Perplexity API Platform vs DocsMint
Perplexity API Platform is an MCP server published by perplexity.ai. Marketplaces we read that list it: 3 (Official MCP Registry, Docker MCP Catalog, Community GitHub marketplaces). DocsMint is an MCP server published by HiAi-gg. Marketplaces we read that list it: 1 (Official MCP Registry). As of our marketplace pass on 2026-10-15. 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 |   Perplexity API Platform |   DocsMint |
|---|---|---|
| Official MCP Registry | Listed Version: 1.2.1 Downloads/month (npm): 104 497 Downloads/week (npm): 14 694 Not marked · First seen |
Listed Version: 1.0.2 Downloads/month (npm): 3 606 Downloads/week (npm): 198 Forks (GitHub): 3 Stars (GitHub): 118 Not marked · First seen |
| Docker MCP Catalog | Listed Version: sha256:7816f45a6f26 Forks (GitHub): 381 Pulls (Docker Hub): 80 123 Stars (Docker Hub): 17 Stars (GitHub): 2 570 Not marked · First seen |
Not listed |
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 API Platform | DocsMint |
|---|---|---|
| Marketplaces that list it (differs) | 3 (better) | 1 (worse) |
| Stars (GitHub) (differs) | 2 570 (better) | 118 (worse) |
| Pulls (Docker Hub) (differs) | 80 123 | No figure on Docker Hub |
| Forks (GitHub) (differs) | 381 (better) | 3 (worse) |
| Last release | Not published | Not published |
| Where it runs (differs) | On your machine (@perplexity-ai/mcp-server) | Remote server (docsmint.com/mcp) |
| Transport (differs) | stdio | Streamable HTTP |
| Tools it declares (differs) | 3 | Not published |
| Environment variables it asks for | 2, secrets among them: 1 | 2, secrets among them: 1 |
| Parts of the bundle (differs) | 1 | Not a bundle |
| Licence (differs) | MIT | Not stated |
| Repository (differs) | github.com/ppl-ai/modelcontextprotocol | github.com/hiai-gg/docsmint |
| Changes in the last 7 days (differs) | 3 | 0 |
| First seen | 2026-10-11 | 2026-10-11 |
| Endpoint at the last check (differs) | no remote endpoint we check | Responded 15 h ago, requires a key |
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
Perplexity API Platform
Real-time web search, reasoning, and research through Perplexity's API
DocsMint
Cloud or self-hosted knowledge for AI agents: hybrid search, reranking, GraphRAG, scoped MCP tools.
How to run each
Perplexity API Platform As a local MCP server: npm package
claude mcp add --transport stdio perplexity-api-platform -- npx -y @perplexity-ai/mcp-serverDocsMint As a remote MCP server
claude mcp add --transport http docsmint https://docsmint.com/mcp --header "Authorization: Bearer <YOUR_TOKEN>"Requires: HIAI_DOCS_API_KEY (secret), Authorization header
Commands built only from what the marketplaces declare; the full set for every client is on each card.
Only DocsMint has a remote endpoint we check. How we check endpoints
Tools each declares
The marketplaces of DocsMint publish no list of tools, so we do not compare tools.
Settings each asks for
Only Perplexity API Platform asks for
PERPLEXITY_API_KEY (secret)PERPLEXITY_TIMEOUT_MS
Only DocsMint asks for
HIAI_DOCS_API_KEY (secret)HIAI_DOCS_URL
Settings as each marketplace publishes them. Asking for fewer is not better in itself.
What it can do: Perplexity API Platform · What it can do: DocsMint · Compare two other plugins
Data comes from the Official MCP Registry (registry.modelcontextprotocol.io), CC0 1.0. 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.