Amazon Location Service vs Google Places — FlashData
Amazon Location Service is an MCP server published by awslabs. Marketplaces we read that list it: 1 (Docker MCP Catalog). Google Places — FlashData is an MCP server published by flashdata-dev. Marketplaces we read that list it: 1 (Official MCP Registry). 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 |  Amazon Location Service |  Google Places — FlashData |
|---|---|---|
| Docker MCP Catalog | Listed Version: sha256:a84810ffd306 Forks (GitHub): 1 805 Pulls (Docker Hub): 13 400 Stars (Docker Hub): 0 Stars (GitHub): 9 776 Not marked · First seen |
Not listed |
| Official MCP Registry | Not listed | Listed Version: 0.1.1 Forks (GitHub): 0 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 | Amazon Location Service | Google Places — FlashData |
|---|---|---|
| Marketplaces that list it | 1 | 1 |
| Stars (GitHub) (differs) | 9 776 (better) | 0 (worse) |
| Pulls (Docker Hub) (differs) | 13 400 | No figure on Docker Hub |
| Forks (GitHub) (differs) | 1 805 (better) | 0 (worse) |
| Last release | Not published | Not published |
| Where it runs (differs) | On your machine (mcp/aws-location-mcp-server) | On your machine (https://github.com/flashdata-dev/flashdata-mcp/releases/download/smithery-task-servers-v0.1.1/flashdata-google-places-0.1.1.mcpb) |
| Transport | stdio | stdio |
| Tools it declares (differs) | 8 | Not published |
| Environment variables it asks for (differs) | 5, secrets among them: 2 | 1, secrets among them: 1 |
| Licence (differs) | Apache-2.0 | Not stated |
| Repository (differs) | github.com/awslabs/mcp | github.com/flashdata-dev/flashdata-mcp |
| Changes in the last 7 days (differs) | 0 | 2 |
| First seen (differs) | 2026-10-11 | 2026-10-13 |
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 Location Service
Place search, geocoding, and route optimization.
Google Places — FlashData
Google Places businesses, addresses, ratings and review counts. Paid FlashData API.
How to run each
Amazon Location Service 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-location -- docker run -i --rm -e AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY -e AWS_SESSION_TOKEN mcp/aws-location-mcp-serverRequires: AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY (secret), AWS_SESSION_TOKEN (secret)
Google Places — FlashData
No data for an automatic command: what its marketplaces declare does not say unambiguously how to connect it.
Requires: FLASHDATA_API_KEY (secret)
Commands built only from what the marketplaces declare; the full set for every client is on each card.
Tools each declares
The marketplaces of Google Places — FlashData publish no list of tools, so we do not compare tools.
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 Google Places — FlashData asks for
FLASHDATA_API_KEY (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: Google Places — FlashData · 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. Figures come from our own regular passes over the marketplaces, last read on . We publish no contact details for plugin publishers.