AWS AppSync vs Cloudinary Environment Config
AWS AppSync is an MCP server published by awslabs. Marketplaces we read that list it: 1 (Docker MCP Catalog). Cloudinary Environment Config is an MCP server published by cloudinary.com. Marketplaces we read that list it: 2 (Official MCP Registry, npm registry (MCP servers)). As of our marketplace pass on 2026-11-14. 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 |  AWS AppSync |  Cloudinary Environment Config |
|---|---|---|
| Docker MCP Catalog | Listed Version: sha256:5fc57706f27b Forks (GitHub): 1 870 Pulls (Docker Hub): 13 582 Stars (Docker Hub): 0 Stars (GitHub): 9 913 Not marked · First seen |
Not listed |
| Official MCP Registry | Not listed | Listed Version: 0.6.4 Forks (GitHub): 1 Stars (GitHub): 0 Not marked · First seen |
| npm registry (MCP servers) | Not listed | Listed Version: 0.6.4 Downloads/month (npm): 1 093 Downloads/week (npm): 421 Forks (GitHub): 1 Stars (GitHub): 0 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 AppSync | Cloudinary Environment Config |
|---|---|---|
| Marketplaces that list it (differs) | 1 (worse) | 2 (better) |
| Stars (GitHub) (differs) | 9 913 (better) | 0 (worse) |
| Pulls (Docker Hub) (differs) | 13 582 | No figure on Docker Hub |
| Forks (GitHub) (differs) | 1 870 (better) | 1 (worse) |
| Last release (differs) | Not published | 2026-11-13 |
| Where it runs (differs) | On your machine (mcp/aws-appsync-mcp-server) | Remote server or your machine |
| Transport (differs) | stdio | Streamable HTTP |
| Tools it declares (differs) | 10 | Not published |
| Environment variables it asks for (differs) | 5, secrets among them: 2 | 3, secrets among them: 1 |
| Licence (differs) | Apache-2.0 | Not stated |
| Repository (differs) | github.com/awslabs/mcp | github.com/cloudinary/environment-config-mcp |
| Changes in the last 7 days (differs) | 0 | 4 |
| First seen (differs) | 2026-10-11 | 2026-10-12 |
| Endpoint at the last check (differs) | no remote endpoint we check | Responded 13 h ago |
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 AppSync
Manage applications powered by AWS AppSync.
Cloudinary Environment Config
Manage Cloudinary upload presets, named transformations, mappings, triggers, and streaming profiles.
How to run each
AWS AppSync 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-appsync -- docker run -i --rm -e AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY -e AWS_SESSION_TOKEN mcp/aws-appsync-mcp-serverRequires: AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY (secret), AWS_SESSION_TOKEN (secret)
Cloudinary Environment Config As a remote MCP server
claude mcp add --transport http environment-config-mcp https://environment-config.mcp.cloudinary.com/mcp --header "cloudinary-api-secret: <YOUR_CLOUDINARY_API_SECRET>"Requires: CLOUDINARY_API_KEY, CLOUDINARY_API_SECRET (secret), CLOUDINARY_CLOUD_NAME, cloudinary-api-secret header
Commands built only from what the marketplaces declare; the full set for every client is on each card.
Only Cloudinary Environment Config has a remote endpoint we check. How we check endpoints
Tools each declares
The marketplaces of Cloudinary Environment Config publish no list of tools, so we do not compare tools.
Settings each asks for
Only AWS AppSync asks for
AWS_ACCESS_KEY_IDAWS_PROFILEAWS_REGIONAWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY (secret)AWS_SESSION_TOKEN (secret)
Only Cloudinary Environment Config asks for
CLOUDINARY_API_KEYCLOUDINARY_API_SECRET (secret)CLOUDINARY_CLOUD_NAME
Settings as each marketplace publishes them. Asking for fewer is not better in itself.
What it can do: AWS AppSync · What it can do: Cloudinary Environment Config · 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. Package data comes from the public npm registry (registry.npmjs.org). Figures come from our own regular passes over the marketplaces, last read on . We publish no contact details for plugin publishers.