Anthropic MCP vs Perplexity

FeatureAnthropic MCPPerplexity
CategoryAI DevelopmentAI Search
PricingFree (open standard)Free + Pro $20/mo
GitHub Stars45,000—
PlatformsmacOS, Linux, WindowsWeb, iOS, Android
Features
  • ✓ Universal tool protocol
  • ✓ Server/client architecture
  • ✓ Stdio and SSE transport
  • ✓ TypeScript + Python SDKs
  • ✓ Growing ecosystem
  • ✓ Real-time search
  • ✓ Citations
  • ✓ Follow-up questions
  • ✓ File upload
  • ✓ API
  • ✓ Collections
Tags
open-sourceprotocoltoolsintegrationstandard
searchresearchcitationswebapi