Needle vs ukvet: UK Companies House
Needle is an MCP server published by needle-ai. Marketplaces we read that list it: 2 (Docker MCP Catalog, Official MCP Registry). ukvet: UK Companies House is an MCP server published by FraidoonOmarzai. Marketplaces we read that list it: 1 (Official MCP Registry). As of our marketplace pass on 2026-11-09. 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 |  Needle |  ukvet: UK Companies House |
|---|---|---|
| Docker MCP Catalog | Listed Version: sha256:d3fd314f40c3 Forks (GitHub): 24 Pulls (Docker Hub): 12 147 Stars (Docker Hub): 1 Stars (GitHub): 104 Not marked · First seen |
Not listed |
| Official MCP Registry | Listed Version: 1.0.1 Forks (GitHub): 24 Stars (GitHub): 104 Not marked · First seen |
Listed Version: 0.1.0 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 | Needle | ukvet: UK Companies House |
|---|---|---|
| Marketplaces that list it (differs) | 2 (better) | 1 (worse) |
| Stars (GitHub) (differs) | 104 (better) | 0 (worse) |
| Pulls (Docker Hub) (differs) | 12 147 | No figure on Docker Hub |
| Forks (GitHub) (differs) | 24 (better) | 0 (worse) |
| Last release (differs) | 2026-11-06 | Not published |
| Where it runs (differs) | Remote server or your machine | On your machine (ukvet-mcp) |
| Transport (differs) | stdio, Streamable HTTP | stdio |
| Tools it declares (differs) | 7 | Not published |
| Environment variables it asks for | 1, secrets among them: 1 | 1, secrets among them: 1 |
| Licence | Not stated | Not stated |
| Repository (differs) | github.com/needle-ai/needle-mcp | github.com/fraidoonomarzai/ukvet |
| Changes in the last 7 days (differs) | 5 | 2 |
| First seen (differs) | 2026-10-11 | 2026-11-06 |
| Endpoint at the last check (differs) | Status out of date: last check 2 days ago returned HTTP 401 | no remote endpoint we check |
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
Needle
Production-ready RAG service to search and retrieve data from your documents.
ukvet: UK Companies House
Read-only UK Companies House tools for due diligence: profile, officers, PSC, charges, insolvency.
How to run each
Needle As a local MCP server: Docker image
claude mcp add --env "NEEDLE_API_KEY=<YOUR_NEEDLE_API_KEY>" --transport stdio needle-mcp -- docker run -i --rm -e NEEDLE_API_KEY mcp/needle-mcpRequires: NEEDLE_API_KEY (secret)
ukvet: UK Companies House As a local MCP server: PyPI package
claude mcp add --env "CH_API_KEY=<YOUR_CH_API_KEY>" --transport stdio ukvet-mcp -- uvx ukvet-mcpRequires: CH_API_KEY (secret)
Commands built only from what the marketplaces declare; the full set for every client is on each card.
Only Needle has a remote endpoint we check. How we check endpoints
Tools each declares
The marketplaces of ukvet: UK Companies House publish no list of tools, so we do not compare tools.
Settings each asks for
Only Needle asks for
NEEDLE_API_KEY (secret)
Only ukvet: UK Companies House asks for
CH_API_KEY (secret)
Settings as each marketplace publishes them. Asking for fewer is not better in itself.
What it can do: Needle · What it can do: ukvet: UK Companies House · Compare two other plugins
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