{ "data": { "a": { "slug": "neon-mcp", "name": "Neon MCP Server", "vendor": "Neon (Databricks)", "vendorUrl": "https://neon.com/docs/ai/neon-mcp-server", "kind": "mcp", "category": "data", "summary": "Neon's official remote MCP server at mcp.neon.tech/mcp lets agents manage Neon Postgres projects, branches, roles and computes, run SQL and migrations on temporary branches, and configure Neon Auth, Data API and storage, through OAuth or an API key.", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/neon-mcp", "markdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/neon-mcp.md", "slimMarkdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/neon-mcp.min.md", "jsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/neon-mcp.json", "dns": "neon-mcp.grade.anchorterminal.com", "repo": "https://github.com/neondatabase/mcp-server-neon", "license": "MIT", "transports": [ "streamable-http" ], "remoteUrl": "https://mcp.neon.tech/mcp", "packages": [], "auth": "oauth", "authNotes": "OAuth 2.1 with dynamic client registration or Client ID Metadata Documents, advertising `read` and `write` scopes; the consent screen lets the user untick writes and pick one project, a Postgres role and tool categories, or a parameterised URL fixes that grant. A Neon API key in a Bearer header also works, with readonly, projectId, category and roleName read from the URL on each request. The `neon mcp` CLI command can mint a key for the server. The local stdio package is deprecated.", "pricing": "freemium", "pricingNotes": "The MCP server is free; Neon usage is billed. The Free plan is $0 with no card (100 projects, 100 CU-hours and 0.5 GB storage per project, 1 GB storage). Launch and Scale are pay as you go, compute $0.106 a CU-hour on Launch and $0.222 on Scale, storage $0.35 a GB-month.", "priceSummary": "$0.106 / unit", "where": "hosted", "x402": { "level": "no", "evidence": "No x402, MPP or L402 on the MCP server, docs or pricing page (checked 2026-11-06).", "endpoints": [] }, "toolCount": 138, "popularity": { "githubStars": 663, "npmWeekly": null, "pypiWeekly": null, "asOf": "2026-11-06" }, "docsUrl": "https://neon.com/docs/ai/neon-mcp-server", "llmsTxt": "https://neon.com/llms.txt", "openapi": "https://neon.com/docs/reference/api-reference", "registryName": "com.neon/mcp", "capabilities": [ "db.sql", "db.admin" ], "tags": [ "hosted", "freemium", "mcp", "remote-mcp", "oauth", "mcp-registry", "llms-txt", "openapi", "postgres", "read-only-mode", "branching", "databricks" ], "lastRelease": "2026-11-05", "graded": true, "anchor": { "graded": true, "score": 72.5, "grade": "BB", "agentReady": true, "rank": 125, "ranked": true, "rankOf": 1510, "categoryRank": 4, "methodology": "0.7", "run": "2026-10-01", "scores": { "ergonomics": 79, "maintenance": 80, "payments": 40, "reliability": 72, "schema": 90, "security": 69, "transparency": 75 }, "pending": [ "performance", "tasks" ], "assessment": { "confidence": "medium", "date": "2026-11-06" }, "negative": 0, "verdict": "OAuth with read or write scopes, per-project and per-role grants, read-only SQL in READ ONLY transactions, and migrations tried on temporary branches. With no grant it lists 138 tools, the README advises against production use, and it sends account name and email to Segment with no opt-out for hosted users.", "bestFor": "Agents building on Neon Postgres in development, especially branch-per-change workflows. supabase-mcp and planetscale-mcp are the nearest listings; Neon itself advises against pointing it at production.", "strengths": [ "OAuth 2.1 with read and write scopes, and grants fixed to one project, one Postgres role and chosen categories", "Read-only mode runs SQL in READ ONLY transactions and withholds connection strings", "Migrations and query tuning run on a temporary branch before they touch the main one", "Descriptions say how to resolve IDs and which tools must never run without the user", "MIT source, dated CHANGELOG and com.neon/mcp in the official registry at 2.0.0" ], "weaknesses": [ "138 tools listed when no category or project is set", "The README says it isn't recommended for production databases", "Segment receives account ID, name and email on connect, with no opt-out on the hosted server", "The MCP server has no status component and no stated release stage", "No security.txt on neon.com" ], "agentNotes": [ "Connect with ?category=querying\u0026category=schema\u0026projectId=... or untick Allow writes at consent to cut 138 tools to a handful", "Use prepare_database_migration and complete_database_migration for schema changes, and ask the user before completing", "Pass branch IDs (br-...), not names; call list_branches to resolve a name", "On 429 back off exponentially, and on 423 Locked wait for the running operation to finish" ], "metrics": { "kind": "remote", "measured": false }, "reviewCount": 0, "avgRating": 0, "history": [ { "basis": "public evidence", "confidence": "medium", "grade": "BB", "methodology": "0.7", "pending": [ "performance", "tasks" ], "run": "2026-10-01", "runLabel": "October 2026 research run", "score": 72.5 } ], "editorialScores": { "ergonomics": 79, "maintenance": 80, "payments": 40, "reliability": 72, "schema": 90, "security": 69, "transparency": 79 }, "provenanceScore": 71, "checked": { "categories": { "ergonomics": "2026-11-06", "maintenance": "2026-11-06", "payments": "2026-11-06", "reliability": "2026-11-06", "schema": "2026-11-06", "security": "2026-11-06", "transparency": "2026-11-06" }, "last": "2026-11-06", "oldest": "2026-11-06", "stale": false, "staleAfterDays": 90 } }, "connect": { "claudeCode": "claude mcp add --transport http neon https://mcp.neon.tech/mcp", "config": { "mcpServers": { "Neon": { "url": "https://mcp.neon.tech/mcp?readonly=true" } } } }, "letme": { "capability": "https://letme.dev/db.sql", "tool": "https://letme.dev/neon-mcp" }, "area": "developer", "unitPrices": [ { "item": "Compute, Launch", "unit": "compute-unit", "usd": 0.106, "note": "Per CU-hour" }, { "item": "Compute, Scale", "unit": "compute-unit", "usd": 0.222, "note": "Per CU-hour" }, { "item": "Storage", "unit": "gb-month", "usd": 0.35, "note": "Launch and Scale" } ], "provenance": { "legalEntity": "Neon, LLC (subsidiary of Databricks, Inc.)", "domain": "neon.com", "domainRegistered": "1994-08-18", "endpointOnVendorDomain": false, "terms": "https://neon.com/terms-of-service", "privacy": "https://neon.com/privacy-policy", "statusPage": "https://neonstatus.com", "changelog": "https://github.com/neondatabase/mcp-server-neon/blob/main/CHANGELOG.md", "securityTxt": "none", "checked": "2026-11-06", "notes": [ "The MCP endpoint is on mcp.neon.tech, Neon's older domain, while docs and legal pages are on neon.com.", "The Neon product schedule, last updated 14 October 2026, is between Databricks, Inc., the parent company of Neon, LLC, and the customer. The privacy notice is Databricks', last updated 9 January 2026.", "neon.com/security lists annual SOC 2 Type II audits with a public SOC 3 report, ISO 27001, ISO 27701, HIPAA, GDPR and CCPA.", "neon.com/.well-known/security.txt returns 404.", "neon.com/robots.txt allows all and carries Content-Signal ai-train=yes, search=yes, ai-input=yes. mcp.neon.tech has no robots.txt.", "RDAP gives neon.com a registration date of 18 August 1994; the domain predates Neon." ], "score": 71 }, "pageJsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/neon-mcp.json", "live": { "slug": "neon-mcp", "probe": { "target": "https://mcp.neon.tech/mcp", "method": "mcp-initialize", "lastAt": "2026-11-07T19:22:21.502866963Z", "lastOk": true, "lastStatus": 401, "lastMs": 151, "lastNote": "asks for credentials", "authRequired": true, "uptime24h": 100, "uptime30d": 100, "p50ms24h": 147, "p95ms24h": 366, "samples24h": 210, "samples30d": 210, "days": [ { "date": "2026-11-06", "probes": 13, "ok": 13 }, { "date": "2026-11-07", "probes": 197, "ok": 197 } ] }, "vendorStatus": { "page": "https://neonstatus.com", "indicator": "unknown", "summary": "no machine-readable status found", "checkedAt": "2026-11-07T04:48:15.209607696Z" }, "versions": [ { "registry": "mcp-registry", "name": "com.neon/mcp", "version": "2.0.0", "seenAt": "2026-11-07T18:16:28.95801333Z" } ], "githubStars": 663, "securityTxt": { "url": "https://neon.com/.well-known/security.txt", "state": "none", "checkedAt": "2026-11-07T16:00:24.319288694Z" }, "llmsTxt": { "url": "https://neon.com/llms.txt", "ok": true, "status": 200, "checkedAt": "2026-11-07T15:33:18.8105724Z" }, "pages": [ { "url": "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/neondatabase/mcp-server-neon/main/CHANGELOG.md", "kind": "changelog", "status": 200, "checkedAt": "2026-11-07T14:22:07.888479491Z", "changedAt": "0001-01-01T00:00:00Z", "fingerprint": "22d617e6b187" }, { "url": "https://neon.com/privacy-policy", "kind": "privacy", "status": 200, "checkedAt": "2026-11-07T14:14:57.338873736Z", "changedAt": "0001-01-01T00:00:00Z", "fingerprint": "c96cd96f185b" }, { "url": "https://neon.com/terms-of-service", "kind": "terms", "status": 200, "checkedAt": "2026-11-07T14:14:59.695502864Z", "changedAt": "0001-01-01T00:00:00Z", "fingerprint": "d25bd3a3dc6e" } ], "mcpTools": { "url": "https://mcp.neon.tech/mcp", "checkedAt": "2026-11-07T01:52:00.41377208Z", "status": "auth", "note": "asks for credentials before listing its tools", "changedAt": "2026-10-03T22:16:15.261722522Z" }, "updatedAt": "2026-11-07T19:22:21.502866963Z" } }, "answer": "Neon MCP Server scores 72.5 (BB) on agent readiness against Redis MCP's 54.9 (C), and leads in 5 of 7 scored categories. Redis MCP leads on payments \u0026 pricing.", "b": { "slug": "redis-mcp", "name": "Redis MCP", "vendor": "Redis", "vendorUrl": "https://redis.io", "kind": "mcp", "category": "data", "summary": "Redis's open-source MCP server for Redis databases. The owner runs it locally over stdio, and it gives agents tools for strings, hashes, lists, sets, sorted sets, streams, pub/sub, JSON documents and vector search.", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/redis-mcp", "markdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/redis-mcp.md", "slimMarkdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/redis-mcp.min.md", "jsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/redis-mcp.json", "dns": "redis-mcp.grade.anchorterminal.com", "repo": "https://github.com/redis/mcp-redis", "license": "MIT", "transports": [ "stdio" ], "packages": [ { "registry": "pypi", "name": "redis-mcp-server" }, { "registry": "oci", "name": "docker.io/mcp/redis" } ], "auth": "mixed", "authNotes": "The server signs in to Redis with a username and password (`--url`, `--username` and `--password`, or `REDIS_USERNAME` and `REDIS_PWD`), which a Redis admin creates, self-serve, and can scope with Redis ACL rules. TLS takes a CA file and an optional client certificate, with `ssl_cert_reqs` defaulting to required. Azure Managed Redis can use Entra ID through a service principal, a managed identity or the default Azure credential, with tokens renewed in the background. stdio needs no caller credential, and every caller shares the one Redis user.", "pricing": "free", "pricingNotes": "Free and open source under the MIT licence, with nothing to buy for the server. It needs a Redis database, which can be Redis Open Source on the owner's machine or a managed service such as Redis Cloud or Azure Managed Redis. Redis Cloud prices and its free database were not checked. Redis has no hosted version of this server in the pages read (checked 2026-10-09).", "priceSummary": "Free · OSS", "where": "local", "x402": { "level": "no", "evidence": "No x402, MPP or L402 in the README, the docs pages or the source (checked 2026-10-09).", "endpoints": [] }, "toolCount": 53, "popularity": { "githubStars": 633, "npmWeekly": null, "pypiWeekly": null, "asOf": "2026-10-09" }, "docsUrl": "https://redis.io/docs/latest/integrate/redis-mcp/", "llmsTxt": "https://redis.io/llms.txt", "registryName": "io.github.redis/mcp-redis", "capabilities": [ "db.document", "db.vector", "db.hybrid" ], "tags": [ "official", "local", "open-source", "self-hosted", "mcp", "python", "docker", "database", "key-value", "vector-search" ], "lastRelease": "2026-08-04", "graded": true, "anchor": { "graded": true, "score": 54.9, "grade": "C", "agentReady": false, "rank": 893, "ranked": true, "rankOf": 1510, "categoryRank": 13, "methodology": "0.7", "run": "2026-10-01", "scores": { "ergonomics": 39, "maintenance": 47, "payments": 60, "reliability": 52, "schema": 64, "security": 54, "transparency": 77 }, "pending": [ "performance", "tasks" ], "assessment": { "confidence": "medium", "date": "2026-11-04" }, "negative": 0, "verdict": "Redis's server, under the MIT licence, maps 53 tools onto Redis commands, with typed inputs and a CI workflow that tests five Python versions against a live Redis. It has no read-only mode, tool annotations or changelog file, no release has followed 0.5.1 of 4 August 2026, and PyPI installs failed to start from 28 July to 5 August.", "bestFor": "Teams with a Redis database that want an agent to read and write keys, streams, JSON documents and vector indexes on a developer's