Program Integrity Alliance vs alation
Program Integrity Alliance is an MCP server published by Program-Integrity-Alliance. Marketplaces we read that list it: 1 (Docker MCP Catalog). alation is a plugin bundle for AI coding tools published by Alation. Marketplaces we read that list it: 1 (Claude Code: claude-plugins-community). 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: sha256:7b4f383fd466 Forks (GitHub): 1 Pulls (Docker Hub): 13 266 Stars (Docker Hub): 1 Stars (GitHub): 4 Not marked · First seen |
Not listed |
| Claude Code: claude-plugins-community | Not listed | Listed Version: 1.0.1 Forks (GitHub): 1 Stars (GitHub): 8 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 | Program Integrity Alliance | alation |
|---|---|---|
| Marketplaces that list it | 1 | 1 |
| Stars (GitHub) (differs) | 4 (worse) | 8 (better) |
| Pulls (Docker Hub) (differs) | 13 266 | No figure on Docker Hub |
| Forks (GitHub) | 1 | 1 |
| Last release | Not published | Not published |
| Where it runs (differs) | On your machine (mcp/pia) | Installs as a plugin bundle |
| Transport (differs) | stdio | Not stated |
| Tools it declares (differs) | 2 | Not published |
| Environment variables it asks for (differs) | 1, secrets among them: 1 | Not published |
| Hooks it runs (differs) | Not published | 1 |
| Parts of the bundle (differs) | Not a bundle | 8 |
| Licence (differs) | MIT | Apache-2.0 |
| Repository (differs) | github.com/program-integrity-alliance/pia-mcp-local | github.com/alation/alation-plugins |
| 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.
What each says it does
Program Integrity Alliance
An MCP server to help make U.S. Government open datasets AI-friendly.
alation
Claude plugin for the Alation platform. Query data products, explore catalogs, automate workflows, curate metadata, and configure AI agents — all through natural language.
How to run each
Program Integrity Alliance As a local MCP server: Docker image
claude mcp add --env "PIA_API_KEY=<YOUR_PIA_API_KEY>" --transport stdio pia -- docker run -i --rm -e PIA_API_KEY mcp/piaRequires: PIA_API_KEY (secret)
alation
No data for an automatic command: what its marketplaces declare does not say unambiguously how to connect it.
Commands built only from what the marketplaces declare; the full set for every client is on each card.
Tools each declares
The marketplaces of alation publish no list of tools, so we do not compare tools.
Settings each asks for
The marketplaces of alation publish no settings it asks for, so we do not compare settings.
What it can do: Program Integrity Alliance · What it can do: alation · Compare two other plugins
Data comes from the Docker MCP Catalog (desktop.docker.com/mcp/catalog) and Docker Hub. Data comes from the public marketplace file https://github.com/anthropics/claude-plugins-community/blob/HEAD/.claude-plugin/marketplace.json. Figures come from our own regular passes over the marketplaces, last read on . We publish no contact details for plugin publishers.