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Backenly

Backenly gives coding agents MCP tools to build PostgreSQL-backed application backends and monitors them for issues. It applies verified safe repairs automatically while routing risky changes to a human for approval.

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Who it's for

  • Backend engineers using Claude Code, Cursor, Codex, or another MCP host to build and maintain PostgreSQL application backends.
  • Development teams that want a production backend with REST, authentication, storage, and realtime features managed through an agent workflow.
  • Teams self-hosting PostgreSQL infrastructure that want the open-source Backenly platform to monitor and repair backend issues.

Not the right fit if…

  • Teams that need agents to execute destructive, auth-related, or irreversible changes without human review: Backenly always holds those changes for approval.

How it fits your workflow

Connect an MCP-compatible coding agent to a Backenly project. The agent can inspect the backend and create resources such as tables, authentication, policies, and realtime subscriptions; the dashboard shows the resulting state and change history.

Backenly checks the backend every minute. It can apply and verify fixes it considers safe, while changes with higher risk wait in the dashboard for a person to review and approve.

Use Backenly Cloud, or self-host the open-source platform on your own infrastructure. The product provides PostgreSQL, REST APIs, storage, authentication, and realtime streams.

Pricing

Free: Backenly Cloud Free includes a permanent backend and self-healing checks every minute, with no credit card required. Self-hosting is also free under Apache-2.0, but requires you to provide the servers.

Self-hosted

Free under Apache-2.0; you provide the servers.

  • · Run Backenly on your own infrastructure with your own PostgreSQL database.
  • · An AI provider key is needed only for features that use a model, such as natural-language build tools.

Cloud Free

Free; no credit card required.

  • · A real, permanent backend.
  • · Self-healing checks every minute.
  • · Autonomy is included.

Cloud Pro

$25/month.

  • · Raises capacity compared with Free.
  • · Autonomy is included and is not capped.

Cloud Enterprise

Custom pricing.

Prices checked on Oct 31, 2026 from the vendor's site. They can change; confirm before you buy.

Key features

MCP tools for coding agents
Coding agents can inspect and change a backend through typed MCP tools. The page lists Claude Code, Cursor, Codex, Antigravity, Cline, GitHub Copilot, Zed, and other MCP hosts.
PostgreSQL database
Each project gets a PostgreSQL schema with tables, relations, indexes, constraints, and pgvector. The page describes project isolation through PostgreSQL grants.
Autonomous monitoring and repair
Backenly checks a backend every minute, identifies issues such as missing indexes, applies fixes it considers safe, and rechecks them. Fixes have an undo option.
Human approval for risky changes
Destructive, auth-related, and irreversible changes wait for approval. The agent key can request and poll for approval but cannot approve a change.
Authentication
Projects can use sign-up, OAuth, magic links, verification emails, and project-specific signing secrets.
REST APIs
PostgREST serves tables with filtering, ordering, pagination, embedded resources, and OpenAPI.

Works with

  • MCP hosts
  • Stripe
  • S3-compatible storage providers
  • PostgreSQL tools and services

Limitations to know

  • Destructive, auth-related, and irreversible changes require approval from a person; the agent key cannot approve them.
  • Self-hosting requires you to provide the servers and PostgreSQL. An AI provider key is needed for model-using features such as natural-language build tools.

Getting started

npx @backenly/cli

For self-hosting, provide your own servers and PostgreSQL. An AI provider key is needed only for features that use a model, such as natural-language build tools.

  1. Choose Backenly Cloud or set up a self-hosted deployment.
  2. Install or connect the Backenly MCP server with a supported coding agent.
  3. Use the agent to build the backend and inspect its changes in the dashboard.
  4. Review and approve any risky changes that Backenly holds.

Frequently asked questions

How does a coding agent connect?

The page says one command installs the Backenly MCP server for Claude Code, Cursor, Codex, Cline, or any MCP host. A scoped, revocable key is available from the project dashboard. Backenly also provides a CLI, SDK, and agent skill.

What happens when an agent tries something destructive?

Actions such as dropping or emptying a table, dropping a column, deleting files, or revoking keys are held as approval requests in the dashboard. The agent key can request and poll but cannot approve. Ordinary row inserts, updates, and deletes run as normal.

Is this production infrastructure or a prototyping tool?

The page describes it as production infrastructure, with isolated PostgreSQL schemas, REST endpoints, authentication, file storage, and realtime streams. Schema changes are read back from the live database, and the autonomy loop monitors the backend after launch.

Is Backenly open source, and can it be self-hosted?

The page says the platform is open source under Apache-2.0 and can be self-hosted with your own PostgreSQL database. It also says the SDK, CLI, MCP server, and agent skill are MIT-licensed. Backenly Cloud runs the same codebase and handles backups and upgrades.

How is Backenly different from Supabase or Firebase?

The page says Backenly manages backend changes: changes are planned, destructive ones wait for approval, schema changes are read back from the live database, and an autonomy loop monitors and repairs the running backend.

Can customers move their data away?

The page describes standard REST, typed SDK access, direct PostgreSQL connection strings, and pg_dump exports that can be restored on other PostgreSQL systems. It also says the platform can be self-hosted.

What does Backenly cost?

Self-hosting is free under Apache-2.0, excluding the servers you provide. Cloud Free is free with no credit card, Pro is $25/month, and Enterprise has custom pricing. The page says autonomy is included on every Cloud tier.

What is the dashboard for if the agent does the building?

The dashboard is for inspecting tables, users, files, and functions; approving or rejecting destructive requests; reviewing the agent journal and autonomy receipts; managing keys, teams, and branches; and restoring earlier versions.