Alternatives to Power BI Authoring MCP Server (Local)
Power BI Authoring MCP Server (Local) is a MCP server by microsoft.com: The Power BI Authoring MCP server lets an AI agent create and change Power BI semantic models. If it doesn't fit your setup, these 12 MCP servers cover similar ground. They are ordered by how closely they match Power BI Authoring MCP Server (Local) and by our rank, which weighs adoption, freshness and documentation; money never changes the order. SemanticOps MCP (for Power BI) leads the list (most GitHub stars here (255); active in the last 30 days). 1 of them is published by the company behind the product. 3 offer a remote endpoint, so there is nothing to install locally. Each entry shows data reasons to switch, and you can open a side-by-side comparison with Power BI Authoring MCP Server (Local).
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Power BI Authoring MCP Server (Local)
The Power BI Authoring MCP server lets an AI agent create and change Power BI semantic models.
12 alternatives
Ordered by how closely each matches Power BI Authoring MCP Server (Local) (shared product, category or stated alternative) and by rank.
- 1SemanticOps MCP (for Power BI)
maxanatsko
Power BI MCP server (Supports Windows and macOS)
- Most GitHub stars here (255)
- Active in the last 30 days
★ 255Last active Oct 16, 2026Local (stdio)Claude Code, Codex, VS Code, Cursor +2
AFreshness: A–Security: not graded yet - 2Tableau GraphQL MCP
tdries
Ask any Tableau lineage question, in any MCP client, through the Tableau Metadata API.
- Active in the last 30 days
- Open source (MIT)
★ 1↓ 52/wkLast active Oct 15, 2026Local (stdio)Claude Code, Codex, VS Code, Cursor +2
AFreshness: A–Security: not graded yet - 3Tableau Workbook Auditor
andey0Saikiran
Local-only Tableau.twbx audit: lineage, unused fields, duplicate calcs, SQL, version diffs
- Open source (MIT)
★ 7Last active Aug 22, 2026Local (stdio)Claude Code, Codex, VS Code, Cursor +2
BFreshness: B–Security: not graded yet - 4DataArcus for Power BI
Antnioo
Plan, check and write Power BI reports on your PC after you approve.
- Active in the last 30 days
Last active Oct 23, 2026Local (stdio)Claude Desktop
AFreshness: A–Security: not graded yet - 5PowerBI MCP Server
gurvinder-dhillon
PowerBI REST API integration.
- Open source (MIT)
↓ 38/wkLast active Feb 5, 2026Local (stdio)Claude Code, Codex, VS Code, Cursor +2
DFreshness: D–Security: not graded yet - 6Power BI Analyst MCP
mbrummerstedt
Browse Power BI workspaces, run DAX queries, and page through large results.
- Open source (MIT)
↓ 41/wkLast active Mar 13, 2026Local (stdio)Claude Code, Codex, VS Code, Cursor +2
DFreshness: D–Security: not graded yet - 7Horizun PBI MCP
HorizunGroup
Build, audit and repair Power BI Desktop models and PBIP reports with DAX, TMDL and PBIR.
- Active in the last 30 days
- Open source (Apache-2.0)
★ 32↓ 189/wkLast active Oct 20, 2026Local (stdio)Claude Code, Codex, VS Code, Cursor +2
AFreshness: A–Security: not graded yet - 8RegiaBI charts
regiabi.com
AI Data Components for Power BI, Excel, Fabric Apps and web: bivariate maps, what-if projections.
- Most weekly downloads here (852)
- Active in the last 30 days
↓ 852/wkLast active Oct 23, 2026Local (stdio)Claude Code, Codex, VS Code, Cursor +2
AFreshness: A–Security: not graded yet - 9SmartVisuals Catalog
smartvisuals.ioOfficial
Find SmartVisuals Power BI custom visuals and get GUIDs, data roles and PBIR binding snippets.
- Remote server, no local install
Last active Oct 22, 2026Remote (HTTP)Claude Code, VS Code, Cursor, Windsurf
AFreshness: A–Security: not graded yet - 10Chartcraft
omarrim
Forge designed Power BI projects (.pbip) from your agent, bound to your own semantic model.
- Remote server, no local install
Last active Oct 17, 2026Remote (HTTP)Claude Code, VS Code, Cursor, Windsurf
AFreshness: A–Security: not graded yet - 11Tableaugen MCP
twilize5
Generate production-ready Tableau workbooks (.twb /.twbx) from natural language and a CSV.
- Open source (MIT)
Last active Sep 21, 2026Local (stdio)Claude Code, Codex, VS Code, Cursor +2
BFreshness: B–Security: not graded yet - 12Pbix Atlas
fabienfrfr
Bidirectional data lineage graph for Power BI (.pbix) files, from source to display
- Remote server, no local install
↓ 37/wkLast active Jul 29, 2026Remote (HTTP)
BFreshness: B–Security: not graded yet