machine.", "strengths": [ "Maintained by Redis under the MIT licence, with 0.5.1 marked latest in the official MCP registry as `io.github.redis/mcp-redis` per the 9 October check", "CI runs pytest on pushes, pull requests and nightly across Python 3.10 to 3.14 against a live Redis, with an 80 per cent coverage floor", "No tool runs an arbitrary Redis command. Each of the 53 tools maps to a named operation, and none exposes `FLUSHALL`, `CONFIG` or `EVAL`", "Connects with a Redis ACL user, TLS with certificate checks required by default, client certificates, or Entra ID for Azure Managed Redis", "Blocking reads are capped in the server. `xreadgroup` and `read_messages` refuse waits over 5,000 ms, and pub/sub subscriptions are capped at 50" ], "weaknesses": [ "53 tools load at once, with no toolsets and no read-only subset. Pull request #161 for a tool allowlist has been open since 28 July 2026", "No tool declares `readOnlyHint` or `destructiveHint`, and nothing asks for confirmation before `delete`, `json_del` or `xgroup_destroy`, still true on main on 3 November 2026", "Fresh PyPI installs failed to start from 28 July to 5 August 2026, because 0.5.0 had no upper bound on the `mcp` package (issues #163 and #169)", "Started through the `redis-mcp-server` command without flags, the server ignores `REDIS_HOST` and `REDIS_PORT` and connects to 127.0.0.1:6379. Issue #156 has been open since 10 July 2026", "No changelog file, no SECURITY.md and no prompt-injection guidance. Patch release 0.5.1 changed the `unsubscribe` input from `channel` to `subscription_id` without a note" ], "agentNotes": [ "Pass the connection with `--url` or explicit flags. The `redis-mcp-server` command overrides `REDIS_HOST`, `REDIS_PORT`, `REDIS_DB`, `REDIS_SSL` and `REDIS_CLUSTER_MODE` with its own defaults when flags are absent", "Use `scan_keys` with the returned cursor until it is 0. `scan_all_keys`, `hgetall`, `smembers` and `json_get` return everything they match with no limit", "Read failures from the text. Tools return strings such as `Error ...` or an `error` key in place of an MCP error result", "Keep the `subscription_id` from `subscribe` or `psubscribe` and pass it to `read_messages` and `unsubscribe`. Idle subscriptions close after 300 seconds", "Connect as a Redis ACL user limited to the keys and command categories needed, since the server has no read-only switch and `delete` runs without confirmation" ], "metrics": { "kind": "local", "measured": false }, "reviewCount": 0, "avgRating": 0, "history": [ { "basis": "public evidence", "confidence": "medium", "grade": "C", "methodology": "0.7", "pending": [ "performance", "tasks" ], "run": "2026-10-01", "runLabel": "October 2026 research run", "score": 54.9 } ], "editorialScores": { "ergonomics": 39, "maintenance": 47, "payments": 60, "reliability": 52, "schema": 64, "security": 54, "transparency": 65 }, "provenanceScore": 89, "checked": { "categories": { "ergonomics": "2026-11-04", "maintenance": "2026-11-04", "payments": "2026-11-04", "reliability": "2026-11-04", "schema": "2026-11-04", "security": "2026-11-04", "transparency": "2026-11-04" }, "last": "2026-11-04", "lastMoved": "2026-11-04", "oldest": "2026-11-04", "stale": false, "staleAfterDays": 90 } }, "connect": { "install": "pip install redis-mcp-server", "config": { "mcpServers": { "RedisMCPServer": { "args": [ "--from", "redis-mcp-server@latest", "redis-mcp-server", "--url", "redis://localhost:6379/0" ], "command": "uvx" } } } }, "letme": { "capability": "https://letme.dev/db.document", "tool": "https://letme.dev/redis-mcp" }, "area": "developer", "provenance": { "legalEntity": "Redis Ltd.", "domain": "redis.io", "domainRegistered": "2010-05-28", "endpointOnVendorDomain": null, "terms": "", "privacy": "", "statusPage": "", "changelog": "https://github.com/redis/mcp-redis/releases", "securityTxt": "valid", "checked": "2026-10-09", "notes": [ "No terms document governs this software beyond the MIT licence, so `terms` is left out.", "`privacy` is left out. The Redis Privacy Policy (last updated 29 November 2024, https://redis.io/legal/privacy-policy/) names Redis Ltd. and its affiliates and covers Redis's sites and services. It does not address this open-source server, which runs on the owner's machine. Questions sent by `search_redis_documents` do go to redis.io.", "The copyright line in the `LICENSE` file reads Redis, inc. The privacy policy names Redis Ltd., which is used here.", "redis.io/.well-known/security.txt gives a contact page, a HackerOne disclosure programme as policy and an expiry of 19 December 2030.", "RDAP for redis.io gives a registration date of 2010-05-28.", "The server runs on the owner's machine and connects to the Redis it is configured for, so there is no vendor endpoint to check. The changelog link is the GitHub releases page, since the repository has no changelog file." ], "score": 89 }, "pageJsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/redis-mcp.json", "live": { "slug": "redis-mcp", "versions": [ { "registry": "github", "name": "redis/mcp-redis", "version": "0.5.1", "released": "2026-08-05", "seenAt": "2026-11-07T00:00:37.586801547Z" }, { "registry": "mcp-registry", "name": "io.github.redis/mcp-redis", "version": "0.5.1", "seenAt": "2026-11-07T18:16:28.95801333Z" }, { "registry": "pypi", "name": "redis-mcp-server", "version": "0.5.1", "released": "2026-08-05", "seenAt": "2026-11-07T00:00:37.365630293Z" } ], "githubStars": 641, "pypiWeekly": 2895, "securityTxt": { "url": "https://redis.io/.well-known/security.txt", "state": "valid", "expires": "2030-12-19T00:00:00Z", "checkedAt": "2026-11-07T16:00:27.489844353Z" }, "llmsTxt": { "url": "https://redis.io/llms.txt", "ok": true, "status": 200, "checkedAt": "2026-11-07T15:33:43.940804068Z" }, "domain": { "domain": "redis.io", "checkedAt": "2026-11-01T14:21:23.110601118Z" }, "github": { "repo": "redis/mcp-redis", "checkedAt": "2026-11-02T09:20:36.173885498Z", "stars": 641, "archived": false, "issuesEnabled": true, "pushedAt": "2026-10-26T16:33:56Z", "openIssues": 7, "openPRs": 7, "issuesOpened90d": 7, "issuesClosed90d": 10, "prsMerged90d": 14, "ci": { "branch": "main", "runs": 50, "success": 49, "failure": 1, "other": 0, "latest": "success", "latestAt": "2026-10-26T16:35:29Z" }, "replies": { "sampled": 25, "unanswered": 4, "medianDays": 1.9 } }, "updatedAt": "2026-11-07T18:16:28.95801333Z" } }, "edges": [ { "by": 40, "category": "ergonomics", "leads": "neon-mcp", "name": "Agent ergonomics", "reasons": { "a": "138 tools with no grant, far over 30 (5), with category, projectId and readonly to cut the list (plus 10). List tools take limits and cursors from the API, and describe_branch returns a tree (16). API errors return with their kind and status, path errors are tool errors, and unknown categories come back as a notice (16). readOnlyHint and destructiveHint on every definition, and the grant filter tells the model never to run destructive tools autonomously (18). Official TypeScript and Python SDKs for the Neon API; a no-auth tool preview endpoint (14). 