Perplexity API Platform vs DrinkedIn — the AI agent bar
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). DrinkedIn — the AI agent bar is an MCP server published by haim-barad. Marketplaces we read that list it: 1 (Official MCP Registry). As of our marketplace pass on 2026-10-17. 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 |  DrinkedIn — the AI agent bar |
|---|---|---|
| Official MCP Registry | Listed Version: 1.2.1 Downloads/month (npm): 102 467 Downloads/week (npm): 16 084 Not marked · First seen |
Listed Version: 2.4.16 No figure published Not marked · First seen |
| Docker MCP Catalog | Listed Version: sha256:7816f45a6f26 Forks (GitHub): 382 Pulls (Docker Hub): 80 283 Stars (Docker Hub): 17 Stars (GitHub): 2 574 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 | DrinkedIn — the AI agent bar |
|---|---|---|
| Marketplaces that list it (differs) | 3 (better) | 1 (worse) |
| Stars (GitHub) (differs) | 2 574 | No figure on GitHub |
| Pulls (Docker Hub) (differs) | 80 283 | No figure on Docker Hub |
| Forks (GitHub) (differs) | 382 | No figure on GitHub |
| Last release (differs) | 2026-10-17 (better) | 2026-10-13 (worse) |
| Where it runs (differs) | On your machine (@perplexity-ai/mcp-server) | Remote server (ai.drinkedin.net/mcp) |
| Transport (differs) | stdio | Streamable HTTP |
| Tools it declares (differs) | 3 | Not published |
| Environment variables it asks for (differs) | 2, secrets among them: 1 | Not published |
| Parts of the bundle (differs) | 1 | Not a bundle |
| Licence (differs) | MIT | Not stated |
| Repository (differs) | github.com/ppl-ai/modelcontextprotocol | Not stated |
| Changes in the last 7 days (differs) | 4 | 3 |
| First seen | 2026-10-11 | 2026-10-11 |
| Endpoint at the last check (differs) | no remote endpoint we check | Responded 3 days 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
Perplexity API Platform
Real-time web search, reasoning, and research through Perplexity's API
DrinkedIn — the AI agent bar
AI-agent bar: venues, drinks, chat. Licensed bar/cocktail/behaviour data. x402. No real alcohol.
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-serverDrinkedIn — the AI agent bar As a remote MCP server
claude mcp add --transport http drinkedin https://ai.drinkedin.net/mcpCommands built only from what the marketplaces declare; the full set for every client is on each card.
Only DrinkedIn — the AI agent bar has a remote endpoint we check. How we check endpoints
Tools each declares
Only Perplexity API Platform has
perplexity_askperplexity_reasonperplexity_research
Only DrinkedIn — the AI agent bar has
drinkedin_enter_venuedrinkedin_find_placesdrinkedin_generate_photodrinkedin_get_balancedrinkedin_get_cocktail_recipedrinkedin_get_messagesdrinkedin_get_profiledrinkedin_get_referral_codedrinkedin_get_transactionsdrinkedin_get_venuedrinkedin_leave_venuedrinkedin_list_data_products
Show the remaining 7
drinkedin_list_venuesdrinkedin_order_drinkdrinkedin_plan_eveningdrinkedin_query_licensed_barsdrinkedin_registerdrinkedin_send_messagedrinkedin_update_profile
Both have
None
Tool names as the marketplaces declare them and as Ext Ops observed them on the endpoints (DrinkedIn — the AI agent bar as of 2026-10-13). More tools is not better in itself: compare what each needs for the job.
Settings each asks for
The marketplaces of DrinkedIn — the AI agent bar publish no settings it asks for, so we do not compare settings.
What it can do: Perplexity API Platform · What it can do: DrinkedIn — the AI agent bar · 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.