Airtable vs ai.backengine/backengine-mcp
Airtable is a plugin bundle for AI coding tools published by Airtable. Marketplaces we read that list it: 1 (Codex: openai-curated (openai/plugins)). ai.backengine/backengine-mcp is an MCP server published by backengine.ai. 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 |  ai.backengine/backengine-mcp | |
|---|---|---|
| Codex: openai-curated (openai/plugins) | Listed Version: 6.0.1 Forks (GitHub): 963 Stars (GitHub): 7 415 Not marked · First seen |
Not listed |
| Official MCP Registry | Not listed | Listed Version: 8.1.1 Forks (GitHub): 0 Stars (GitHub): 1 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 | Airtable | ai.backengine/backengine-mcp |
|---|---|---|
| Marketplaces that list it | 1 | 1 |
| Stars (GitHub) (differs) | 7 415 (better) | 1 (worse) |
| Forks (GitHub) (differs) | 963 (better) | 0 (worse) |
| Last release | Not published | Not published |
| Where it runs (differs) | Remote server (mcp.airtable.com/mcp) | Remote server (backengine-prod.backengine.ai/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) | 5 | Not a bundle |
| Licence | Not stated | Not stated |
| Repository (differs) | github.com/openai/plugins | github.com/backengine-ai/backengine-mcp |
| Changes in the last 7 days | 0 | 0 |
| 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
Airtable
Bring operational data and context into the flow of your ChatGPT conversations. You can ask questions, create and update records, and analyze your data—all through conversation. Use the data in Airtable as input to the work you’re doing in ChatGPT, like building a landing page using content you’ve organized in Airtable. Make quick updates to Airtable without leaving the chat. Airtable for ChatGPT is ideal anytime you need quick access to structured internal data to inform your conversation. Airtable's App connects ChatGPT directly to your Airtable bases, so you can ask questions, create and update records, and analyze your data—all through conversation
ai.backengine/backengine-mcp
Surface customer & prospect context from Slack, email, transcripts and tickets in any MCP client.
How to run each
Airtable As a Codex plugin
codex plugin marketplace add openai/pluginsai.backengine/backengine-mcp As a remote MCP server
claude mcp add --transport http backengine-mcp https://backengine-prod.backengine.ai/mcpCommands 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: Airtable · What it can do: ai.backengine/backengine-mcp · Compare two other plugins
Data comes from the public marketplace file https://github.com/openai/plugins/blob/HEAD/.agents/plugins/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.