serpapi-claude-plugin vs io.github.tavily-ai/tavily-mcp
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). io.github.tavily-ai/tavily-mcp is an MCP server published by tavily-ai. Marketplaces we read that list it: 2 (Official MCP Registry, Docker MCP Catalog). As of our marketplace pass on 2026-10-19. 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 |  io.github.tavily-ai/tavily-mcp |
|---|---|---|
| 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: 0.2.15 Downloads/month (npm): 96 248 Downloads/week (npm): 21 679 Forks (GitHub): 302 Stars (GitHub): 2 437 Not marked · First seen |
| Docker MCP Catalog | Not listed | Listed Version: sha256:e8bbe2860c85 Forks (GitHub): 302 Pulls (Docker Hub): 55 980 Stars (Docker Hub): 8 Stars (GitHub): 2 437 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 | io.github.tavily-ai/tavily-mcp |
|---|---|---|
| Marketplaces that list it (differs) | 1 (worse) | 2 (better) |
| Stars (GitHub) (differs) | 17 (worse) | 2 437 (better) |
| Pulls (Docker Hub) (differs) | No figure on Docker Hub | 55 980 |
| Forks (GitHub) (differs) | 2 (worse) | 302 (better) |
| Last release | Not published | Not published |
| Where it runs (differs) | Installs as a plugin bundle | On your machine (tavily-mcp) |
| Transport (differs) | Not stated | stdio |
| Tools it declares (differs) | Not published | 5 |
| Environment variables it asks for (differs) | Not published | 2, secrets among them: 1 |
| Parts of the bundle (differs) | 1 | Not a bundle |
| Licence | MIT | MIT |
| Repository (differs) | github.com/serpapi/serpapi-claude-plugin | github.com/tavily-ai/tavily-mcp |
| 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.
io.github.tavily-ai/tavily-mcp
MCP server for advanced web search using Tavily
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-communityio.github.tavily-ai/tavily-mcp As a local MCP server: npm package
claude mcp add --env "TAVILY_API_KEY=<YOUR_TAVILY_API_KEY>" --transport stdio tavily-mcp -- npx -y tavily-mcpRequires: TAVILY_API_KEY (secret)
Commands built only from what the marketplaces declare; the full set for every client is on each card.
Tools each declares
The marketplaces of serpapi-claude-plugin publish no list of tools, so we do not compare tools.
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: io.github.tavily-ai/tavily-mcp · 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 the Docker MCP Catalog (desktop.docker.com/mcp/catalog) and Docker Hub. Figures come from our own regular passes over the marketplaces, last read on . We publish no contact details for plugin publishers.