Comparison

Radiant vs Perplexity API Platform

Radiant is no longer listed on any marketplace we read: these are its last known data, as of 2026‑10‑15.

Radiant is a plugin bundle for AI coding tools published by Artificial Societies. No marketplace we read lists it any more. 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). As of our marketplace pass on 2026-10-22. A plugin in this pair is no longer listed on any marketplace we read, so search engines are asked not to index the page.

Where each is published

Where each is published
Marketplace	Radiant	Perplexity API Platform
Community marketplace artificial-societies/radiant-claude-plugin	Removed on 2026-10-15 Version: 1.0.1 Forks (GitHub): 0 Stars (GitHub): 0 Not marked · First seen 2026-10-14	Not listed
Official MCP Registry	Not listed	Listed Version: 1.2.1 Downloads/month (npm): 102 467 Downloads/week (npm): 16 084 Not marked · First seen 2026-10-11
Docker MCP Catalog	Not listed	Listed Version: sha256:7816f45a6f26 Forks (GitHub): 385 Pulls (Docker Hub): 80 526 Stars (Docker Hub): 17 Stars (GitHub): 2 584 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

Radiant vs Perplexity API Platform
Fact	Radiantno longer listed · 2026-10-15	Perplexity API Platform
Marketplaces that list it (differs)	0	3
Stars (GitHub) (differs)	0	2 584
Pulls (Docker Hub) (differs)	No figure on Docker Hub	80 526
Forks (GitHub) (differs)	0	385
Last release (differs)	Not published	2026-10-17
Where it runs (differs)	Remote server (mcp.societies.ai/mcp)	On your machine (@perplexity-ai/mcp-server)
Transport (differs)	Streamable HTTP	stdio
Tools it declares (differs)	Not published	3
Environment variables it asks for (differs)	Not published	2, secrets among them: 1
Hooks it runs (differs)	Not published	1
Parts of the bundle (differs)	4	2
Licence	MIT	MIT
Repository (differs)	github.com/artificial-societies/radiant-claude-plugin	github.com/ppl-ai/modelcontextprotocol
Changes in the last 7 days (differs)	2	3
First seen (differs)	2026-10-14	2026-10-11

Lines where the two differ have a tinted background and bold values. No value is marked better or worse: a plugin no marketplace lists any more is shown with its last known data, which we do not rank against current figures.

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Its card, with similar plugins by marketplace

What each says it does

Radiant

In its own words, on Community GitHub marketplaces:

Draft, run and read out audience research in Radiant.

Perplexity API Platform

In its own words, on Official MCP Registry:

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

How to run each

Radiant

No data for an automatic command: what its marketplaces declare does not say unambiguously how to connect it.

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

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

Tools each declares

The marketplaces of Radiant publish no list of tools, so we do not compare tools.

Settings each asks for

The marketplaces of Radiant publish no settings it asks for, so we do not compare settings.

What it can do: Radiant · What it can do: Perplexity API Platform · Compare two other plugins

Data comes from public marketplace files in GitHub repositories of their authors. 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. Figures come from our own regular passes over the marketplaces, last read on 2026-10-22. We publish no contact details for plugin publishers.