Vox MCP vs Alibaba Cloud DashScope — Qwen
Vox MCP is an MCP server published by linxule. Marketplaces we read that list it: 1 (Official MCP Registry). Alibaba Cloud DashScope — Qwen is an MCP server published by nirholas. Marketplaces we read that list it: 1 (Official MCP Registry). As of our marketplace pass on 2026-10-20. 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 |  Vox MCP |  Alibaba Cloud DashScope — Qwen |
|---|---|---|
| Official MCP Registry | Listed Version: 0.8.0 Downloads/month (PyPI): 484 Downloads/week (PyPI): 53 Forks (GitHub): 0 Stars (GitHub): 1 Not marked · First seen |
Listed Version: 0.1.4 Downloads/month (npm): 869 Downloads/week (npm): 241 Forks (GitHub): 66 Stars (GitHub): 241 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 | Vox MCP | Alibaba Cloud DashScope — Qwen |
|---|---|---|
| Marketplaces that list it | 1 | 1 |
| Stars (GitHub) (differs) | 1 (worse) | 241 (better) |
| Forks (GitHub) (differs) | 0 (worse) | 66 (better) |
| Last release | Not published | Not published |
| Where it runs (differs) | On your machine (vox-mcp) | On your machine (@three-ws/alibaba-cloud-mcp) |
| Transport | stdio | stdio |
| Tools it declares | Not published | Not published |
| Environment variables it asks for (differs) | 19, secrets among them: 10 | 5, secrets among them: 1 |
| Licence | Not stated | Not stated |
| Repository (differs) | github.com/linxule/vox-mcp | github.com/nirholas/three.ws |
| 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
Vox MCP
Multi-model AI gateway — 10 providers including Cloudflare and Vercel, with conversation memory.
Alibaba Cloud DashScope — Qwen
Alibaba Cloud DashScope MCP: Qwen chat, embeddings, and model discovery on your own account.
How to run each
Vox MCP As a local MCP server: PyPI package
claude mcp add --env "AI_GATEWAY_API_KEY=<YOUR_AI_GATEWAY_API_KEY>" --env "ANTHROPIC_API_KEY=<YOUR_ANTHROPIC_API_KEY>" --env "CLOUDFLARE_API_TOKEN=<YOUR_CLOUDFLARE_API_TOKEN>" --env "DEEPSEEK_API_KEY=<YOUR_DEEPSEEK_API_KEY>" --env "GEMINI_API_KEY=<YOUR_GEMINI_API_KEY>" --env "MOONSHOT_API_KEY=<YOUR_MOONSHOT_API_KEY>" --env "OPENAI_API_KEY=<YOUR_OPENAI_API_KEY>" --env "OPENROUTER_API_KEY=<YOUR_OPENROUTER_API_KEY>" --env "VERCEL_AI_GATEWAY_API_KEY=<YOUR_VERCEL_AI_GATEWAY_API_KEY>" --env "XAI_API_KEY=<YOUR_XAI_API_KEY>" --transport stdio vox-mcp -- uvx vox-mcpRequires: AI_GATEWAY_API_KEY (secret), ANTHROPIC_API_KEY (secret), CLOUDFLARE_API_TOKEN (secret), DEEPSEEK_API_KEY (secret), GEMINI_API_KEY (secret), MOONSHOT_API_KEY (secret), OPENAI_API_KEY (secret), OPENROUTER_API_KEY (secret), VERCEL_AI_GATEWAY_API_KEY (secret), XAI_API_KEY (secret)
Alibaba Cloud DashScope — Qwen As a local MCP server: npm package
claude mcp add --env "DASHSCOPE_API_KEY=<YOUR_DASHSCOPE_API_KEY>" --transport stdio alibaba-cloud -- npx -y @three-ws/alibaba-cloud-mcpRequires: DASHSCOPE_API_KEY (secret)
Commands 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
Only Vox MCP asks for
AI_GATEWAY_API_KEY (secret)ANTHROPIC_API_KEY (secret)CLOUDFLARE_ACCOUNT_IDCLOUDFLARE_ALLOWED_MODELSCLOUDFLARE_API_TOKEN (secret)CLOUDFLARE_GATEWAY_IDCLOUDFLARE_MODELSCUSTOM_API_URLDEEPSEEK_API_KEY (secret)DEFAULT_MODELGEMINI_API_KEY (secret)MOONSHOT_API_KEY (secret)
Show the remaining 7
OPENAI_API_KEY (secret)OPENROUTER_API_KEY (secret)VERCEL_AI_GATEWAY_API_KEY (secret)VERCEL_ALLOWED_MODELSVERCEL_MODELSVOX_CONFIG_PATHXAI_API_KEY (secret)
Only Alibaba Cloud DashScope — Qwen asks for
DASHSCOPE_API_KEY (secret)DASHSCOPE_BASE_URLDASHSCOPE_EMBED_MODEL_IDDASHSCOPE_MODEL_IDDASHSCOPE_REGION
Settings as each marketplace publishes them. Asking for fewer is not better in itself.
What it can do: Vox MCP · What it can do: Alibaba Cloud DashScope — Qwen · Compare two other plugins
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