Neon Zero Trust Gateway vs Dbmcp

In-depth architectural comparison of the Neon Zero Trust Gateway and Dbmcp MCP servers. Compare execution transports, security boundaries, tool capabilities, quality scores, and ready-to-paste client installation snippets for Claude, Cursor, Windsurf, and VS Code.

Which MCP Server Should You Choose?

Choose Neon Zero Trust Gateway when:

• You need dedicated capabilities in the Databases domain.
• You prefer local stdio subprocess transport architecture.
• Your security boundary fits: No auth required (Free / Open Source).

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Choose Dbmcp when:

• You need dedicated capabilities in the Databases domain.
• You prefer local stdio subprocess transport architecture.
• Your security boundary fits: No auth required (Free / Open Source).
• Primary tools included: tables, schema, kind.

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Feature & Specification Comparison

Specification	Neon Zero Trust Gateway Databases	Dbmcp Databases
Summary	Zero-Trust MCP gateway securing internal database tools behind an API key firewall.	Database MCP server for MySQL, MariaDB, PostgreSQL & SQLite
Category & Scope	Databases	Databases
Quality signal

Tools & Capabilities Breakdown

Ready-to-Paste Client Configurations

Paste either (or both) of these JSON server blocks into your client config file (e.g. claude_desktop_config.json or ~/.cursor/mcp.json).

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "neon-zero-trust-gateway": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@modelcontextprotocol/client-cli",
        "sse",
        "--header",
        "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_API_KEY_HERE",
        "https://api.neoninnovationlab.com/sse"
      ]
    }
  }
}

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "dbmcp": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@modelcontextprotocol/inspector"
      ]
    }
  }
}

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