frugal vs com.asinrating/asinrating
frugal is a plugin bundle for AI coding tools published by fainir. Marketplaces we read that list it: 1 (Copilot CLI: github/awesome-copilot). com.asinrating/asinrating is an MCP server published by asinrating.com. Marketplaces we read that list it: 1 (Official MCP Registry). As of our marketplace pass on 2026-11-07. 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 |  frugal | |
|---|---|---|
| Copilot CLI: github/awesome-copilot | Listed Version: 1.0.2 Forks (GitHub): 0 Stars (GitHub): 2 Not marked · First seen |
Not listed |
| Official MCP Registry | Not listed | Listed Version: 1.0.0 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 | frugal | com.asinrating/asinrating |
|---|---|---|
| Marketplaces that list it | 1 | 1 |
| Stars (GitHub) (differs) | 2 | No figure on GitHub |
| Forks (GitHub) (differs) | 0 | No figure on GitHub |
| Last release | Not published | Not published |
| Where it runs (differs) | Installs as a plugin bundle | Remote server (asinrating.com/mcp) |
| Transport (differs) | Not stated | Streamable HTTP |
| Tools it declares | Not published | Not published |
| Environment variables it asks for | Not published | Not published |
| Hooks it runs (differs) | 2 | Not published |
| Parts of the bundle (differs) | 4 | Not a bundle |
| Licence (differs) | MIT | Not stated |
| Repository (differs) | github.com/fainir/frugal | Not stated |
| Changes in the last 7 days | 2 | 2 |
| First seen (differs) | 2026-11-06 | 2026-11-04 |
| Endpoint at the last check (differs) | no remote endpoint we check | Responded 12 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
frugal
Before your agent signs up for a paid API, LLM model, cloud service, SaaS plan, domain or anything else that costs money, it checks free tiers, right-sized plans and billing periods, startup, student, open-source and nonprofit programs, verified promo codes and cheaper alternatives, sized to the amount at stake. It never pays by itself.
com.asinrating/asinrating
Read-only Amazon shopping intelligence: Top-100 BSR, product profiles, price history, comparisons.
How to run each
frugal
No data for an automatic command: what its marketplaces declare does not say unambiguously how to connect it.
com.asinrating/asinrating As a remote MCP server
claude mcp add --transport http asinrating https://asinrating.com/mcpCommands built only from what the marketplaces declare; the full set for every client is on each card.
Only com.asinrating/asinrating has a remote endpoint we check. How we check endpoints
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: frugal · What it can do: com.asinrating/asinrating · Compare two other plugins
Data comes from the public marketplace file https://github.com/github/awesome-copilot/blob/HEAD/.github/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.