Perplexity vs Sequential Thinking (Reference)
Perplexity is an MCP server published by perplexityai. Marketplaces we read that list it: 1 (Docker MCP Catalog). Sequential Thinking (Reference) is an MCP server published by modelcontextprotocol. 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: sha256:7816f45a6f26 Forks (GitHub): 380 Pulls (Docker Hub): 79 799 Stars (Docker Hub): 17 Stars (GitHub): 2 557 Not marked · First seen |
Listed Version: sha256:cd3174b2ecf3 Forks (GitHub): 11 778 Pulls (Docker Hub): 420 186 Stars (Docker Hub): 30 Stars (GitHub): 91 146 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 | Perplexity | Sequential Thinking (Reference) |
|---|---|---|
| Marketplaces that list it | 1 | 1 |
| Stars (GitHub) (differs) | 2 557 (worse) | 91 146 (better) |
| Pulls (Docker Hub) (differs) | 79 799 (worse) | 420 186 (better) |
| Forks (GitHub) (differs) | 380 (worse) | 11 778 (better) |
| Last release | Not published | Not published |
| Where it runs (differs) | On your machine (mcp/perplexity-ask) | On your machine (mcp/sequentialthinking) |
| Transport | stdio | stdio |
| Tools it declares (differs) | 3 | 1 |
| Environment variables it asks for (differs) | 1, secrets among them: 1 | Not published |
| Licence (differs) | MIT | NOASSERTION |
| Repository (differs) | github.com/ppl-ai/modelcontextprotocol | github.com/modelcontextprotocol/servers |
| 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 Perplexity declares
perplexity_askperplexity_reasonperplexity_research
Only Sequential Thinking (Reference) declares
sequentialthinking
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
The marketplaces of Sequential Thinking (Reference) publish no settings it asks for, so we do not compare settings.
What it can do: Perplexity · What it can do: Sequential Thinking (Reference) · Compare two other plugins
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