15 + 16 + 16 + 18 + 14 = 79.", "b": "53 tools load at once, about 15,700 characters of descriptions, with no toolsets, dynamic loading or read-only subset. Pull request #161 for an allowlist has been open since 28 July 2026 (5 of 25). `scan_keys` pages with a cursor, `lrange` and `zrange` take ranges, `xrange` and `xreadgroup` take a count, `read_messages` caps at 100 and the vector tools take `k`. `scan_all_keys`, `hgetall`, `smembers` and `json_get` return everything with no limit (12 of 20). Failures come back as ordinary results, a string starting `Error` or a dictionary with an `error` key, carrying the Redis error text. Input checks return clear messages, such as the refusal of `block_ms=0`. Nothing marks a result as an MCP error and no error list is documented (9 of 20). No tool declares `readOnlyHint`, `destructiveHint` or `idempotentHint`, and pull request #181 adding them was opened on 8 October 2026. No retry guidance was found, and `lpush`, `xadd` and `publish` are not safe to repeat (3 of 20). Most tools need one or two arguments and defaults are stated in the descriptions. The server is a Python package only (10 of 15)." }, "scores": { "a": 79, "b": 39 } }, { "by": 33, "category": "maintenance", "leads": "neon-mcp", "name": "Maintenance \u0026 community", "reasons": { "a": "v2.0.0 on 5 November 2026, one day before this check (30). 1.0.0 (registry, 17 September) and 2.0.0 in the 90 days, two releases (10). 53 open issues and pull requests, with commits most days; reply times weren't measured (15). com.neon/mcp in the official registry, a domain-verified namespace, at 2.0.0 (15). Unit, integration and end-to-end test suites, knip and lint in CI (10). 30 + 10 + 15 + 15 + 10 = 80.", "b": "0.5.1 was tagged on 4 August 2026 and published on GitHub and PyPI on 5 August, 91 days before this check, and no release has followed (10). No release in the 90 days from 6 August. The 32 commits since 0.5.1, up to 3 November, are dependency updates and the removal of an unused dev dependency, with the version still 0.5.1 (0). 19 open items per the 9 October check, when Redis staff had answered #156, #163 and #169 within weeks and merged the `mcp` pin the day it was reported, while #174, #137 and #31 had no reply and #45 on streamable HTTP had been open since August 2025 (14 of 25). Listed in the official MCP registry as `io.github.redis/mcp-redis`, a GitHub-verified namespace, with 0.5.1 marked latest per the 9 October check, and the repository's server.json still names it (15). Dependabot updates merged up to 3 November 2026, a lock file and the `mcp` dependency pinned below 2 (8 of 10)." }, "scores": { "a": 80, "b": 47 } }, { "by": 26, "category": "schema", "leads": "neon-mcp", "name": "Schema \u0026 documentation", "reasons": { "a": "Every tool has a JSON Schema, many generated from the Neon OpenAPI spec (25). neon.com serves llms.txt and Markdown pages (10). Descriptions say when and when not (\"branch_id is a branch id, not a branch name. Call list_branches to resolve a name\", \"NEVER run autonomously\") (18). Typed inputs with enums such as access read_only or read_write, and path arguments checked for . and .. since 2.0.0 (13). Examples in the README and docs, and API 4xx errors classified by kind (11). CHANGELOG with dated releases and a registry version (13). 25 + 10 + 18 + 13 + 11 + 13 = 90.", "b": "Each tool is built from a typed Python signature through FastMCP, so inputs carry JSON Schema, read from the source since we do not run vendor software. `get_vector_from_hash` has no return type, several tools return either a value or an error string, and there are no output schemas (21 of 25). redis.io serves llms.txt and a Markdown form of each docs page, and the README is Markdown (10). Most descriptions are one line plus an argument list. `scan_keys`, `scan_all_keys`, `hybrid_search` and `xreadgroup` say when to use them and what to avoid, and the rest do not (11 of 20). Required fields and defaults are typed, but there are no enums (`distance_metric` and the `info` section are free strings) and the bounds on `block_ms`, `timeout_ms` and `max_messages` are checked in code, not declared in the schema (8 of 15). The README and docs pages give client configuration examples. Tool examples exist only inside a few descriptions, and no list of error responses was found (6 of 15). Tagged versions and GitHub release notes, with no changelog file. The 0.4.0 notes name the docs tool `search_documents` where the source has `search_redis_documents`, and Redis's docs page still links a Smithery install that the README dropped in 0.3.5 (8 of 15)." }, "scores": { "a": 90, "b": 64 } }, { "by": 20, "category": "reliability", "leads": "neon-mcp", "name": "Reliability", "reasons": { "a": "Hosted reading. neonstatus.com on status.io with components per region, though no MCP component (20). The page shows only the last 30 days, three incidents, a partial disruption of monitoring data on 21 October (1 hour 22 minutes), slow compute starts in us-east-2 on 2 November (2 hours 14 minutes) and 26 minutes of console and API errors on 2 November; August and September weren't readable (15). The Neon API publishes 700 requests a minute with a 40-a-second burst per route (15). 429 with exponential backoff advice and 423 Locked for overlapping operations with retry guidance, but no idempotency keys (12). An uptime SLA on Scale only, with no percentage on the pricing page (5). The docs give the server no status label and the README says it isn't recommended for production (5). 