Neon
Neon is a serverless Postgres database service with autoscaling compute and database branching.
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Our verdict
Serverless Postgres with autoscaling and instant branching, billed purely by usage with no monthly minimum. Ideal when you only need a database, not a full backend.
Best for
- ✓ Serverless Postgres
- ✓ Database branches for previews
- ✓ Spiky or low-traffic workloads
Watch out for
- ! Just a database: auth and storage are up to you
Pricing
Read from the official pricing page. Prices in USD; always confirm on the vendor's site.
| Plan | Price | Details |
|---|---|---|
| Free | Free | 100 CU-hours per project; 1 GB storage per project, 20 GB across account; no credit card |
| Launch | $0 + usage | No monthly minimum; $0.106/CU-hour compute, $0.35/GB-month storage |
| Scale | $0 + usage | No monthly minimum; $0.222/CU-hour compute, $0.35/GB-month storage |
Note: Invoices under $0.50 not collected. License from neondatabase/neon GitHub repo LICENSE.
Open source (Apache-2.0).