Program Integrity Alliance vs Census (ACS by ZIP)
Program Integrity Alliance is an MCP server published by Program-Integrity-Alliance. Marketplaces we read that list it: 1 (Docker MCP Catalog). Census (ACS by ZIP) is an MCP server published by mcpwright. Marketplaces we read that list it: 1 (Official MCP Registry). As of our marketplace pass on 2026-10-14. 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 |  Program Integrity Alliance |  Census (ACS by ZIP) |
|---|---|---|
| Docker MCP Catalog | Listed Version: sha256:7b4f383fd466 Forks (GitHub): 1 Pulls (Docker Hub): 13 270 Stars (Docker Hub): 1 Stars (GitHub): 4 Not marked · First seen |
Not listed |
| Official MCP Registry | Not listed | Listed Version: 0.1.3 Downloads/month (PyPI): 124 Downloads/week (PyPI): 32 Forks (GitHub): 0 Stars (GitHub): 0 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 | Census (ACS by ZIP) |
|---|---|---|
| Marketplaces that list it | 1 | 1 |
| Stars (GitHub) (differs) | 4 (better) | 0 (worse) |
| Pulls (Docker Hub) (differs) | 13 270 | No figure on Docker Hub |
| Forks (GitHub) (differs) | 1 (better) | 0 (worse) |
| Last release | Not published | Not published |
| Where it runs (differs) | On your machine (mcp/pia) | On your machine (mcpwright-census) |
| Transport | stdio | stdio |
| Tools it declares (differs) | 2 | Not published |
| Environment variables it asks for (differs) | 1, secrets among them: 1 | 1, secrets among them: 0 |
| Licence (differs) | MIT | Not stated |
| Repository (differs) | github.com/program-integrity-alliance/pia-mcp-local | github.com/mcpwright/census-mcp |
| 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.
Census (ACS by ZIP)
U.S. Census (ACS) data by ZIP: income, demographics, housing, education, from a local store.
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)
Census (ACS by ZIP) As a local MCP server: PyPI package
claude mcp add --env "CENSUS_API_KEY=<YOUR_CENSUS_API_KEY>" --transport stdio census-mcp -- uvx mcpwright-censusRequires: CENSUS_API_KEY
Commands built only from what the marketplaces declare; the full set for every client is on each card.
Tools each declares
The marketplaces of Census (ACS by ZIP) publish no list of tools, so we do not compare tools.
Settings each asks for
Only Program Integrity Alliance asks for
PIA_API_KEY (secret)
Only Census (ACS by ZIP) asks for
CENSUS_API_KEY
Settings as each marketplace publishes them. Asking for fewer is not better in itself.
What it can do: Program Integrity Alliance · What it can do: Census (ACS by ZIP) · Compare two other plugins
Data comes from the Docker MCP Catalog (desktop.docker.com/mcp/catalog) and Docker Hub. Data comes from the Official MCP Registry (registry.modelcontextprotocol.io), CC0 1.0. Figures come from our own regular passes over the marketplaces, last read on . We publish no contact details for plugin publishers.