Neon
Serverless Postgres with branching, autoscaling, and usage-based pricing.
Neon is a managed database provider based in United States. It operates European infrastructure in Germany and Ireland. A free tier is available. As a US company it falls under the US CLOUD Act. Pricing on this page is published only after a human has reviewed it.
Pricing
- FreeIncludes 100 CU-hours per project monthly. Sizes up to 2 CU (8 GB RAM).Monthly0 USDvCPUNot listedMemoryNot listedStorage0.5 GB
- LaunchUsage-based with no monthly minimum. Compute is $0.106 per CU-hour, database storage is $0.35 per GB-month, history storage is $0.20 per GB-month, and public network transfer includes 500 GB per project then costs $0.10/GB. Up to 16 CU (64 GB RAM).Monthly$0.106 per CU-hourvCPUNot listedMemoryNot listedStorageNot listed
- ScaleUsage-based with no monthly minimum. Compute is $0.222 per CU-hour, database storage is $0.35 per GB-month, history storage is $0.20 per GB-month, snapshots and scheduled backups are $0.09/GB-month, and public network transfer includes 500 GB per project then costs $0.10/GB. Up to 56 CU (224 GB RAM).Monthly$0.222 per CU-hourvCPUNot listedMemoryNot listedStorageNot listed
- FreeThe comparison table also lists 100 projects and 10 branches per project.Monthly0 USDvCPUNot listedMemoryNot listedStorage0.5 GB
Pros and cons
What works
- Free plan has no time limit and requires no credit card.
- Paid plans have no fixed fees or monthly minimums.
- Compute scales to zero when idle.
- Scale includes HIPAA, SOC 2 access, private networking, and an uptime SLA.
What to watch
- Paid plans meter compute and storage from zero, without Free plan quotas.
- Object Storage, Functions, and AI Gateway are beta services with evolving limits.
- The Free plan has a limited history window and no stated uptime SLA.
- Datacenter countries and data residency guarantees are not stated.
Specifications
About Neon
Neon provides Lakebase Postgres, a serverless database with branching, autoscaling, and scale to zero. It also offers Managed Better Auth, Object Storage, Functions, and AI Gateway, with the latter three listed as beta services. Neon became part of the Databricks Platform in May 2025, and paid plans have no fixed fees or monthly minimums.
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