serpapi-claude-plugin vs com.pulsemcp/serpapi-hotels
serpapi-claude-plugin is a plugin bundle for AI coding tools published by serpapi. Marketplaces we read that list it: 1 (Claude Code: claude-plugins-community). com.pulsemcp/serpapi-hotels is an MCP server published by pulsemcp.com. 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 |  serpapi-claude-plugin |  com.pulsemcp/serpapi-hotels |
|---|---|---|
| Claude Code: claude-plugins-community | Listed Version: 1.0.0 Forks (GitHub): 2 Stars (GitHub): 17 Not marked · First seen |
Not listed |
| Official MCP Registry | Not listed | Listed Version: 0.0.4 Downloads/month (npm): 175 Downloads/week (npm): 31 Forks (GitHub): 10 Stars (GitHub): 81 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 | serpapi-claude-plugin | com.pulsemcp/serpapi-hotels |
|---|---|---|
| Marketplaces that list it | 1 | 1 |
| Stars (GitHub) (differs) | 17 (worse) | 81 (better) |
| Forks (GitHub) (differs) | 2 (worse) | 10 (better) |
| Last release | Not published | Not published |
| Where it runs (differs) | Installs as a plugin bundle | On your machine (serpapi-hotels-mcp-server) |
| Transport (differs) | Not stated | stdio |
| Tools it declares | Not published | Not published |
| Environment variables it asks for (differs) | Not published | 1, secrets among them: 1 |
| Parts of the bundle (differs) | 1 | Not a bundle |
| Licence (differs) | MIT | Not stated |
| Repository (differs) | github.com/serpapi/serpapi-claude-plugin | github.com/pulsemcp/mcp-servers |
| Changes in the last 7 days | 0 | 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
serpapi-claude-plugin
A Claude Code plugin that gives Claude the ability to search Google, Amazon, Walmart, YouTube, Google Maps, Google Scholar, and 100+ other engines via the SerpApi REST API.
com.pulsemcp/serpapi-hotels
MCP server for searching Google Hotels via SerpAPI — hotel search, pricing, ratings, and reviews.
How to run each
serpapi-claude-plugin As a Claude Code plugin
/plugin marketplace add anthropics/claude-plugins-community
/plugin install serpapi-claude-plugin@claude-communitycom.pulsemcp/serpapi-hotels As a local MCP server: npm package
claude mcp add --env "SERPAPI_API_KEY=<YOUR_SERPAPI_API_KEY>" --transport stdio serpapi-hotels -- npx -y serpapi-hotels-mcp-serverRequires: SERPAPI_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
The marketplaces of serpapi-claude-plugin publish no settings it asks for, so we do not compare settings.
What it can do: serpapi-claude-plugin · What it can do: com.pulsemcp/serpapi-hotels · 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.