Upwork vs NextBid — Government Bids for AI
Upwork is a plugin bundle for AI coding tools published by Cursor. Marketplaces we read that list it: 1 (Cursor: cursor/plugins). NextBid — Government Bids for AI is an MCP server published by nextbid.us. 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
| Marketplace | ||
|---|---|---|
| Cursor: cursor/plugins | Listed Version: 1.0.0 Forks (GitHub): 1 066 Stars (GitHub): 11 026 Not marked · First seen |
Not listed |
| Official MCP Registry | Not listed | Listed Version: 0.9.37 No figure published 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 | Upwork | NextBid — Government Bids for AI |
|---|---|---|
| Marketplaces that list it | 1 | 1 |
| Stars (GitHub) (differs) | 11 026 | No figure on GitHub |
| Forks (GitHub) (differs) | 1 066 | No figure on GitHub |
| Last release (differs) | Not published | 2026-10-12 |
| Where it runs (differs) | Remote server (mcp.upwork.com/mcp) | Remote server (api.nextbid.us/mcp) |
| Transport | Streamable HTTP | Streamable HTTP |
| Tools it declares | Not published | Not published |
| Environment variables it asks for | Not published | Not published |
| Parts of the bundle (differs) | 1 | Not a bundle |
| Licence (differs) | MIT | Not stated |
| Repository (differs) | github.com/cursor/plugins | Not stated |
| Changes in the last 7 days (differs) | 0 | 1 |
| First seen | 2026-10-11 | 2026-10-11 |
| Endpoint at the last check | not checked yet | not checked yet |
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
Upwork
Search talent, post jobs, and manage contracts.
NextBid — Government Bids for AI
Search open U.S. federal, state and local government bids and read their documents. Paid; trial.
How to run each
Upwork
No data for an automatic command: what its marketplaces declare does not say unambiguously how to connect it.
NextBid — Government Bids for AI As a remote MCP server
claude mcp add --transport http data https://api.nextbid.us/mcp --header "X-API-Key: <YOUR_X_API_KEY>"Requires: X-API-Key header
Commands built only from what the marketplaces declare; the full set for every client is on each card.
Tools each declares
Neither one's marketplaces publish a list of tools, so there is nothing to compare.
Settings each asks for
Neither one's marketplaces publish the settings it asks for.
What it can do: Upwork · What it can do: NextBid — Government Bids for AI · Compare two other plugins
Data comes from the public marketplace file https://github.com/cursor/plugins/blob/HEAD/.cursor-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.