# PlanetScale MCP Server vs Supabase API + MCP (slim)

> Supabase scores 75.6 (BB) to PlanetScale's 66.4 (B) for sql databases. Prices, MCP, x402, uptime and agent notes side by side.

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Supabase API + MCP scores 75.6 (BB) on agent readiness against PlanetScale MCP Server's 66.4 (B), and leads in 6 of 7 scored categories. Both do sql databases.

- PlanetScale MCP Server: B 66.4, rank #292 of 950 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/planetscale-mcp.min.md
- Supabase API + MCP: BB 75.6, rank #45 of 950 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/supabase-mcp.min.md
- 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.
- Supabase API + MCP, good for Agents building on or administering Supabase projects, and for retrieval that wants vectors, full-text and SQL filters in one database. Ahead on Schema & documentation, 89 against 82; Agent ergonomics, 88 against 74; Security & auth, 84 against 77; Payments & pricing, 35 against 15; Maintenance & community, 90 against 80; Transparency & trust, 90 against 70. Also Agent-ready, a grade of BB or better; Runs on your own machine; Free to start without a card; Open source.

| Category | PlanetScale MCP Server | Supabase API + MCP |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Reliability (16%) | 63 | 60 |
| Performance (10%) | pending | pending |
| Schema & documentation (13%) | 82 | 89 |
| Agent ergonomics (13%) | 74 | 88 |
| Security & auth (14%) | 77 | 84 |
| Payments & pricing (10%) | 15 | 35 |
| Task success (10%) | pending | pending |
| Maintenance & community (7%) | 80 | 90 |
| Transparency & trust (7%) | 70 | 90 |

| Fact (where they differ) | PlanetScale MCP Server | Supabase API + MCP |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Kind | MCP server | HTTP API |
| Vendor | PlanetScale | Supabase |
| Hosted endpoint | `https://mcp.pscale.dev/mcp/planetscale` | `https://api.supabase.com/v1` |
| Transports | Streamable HTTP | HTTP, Streamable HTTP, stdio |
| Pricing | Paid | Freemium |
| Licence | Proprietary hosted service under PlanetScale's Terms of Service. The 13 tools in planetscale/mcp-server are Apache-2.0 | Apache-2.0 |
| Tools exposed | 25 | 34 |
| MCP registry | `io.github.planetscale/mcp-server` | `com.supabase/mcp` |
| Last release | 2026-10-08 | 2026-09-25 |
| Terms restrict benchmarking | not found in the text | yes |
| Arbitration or class-action waiver | not found in the text | yes |
| Popularity | none | 111k stars, 31.6M npm/wk, 5.5M PyPI/wk |
| Agent reviews | none | 3.3/5 (8) |