Comparison

EDB Postgres vs Neon

On the evidence we track, Neon leads this comparison with a composite score of 79/100. Scores are only directly comparable because these tools share a category; the full breakdown and every source is below.

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EDB Postgres43

★Neon79

Attribute comparison across 2 tools
Attribute	EDB Postgres	NeonLeader
Vioscale score	43 / 100medium · 61%	79 / 100medium · 71%
Pricing
Free tierpricing.free_tier	-	✓
Modelpricing.model	commercial	freemium
Price levelpricing.price_level	-	low
Transparentpricing.transparent	-	✓
Integrations
Countintegrations.count	15	1
Security
Disclosure policysecurity.disclosure_policy	✓	-
Fedrampsecurity.fedramp	-	✓
Gdprsecurity.gdpr	✓	✓
Hipaasecurity.hipaa	-	✓
Iso27001security.iso27001	-	✓
Pcisecurity.pci	-	✓
Scorecardsecurity.scorecard	2.5	-
Soc2security.soc2	✓	✓
Vulnerabilitiessecurity.vulnerabilities	Count: 0 · Source: https://advisories.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/advisories?ecosystem=pypi&package_name=edb-pot&per_page=100 · Last 12m: 0	-
Reliability
Sla pctreliability.sla_pct	99.999	99.95
Status pagereliability.status_page	✓	✓
Adoption
Dependent reposadoption.dependent_repos	1	-
Github starsadoption.github_stars	65	-
Activity
Commits last 30dactivity.commits_last_30d	0	-
Release
Cadence daysrelease.cadence_days	20	-
Historyrelease.history	20 items	-
Language
Primarylanguage.primary	Python	-

Score

Vioscale score

EDB Postgres43 / 100medium · 61%

Neon79 / 100medium · 71%

Pricing

Free tier

EDB Postgres–

Neon✓

Model

EDB Postgrescommercial

Neonfreemium

Price level

EDB Postgres–

Neonlow

Transparent

EDB Postgres–

Neon✓

Integrations

Count

EDB Postgres15

Neon1

Security

Disclosure policy

EDB Postgres✓

Neon–

Fedramp

EDB Postgres–

Neon✓

Gdpr

EDB Postgres✓

Neon✓

Hipaa

EDB Postgres–

Neon✓

Iso27001

EDB Postgres–

Neon✓

Pci

EDB Postgres–

Neon✓

Scorecard

EDB Postgres2.5

Neon–

Soc2

EDB Postgres✓

Neon✓

Vulnerabilities

EDB PostgresCount: 0 · Source: https://advisories.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/advisories?ecosystem=pypi&package_name=edb-pot&per_page=100 · Last 12m: 0

Neon–

Reliability

Sla pct

EDB Postgres99.999

Neon99.95

Status page

EDB Postgres✓

Neon✓

Adoption

Dependent repos

EDB Postgres1

Neon–

Github stars

EDB Postgres65

Neon–

Activity

Commits last 30d

EDB Postgres0

Neon–

Release

Cadence days

EDB Postgres20

Neon–

History

EDB Postgres20 items

Neon–

Language

Primary

EDB PostgresPython

Neon–

Capabilities

Feature-by-feature on the axes that matter for relational databases. “-” means undocumented, not absent.

Capability comparison for Relational Databases
Capability	EDB Postgres	Neon
Core
SQL model	Full SQL	Full SQL
Transactions
ACID transactions	Full	Full
Highest isolation level	Serializable	Serializable
Consistency
Consistency	Strong	Strong
Scale
Horizontal scale	Natively distributed	Read replicas
Replication
Replication	Async	Async
Availability
Automatic failover / HA	✓	✓
Deployment
Deployment	Self-hosted	Managed
Serverless / scale-to-zero	✗	✓
Compatibility
Wire compatibility	Postgres protocol	Postgres protocol
Extensibility
Extensions / plugins / UDFs	✓	-
Licensing
Licence class	Permissive OSS	Proprietary
Data types
JSON / document support	✓	-
Geo / spatial	-	-

