Perplexity API Platform vs Trendzeist – Google Trends for content ideation
Perplexity API Platform is an MCP server published by perplexity.ai. Marketplaces we read that list it: 4 (Official MCP Registry, Docker MCP Catalog, npm registry (MCP servers), Community GitHub marketplaces). Trendzeist – Google Trends for content ideation is an MCP server published by phalkmin. Marketplaces we read that list it: 2 (Official MCP Registry, PyPI (MCP servers)). As of our marketplace pass on 2026-11-12. 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 |   Perplexity API Platform |  Trendzeist – Google Trends for content ideation |
|---|---|---|
| Official MCP Registry | Listed Version: 1.2.1 Downloads/month (npm): 114 404 Downloads/week (npm): 46 103 Not marked · First seen |
Listed Version: 0.2.1 Downloads/month (PyPI): 1 532 Downloads/week (PyPI): 1 144 Forks (GitHub): 0 Stars (GitHub): 2 Not marked · First seen |
| Docker MCP Catalog | Listed Version: sha256:7816f45a6f26 Forks (GitHub): 391 Pulls (Docker Hub): 81 957 Stars (Docker Hub): 17 Stars (GitHub): 2 620 Not marked · First seen |
Not listed |
| npm registry (MCP servers) | Listed Version: 1.3.0 Downloads/month (npm): 114 404 Downloads/week (npm): 46 103 Forks (GitHub): 391 Stars (GitHub): 2 620 Not marked · First seen |
Not listed |
| PyPI (MCP servers) | Not listed | Listed Version: 0.6.1 Downloads/month (PyPI): 1 532 Downloads/week (PyPI): 1 144 Forks (GitHub): 0 Stars (GitHub): 2 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 | Perplexity API Platform | Trendzeist – Google Trends for content ideation |
|---|---|---|
| Marketplaces that list it (differs) | 4 (better) | 2 (worse) |
| Stars (GitHub) (differs) | 2 620 (better) | 2 (worse) |
| Pulls (Docker Hub) (differs) | 81 957 | No figure on Docker Hub |
| Forks (GitHub) (differs) | 391 (better) | 0 (worse) |
| Last release (differs) | 2026-10-17 (worse) | 2026-11-05 (better) |
| Where it runs (differs) | On your machine (@perplexity-ai/mcp-server) | On your machine (trendzeist-mcp) |
| Transport | stdio | stdio |
| Tools it declares (differs) | 3 | Not published |
| Environment variables it asks for (differs) | 2, secrets among them: 1 | 3, secrets among them: 1 |
| Hooks it runs (differs) | 1 | Not published |
| Parts of the bundle (differs) | 2 | Not a bundle |
| Licence | MIT | MIT |
| Repository (differs) | github.com/ppl-ai/modelcontextprotocol | github.com/phalkmin/trendzeist-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
Perplexity API Platform
Real-time web search, reasoning, and research through Perplexity's API
Trendzeist – Google Trends for content ideation
Free Google Trends MCP: ranked breakout/rising/evergreen topics for content ideas. No API key.
How to run each
Perplexity API Platform As a local MCP server: npm package
claude mcp add --transport stdio perplexity-api-platform -- npx -y @perplexity-ai/mcp-serverTrendzeist – Google Trends for content ideation As a local MCP server: PyPI package
claude mcp add --env "TRENDZEIST_PROXIES=<YOUR_TRENDZEIST_PROXIES>" --transport stdio trendzeist-mcp -- uvx trendzeist-mcpRequires: TRENDZEIST_PROXIES (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 Trendzeist – Google Trends for content ideation publish no list of tools, so we do not compare tools.
Settings each asks for
Only Perplexity API Platform asks for
PERPLEXITY_API_KEY (secret)PERPLEXITY_TIMEOUT_MS
Only Trendzeist – Google Trends for content ideation asks for
TRENDZEIST_HLTRENDZEIST_MIN_INTERVALTRENDZEIST_PROXIES (secret)
Settings as each marketplace publishes them. Asking for fewer is not better in itself.
What it can do: Perplexity API Platform · What it can do: Trendzeist – Google Trends for content ideation · 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. Package data comes from the public npm registry (registry.npmjs.org). Data comes from public marketplace files in GitHub repositories of their authors. Package data comes from the Python Package Index (pypi.org). Figures come from our own regular passes over the marketplaces, last read on . We publish no contact details for plugin publishers.