Amazon Q Business vs Needle Remote
Amazon Q Business is an MCP server published by awslabs. Marketplaces we read that list it: 1 (Docker MCP Catalog). Needle Remote is an MCP server published by docker. Marketplaces we read that list it: 1 (Docker MCP Catalog). As of our marketplace pass on 2026-10-14. This pair was picked by a reader, not by our comparison rule, so search engines are asked not to index the page.
Where each is published
| Marketplace |  Amazon Q Business | |
|---|---|---|
| Docker MCP Catalog | Listed Version: sha256:e6e17afb81df Forks (GitHub): 1 805 Pulls (Docker Hub): 12 848 Stars (Docker Hub): 0 Stars (GitHub): 9 776 Not marked · First seen |
Listed Version: not stated No figure published Not marked · First seen |
Each figure is the marketplace's own and is never added up across marketplaces. A marketplace that publishes no figure shows none: no number is not zero.
The facts side by side
| Fact | Amazon Q Business | Needle Remote |
|---|---|---|
| Marketplaces that list it | 1 | 1 |
| Stars (GitHub) (differs) | 9 776 | No figure on GitHub |
| Pulls (Docker Hub) (differs) | 12 848 | No figure on Docker Hub |
| Forks (GitHub) (differs) | 1 805 | No figure on GitHub |
| Last release | Not published | Not published |
| Where it runs (differs) | On your machine (mcp/amazon-qbusiness-anonymous-mcp-server) | Remote server (mcp.needle.app/mcp) |
| Transport (differs) | stdio | Streamable HTTP |
| Tools it declares (differs) | 1 | Not published |
| Environment variables it asks for (differs) | 6, secrets among them: 2 | 1, secrets among them: 1 |
| Licence | Apache-2.0 | Apache-2.0 |
| Repository (differs) | github.com/awslabs/mcp | Not stated |
| Changes in the last 7 days | 0 | 0 |
| First seen | 2026-10-11 | 2026-10-11 |
| Endpoint at the last check (differs) | no remote endpoint we check | not checked yet |
Lines where the two differ have a tinted background and bold values. Where the data itself says which value is better (more marketplaces, a larger figure of the same marketplace, a fresher release, a verified mark on a marketplace that lists both), the better one is also marked green with ▲ and the worse one red with ▼. Where it runs, the transport, the tools, the settings, hooks, the bundle's parts, the licence and the week's changes are marked only as different: more or fewer is not better in itself.
What each says it does
Amazon Q Business
AI assistant for ingested content with anonymous access.
Needle Remote
Production-ready RAG service to search and retrieve data from your documents.
How to run each
Amazon Q Business As a local MCP server: Docker image
claude mcp add --env "AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY=<YOUR_AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY>" --env "AWS_SESSION_TOKEN=<YOUR_AWS_SESSION_TOKEN>" --transport stdio amazon-qbusiness-anonymous -- docker run -i --rm -e AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY -e AWS_SESSION_TOKEN mcp/amazon-qbusiness-anonymous-mcp-serverRequires: AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY (secret), AWS_SESSION_TOKEN (secret)
Needle Remote As a remote MCP server
claude mcp add --transport http needle https://mcp.needle.app/mcpRequires: NEEDLE_API_KEY (secret)
Commands built only from what the marketplaces declare; the full set for every client is on each card.
Tools each declares
The marketplaces of Needle Remote publish no list of tools, so we do not compare tools.
Settings each asks for
Only Amazon Q Business asks for
AWS_ACCESS_KEY_IDAWS_PROFILEAWS_REGIONAWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY (secret)AWS_SESSION_TOKEN (secret)QBUSINESS_APPLICATION_ID
Only Needle Remote asks for
NEEDLE_API_KEY (secret)
Settings as each marketplace publishes them. Asking for fewer is not better in itself.
What it can do: Amazon Q Business · What it can do: Needle Remote · Compare two other plugins
Data comes from the Docker MCP Catalog (desktop.docker.com/mcp/catalog) and Docker Hub. Figures come from our own regular passes over the marketplaces, last read on . We publish no contact details for plugin publishers.