20 + 15 + 15 + 12 + 5 + 5 = 72.", "b": "Scored as local software, since the owner runs it over stdio. Official PyPI package `redis-mcp-server` with Python 3.10 to 3.14 stated in the metadata, though the README badge says 3.14 and later (20). The CI workflow runs on pushes, pull requests and nightly, on a five-version Python matrix against a live Redis with pytest and an 80 per cent coverage floor, but its run results couldn't be read on 4 November 2026 (GitHub's pages and API answered 403), so 15 under this run's reading for test CI with an unreadable result. Fresh PyPI installs failed to start from 28 July to 5 August 2026 after `mcp` 2.0.0 removed the module the server imports, fixed in 0.5.1 (issues #163 and #169). Issue #156, where the console command ignores `REDIS_HOST` and `REDIS_PORT`, was open with two unmerged fixes per the 9 October check (13 of 25). Tagged releases with numbers in semantic form, but no changelog file, release notes that are lists of pull request titles, and a patch release (0.5.1) that changed the `unsubscribe` input and added six tools. Issue #137 asking for semver tags had no reply (4 of 15). Version 0.5.1 with the classifier `Development Status :: 4 - Beta` (0)." }, "scores": { "a": 72, "b": 52 } }, { "by": 20, "category": "payments", "leads": "redis-mcp", "name": "Payments \u0026 pricing", "reasons": { "a": "No x402, MPP or L402 (0). Per-unit prices are public, compute per CU-hour and storage per GB-month (20). Free plan with no card (20). A person signs up and authorises in a browser; the CLI can mint a key only after a login (0). 0 + 20 + 20 + 0 = 40.", "b": "Read with the self-hosted rule. The server is free under the MIT licence and needs no signup of its own, so 20 + 20 + 20. No x402, MPP or L402 (0). It needs a Redis database, which can be free Redis Open Source on the owner's machine. Redis Cloud prices were not checked. No hosted version of this server was found on the pages read." }, "scores": { "a": 40, "b": 60 } }, { "by": 15, "category": "security", "leads": "neon-mcp", "name": "Security \u0026 auth", "reasons": { "a": "OAuth 2.1 with read and write scopes, per-project and per-role fixed grants, Client ID Metadata Documents and RFC 9207 iss on redirects, or API keys (28). Read-only mode keeps SQL in READ ONLY transactions and withholds connection strings, roleName limits SQL to a role's grants, and destructive tools ask the model to confirm with the user; with an API key anyone who can edit the URL can widen the grant (17). The README warns to review every action and keep the server away from production, but we found no prompt-injection guidance for query results (5). Neon has project audit logs, but we didn't read whether MCP calls appear (5). SOC 2 Type II with a public SOC 3, ISO 27001 and 27701, HIPAA; no security.txt on neon.com (14). 28 + 17 + 5 + 5 + 14 = 69.", "b": "The server holds one Redis username and password, which Redis ACL rules can scope to keys and command categories and an admin can revoke, or Entra ID credentials for Azure Managed Redis with token renewal. TLS certificate checks are required by default. The README's main example passes the password inside `--url` on the command line, and every caller shares the one user (22 of 30). The server has no read-only mode, no allowlist and no confirmation before `delete`, `json_del`, `xdel` or `xgroup_destroy`. The README gives an ACL example for a read-only user, and no tool runs an arbitrary command, so `FLUSHALL`, `CONFIG` and `EVAL` are out of reach (9 of 20). Stored values, pub/sub messages and docs search results reach the model as they are. No injection guidance was found in the README or the docs pages read (2 of 15). Logging goes to stderr at WARNING by default, so calls are not recorded unless the level is lowered. The connection names itself `redis-py(mcp-server_v0.5.1)`, which Redis shows in `CLIENT LIST` (6 of 15). Redis has a valid security.txt, a HackerOne disclosure programme, and SOC 2 Type 2 and ISO/IEC 27001 on its trust centre. CI runs Bandit and hardened runners, and Dependabot updates are merged within days. The repository has no SECURITY.md and no published advisories (15 of 20)." }, "scores": { "a": 69, "b": 54 } } ], "facts": [ { "a": "MCP server", "b": "MCP server", "name": "Kind" }, { "a": "Neon (Databricks)", "b": "Redis", "name": "Vendor" }, { "a": "https://mcp.neon.tech/mcp", "b": "no (local only)", "name": "Hosted endpoint" }, { "a": "Streamable HTTP", "b": "stdio", "name": "Transports" }, { "a": "OAuth", "b": "OAuth or key", "name": "Auth" }, { "a": "Freemium", "b": "Free", "name": "Pricing" }, { "a": "no", "b": "no", "name": "x402" }, { "a": "MIT", "b": "MIT", "name": "Licence" }, { "a": "138", "b": "53", "name": "Tools exposed" }, { "a": "yes", "b": "yes", "name": "Read-only variant documented" }, { "a": "yes", "b": "yes", "name": "llms.txt" }, { "a": "com.neon/mcp", "b": "io.github.redis/mcp-redis", "name": "MCP registry" }, { "a": "2026-11-05", "b": "2026-08-04", "name": "Last release" }, { "a": "2026-10-14", "b": "no document linked", "name": "Terms last updated" }, { "a": "2026-01-09", "b": "no document linked", "name": "Privacy policy last updated" }, { "a": "not found in the text", "b": "not read yet", "name": "Customer content may train models" }, { "a": "not found in the text", "b": "not read yet", "name": "Terms restrict automated access" }, { "a": "not found in the text", "b": "not read yet", "name": "Terms restrict benchmarking" }, { "a": "not found in the text", "b": "not read yet", "name": "Terms or service can change without notice" }, { "a": "not found in the text", "b": "not read yet", "name": "Arbitration or class-action waiver" }, { "a": "663 stars", "b": "633 stars", "name": "Popularity" } ], "faq": [ { "answer": "Neon MCP Server scores 72.5 (BB) on agent readiness against Redis MCP's 54.9 (C), and leads in 5 of 7 scored categories. Redis MCP leads on payments \u0026 pricing.", "question": "Which is better for AI agents, Neon MCP Server or Redis MCP?" }, { "answer": "Neon MCP Server uses an OAuth sign-in. Redis MCP takes an API key or an OAuth sign-in.", "question": "Do Neon MCP Server and Redis MCP need an API key?" }, { "answer": "Neon MCP Server has a hosted endpoint at https://mcp.neon.tech/mcp. Redis MCP runs on your own machine, with no hosted endpoint listed.", "question": "Can an agent call Neon MCP Server and Redis MCP without installing anything?" }, { "answer": "No open-source release is listed for Neon MCP Server. Redis MCP is open source (MIT).", "question": "Are Neon MCP Server and Redis MCP open source?" } ], "goodFor": [ { "aheadOn": [ "Reliability, 72 against 52", "Schema \u0026 documentation, 90 against 64", "Agent ergonomics, 79 against 39", "Security \u0026 auth, 69 against 54", "Maintenance \u0026 community, 80 against 47" ], "also": [ "Agent-ready, a grade of BB or better", "A hosted endpoint, with nothing to install" ], "goodFor": "Agents building on Neon Postgres in development, especially branch-per-change workflows. supabase-mcp and planetscale-mcp are the nearest listings; Neon itself advises against pointing it at production.", "slug": "neon-mcp", "watchFor": "138 tools listed when no category or project is set" }, { "aheadOn": [ "Payments \u0026 pricing, 60 against 40" ], "also": [ "Runs on your own machine", "Open source" ], "goodFor": "Teams with a Redis database that want an agent to read and write keys, streams, JSON documents and vector indexes on a developer's machine.", "slug": "redis-mcp", "watchFor": "53 tools load at once, with no toolsets and no read-only subset. 