zoominfo vs FRED (economic data)
zoominfo is a plugin bundle for AI coding tools published by Zoominfo. Marketplaces we read that list it: 4 (Claude Code: claude-plugins-official, Official MCP Registry, Claude: knowledge-work-plugins, Community GitHub marketplaces). FRED (economic data) is an MCP server published by mcpwright. Marketplaces we read that list it: 1 (Official MCP Registry). As of our marketplace pass on 2026-10-17. 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 |  zoominfo |  FRED (economic data) |
|---|---|---|
| Claude Code: claude-plugins-official | Listed Version: 1.0.1 Forks (GitHub): 6 Stars (GitHub): 8 Not marked · First seen |
Not listed |
| Official MCP Registry | Listed Version: 1.0.1 Forks (GitHub): 6 Stars (GitHub): 8 Not marked · First seen |
Listed Version: 0.1.1 Downloads/month (PyPI): 144 Downloads/week (PyPI): 29 Forks (GitHub): 0 Stars (GitHub): 0 Not marked · First seen |
| Claude: knowledge-work-plugins | Listed Version: 1.0.1 Forks (GitHub): 6 Stars (GitHub): 8 Not marked · First seen |
Not listed |
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 | zoominfo | FRED (economic data) |
|---|---|---|
| Marketplaces that list it (differs) | 4 (better) | 1 (worse) |
| Stars (GitHub) (differs) | 8 (better) | 0 (worse) |
| Forks (GitHub) (differs) | 6 (better) | 0 (worse) |
| Last release (differs) | 2026-10-16 | Not published |
| Where it runs (differs) | Remote server (mcp.zoominfo.com/mcp) | On your machine (mcpwright-fred) |
| Transport (differs) | Streamable HTTP | stdio |
| Tools it declares | Not published | Not published |
| Environment variables it asks for (differs) | Not published | 2, secrets among them: 0 |
| Parts of the bundle (differs) | 36 | Not a bundle |
| Licence (differs) | MIT | Not stated |
| Repository (differs) | github.com/zoominfo/zoominfo-mcp-plugin | github.com/mcpwright/fred-mcp |
| Changes in the last 7 days (differs) | 5 | 0 |
| First seen | 2026-10-11 | 2026-10-11 |
| Endpoint at the last check (differs) | Responded 14 h ago, requires a key | no remote endpoint we check |
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
zoominfo
Search companies and contacts, enrich leads, find lookalikes, and get AI-ranked contact recommendations. Pre-built skills chain multiple ZoomInfo tools into complete B2B sales workflows.
FRED (economic data)
FRED economic time series + ALFRED vintages: data as originally published, before revisions.
How to run each
zoominfo As a Claude Code plugin
/plugin install zoominfo@claude-plugins-officialRequires: Authorization header
FRED (economic data) As a local MCP server: PyPI package
claude mcp add --env "FRED_API_KEY=<YOUR_FRED_API_KEY>" --transport stdio fred-mcp -- uvx mcpwright-fredRequires: FRED_API_KEY
Commands built only from what the marketplaces declare; the full set for every client is on each card.
Only zoominfo has a remote endpoint we check. How we check endpoints
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 zoominfo publish no settings it asks for, so we do not compare settings.
What it can do: zoominfo · What it can do: FRED (economic data) · 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 Official MCP Registry (registry.modelcontextprotocol.io), CC0 1.0. Data comes from the public marketplace file https://github.com/anthropics/knowledge-work-plugins/blob/HEAD/.claude-plugin/marketplace.json. 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.