Amazon Q Business vs pigment
Amazon Q Business is an MCP server published by awslabs. Marketplaces we read that list it: 1 (Docker MCP Catalog). pigment is a plugin bundle for AI coding tools published by gopigment. Marketplaces we read that list it: 3 (Claude Code: claude-plugins-official, Claude Code: claude-plugins-community, Community GitHub marketplaces). As of our marketplace pass on 2026-10-17. 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 |  pigment |
|---|---|---|
| Docker MCP Catalog | Listed Version: sha256:e6e17afb81df Forks (GitHub): 1 812 Pulls (Docker Hub): 12 864 Stars (Docker Hub): 0 Stars (GitHub): 9 782 Not marked · First seen |
Not listed |
| Claude Code: claude-plugins-official | Not listed | Listed Version: 2.0.4 Forks (GitHub): 11 Stars (GitHub): 22 Not marked · First seen |
| Claude Code: claude-plugins-community | Not listed | Listed Version: 1.0.11 Forks (GitHub): 11 Stars (GitHub): 22 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 | pigment |
|---|---|---|
| Marketplaces that list it (differs) | 1 (worse) | 3 (better) |
| Stars (GitHub) (differs) | 9 782 (better) | 22 (worse) |
| Pulls (Docker Hub) (differs) | 12 864 | No figure on Docker Hub |
| Forks (GitHub) (differs) | 1 812 (better) | 11 (worse) |
| Last release (differs) | Not published | 2026-10-16 |
| Where it runs (differs) | On your machine (mcp/amazon-qbusiness-anonymous-mcp-server) | Remote server (pigment.app/api/mcp/public/%7Byour-mcp-id%7D) |
| Transport (differs) | stdio | Streamable HTTP |
| Tools it declares (differs) | 1 | Not published |
| Environment variables it asks for (differs) | 6, secrets among them: 2 | Not published |
| Parts of the bundle (differs) | Not a bundle | 38 |
| Licence (differs) | Apache-2.0 | Not stated |
| Repository (differs) | github.com/awslabs/mcp | github.com/gopigment/ai-plugins |
| Changes in the last 7 days (differs) | 0 | 6 |
| 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.
pigment
Analyze business data and build custom Pigment models, metrics, and boards through natural language.
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)
pigment As a Claude Code plugin
/plugin install pigment@claude-plugins-officialCommands built only from what the marketplaces declare; the full set for every client is on each card.
Tools each declares
The marketplaces of pigment publish no list of tools, so we do not compare tools.
Settings each asks for
The marketplaces of pigment publish no settings it asks for, so we do not compare settings.
What it can do: Amazon Q Business · What it can do: pigment · Compare two other plugins
Data comes from the Docker MCP Catalog (desktop.docker.com/mcp/catalog) and Docker Hub. Data comes from the public marketplace file https://github.com/anthropics/claude-plugins-official/blob/HEAD/.claude-plugin/marketplace.json. Data comes from the public marketplace file https://github.com/anthropics/claude-plugins-community/blob/HEAD/.claude-plugin/marketplace.json. Data comes from public marketplace files in GitHub repositories of their authors. Figures come from our own regular passes over the marketplaces, last read on . We publish no contact details for plugin publishers.