A side-by-side look at the Planetscale MCP and MCP Server Neon MCP servers: transport, auth, tools, quality signals, and the config to install either one in Claude, Cursor, Windsurf or VS Code.
Verdict: choose Planetscale MCP for databases work over a hosted endpoint; choose MCP Server Neon for databases as a local process. You can also run both side by side in one mcpServers block.
NEON_API_KEY.projects, branches, endpoints.Rows where the two servers differ are marked.
| Spec | ||
|---|---|---|
| Category | Databases | Databases |
| Quality signal | 49/100 · Fair | 61/100 · Good |
| Install command | Confirmed | Confirmed |
| Transport | Remote HTTP/SSE | Local subprocess (stdio) |
| Auth | API key required | OAuth 2.0 |
| Pricing | BYOK (pay the provider) | Freemium |
| Required env vars | None listed | NEON_API_KEY |
| Verified owner | Community listing | Community listing |
| GitHub stars | 672 | 648 |
| Directory activity | 2 views 0 installs 0 upvotes | 4 views 0 installs 0 upvotes |
| Tools | Not listed | 80 |
| Full listing | View Planetscale MCP | View MCP Server Neon |
No tool names declared yet. Check the project README from the listing page.
projectsbranchesendpointssnapshotsschemaqueryingneon_authdata_apiobservabilitydocsfunctionsstoragePaste either block (or both) into your client config, e.g. claude_desktop_config.json or ~/.cursor/mcp.json. We only show a config when the install command is confirmed.
{
"mcpServers": {
"planetscale-mcp": {
"url": "https://planetscale.com/docs/connect/mcp"
}
}
}
{
"mcpServers": {
"neondatabase-mcp-server-neon": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"neon@latest"
],
"env": {
"NEON_API_KEY": "YOUR_NEON_API_KEY_HERE"
}
}
}
}