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Comparison

IBM Db2 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.

IBM Db2 full profile →Neon full profile →
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IBM Db248
★Neon79
Score
Vioscale score
IBM Db248 / 100low · 17%
Neon79 / 100medium · 71%
Pricing
Free tier
IBM Db2✓
Neon✓
Model
IBM Db2freemium
Neonfreemium
Price level
IBM Db2low
Neonlow
Transparent
IBM Db2✗
Neon✓
Integrations
Count
IBM Db2–
Neon1
Security
Disclosure policy
IBM Db2✓
Neon–
Fedramp
IBM Db2–
Neon✓
Gdpr
IBM Db2–
Neon✓
Hipaa
IBM Db2–
Neon✓
Iso27001
IBM Db2–
Neon✓
Pci
IBM Db2–
Neon✓
Soc2
IBM Db2–
Neon✓
Reliability
Sla pct
IBM Db2–
Neon99.95
Status page
IBM Db2–
Neon✓
Market
Availability
IBM Db2Available worldwide
Neon–

Capabilities

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

Core
SQL model
IBM Db2Full SQL
NeonFull SQL
Transactions
ACID transactions
IBM Db2-
NeonFull
Highest isolation level
IBM Db2-
NeonSerializable
Consistency
Consistency
IBM Db2-
NeonStrong
Scale
Horizontal scale
IBM Db2Natively distributed
NeonRead replicas
Replication
Replication
IBM Db2-
NeonAsync
Availability
Automatic failover / HA
IBM Db2-
Neon✓
Deployment
Deployment
IBM Db2Serverless
NeonManaged
Serverless / scale-to-zero
IBM Db2✓
Neon✓
Compatibility
Wire compatibility
IBM Db2-
NeonPostgres protocol
Extensibility
Extensions / plugins / UDFs
IBM Db2-
Neon-
Licensing
Licence class
IBM Db2Proprietary
NeonProprietary
Data types
JSON / document support
IBM Db2✓
Neon-
Geo / spatial
IBM Db2-
Neon-

What each one is

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

IBM Db2

IBM Db2 is an AI-powered autonomous database engineered for performance and resilience, delivering near infinite scalability, real-time analytics, and multicloud support for mission-critical 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.

IBM Db2

Free tier

Free tier available

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
Web
IBM Db2✓
Neon✓
CLI
IBM Db2✓
Neon✗
Deployment
Cloud / SaaS
IBM Db2✓
Neon✓
Self-hosted
IBM Db2✓
Neon✗

Integrations

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

IBM Db2

Not documented yet.

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.