# ClickHouse MCP Server vs PlanetScale MCP Server (slim)

> PlanetScale scores 66.4 (B) to ClickHouse's 64.6 (B) for sql databases. Prices, MCP, x402, uptime and agent notes side by side.

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PlanetScale MCP Server scores 66.4 (B) on agent readiness against ClickHouse MCP Server's 64.6 (B), and leads in 3 of 7 scored categories. ClickHouse MCP Server leads on reliability, payments & pricing, maintenance & community and transparency & trust. Both do sql databases.

- ClickHouse MCP Server: B 64.6, rank #345 of 950 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/clickhouse-mcp-server.min.md
- PlanetScale MCP Server: B 66.4, rank #292 of 950 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/planetscale-mcp.min.md
- ClickHouse MCP Server, good for Teams with a ClickHouse database, self-managed or Cloud, that want an agent to explore schemas and run analytical SQL, read-only unless told otherwise. Ahead on Reliability, 74 against 63; Payments & pricing, 60 against 15; Maintenance & community, 94 against 80; Transparency & trust, 82 against 70. Also Runs on your own machine; Open source.
- PlanetScale MCP Server, good for Agents that inspect and tune an existing PlanetScale database, using Insights, schema recommendations, error patterns and logs, with SQL when granted. Ahead on Agent ergonomics, 74 against 65; Security & auth, 77 against 66. Also A hosted endpoint, with nothing to install; No incidents deducted, where ClickHouse MCP Server loses 8 points for them.

| Category | ClickHouse MCP Server | PlanetScale MCP Server |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Reliability (16%) | 74 | 63 |
| Performance (10%) | pending | pending |
| Schema & documentation (13%) | 79 | 82 |
| Agent ergonomics (13%) | 65 | 74 |
| Security & auth (14%) | 66 | 77 |
| Payments & pricing (10%) | 60 | 15 |
| Task success (10%) | pending | pending |
| Maintenance & community (7%) | 94 | 80 |
| Transparency & trust (7%) | 82 | 70 |

| Fact (where they differ) | ClickHouse MCP Server | PlanetScale MCP Server |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Vendor | ClickHouse | PlanetScale |
| Hosted endpoint | no (local only) | `https://mcp.pscale.dev/mcp/planetscale` |
| Transports | stdio, Streamable HTTP, SSE (legacy) | Streamable HTTP |
| Pricing | Free | Paid |
| Licence | Apache-2.0 | Proprietary hosted service under PlanetScale's Terms of Service. The 13 tools in planetscale/mcp-server are Apache-2.0 |
| Tools exposed | 3 | 25 |
| MCP registry | `io.github.ClickHouse/mcp-clickhouse` | `io.github.planetscale/mcp-server` |
| Last release | 2026-09-21 | 2026-10-08 |
| Terms last updated | no document linked | no date given |
| Privacy policy last updated | no document linked | no date given |
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| Terms restrict benchmarking |  | not found in the text |
| Terms or service can change without notice |  | not found in the text |
| Arbitration or class-action waiver |  | not found in the text |
| Popularity | 883 stars, 47k PyPI/wk | none |