Perplexity API Platform vs Video URL Analyzer
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). Video URL Analyzer is an MCP server published by u2n4. Marketplaces we read that list it: 1 (Official MCP Registry). As of our marketplace pass on 2026-10-19. 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 |  Video URL Analyzer |
|---|---|---|
| Official MCP Registry | Listed Version: 1.2.1 Downloads/month (npm): 102 467 Downloads/week (npm): 16 084 Not marked · First seen |
Listed Version: 1.5.1 Downloads/month (PyPI): 144 Downloads/week (PyPI): 55 Forks (GitHub): 0 Stars (GitHub): 4 Not marked · First seen |
| Docker MCP Catalog | Listed Version: sha256:7816f45a6f26 Forks (GitHub): 383 Pulls (Docker Hub): 80 391 Stars (Docker Hub): 17 Stars (GitHub): 2 579 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 | Video URL Analyzer |
|---|---|---|
| Marketplaces that list it (differs) | 3 (better) | 1 (worse) |
| Stars (GitHub) (differs) | 2 579 (better) | 4 (worse) |
| Pulls (Docker Hub) (differs) | 80 391 | No figure on Docker Hub |
| Forks (GitHub) (differs) | 383 (better) | 0 (worse) |
| Last release (differs) | 2026-10-17 | Not published |
| Where it runs (differs) | On your machine (@perplexity-ai/mcp-server) | On your machine (video-url-analyzer-mcp) |
| Transport | stdio | stdio |
| 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 | github.com/u2n4/video-url-analyzer-mcp |
| Changes in the last 7 days (differs) | 4 | 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
Real-time web search, reasoning, and research through Perplexity's API
Video URL Analyzer
Analyze YouTube/TikTok/Instagram videos: transcripts, AI insights, tutorial extraction
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-serverVideo URL Analyzer As a local MCP server: PyPI package
claude mcp add --transport stdio video-url-analyzer-mcp -- uvx video-url-analyzer-mcpCommands built only from what the marketplaces declare; the full set for every client is on each card.
Tools each declares
The marketplaces of Video URL Analyzer publish no list of tools, so we do not compare tools.
Settings each asks for
The marketplaces of Video URL Analyzer publish no settings it asks for, so we do not compare settings.
What it can do: Perplexity API Platform · What it can do: Video URL Analyzer · 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.