Neon
Neon is a serverless PostgreSQL database platform offering automatic scaling, database branching, instant data recovery, and built-in authentication for modern develop…
Our verdict
Who it's for
Serverless PostgreSQL with auto-scaling and instant recovery
Who should look elsewhere
Cold starts possible
Pros
- +Generous free tier
- +Database branching
- +Scale to zero
Cons
- −Cold starts possible
- −Newer platform
Key features
- ✓Serverless PostgreSQL
- ✓Autoscaling
- ✓Database branching
- ✓Read replicas
- ✓Connection pooling with pgBouncer
- ✓Point-in-time recovery
- ✓Built-in authentication
- ✓PostgreSQL extensions
Pricing
| Plan | Price | Billing | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Free | $0 | month | 100 projects; 100 CU-hours per project; 0.5 GB storage per project |
| Launch | $0.106 | month | 100 projects; 10 branches per project; Compute up to 16 CU (64 GB RAM) |
| Scale | $0.222 | month | 1,000+ projects; 25 branches per project; Compute up to 56 CU (224 GB RAM) |