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"redis-mcp": 54, "weight": 14 }, { "by": 20, "edge": "redis-mcp", "key": "payments", "name": "Payments \u0026 pricing", "neon-mcp": 40, "redis-mcp": 60, "weight": 10 }, { "key": "tasks", "name": "Task success", "pending": true, "weight": 10 }, { "by": 33, "edge": "neon-mcp", "key": "maintenance", "name": "Maintenance \u0026 community", "neon-mcp": 80, "redis-mcp": 47, "weight": 7 }, { "by": 2, "edge": "redis-mcp", "key": "transparency", "name": "Transparency \u0026 trust", "neon-mcp": 75, "redis-mcp": 77, "weight": 7 } ], "summary": "Neon MCP Server scores 72.5 (BB) on agent readiness against Redis MCP's 54.9 (C), and leads in 5 of 7 scored categories. Redis MCP leads on payments \u0026 pricing. Both do databases.", "tasks": null, "tutorials": [], "verdicts": { "neon-mcp": "OAuth with read or write scopes, per-project and per-role grants, read-only SQL in READ ONLY transactions, and migrations tried on temporary branches. With no grant it lists 138 tools, the README advises against production use, and it sends account name and email to Segment with no opt-out for hosted users.", "redis-mcp": "Redis's server, under the MIT licence, maps 53 tools onto Redis commands, with typed inputs and a CI workflow that tests five Python versions against a live Redis. It has no read-only mode, tool annotations or changelog file, no release has followed 0.5.1 of 4 August 2026, and PyPI installs failed to start from 28 July to 5 August." } }, "kind": "anchor.page", "links": { "api": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/index.json", "html": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/neon-mcp-vs-redis-mcp", "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/neon-mcp-vs-redis-mcp.json", "llms": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/llms.txt", "markdown": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/neon-mcp-vs-redis-mcp.md", "mcp": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/mcp", "slim": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/neon-mcp-vs-redis-mcp.min.md" }, "markdown": "Neon MCP Server scores 72.5 (BB) on agent readiness against Redis MCP's 54.9 (C), and leads in 5 of 7 scored categories. Redis MCP leads on payments \u0026 pricing. Both do databases.\n\n- Neon MCP Server: grade BB, 72.5/100, rank #125 of 1510. Markdown https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/neon-mcp.md · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/neon-mcp.json\n- Redis MCP: grade C, 54.9/100, rank #893 of 1510. Markdown https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/redis-mcp.md · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/redis-mcp.json\n- Best database, file and memory tools for AI agents: https://www.anchorterminal.com/best/data/index.md\n- All 111 databases comparisons: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/data/index.md\n\n## Which one, for what\n\n### Neon MCP Server (BB)\n\nGood for: Agents building on Neon Postgres in development, especially branch-per-change workflows. supabase-mcp and planetscale-mcp are the nearest listings; Neon itself advises against pointing it at production.\n\nAhead on:\n- Reliability, 72 against 52\n- Schema \u0026 documentation, 90 against 64\n- Agent ergonomics, 79 against 39\n- Security \u0026 auth, 69 against 54\n- Maintenance \u0026 community, 80 against 47\n\nAlso in its favour:\n- Agent-ready, a grade of BB or better\n- A hosted endpoint, with nothing to install\n\nWatch for: 138 tools listed when no category or project is set\n\n### Redis MCP (C)\n\nGood for: Teams with a Redis database that want an agent to read and write keys, streams, JSON documents and vector indexes on a developer's machine.\n\nAhead on:\n- Payments \u0026 pricing, 60 against 40\n\nAlso in its favour:\n- Runs on your own machine\n- Open source\n\nWatch for: 53 tools load at once, with no toolsets and no read-only subset. Pull request #161 for a tool allowlist has been open since 28 July 2026\n\n\n## Why the edge\n\n### Agent ergonomics: Neon MCP Server +40\n\n- Neon MCP Server (79): 138 tools with no grant, far over 30 (5), with category, projectId and readonly to cut the list (plus 10). List tools take limits and cursors from the API, and describe_branch returns a tree (16). API errors return with their kind and status, path errors are tool errors, and unknown categories come back as a notice (16). readOnlyHint and destructiveHint on every definition, and the grant filter tells the model never to run destructive tools autonomously (18). Official TypeScript and Python SDKs for the Neon API; a no-auth tool preview endpoint (14). 15 + 16 + 16 + 18 + 14 = 79.\n- Redis MCP (39): 53 tools load at once, about 15,700 characters of descriptions, with no toolsets, dynamic loading or read-only subset. Pull request #161 for an allowlist has been open since 28 July 2026 (5 of 25). `scan_keys` pages with a cursor, `lrange` and `zrange` take ranges, `xrange` and `xreadgroup` take a count, `read_messages` caps at 100 and the vector tools take `k`. `scan_all_keys`, `hgetall`, `smembers` and `json_get` return everything with no limit (12 of 20). Failures come back as ordinary results, a string starting `Error` or a dictionary with an `error` key, carrying the Redis error text. Input checks return clear messages, such as the refusal of `block_ms=0`. Nothing marks a result as an MCP error and no error list is documented (9 of 20). No tool declares `readOnlyHint`, `destructiveHint` or `idempotentHint`, and pull request #181 adding them was opened on 8 October 2026. No retry guidance was found, and `lpush`, `xadd` and `publish` are not safe to repeat (3 of 20). Most tools need one or two arguments and defaults are stated in the descriptions. The server is a Python package only (10 of 15).\n\n### Maintenance \u0026 community: Neon MCP Server +33\n\n- Neon MCP Server (80): v2.0.0 on 5 November 2026, one day before this check (30). 1.0.0 (registry, 17 September) and 2.0.0 in the 90 days, two releases (10). 