cloudinary vs Pexafy Stock Photos
cloudinary is a plugin bundle for AI coding tools published by cloudinary-devs. Marketplaces we read that list it: 3 (Claude Code: claude-plugins-official, Claude: knowledge-work-plugins, Claude Code: claude-plugins-community). Pexafy Stock Photos is an MCP server published by pexafy.com. Marketplaces we read that list it: 1 (Official MCP Registry). As of our marketplace pass on 2026-10-15. 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 |  cloudinary |  Pexafy Stock Photos |
|---|---|---|
| Claude Code: claude-plugins-official | Listed Version: 1.2.0 Forks (GitHub): 3 Stars (GitHub): 0 Not marked · First seen |
Not listed |
| Claude: knowledge-work-plugins | Listed Version: 1.2.0 Forks (GitHub): 3 Stars (GitHub): 0 Not marked · First seen |
Not listed |
| Claude Code: claude-plugins-community | Listed Version: 1.1.2 Forks (GitHub): 3 Stars (GitHub): 0 Not marked · First seen |
Not listed |
| Official MCP Registry | Not listed | Listed Version: 1.0.2 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 | cloudinary | Pexafy Stock Photos |
|---|---|---|
| Marketplaces that list it (differs) | 3 (better) | 1 (worse) |
| Stars (GitHub) | 0 | 0 |
| Forks (GitHub) (differs) | 3 (better) | 0 (worse) |
| Last release (differs) | Not published | 2026-10-14 |
| Where it runs (differs) | Installs as a plugin bundle | Remote server (mcp.pexafy.com/mcp) |
| Transport (differs) | Not stated | Streamable HTTP |
| Tools it declares | Not published | Not published |
| Environment variables it asks for | Not published | Not published |
| Parts of the bundle (differs) | 8 | Not a bundle |
| Licence (differs) | MIT | Not stated |
| Repository (differs) | github.com/cloudinary-devs/cloudinary-plugin | github.com/pexafy/pexafy-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 2 days 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
cloudinary
Use Cloudinary directly in Claude. Manage assets, apply transformations, optimize media, and more through natural conversation.
Pexafy Stock Photos
Find free-to-use stock photos by words, by image or by similarity; every result names its licence.
How to run each
cloudinary As a Claude Code plugin
/plugin install cloudinary@claude-plugins-officialPexafy Stock Photos As a remote MCP server
claude mcp add --transport http pexafy-mcp https://mcp.pexafy.com/mcpCommands built only from what the marketplaces declare; the full set for every client is on each card.
Only Pexafy Stock Photos has a remote endpoint we check. How we check endpoints
Tools each declares
Neither the marketplaces of cloudinary nor its endpoint list any tools, so we do not compare tools.
Settings each asks for
Neither one's marketplaces publish the settings it asks for.
What it can do: cloudinary · What it can do: Pexafy Stock Photos · Compare two other plugins
Data comes from the public marketplace file https://github.com/anthropics/claude-plugins-official/blob/HEAD/.claude-plugin/marketplace.json. Data comes from the public marketplace file https://github.com/anthropics/knowledge-work-plugins/blob/HEAD/.claude-plugin/marketplace.json. Data comes from the public marketplace file https://github.com/anthropics/claude-plugins-community/blob/HEAD/.claude-plugin/marketplace.json. 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.