Amazon CloudWatch Application Signals vs datadog-cli
datadog-cli is no longer listed on any marketplace we read: these are its last known data, as of 2026‑10‑20.
Amazon CloudWatch Application Signals is an MCP server published by awslabs. Marketplaces we read that list it: 1 (Docker MCP Catalog). datadog-cli is a plugin bundle for AI coding tools published by charlieduong. No marketplace we read lists it any more. As of our marketplace pass on 2026-10-20. A plugin in this pair is no longer listed on any marketplace we read, so search engines are asked not to index the page.
Where each is published
| Marketplace |  Amazon CloudWatch Application Signals | |
|---|---|---|
| Docker MCP Catalog | Listed Version: sha256:873bf1023b30 Forks (GitHub): 1 817 Pulls (Docker Hub): 14 044 Stars (Docker Hub): 1 Stars (GitHub): 9 798 Not marked · First seen |
Not listed |
| Community marketplace ctdio/datadog-cli | Not listed | Removed on 2026-10-20 Version: 0.2.0 Forks (GitHub): 0 Stars (GitHub): 5 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 CloudWatch Application Signals | datadog-clino longer listed · |
|---|---|---|
| Marketplaces that list it (differs) | 1 | 0 |
| Stars (GitHub) (differs) | 9 798 | 5 |
| Pulls (Docker Hub) (differs) | 14 044 | No figure on Docker Hub |
| Forks (GitHub) (differs) | 1 817 | 0 |
| Last release | Not published | Not published |
| Where it runs (differs) | On your machine (mcp/cloudwatch-appsignals-mcp-server) | Installs as a plugin bundle |
| Transport (differs) | stdio | Not stated |
| Tools it declares (differs) | 13 | Not published |
| Environment variables it asks for (differs) | 2, secrets among them: 0 | Not published |
| Parts of the bundle (differs) | Not a bundle | 2 |
| Licence (differs) | Apache-2.0 | MIT |
| Repository (differs) | github.com/awslabs/mcp | github.com/ctdio/datadog-cli |
| Changes in the last 7 days (differs) | 0 | 4 |
| First seen (differs) | 2026-10-11 | 2026-10-15 |
Lines where the two differ have a tinted background and bold values. No value is marked better or worse: a plugin no marketplace lists any more is shown with its last known data, which we do not rank against current figures.
What to use instead of datadog-cli
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Search logs, metrics, and traces and build OpenObserve dashboards via curl.
What each says it does
Amazon CloudWatch Application Signals
Application performance monitoring and insights.
datadog-cli
Datadog CLI for debugging and triaging - search logs and APM traces, tail in real-time, trace requests, analyze patterns, compare periods, query metrics, and find slow spans
How to run each
Amazon CloudWatch Application Signals As a local MCP server: Docker image
claude mcp add --transport stdio awslabs-cloudwatch-appsignals -- docker run -i --rm mcp/cloudwatch-appsignals-mcp-serverdatadog-cli
No data for an automatic command: what its marketplaces declare does not say unambiguously how to connect it.
Commands built only from what the marketplaces declare; the full set for every client is on each card.
Tools each declares
The marketplaces of datadog-cli publish no list of tools, so we do not compare tools.
Settings each asks for
The marketplaces of datadog-cli publish no settings it asks for, so we do not compare settings.
What it can do: Amazon CloudWatch Application Signals · What it can do: datadog-cli · Compare two other plugins
Data comes from the Docker MCP Catalog (desktop.docker.com/mcp/catalog) and Docker Hub. 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.