# PostgreSQL (archived MCP reference server) vs Supabase API + MCP (slim)

> Supabase API + MCP has a score of 75.8 (BB) against PostgreSQL (archived MCP reference server)'s 18.6 (F). Both do sql databases. The largest gap is maintenance & community, 90 points. Category scores, facts, verdicts and agent notes side by side.

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Supabase API + MCP has a score of 75.8 (BB) against PostgreSQL (archived MCP reference server)'s 18.6 (F). Both do sql databases. The largest gap is maintenance & community, 90 points.

- PostgreSQL (archived MCP reference server): F 18.6, rank #449 of 452 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/postgres-reference-server-archived.min.md
- Supabase API + MCP: BB 75.8, rank #30 of 452 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/supabase-mcp.min.md
- Pick PostgreSQL (archived MCP reference server) for payments & pricing (+25). Pick Supabase API + MCP for reliability (+47), schema & documentation (+60), agent ergonomics (+50), security & auth (+79), maintenance & community (+90), transparency & trust (+15).

| Category | PostgreSQL (archived MCP reference server) | Supabase API + MCP |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Reliability (16%) | 13 | 60 |
| Performance (10%) | pending | pending |
| Schema & documentation (13%) | 29 | 89 |
| Agent ergonomics (13%) | 38 | 88 |
| Security & auth (14%) | 5 | 84 |
| Payments & pricing (10%) | 60 | 35 |
| Task success (10%) | pending | pending |
| Maintenance & community (7%) | 0 | 90 |
| Transparency & trust (7%) | 77 | 92 |