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Comparison

EDB Postgres vs Neon

On the evidence we track, Neon leads this comparison with a composite score of 72/100. Scores are only directly comparable because these tools share a category; the full breakdown and every source is below.

EDB Postgres full profile →Neon full profile →
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EDB Postgres36
★Neon72
Score
vioscaleAI score
EDB Postgres36 / 100medium · 72%
Neon72 / 100medium · 70%
Pricing
Free tier
EDB Postgres✓
Neon✓
Model
EDB Postgresopen_source
Neonfreemium
Price level
EDB Postgresfree
Neonlow
Transparent
EDB Postgres–
Neon✗
Integrations
Count
EDB Postgres10
Neon2
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
Reliability
Sla pct
EDB Postgres99.999
Neon99.95
Status page
EDB Postgres✓
Neon✓
Adoption
Dependent repos
EDB Postgres1
Neon–
Github stars
EDB Postgres67
Neon–
Activity
Commits last 30d
EDB Postgres0
Neon–
Release
Cadence days
EDB Postgres20
Neon–
History
EDB Postgres20 items
Neon–
Language
Primary
EDB PostgresPython
Neon–
Content
Faq
EDB Postgres5 items
Neon5 items

Capabilities

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

Core
SQL model
EDB PostgresFull SQL
NeonFull SQL
Transactions
ACID transactions
EDB PostgresFull
NeonFull
Highest isolation level
EDB PostgresSerializable
NeonSerializable
Consistency
Consistency
EDB PostgresStrong
NeonStrong
Scale
Horizontal scale
EDB PostgresNatively distributed
NeonRead replicas
Replication
Replication
EDB PostgresAsync
NeonAsync
Availability
Automatic failover / HA
EDB Postgres✓
Neon✓
Deployment
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

An open-source command-line tool that automates the provisioning of cloud resources and deployment of PostgreSQL, EDB Postgres Advanced Server, and enterprise infrastructure including high availability, backup and recovery, monitoring, and connection pooling.

Independently observed

Neon

Leader

A fully-managed PostgreSQL database that automatically scales compute resources, supports Git-like environment branching, and includes built-in user authentication without additional licensing.

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

Open sourceFree tier
as of verify ↗

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 verify ↗

Platform & deployment

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

Platforms
macOS
EDB Postgres✓
Neon✗
Windows
EDB Postgres✓
Neon✗
Linux
EDB Postgres✓
Neon✗
CLI
EDB Postgres✓
Neon✓
Deployment
Cloud / SaaS
EDB Postgres✓
Neon✓
Self-hosted
EDB Postgres✓
Neon✗

Integrations

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

EDB Postgres

24 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
  • AWS
  • Azure
  • Google Cloud
  • PostgreSQL
  • EDB Postgres Advanced Server
  • Terraform
  • Ansible
  • PEM
  • EFM
Independently observed

Neon

Leader
2 total
  • Datadog
  • OpenTelemetry
Independently observed
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