Comparison

Program Integrity Alliance vs SwitchWize MCP

Program Integrity Alliance is an MCP server published by Program-Integrity-Alliance. Marketplaces we read that list it: 1 (Docker MCP Catalog). SwitchWize MCP is an MCP server published by switchwize. Marketplaces we read that list it: 1 (Official MCP Registry). As of our marketplace pass on 2026-10-13. 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	Program Integrity Alliance	SwitchWize MCP
Docker MCP Catalog	Listed Version: sha256:7b4f383fd466 Forks (GitHub): 1 Pulls (Docker Hub): 13 268 Stars (Docker Hub): 1 Stars (GitHub): 4 Not marked · First seen 2026-10-11	Not listed
Official MCP Registry	Not listed	Listed Version: 0.3.0 Downloads/month (npm): 878 Downloads/week (npm): 52 Forks (GitHub): 0 Stars (GitHub): 1 Not marked · First seen 2026-10-11

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

Program Integrity Alliance vs SwitchWize MCP
Fact	Program Integrity Alliance	SwitchWize MCP
Marketplaces that list it	1	1
Stars (GitHub) (differs)	4 (better)	1 (worse)
Pulls (Docker Hub) (differs)	13 268	No figure on Docker Hub
Forks (GitHub) (differs)	1 (better)	0 (worse)
Last release (differs)	Not published	2026-10-12
Where it runs (differs)	On your machine (mcp/pia)	Remote server (www.switchwize.com/api/mcp)
Transport (differs)	stdio	Streamable HTTP
Tools it declares (differs)	2	Not published
Environment variables it asks for (differs)	1, secrets among them: 1	Not published
Licence (differs)	MIT	Not stated
Repository (differs)	github.com/program-integrity-alliance/pia-mcp-local	github.com/switchwize/switchwize-mcp
Changes in the last 7 days (differs)	0	2
First seen	2026-10-11	2026-10-11
Endpoint at the last check (differs)	no remote endpoint we check	Responded 9 h 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

Program Integrity Alliance

In its own words, on Docker MCP Catalog:

An MCP server to help make U.S. Government open datasets AI-friendly.

SwitchWize MCP

In its own words, on Official MCP Registry:

Sixteen read-only US rate, savings-gap, Fed, card and CD tools with sources and freshness.

How to run each

Program Integrity Alliance As a local MCP server: Docker image

Claude Code

claude mcp add --env "PIA_API_KEY=<YOUR_PIA_API_KEY>" --transport stdio pia -- docker run -i --rm -e PIA_API_KEY mcp/pia

Requires: PIA_API_KEY (secret)

SwitchWize MCP As a remote MCP server

Claude Code

claude mcp add --transport http switchwize-mcp https://www.switchwize.com/api/mcp

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

Only SwitchWize MCP has a remote endpoint we check. How we check endpoints

Tools each declares

Only Program Integrity Alliance has

pia_oversight_recommendations
pia_search

Only SwitchWize MCP has

best_move_this_week
compare_switch_savings
get_bank_gap
get_bank_gap_index
get_card_changes
get_card_downgrade_path
get_card_offers
get_cd_rollover_rules
get_fed_hike_pass_through
get_index_dataset
get_rate_freshness
get_reality_score

Show the remaining 4

get_reward_valuations
get_top_hysa_rates
get_top_rates
get_transfer_bonuses

Both have

None

Tool names as the marketplaces declare them and as Ext Ops observed them on the endpoints (SwitchWize MCP 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 SwitchWize MCP publish no settings it asks for, so we do not compare settings.

What it can do: Program Integrity Alliance · What it can do: SwitchWize MCP · 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 2026-10-13. We publish no contact details for plugin publishers.