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title: "Postgres MCP Pro vs Supabase MCP: Which for Your Database"
url: "https://mcpshelf.co/compare/postgres-mcp-pro-vs-supabase"
description: "Postgres MCP Pro tunes and queries any Postgres database; Supabase MCP runs a whole Supabase project. Read-only modes, setup and best uses compared."
updated: "2026-10-27"
site: "MCP Shelf"
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# Postgres MCP Pro vs Supabase

If your database lives on Supabase and you are building the app, use Supabase’s own server: it handles migrations, logs, Edge Functions and branches as well as SQL. If you need to understand or speed up a Postgres database, anywhere, Postgres MCP Pro is the sharper tool, with query plans, index advice and health checks.

## Side by side

|  | Postgres MCP Pro | Supabase |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Made by | Crystal DBA | Supabase |
| Works with | Any Postgres you can connect to | Supabase projects in your account |
| Beyond SQL | Explain plans, slow queries, index advice, health checks | Migrations, logs, advisors, Edge Functions, branches, types |
| Read-only mode | --access-mode=restricted | read_only=true in the URL |
| Sign-in | A connection string | Your Supabase account in the browser |
| Runs as | A Docker container on your machine | A hosted URL |
| Runs on | Your computer | Hosted |
| You need | Docker; A Postgres connection string | A Supabase account |
| GitHub stars | 3.4K | 3K |

## Pick Postgres MCP Pro if

- A query is slow and you want to know why
- You want index suggestions based on your real workload
- Your Postgres is on RDS, Neon, a VPS or your laptop

## Pick Supabase if

- You are building a Supabase app in Cursor or Claude Code
- You want the assistant to write and apply migrations
- You debug from Supabase logs and advisor reports

## Can you run both?

They work together on a Supabase project: Supabase’s server for building, Postgres MCP Pro pointed at the same database (with its connection string) for performance work. Keep both read-only on production.

Setup for each: [Postgres MCP Pro](https://mcpshelf.co/servers/postgres-mcp-pro), [Supabase](https://mcpshelf.co/servers/supabase).

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