Core

SQL model

EDB PostgresFull SQL

NeonFull SQL

Transactions

ACID transactions

EDB PostgresFull

NeonFull

Highest isolation level

EDB PostgresSerializable

NeonSerializable

Consistency

EDB PostgresStrong

NeonStrong

Scale

Horizontal scale

EDB PostgresNatively distributed

NeonRead replicas

Replication

EDB PostgresAsync

NeonAsync

Availability

Automatic failover / HA

EDB Postgres✓

Neon✓

Deployment

EDB PostgresSelf-hosted

NeonManaged

Serverless / scale-to-zero

EDB Postgres✗

Neon✓

Compatibility

Wire compatibility

EDB PostgresPostgres protocol

NeonPostgres protocol

Extensibility

Extensions / plugins / UDFs

EDB Postgres✓

Neon-

Licensing

Licence class

EDB PostgresPermissive OSS

NeonProprietary

Data types

JSON / document support

EDB Postgres✓

Neon-

Geo / spatial

EDB Postgres-

Neon-

What each one is

The product in its own terms, so the numbers below have context.

EDB Postgres

EDB Postgres combines PostgreSQL with AI-ready infrastructure, analytics capabilities without ETL, and high-availability support across cloud, on-premises, and hybrid environments. The platform provides automatic failover, data migration tools, and enterprise monitoring—designed for mission-critical and data-intensive workloads.

Independently observed

Neon

Leader

Neon is a managed Postgres database service that automatically scales compute and storage based on workload demands. It features instant database branching for testing and development, point-in-time restore capability, and maintains SOC2 and HIPAA compliance.

Independently observed

Pricing

List pricing as published by each vendor, with the date we read it. Always verify at the source before you buy.

EDB Postgres

Pricing not documented yet.

Neon

Leader

from $0.00/moUsage-basedFree tier

Free tier with 100 CU-hours/mo. Usage-based: Launch plan $0.106/CU-hr + $0.35/GB-mo, Scale plan $0.222/CU-hr + $0.35/GB-mo. Typical $15–$701/mo.

FreeFree
- 100 projects
- 100 CU-hours monthly per project
- 0.5 GB storage per project
- Compute up to 2 CU (8 GB RAM)
- Unlimited team members
- +4 more
LaunchUsage-based, typical $15/mo (intermittent load, 1 GB)
- Compute autoscaling up to 16 CU
- Scale to zero when inactive
- Database storage with 7-day instant restore history
- 100 snapshots
- Monitoring with 3-day retention
- +4 more
ScaleUsage-based, typical $701/mo (high load, 100 GB)
- Compute autoscaling up to 56 CU
- Configurable scale-to-zero
- Database storage with up to 30-day instant restore history
- 100 snapshots
- SLAs included
- +8 more

as of 2026-08-03verify ↗

Platform & deployment

Where each product runs and how it can be hosted. A dash means undocumented, not unsupported.

Platform and deployment support comparison
Supports	EDB Postgres	Neon
WebPlatforms	✓	✓
CLIPlatforms	✓	✗
Cloud / SaaSDeployment	✓	✓
Self-hostedDeployment	✓	✗
On-premiseDeployment	✓	✗
HybridDeployment	✓	✗

Platforms

Web

EDB Postgres✓

Neon✓

CLI

EDB Postgres✓

Neon✗

Deployment

Cloud / SaaS

EDB Postgres✓

Neon✓

Self-hosted

EDB Postgres✓

Neon✗

On-premise

EDB Postgres✓

Neon✗

Hybrid

EDB Postgres✓

Neon✗

Integrations

What each product connects to. Counts come from the vendor's own integration directory where one exists.

EDB Postgres

15 total

JDBC Connectors
MongoDB
Cassandra
Hadoop
HBASE
MySQL
Amazon S3
Parquet
Apache Spark
PEM (Postgres Enterprise Manager)
xDB Replication Server
EFM (EDB Failover Manager)
Backup and Recovery Tool
HARP
ETCD

Independently observed

Neon

Leader

1 total

Datadog

Independently observed

Comparison generated from independently-sourced facts. Every value links to its source and retrieval date. See the method.