Amazon Location Service vs Mapbox
Amazon Location Service is an MCP server published by awslabs. Marketplaces we read that list it: 1 (Docker MCP Catalog). Mapbox is an MCP server published by mapbox. Marketplaces we read that list it: 1 (Docker MCP Catalog). As of our marketplace pass on 2026-10-12. 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 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Docker MCP Catalog | Listed Version: sha256:a84810ffd306 Forks (GitHub): 1 805 Pulls (Docker Hub): 13 389 Stars (Docker Hub): 0 Stars (GitHub): 9 767 Not marked · First seen |
Listed Version: sha256:298701beaeed Forks (GitHub): 44 Pulls (Docker Hub): 35 372 Stars (Docker Hub): 2 Stars (GitHub): 361 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 Location Service | Mapbox |
|---|---|---|
| Marketplaces that list it | 1 | 1 |
| Stars (GitHub) (differs) | 9 767 (better) | 361 (worse) |
| Pulls (Docker Hub) (differs) | 13 389 (worse) | 35 372 (better) |
| Forks (GitHub) (differs) | 1 805 (better) | 44 (worse) |
| Last release | Not published | Not published |
| Where it runs (differs) | On your machine (mcp/aws-location-mcp-server) | On your machine (mcp/mapbox) |
| Transport | stdio | stdio |
| Tools it declares (differs) | 8 | 28 |
| Environment variables it asks for (differs) | 5, secrets among them: 2 | 1, secrets among them: 1 |
| Licence (differs) | Apache-2.0 | MIT |
| Repository (differs) | github.com/awslabs/mcp | github.com/mapbox/mcp-server |
| Changes in the last 7 days | 0 | 0 |
| 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.
Tools each declares
Only Amazon Location Service declares
calculate_routegeocodeget_placeoptimize_waypointsreverse_geocodesearch_nearbysearch_placessearch_places_open_now
Only Mapbox declares
area_toolbbox_toolbearing_toolbuffer_toolcategory_search_toolcentroid_toolconvex_tooldestination_tooldifference_tooldirections_tooldistance_toolground_location_tool
Show the remaining 16
intersect_toolisochrone_toollength_toolmap_matching_toolmatrix_toolmidpoint_toolnearest_point_on_line_toolnearest_point_tooloptimization_toolplace_details_toolpoints_within_polygon_toolreverse_geocode_toolsearch_and_geocode_toolsimplify_toolstatic_map_image_toolunion_tool
Both declare
None
Tool names as each marketplace publishes them. More tools is not better in itself: compare what each needs for the job.
Settings each asks for
Only Amazon Location Service asks for
AWS_ACCESS_KEY_IDAWS_PROFILEAWS_REGIONAWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY (secret)AWS_SESSION_TOKEN (secret)
Only Mapbox asks for
MAPBOX_ACCESS_TOKEN (secret)
Settings as each marketplace publishes them. Asking for fewer is not better in itself.
What it can do: Amazon Location Service · What it can do: Mapbox · Compare two other plugins
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