53 open issues and pull requests, with commits most days; reply times weren't measured (15). com.neon/mcp in the official registry, a domain-verified namespace, at 2.0.0 (15). Unit, integration and end-to-end test suites, knip and lint in CI (10). 30 + 10 + 15 + 15 + 10 = 80.\n- Redis MCP (47): 0.5.1 was tagged on 4 August 2026 and published on GitHub and PyPI on 5 August, 91 days before this check, and no release has followed (10). No release in the 90 days from 6 August. The 32 commits since 0.5.1, up to 3 November, are dependency updates and the removal of an unused dev dependency, with the version still 0.5.1 (0). 19 open items per the 9 October check, when Redis staff had answered #156, #163 and #169 within weeks and merged the `mcp` pin the day it was reported, while #174, #137 and #31 had no reply and #45 on streamable HTTP had been open since August 2025 (14 of 25). Listed in the official MCP registry as `io.github.redis/mcp-redis`, a GitHub-verified namespace, with 0.5.1 marked latest per the 9 October check, and the repository's server.json still names it (15). Dependabot updates merged up to 3 November 2026, a lock file and the `mcp` dependency pinned below 2 (8 of 10).\n\n### Schema \u0026 documentation: Neon MCP Server +26\n\n- Neon MCP Server (90): Every tool has a JSON Schema, many generated from the Neon OpenAPI spec (25). neon.com serves llms.txt and Markdown pages (10). Descriptions say when and when not (\"branch_id is a branch id, not a branch name. Call list_branches to resolve a name\", \"NEVER run autonomously\") (18). Typed inputs with enums such as access read_only or read_write, and path arguments checked for . and .. since 2.0.0 (13). Examples in the README and docs, and API 4xx errors classified by kind (11). CHANGELOG with dated releases and a registry version (13). 25 + 10 + 18 + 13 + 11 + 13 = 90.\n- Redis MCP (64): Each tool is built from a typed Python signature through FastMCP, so inputs carry JSON Schema, read from the source since we do not run vendor software. `get_vector_from_hash` has no return type, several tools return either a value or an error string, and there are no output schemas (21 of 25). redis.io serves llms.txt and a Markdown form of each docs page, and the README is Markdown (10). Most descriptions are one line plus an argument list. `scan_keys`, `scan_all_keys`, `hybrid_search` and `xreadgroup` say when to use them and what to avoid, and the rest do not (11 of 20). Required fields and defaults are typed, but there are no enums (`distance_metric` and the `info` section are free strings) and the bounds on `block_ms`, `timeout_ms` and `max_messages` are checked in code, not declared in the schema (8 of 15). The README and docs pages give client configuration examples. Tool examples exist only inside a few descriptions, and no list of error responses was found (6 of 15). Tagged versions and GitHub release notes, with no changelog file. The 0.4.0 notes name the docs tool `search_documents` where the source has `search_redis_documents`, and Redis's docs page still links a Smithery install that the README dropped in 0.3.5 (8 of 15).\n\n### Reliability: Neon MCP Server +20\n\n- Neon MCP Server (72): Hosted reading. neonstatus.com on status.io with components per region, though no MCP component (20). The page shows only the last 30 days, three incidents, a partial disruption of monitoring data on 21 October (1 hour 22 minutes), slow compute starts in us-east-2 on 2 November (2 hours 14 minutes) and 26 minutes of console and API errors on 2 November; August and September weren't readable (15). The Neon API publishes 700 requests a minute with a 40-a-second burst per route (15). 429 with exponential backoff advice and 423 Locked for overlapping operations with retry guidance, but no idempotency keys (12). An uptime SLA on Scale only, with no percentage on the pricing page (5). The docs give the server no status label and the README says it isn't recommended for production (5). 20 + 15 + 15 + 12 + 5 + 5 = 72.\n- Redis MCP (52): Scored as local software, since the owner runs it over stdio. Official PyPI package `redis-mcp-server` with Python 3.10 to 3.14 stated in the metadata, though the README badge says 3.14 and later (20). The CI workflow runs on pushes, pull requests and nightly, on a five-version Python matrix against a live Redis with pytest and an 80 per cent coverage floor, but its run results couldn't be read on 4 November 2026 (GitHub's pages and API answered 403), so 15 under this run's reading for test CI with an unreadable result. Fresh PyPI installs failed to start from 28 July to 5 August 2026 after `mcp` 2.0.0 removed the module the server imports, fixed in 0.5.1 (issues #163 and #169). Issue #156, where the console command ignores `REDIS_HOST` and `REDIS_PORT`, was open with two unmerged fixes per the 9 October check (13 of 25). Tagged releases with numbers in semantic form, but no changelog file, release notes that are lists of pull request titles, and a patch release (0.5.1) that changed the `unsubscribe` input and added six tools. Issue #137 asking for semver tags had no reply (4 of 15). Version 0.5.1 with the classifier `Development Status :: 4 - Beta` (0).\n\n### Payments \u0026 pricing: Redis MCP +20\n\n- Neon MCP Server (40): No x402, MPP or L402 (0). Per-unit prices are public, compute per CU-hour and storage per GB-month (20). Free plan with no card (20). A person signs up and authorises in a browser; the CLI can mint a key only after a login (0). 0 + 20 + 20 + 0 = 40.\n- Redis MCP (60): Read with the self-hosted rule. The server is free under the MIT licence and needs no signup of its own, so 20 + 20 + 20. No x402, MPP or L402 (0). It needs a Redis database, which can be free Redis Open Source on the owner's machine. Redis Cloud prices were not checked. No hosted version of this server was found on the pages read.\n\n### Security \u0026 auth: Neon MCP Server +15\n\n- Neon MCP Server (69): OAuth 2.1 with read and write scopes, per-project and per-role fixed grants, Client ID Metadata Documents and RFC 9207 iss on redirects, or API keys (28). Read-only mode keeps SQL in READ ONLY transactions and withholds connection strings, roleName limits SQL to a role's grants, and destructive tools ask the model to confirm with the user; with an API key anyone who can edit the URL can widen the grant (17). The README warns to review every action and keep the server away from production, but we found no prompt-injection guidance for query results (5). Neon has project audit logs, but we didn't read whether MCP calls appear (5). SOC 2 Type II with a public SOC 3, ISO 27001 and 27701, HIPAA; no security.txt on neon.com (14). 