ai.explorium/mcp-explorium vs dev.kanta/cli
ai.explorium/mcp-explorium is an MCP server published by explorium.ai. Marketplaces we read that list it: 2 (Official MCP Registry, Docker MCP Catalog). dev.kanta/cli is an MCP server published by kanta.dev. Marketplaces we read that list it: 1 (Official MCP Registry). As of our marketplace pass on 2026-10-18. 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.explorium/mcp-explorium | |
|---|---|---|
| Official MCP Registry | Listed Version: 1.0.1 Forks (GitHub): 4 Stars (GitHub): 21 Not marked · First seen |
Listed Version: 0.1.8 Downloads/month (npm): 899 Downloads/week (npm): 785 Not marked · First seen |
| Docker MCP Catalog | Listed Version: sha256:48f0b580857b Forks (GitHub): 4 Pulls (Docker Hub): 12 944 Stars (Docker Hub): 0 Stars (GitHub): 21 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 | ai.explorium/mcp-explorium | dev.kanta/cli |
|---|---|---|
| Marketplaces that list it (differs) | 2 (better) | 1 (worse) |
| Stars (GitHub) (differs) | 21 | No figure on GitHub |
| Pulls (Docker Hub) (differs) | 12 944 | No figure on Docker Hub |
| Forks (GitHub) (differs) | 4 | No figure on GitHub |
| Last release (differs) | Not published | 2026-10-14 |
| Where it runs (differs) | Remote server or your machine | On your machine (@kantadev/cli) |
| Transport (differs) | Streamable HTTP, stdio | stdio |
| Tools it declares (differs) | 12 | Not published |
| Environment variables it asks for (differs) | 1, secrets among them: 1 | 4, secrets among them: 1 |
| Licence (differs) | MIT | Not stated |
| Repository (differs) | github.com/explorium-ai/mcp-explorium | github.com/griffinkanta/kanta-dev |
| Changes in the last 7 days (differs) | 0 | 2 |
| First seen | 2026-10-11 | 2026-10-11 |
| Endpoint at the last check (differs) | Responded 40 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
ai.explorium/mcp-explorium
Access live company and contact data from Explorium's AgentSource B2B platform.
dev.kanta/cli
Kanta Verify, Find, and Database: email verification, email finding, and B2B contact search.
How to run each
ai.explorium/mcp-explorium As a remote MCP server
claude mcp add --transport http mcp-explorium https://mcp-github-registry.explorium.ai/mcpdev.kanta/cli As a local MCP server: npm package
claude mcp add --env "KANTA_API_KEY=<YOUR_KANTA_API_KEY>" --transport stdio cli -- npx -y @kantadev/cli mcpRequires: KANTA_API_KEY (secret)
Commands built only from what the marketplaces declare; the full set for every client is on each card.
Only ai.explorium/mcp-explorium has a remote endpoint we check. How we check endpoints
Tools each declares
The marketplaces of dev.kanta/cli publish no list of tools, so we do not compare tools.
Settings each asks for
Only ai.explorium/mcp-explorium asks for
API_ACCESS_TOKEN (secret)
Only dev.kanta/cli asks for
KANTA_API_KEY (secret)KANTA_BASE_URLKANTA_DB_URLKANTA_PROFILE
Settings as each marketplace publishes them. Asking for fewer is not better in itself.
What it can do: ai.explorium/mcp-explorium · What it can do: dev.kanta/cli · Compare two other plugins
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.