AWS API vs cloudcostwise
AWS API is an MCP server published by awslabs. Marketplaces we read that list it: 1 (Docker MCP Catalog). cloudcostwise is an MCP server published by cloudwise-app. Marketplaces we read that list it: 2 (Official MCP Registry, Community GitHub marketplaces). As of our marketplace pass on 2026-10-13. 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 |  AWS API |  cloudcostwise |
|---|---|---|
| Docker MCP Catalog | Listed Version: sha256:d7a48c778ce2 Forks (GitHub): 1 805 Pulls (Docker Hub): 32 823 Stars (Docker Hub): 0 Stars (GitHub): 9 773 Not marked · First seen |
Not listed |
| Official MCP Registry | Not listed | Listed Version: 0.1.7 Forks (GitHub): 1 Stars (GitHub): 1 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 | AWS API | cloudcostwise |
|---|---|---|
| Marketplaces that list it (differs) | 1 (worse) | 2 (better) |
| Stars (GitHub) (differs) | 9 773 (better) | 1 (worse) |
| Pulls (Docker Hub) (differs) | 32 823 | No figure on Docker Hub |
| Forks (GitHub) (differs) | 1 805 (better) | 1 (worse) |
| Last release (differs) | Not published | 2026-10-12 |
| Where it runs (differs) | On your machine (mcp/aws-api-mcp-server) | On your machine (cloudcostwise) |
| Transport | stdio | stdio |
| Tools it declares (differs) | 2 | Not published |
| Environment variables it asks for (differs) | 5, secrets among them: 2 | 1, secrets among them: 0 |
| Parts of the bundle (differs) | Not a bundle | 1 |
| Licence (differs) | Apache-2.0 | FSL-1.1-ALv2 |
| Repository (differs) | github.com/awslabs/mcp | github.com/cloudwise-app/cloudcostwise |
| Changes in the last 7 days (differs) | 0 | 3 |
| First seen | 2026-10-11 | 2026-10-11 |
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
AWS API
Comprehensive AWS API support with command validation and access to all services.
cloudcostwise
Find AWS waste with your own read-only credentials. Runs locally. Nothing is sent to CloudWise.
How to run each
AWS API 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 aws-api -- docker run -i --rm -e AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY -e AWS_SESSION_TOKEN mcp/aws-api-mcp-serverRequires: AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY (secret), AWS_SESSION_TOKEN (secret)
cloudcostwise As a local MCP server: PyPI package
claude mcp add --transport stdio cloudcostwise -- uvx cloudcostwise mcpCommands built only from what the marketplaces declare; the full set for every client is on each card.
Tools each declares
The marketplaces of cloudcostwise publish no list of tools, so we do not compare tools.
Settings each asks for
Only AWS API asks for
AWS_ACCESS_KEY_IDAWS_API_MCP_PROFILE_NAMEAWS_REGIONAWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY (secret)AWS_SESSION_TOKEN (secret)
Only cloudcostwise asks for
AWS_PROFILE
Settings as each marketplace publishes them. Asking for fewer is not better in itself.
What it can do: AWS API · What it can do: cloudcostwise · Compare two other plugins
Data comes from the Docker MCP Catalog (desktop.docker.com/mcp/catalog) and Docker Hub. Data comes from the Official MCP Registry (registry.modelcontextprotocol.io), CC0 1.0. 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.