28 + 17 + 5 + 5 + 14 = 69.\n- Redis MCP (54): The server holds one Redis username and password, which Redis ACL rules can scope to keys and command categories and an admin can revoke, or Entra ID credentials for Azure Managed Redis with token renewal. TLS certificate checks are required by default. The README's main example passes the password inside `--url` on the command line, and every caller shares the one user (22 of 30). The server has no read-only mode, no allowlist and no confirmation before `delete`, `json_del`, `xdel` or `xgroup_destroy`. The README gives an ACL example for a read-only user, and no tool runs an arbitrary command, so `FLUSHALL`, `CONFIG` and `EVAL` are out of reach (9 of 20). Stored values, pub/sub messages and docs search results reach the model as they are. No injection guidance was found in the README or the docs pages read (2 of 15). Logging goes to stderr at WARNING by default, so calls are not recorded unless the level is lowered. The connection names itself `redis-py(mcp-server_v0.5.1)`, which Redis shows in `CLIENT LIST` (6 of 15). Redis has a valid security.txt, a HackerOne disclosure programme, and SOC 2 Type 2 and ISO/IEC 27001 on its trust centre. CI runs Bandit and hardened runners, and Dependabot updates are merged within days. The repository has no SECURITY.md and no published advisories (15 of 20).\n\n## Score by category\n\n| Category | Weight | Neon MCP Server | Redis MCP | Edge |\n| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |\n| Reliability | 16% (20 this run) | 72 | 52 | Neon MCP Server +20 |\n| Performance | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |\n| Schema \u0026 documentation | 13% (16.2 this run) | 90 | 64 | Neon MCP Server +26 |\n| Agent ergonomics | 13% (16.2 this run) | 79 | 39 | Neon MCP Server +40 |\n| Security \u0026 auth | 14% (17.5 this run) | 69 | 54 | Neon MCP Server +15 |\n| Payments \u0026 pricing | 10% (12.5 this run) | 40 | 60 | Redis MCP +20 |\n| Task success | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |\n| Maintenance \u0026 community | 7% (8.8 this run) | 80 | 47 | Neon MCP Server +33 |\n| Transparency \u0026 trust | 7% (8.8 this run) | 75 | 77 | Redis MCP +2 |\n| Negative events | ≤15 | 0 | 0 | |\n| **Total** | | **72.5 · BB** | **54.9 · C** | |\n\n## Facts side by side\n\n| Fact | Neon MCP Server | Redis MCP |\n| --- | --- | --- |\n| Kind | MCP server | MCP server |\n| Vendor | Neon (Databricks) | Redis |\n| Hosted endpoint | `https://mcp.neon.tech/mcp` | no (local only) |\n| Transports | Streamable HTTP | stdio |\n| Auth | OAuth | OAuth or key |\n| Pricing | Freemium | Free |\n| x402 | no | no |\n| Licence | MIT | MIT |\n| Tools exposed | 138 | 53 |\n| Read-only variant documented | yes | yes |\n| llms.txt | yes | yes |\n| MCP registry | `com.neon/mcp` | `io.github.redis/mcp-redis` |\n| Last release | 2026-11-05 | 2026-08-04 |\n| Terms last updated | 2026-10-14 | no document linked |\n| Privacy policy last updated | 2026-01-09 | no document linked |\n| Customer content may train models | not found in the text | not read yet |\n| Terms restrict automated access | not found in the text | not read yet |\n| Terms restrict benchmarking | not found in the text | not read yet |\n| Terms or service can change without notice | not found in the text | not read yet |\n| Arbitration or class-action waiver | not found in the text | not read yet |\n| Popularity | 663 stars | 633 stars |\n\n## How the scores have moved\n\n### Neon MCP Server\n\nNo score change since it was listed.\n\n### Redis MCP\n\n- -0.9 on 4 November 2026: new evidence, checklist, time\n- +0.1 on 27 October 2026: checklist\n\n## Verdicts\n\n**Neon MCP Server.** OAuth with read or write scopes, per-project and per-role grants, read-only SQL in READ ONLY transactions, and migrations tried on temporary branches. With no grant it lists 138 tools, the README advises against production use, and it sends account name and email to Segment with no opt-out for hosted users.\n\n**Redis MCP.** Redis's server, under the MIT licence, maps 53 tools onto Redis commands, with typed inputs and a CI workflow that tests five Python versions against a live Redis. It has no read-only mode, tool annotations or changelog file, no release has followed 0.5.1 of 4 August 2026, and PyPI installs failed to start from 28 July to 5 August.\n\n## Before you call either\n\n### Neon MCP Server\n\n1. Connect with ?category=querying\u0026category=schema\u0026projectId=... or untick Allow writes at consent to cut 138 tools to a handful\n2. Use prepare_database_migration and complete_database_migration for schema changes, and ask the user before completing\n3. Pass branch IDs (br-...), not names; call list_branches to resolve a name\n4. On 429 back off exponentially, and on 423 Locked wait for the running operation to finish\n\n### Redis MCP\n\n1. Pass the connection with `--url` or explicit flags. The `redis-mcp-server` command overrides `REDIS_HOST`, `REDIS_PORT`, `REDIS_DB`, `REDIS_SSL` and `REDIS_CLUSTER_MODE` with its own defaults when flags are absent\n2. Use `scan_keys` with the returned cursor until it is 0. `scan_all_keys`, `hgetall`, `smembers` and `json_get` return everything they match with no limit\n3. Read failures from the text. Tools return strings such as `Error ...` or an `error` key in place of an MCP error result\n4. Keep the `subscription_id` from `subscribe` or `psubscribe` and pass it to `read_messages` and `unsubscribe`. Idle subscriptions close after 300 seconds\n5. Connect as a Redis ACL user limited to the keys and command categories needed, since the server has no read-only switch and `delete` runs without confirmation\n\n## Questions\n\n### Which is better for AI agents, Neon MCP Server or Redis MCP?\n\nNeon MCP Server scores 72.5 (BB) on agent readiness against Redis MCP's 54.9 (C), and leads in 5 of 7 scored categories. Redis MCP leads on payments \u0026 pricing.\n\n### Do Neon MCP Server and Redis MCP need an API key?\n\nNeon MCP Server uses an OAuth sign-in. Redis MCP takes an API key or an OAuth sign-in.\n\n### Can an agent call Neon MCP Server and Redis MCP without installing anything?\n\nNeon MCP Server has a hosted endpoint at https://mcp.neon.tech/mcp. Redis MCP runs on your own machine, with no hosted endpoint listed.\n\n### Are Neon MCP Server and Redis MCP open source?\n\nNo open-source release is listed for Neon MCP Server. 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