Comparison

Perplexity API Platform vs PoetryDB MCP Server

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). PoetryDB MCP Server is an MCP server published by lacausecrypto. 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

Where each is published
Marketplace	Perplexity API Platform	PoetryDB MCP Server
Official MCP Registry	Listed Version: 1.2.1 Downloads/month (npm): 104 497 Downloads/week (npm): 14 694 Not marked · First seen 2026-10-11	Listed Version: 1.0.1 Downloads/month (npm): 160 Downloads/week (npm): 28 Forks (GitHub): 0 Stars (GitHub): 2 Not marked · First seen 2026-10-11
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 2026-10-11	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

Perplexity API Platform vs PoetryDB MCP Server
Fact	Perplexity API Platform	PoetryDB MCP Server
Marketplaces that list it (differs)	3 (better)	1 (worse)
Stars (GitHub) (differs)	2 570 (better)	2 (worse)
Pulls (Docker Hub) (differs)	80 123	No figure on Docker Hub
Forks (GitHub) (differs)	381 (better)	0 (worse)
Last release	Not published	Not published
Where it runs (differs)	On your machine (@perplexity-ai/mcp-server)	On your machine (mcp-poetry)
Transport	stdio	stdio
Tools it declares (differs)	3	Not published
Environment variables it asks for (differs)	2, secrets among them: 1	3, secrets among them: 0
Parts of the bundle (differs)	1	Not a bundle
Licence (differs)	MIT	Not stated
Repository (differs)	github.com/ppl-ai/modelcontextprotocol	github.com/lacausecrypto/mcp-poetrydb
Changes in the last 7 days (differs)	3	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.

What each says it does

Perplexity API Platform

In its own words, on Official MCP Registry:

Real-time web search, reasoning, and research through Perplexity's API

PoetryDB MCP Server

In its own words, on Official MCP Registry:

Classic poetry search and discovery via PoetryDB.

How to run each

Perplexity API Platform As a local MCP server: npm package

Claude Code

claude mcp add --transport stdio perplexity-api-platform -- npx -y @perplexity-ai/mcp-server

PoetryDB MCP Server As a local MCP server: npm package

Claude Code

claude mcp add --transport stdio poetrydb -- npx -y mcp-poetry

Commands built only from what the marketplaces declare; the full set for every client is on each card.

Tools each declares

The marketplaces of PoetryDB MCP Server 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 PoetryDB MCP Server asks for

POETRYDB_BASE_URL
POETRYDB_REQUEST_RETRIES
POETRYDB_REQUEST_TIMEOUT_MS

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: PoetryDB MCP Server · 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 2026-10-15. We publish no contact details for plugin publishers.