alloydb vs Dimensions Analytics
alloydb is a plugin bundle for AI coding tools published by gemini-cli-extensions. Marketplaces we read that list it: 3 (Claude Code: claude-plugins-official, Claude Code: claude-plugins-community, Community GitHub marketplaces). Dimensions Analytics is an MCP server published by dimensions.ai. Marketplaces we read that list it: 1 (Official MCP Registry). 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
| Marketplace |  alloydb |  Dimensions Analytics |
|---|---|---|
| Claude Code: claude-plugins-official | Listed Version: 0.2.0 Forks (GitHub): 6 Stars (GitHub): 24 Not marked · First seen |
Not listed |
| Claude Code: claude-plugins-community | Listed Version: 0.2.0 Forks (GitHub): 6 Stars (GitHub): 24 Not marked · First seen |
Not listed |
| Official MCP Registry | Not listed | Listed Version: 1.4.2 Downloads/month (npm): 1 262 Downloads/week (npm): 81 Forks (GitHub): 0 Stars (GitHub): 6 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 | alloydb | Dimensions Analytics |
|---|---|---|
| Marketplaces that list it (differs) | 3 (better) | 1 (worse) |
| Stars (GitHub) (differs) | 42 (better) | 6 (worse) |
| Forks (GitHub) (differs) | 7 (better) | 0 (worse) |
| Last release | Not published | Not published |
| Where it runs (differs) | On your machine (@toolbox-sdk/server) | On your machine (@digital-science-dsl/dimensions-analytics-mcp) |
| Transport (differs) | Not stated | stdio |
| Tools it declares | Not published | Not published |
| Environment variables it asks for (differs) | 8, secrets among them: 1 | 2, secrets among them: 1 |
| Parts of the bundle (differs) | 8 | Not a bundle |
| Licence (differs) | Apache-2.0 | Not stated |
| Repository (differs) | github.com/gemini-cli-extensions/alloydb | github.com/digital-science/dimensions-analytics-mcp |
| Changes in the last 7 days (differs) | 14 | 0 |
| 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
alloydb
Create, connect, and interact with an AlloyDB for PostgreSQL database and data.
Dimensions Analytics
Search and analyze Dimensions research data: publications, grants, researchers, patents, trials
How to run each
alloydb As a Claude Code plugin
/plugin install alloydb@claude-plugins-officialDimensions Analytics As a local MCP server: npm package
claude mcp add --env "DIMENSIONS_API_KEY=<YOUR_DIMENSIONS_API_KEY>" --transport stdio analytics-mcp -- npx -y @digital-science-dsl/dimensions-analytics-mcpRequires: DIMENSIONS_API_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 alloydb asks for
ALLOYDB_POSTGRES_CLUSTERALLOYDB_POSTGRES_DATABASEALLOYDB_POSTGRES_INSTANCEALLOYDB_POSTGRES_IP_TYPEALLOYDB_POSTGRES_PASSWORD (secret)ALLOYDB_POSTGRES_PROJECTALLOYDB_POSTGRES_REGIONALLOYDB_POSTGRES_USERCLOUD_SQL_MSSQL_DATABASECLOUD_SQL_MSSQL_INSTANCECLOUD_SQL_MSSQL_IP_TYPECLOUD_SQL_MSSQL_PASSWORD (secret)
Show the remaining 31
CLOUD_SQL_MSSQL_PROJECTCLOUD_SQL_MSSQL_REGIONCLOUD_SQL_MSSQL_USERCLOUD_SQL_MYSQL_DATABASECLOUD_SQL_MYSQL_INSTANCECLOUD_SQL_MYSQL_IP_TYPECLOUD_SQL_MYSQL_PASSWORD (secret)CLOUD_SQL_MYSQL_PROJECTCLOUD_SQL_MYSQL_REGIONCLOUD_SQL_MYSQL_USERCLOUD_SQL_POSTGRES_DATABASECLOUD_SQL_POSTGRES_INSTANCECLOUD_SQL_POSTGRES_IP_TYPECLOUD_SQL_POSTGRES_PASSWORD (secret)CLOUD_SQL_POSTGRES_PROJECTCLOUD_SQL_POSTGRES_REGIONCLOUD_SQL_POSTGRES_USERDATAPLEX_PROJECTDATAPROC_PROJECTDATAPROC_REGIONFIRESTORE_DATABASEFIRESTORE_PROJECTORACLE_CONNECTION_STRINGORACLE_PASSWORD (secret)ORACLE_USERNAMEORACLE_USE_OCIORACLE_WALLETSPANNER_DATABASESPANNER_DIALECTSPANNER_INSTANCESPANNER_PROJECT
Only Dimensions Analytics asks for
DIMENSIONS_API_KEY (secret)DIMENSIONS_BASE_URL
Settings as each marketplace publishes them. Asking for fewer is not better in itself.
What it can do: alloydb · What it can do: Dimensions Analytics · 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/claude-plugins-community/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. Figures come from our own regular passes over the marketplaces, last read on . We publish no contact details for plugin publishers.