Yahoo does not make an MCP server, so every option here is a community project, and the popular ones run free on your own computer with no API key. They let Claude, Cursor or another assistant look up stock prices, price history, financial statements, analyst views, options and news from Yahoo Finance. Most of them rely on the unofficial yfinance library, so Yahoo can rate-limit or break them at any time, and the data is for personal research, not trading systems.

Good for

Individual investors researching stocks, ETFs and funds by asking Claude in plain words
Students and analysts pulling price history and financial statements for a report
Developers prototyping a finance assistant without paying for a market data feed
Options traders checking expiration dates and option chains during research

Which Yahoo Finance MCP server to use

Pick yfinance-mcp for the most data, including screeners and fund holdings, or yahoo-finance-mcp for a small, popular tool set. Choose mcp-yahoo-finance for portfolio math, and the Apify scraper only if you want a hosted option and will pay per result.

Server	Runs	Sign-in	Tools	GitHub stars
yfinance-mcp	Local	No sign-in	15	205
yahoo-finance-mcp	Local	No sign-in	9	364
mcp-yahoo-finance	Local	No sign-in	22	28
mcp-yfinance-server	Local	–	18	54
Apify Yahoo Finance Scraper	Hosted	Apify account	–	–

All Yahoo Finance MCP servers

24 active · official first, then by GitHub stars

Show all 24

Questions

Is there an official Yahoo Finance MCP server?

No. Yahoo does not publish one. Every server on this page is a community project, and the popular ones are built on the open-source yfinance library.

Which Yahoo Finance MCP server should I use?

yfinance-mcp if you want the most data, such as screeners, fund holdings and analyst targets. yahoo-finance-mcp if you want the most starred one with a short list of tools. mcp-yahoo-finance if you want portfolio and watchlist math.

Do I need an API key?

No. The yfinance-based servers need no key or Yahoo account. The hosted Apify scraper needs an Apify account.

Is it free?

Yes for the open-source servers, which run on your own computer. Apify's hosted scraper charges about $0.002 per result row.

Why does it say "Too Many Requests" or rate limited?

Yahoo throttles heavy use of its public endpoints. Ask for fewer tickers at a time and wait a while before trying again.

Can I use the data for trading or a commercial app?

Not safely. yfinance is not endorsed by Yahoo and says the Yahoo Finance API is for personal use only, so check Yahoo's terms and use a licensed data feed for anything commercial.

Can it place trades or touch my brokerage account?

No. These servers only read public market data and never connect to a broker.

Can it show options chains?

Yes. yfinance-mcp, yahoo-finance-mcp and mcp-yahoo-finance can list expiration dates and show calls and puts for a date.

Why did my Yahoo Finance MCP server stop starting?

Older installs of yahoo-finance-mcp broke when a new version of the MCP library removed a feature it used. The project fixed this in August 2026, so reinstall it to get the update.