Comparison

crowdsec vs Zscaler Zero Trust Exchange

crowdsec is a plugin bundle for AI coding tools published by crowdsecurity. Marketplaces we read that list it: 2 (Claude Code: claude-plugins-official, Community GitHub marketplaces). Zscaler Zero Trust Exchange is an MCP server published by zscaler. Marketplaces we read that list it: 5 (Official MCP Registry, Claude Code: claude-plugins-official, Docker MCP Catalog, Claude Code: claude-plugins-community, Community GitHub marketplaces). As of our marketplace pass on 2026-10-16. 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	crowdsec	Zscaler Zero Trust Exchange
Claude Code: claude-plugins-official	Listed Version: 0.3.0 Forks (GitHub): 2 Stars (GitHub): 25 Not marked · First seen 2026-10-11	Listed Version: 0.15.4 Forks (GitHub): 33 Stars (GitHub): 49 Not marked · First seen 2026-10-11
Official MCP Registry	Not listed	Listed Version: 0.15.4 Downloads/month (PyPI): 1 348 Downloads/week (PyPI): 370 Forks (GitHub): 33 Stars (GitHub): 49 Not marked · First seen 2026-10-11
Docker MCP Catalog	Not listed	Listed Version: sha256:a3951ea456e1 Forks (GitHub): 33 Pulls (Docker Hub): 7 124 Stars (Docker Hub): 0 Stars (GitHub): 49 Not marked · First seen 2026-10-11
Claude Code: claude-plugins-community	Not listed	Listed Version: 0.15.0 Forks (GitHub): 33 Stars (GitHub): 49 Not marked · First seen 2026-10-12

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

crowdsec vs Zscaler Zero Trust Exchange
Fact	crowdsec	Zscaler Zero Trust Exchange
Marketplaces that list it (differs)	2 (worse)	5 (better)
Stars (GitHub) (differs)	25 (worse)	49 (better)
Pulls (Docker Hub) (differs)	No figure on Docker Hub	7 124
Forks (GitHub) (differs)	2 (worse)	33 (better)
Last release (differs)	2026-10-16	Not published
Where it runs (differs)	Installs as a plugin bundle	On your machine (zscaler-mcp)
Transport (differs)	Not stated	stdio
Tools it declares (differs)	Not published	302
Environment variables it asks for (differs)	Not published	10, secrets among them: 5
Parts of the bundle (differs)	2	28
Licence	MIT	MIT
Repository (differs)	github.com/crowdsecurity/crowdsec-skill	github.com/zscaler/zscaler-mcp-server
Changes in the last 7 days (differs)	1	2
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

crowdsec

In its own words, on Claude Code: claude-plugins-official:

Operational skill for installing, configuring, operating, and debugging CrowdSec (cscli, LAPI/CAPI, hub, bouncers, WAF/AppSec) across bare-metal, Docker, and Kubernetes.

Zscaler Zero Trust Exchange

In its own words, on Official MCP Registry:

Manage Zscaler Zero Trust Exchange via 400+ tools — ZPA, ZIA, ZDX, ZCC, ZTW, ZMS, EASM, and more.

How to run each

crowdsec As a Claude Code plugin

Claude Code

/plugin install crowdsec@claude-plugins-official

Zscaler Zero Trust Exchange As a local MCP server: PyPI package

Claude Code

claude mcp add --env "ZSCALER_CLIENT_ID=<YOUR_ZSCALER_CLIENT_ID>" --env "ZSCALER_CLIENT_SECRET=<YOUR_ZSCALER_CLIENT_SECRET>" --env "ZSCALER_CUSTOMER_ID=<YOUR_ZSCALER_CUSTOMER_ID>" --env "ZSCALER_VANITY_DOMAIN=<YOUR_ZSCALER_VANITY_DOMAIN>" --transport stdio zscaler-mcp-server -- uvx zscaler-mcp

Requires: ZSCALER_CLIENT_ID (secret), ZSCALER_CLIENT_SECRET (secret), ZSCALER_CUSTOMER_ID, ZSCALER_VANITY_DOMAIN

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

Tools each declares

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

Settings each asks for

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

What it can do: crowdsec · What it can do: Zscaler Zero Trust Exchange · 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 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. 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 2026-10-16. We publish no contact details for plugin publishers.