filestack-claude-plugin vs Filelayer
filestack-claude-plugin is a plugin bundle for AI coding tools published by filestack. Marketplaces we read that list it: 1 (Claude Code: claude-plugins-community). Filelayer is an MCP server published by filelayer.dev. 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 |  filestack-claude-plugin |  Filelayer |
|---|---|---|
| Claude Code: claude-plugins-community | Listed Version: 1.3.0 Forks (GitHub): 4 Stars (GitHub): 4 Not marked · First seen |
Not listed |
| Official MCP Registry | Not listed | Listed Version: 0.32.0 Downloads/month (npm): 5 676 Downloads/week (npm): 2 798 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 | filestack-claude-plugin | Filelayer |
|---|---|---|
| Marketplaces that list it | 1 | 1 |
| Stars (GitHub) (differs) | 4 (better) | 0 (worse) |
| Forks (GitHub) (differs) | 4 (better) | 0 (worse) |
| Last release (differs) | Not published | 2026-10-14 |
| Where it runs (differs) | Installs as a plugin bundle | On your machine (@filelayer/core) |
| Transport (differs) | Not stated | stdio |
| Tools it declares | Not published | Not published |
| Environment variables it asks for (differs) | 2, secrets among them: 2 | 14, secrets among them: 3 |
| Parts of the bundle (differs) | 7 | Not a bundle |
| Licence (differs) | MIT | Not stated |
| Repository (differs) | github.com/filestack/filestack-claude-plugin | github.com/filelayer/filelayer |
| Changes in the last 7 days (differs) | 0 | 6 |
| 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
filestack-claude-plugin
Filestack is a file handling platform-as-a-service used by thousands of applications for uploads, cloud source ingestion (Google Drive, Dropbox, Instagram, and 14 more), on-the-fly image/video/document processing via CDN, and policy-based security. This plugin brings the full Filestack platform into Claude Code through 10 MCP tools (upload, retrieve, delete, store URL, build and apply CDN transformations, list available transforms, generate security policies, sign policies, generate signed URLs), 3 context-aware skills (SDK integration guidance, API error diagnosis, and webhook signature verification setup), and a natural language /filestack-transform slash command that converts plain English into Filestack CDN transformation URLs.
Filelayer
User files for a SaaS, under one person's authority: list, share with an expiry, revoke.
How to run each
filestack-claude-plugin As a Claude Code plugin
/plugin marketplace add anthropics/claude-plugins-community
/plugin install filestack-claude-plugin@claude-communityFilelayer As a local MCP server: npm package
claude mcp add --env "DATABASE_URL=<YOUR_DATABASE_URL>" --env "FILELAYER_AS=<YOUR_FILELAYER_AS>" --env "FILELAYER_ORG=<YOUR_FILELAYER_ORG>" --env "S3_ACCESS_KEY_ID=<YOUR_S3_ACCESS_KEY_ID>" --env "S3_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY=<YOUR_S3_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY>" --transport stdio core -- npx -y @filelayer/core -p @filelayer/core filelayer-mcpRequires: DATABASE_URL (secret), FILELAYER_AS, FILELAYER_ORG, S3_ACCESS_KEY_ID (secret), S3_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY (secret)
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
Only filestack-claude-plugin asks for
FILESTACK_API_KEY (secret)FILESTACK_APP_SECRET (secret)
Only Filelayer asks for
DATABASE_URL (secret)FILELAYER_ASFILELAYER_BASE_URLFILELAYER_DATA_DIRFILELAYER_MCP_AGENT_LABELFILELAYER_MCP_ALLOW_DESTRUCTIVEFILELAYER_MCP_EXPOSE_AUDITFILELAYER_MCP_RETURN_BYTESFILELAYER_ORGS3_ACCESS_KEY_ID (secret)S3_BUCKETS3_ENDPOINT
Show the remaining 2
S3_REGIONS3_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY (secret)
Settings as each marketplace publishes them. Asking for fewer is not better in itself.
What it can do: filestack-claude-plugin · What it can do: Filelayer · Compare two other plugins
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.