serpapi-claude-plugin vs Web Search
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). Web Search is an MCP server published by hec-ovi. Marketplaces we read that list it: 2 (Official MCP Registry, Community GitHub marketplaces). As of our marketplace pass on 2026-10-14. 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 |  Web Search |
|---|---|---|
| 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: 0.2.6 Downloads/month (PyPI): 258 Downloads/week (PyPI): 50 Forks (GitHub): 1 Stars (GitHub): 8 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 | Web Search |
|---|---|---|
| Marketplaces that list it (differs) | 1 (worse) | 2 (better) |
| Stars (GitHub) (differs) | 17 (better) | 8 (worse) |
| Forks (GitHub) (differs) | 2 (better) | 1 (worse) |
| Last release | Not published | Not published |
| Where it runs (differs) | Installs as a plugin bundle | On your machine (websearch-skill) |
| Transport (differs) | Not stated | stdio |
| Tools it declares | Not published | Not published |
| Environment variables it asks for | Not published | Not published |
| Parts of the bundle (differs) | 1 | 2 |
| Licence | MIT | MIT |
| Repository (differs) | github.com/serpapi/serpapi-claude-plugin | github.com/hec-ovi/websearch-skill |
| Changes in the last 7 days (differs) | 0 | 2 |
| 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.
Web Search
Keyless multi-engine web search, fetch, and clean-Markdown read for AI agents. No API keys.
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-communityWeb Search As a local MCP server: PyPI package
claude mcp add --transport stdio web-search -- uvx websearch-skill 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: serpapi-claude-plugin · What it can do: Web Search · 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. Data comes from public marketplace files in GitHub repositories of their authors. Figures come from our own regular passes over the marketplaces, last read on . We publish no contact details for plugin publishers.