AWS IAM vs deploy-on-aws
AWS IAM is an MCP server published by awslabs. Marketplaces we read that list it: 1 (Docker MCP Catalog). deploy-on-aws is a plugin bundle for AI coding tools published by awslabs. Marketplaces we read that list it: 3 (Claude Code: claude-plugins-official, Community GitHub marketplaces, Claude Code: claude-plugins-community). 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 IAM | deploy-on-aws |
|---|---|---|
| Docker MCP Catalog | Listed Version: sha256:84e5e818de90 Forks (GitHub): 1 806 Pulls (Docker Hub): 14 012 Stars (Docker Hub): 0 Stars (GitHub): 9 779 Not marked · First seen |
Not listed |
| Claude Code: claude-plugins-official | Not listed | Listed Version: 1.3.0 Forks (GitHub): 162 Stars (GitHub): 918 Not marked · First seen |
| Claude Code: claude-plugins-community | Not listed | Listed Version: 1.3.0 Forks (GitHub): 162 Stars (GitHub): 918 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 IAM | deploy-on-aws |
|---|---|---|
| Marketplaces that list it (differs) | 1 (worse) | 3 (better) |
| Stars (GitHub) (differs) | 9 779 (better) | 918 (worse) |
| Pulls (Docker Hub) (differs) | 14 012 | No figure on Docker Hub |
| Forks (GitHub) (differs) | 1 806 (better) | 162 (worse) |
| Last release | Not published | Not published |
| Where it runs (differs) | On your machine (mcp/iam-mcp-server) | Remote server (knowledge-mcp.global.api.aws) |
| Transport (differs) | stdio | Streamable HTTP |
| Tools it declares (differs) | 29 | Not published |
| Environment variables it asks for (differs) | 4, secrets among them: 1 | 1, secrets among them: 0 |
| Hooks it runs (differs) | Not published | 1 |
| Parts of the bundle (differs) | Not a bundle | 7 |
| Licence | Apache-2.0 | Apache-2.0 |
| Repository (differs) | github.com/awslabs/mcp | github.com/awslabs/agent-plugins |
| Changes in the last 7 days | 0 | 0 |
| First seen | 2026-10-11 | 2026-10-11 |
| Endpoint at the last check (differs) | no remote endpoint we check | Answered with HTTP 302 (44 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 IAM
IAM user, role, group, and policy management.
deploy-on-aws
Deploy applications to AWS with architecture recommendations, cost estimates, and IaC deployment.
How to run each
AWS IAM As a local MCP server: Docker image
claude mcp add --env "AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY=<YOUR_AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY>" --transport stdio awslabs-iam -- docker run -i --rm -e AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY mcp/iam-mcp-serverRequires: AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY (secret)
deploy-on-aws As a Claude Code plugin
/plugin install deploy-on-aws@claude-plugins-officialCommands built only from what the marketplaces declare; the full set for every client is on each card.
Only deploy-on-aws has a remote endpoint we check. How we check endpoints
Tools each declares
The marketplaces of deploy-on-aws publish no list of tools, so we do not compare tools.
Settings each asks for
Only AWS IAM asks for
AWS_ACCESS_KEY_IDAWS_PROFILEAWS_REGIONAWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY (secret)
Only deploy-on-aws asks for
FASTMCP_LOG_LEVEL
Settings as each marketplace publishes them. Asking for fewer is not better in itself.
What it can do: AWS IAM · What it can do: deploy-on-aws · Compare two other plugins
Data comes from the Docker MCP Catalog (desktop.docker.com/mcp/catalog) and Docker Hub. Data comes from the public marketplace file https://github.com/anthropics/claude-plugins-official/blob/HEAD/.claude-plugin/marketplace.json. Data comes from public marketplace files in GitHub repositories of their authors. Data comes from the public marketplace file https://github.com/anthropics/claude-plugins-community/blob/HEAD/.claude-plugin/marketplace.json. Figures come from our own regular passes over the marketplaces, last read on . We publish no contact details for plugin publishers.