AWS KB Retrieval (Archived) vs cloudcostwise
AWS KB Retrieval (Archived) is an MCP server published by modelcontextprotocol. 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 2026-10-14. 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 KB Retrieval (Archived) |  cloudcostwise |
|---|---|---|
| Docker MCP Catalog | Listed Version: sha256:1522c7ffee3f Forks (GitHub): 11 787 Pulls (Docker Hub): 22 386 Stars (Docker Hub): 6 Stars (GitHub): 91 222 Not marked · First seen |
Not listed |
| Official MCP Registry | Not listed | Listed Version: 0.1.8 Downloads/month (PyPI): 420 Downloads/week (PyPI): 597 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 KB Retrieval (Archived) | cloudcostwise |
|---|---|---|
| Marketplaces that list it (differs) | 1 (worse) | 2 (better) |
| Stars (GitHub) (differs) | 91 222 (better) | 1 (worse) |
| Pulls (Docker Hub) (differs) | 22 386 | No figure on Docker Hub |
| Forks (GitHub) (differs) | 11 787 (better) | 1 (worse) |
| Last release (differs) | Not published | 2026-10-14 |
| Where it runs (differs) | On your machine (mcp/aws-kb-retrieval-server) | On your machine (cloudcostwise) |
| Transport | stdio | stdio |
| Tools it declares (differs) | 1 | Not published |
| Environment variables it asks for (differs) | 2, secrets among them: 1 | 1, secrets among them: 0 |
| Parts of the bundle (differs) | Not a bundle | 1 |
| Licence (differs) | NOASSERTION | FSL-1.1-ALv2 |
| Repository (differs) | github.com/modelcontextprotocol/servers | github.com/cloudwise-app/cloudcostwise |
| Changes in the last 7 days (differs) | 0 | 5 |
| 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 KB Retrieval (Archived)
An MCP server implementation for retrieving information from the AWS Knowledge Base using the Bedrock Agent Runtime.
cloudcostwise
Find AWS waste with your own read-only credentials. Runs locally. Nothing is sent to CloudWise.
How to run each
AWS KB Retrieval (Archived) As a local MCP server: Docker image
claude mcp add --env "AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY=<YOUR_AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY>" --transport stdio aws-kb-retrieval-server -- docker run -i --rm -e AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY mcp/aws-kb-retrieval-serverRequires: AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY (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 KB Retrieval (Archived) asks for
AWS_ACCESS_KEY_IDAWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY (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 KB Retrieval (Archived) · 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.