Comparison

MySQL 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.

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MySQL65

★Neon72

Attribute comparison across 2 tools
Attribute	MySQL	NeonLeader
vioscaleAI score	65 / 100medium · 53%	72 / 100medium · 70%
Pricing
Free tierpricing.free_tier	✓	✓
Modelpricing.model	open_source	freemium
Price levelpricing.price_level	free	low
Transparentpricing.transparent	✗	✗
Integrations
Countintegrations.count	-	2
Security
Fedrampsecurity.fedramp	-	✓
Gdprsecurity.gdpr	-	✓
Hipaasecurity.hipaa	-	✓
Iso27001security.iso27001	-	✓
Pcisecurity.pci	-	✓
Scorecardsecurity.scorecard	5.1	-
Soc2security.soc2	-	✓
Vulnerabilitiessecurity.vulnerabilities	Count: 0 · Source: https://advisories.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/advisories?ecosystem=homebrew&package_name=mysql&per_page=100 · Last 12m: 0	-
Reliability
Sla pctreliability.sla_pct	-	99.95
Status pagereliability.status_page	-	✓
Adoption
Dependent reposadoption.dependent_repos	664	-
Github starsadoption.github_stars	12,441	-
Stackoverflow questionsadoption.stackoverflow_questions	230,000	-
Activity
Commits last 30dactivity.commits_last_30d	100	-
Release
Cadence daysrelease.cadence_days	90	-
License
Spdxlicense.spdx	GPL-2.0	-
Language
Primarylanguage.primary	C++	-
Market
Availabilitymarket.availability	Available worldwide	-
Content
Faqcontent.faq	8 items	5 items

Score

vioscaleAI score

MySQL65 / 100medium · 53%

Neon72 / 100medium · 70%

Pricing

Free tier

MySQL✓

Neon✓

Model

MySQLopen_source

Neonfreemium

Price level

MySQLfree

Neonlow

Transparent

MySQL✗

Neon✗

Integrations

Count

MySQL–

Neon2

Security

Fedramp

MySQL–

Neon✓

Gdpr

MySQL–

Neon✓

Hipaa

MySQL–

Neon✓

Iso27001

MySQL–

Neon✓

Pci

MySQL–

Neon✓

Scorecard

MySQL5.1

Neon–

Soc2

MySQL–

Neon✓

Vulnerabilities

MySQLCount: 0 · Source: https://advisories.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/advisories?ecosystem=homebrew&package_name=mysql&per_page=100 · Last 12m: 0

Neon–

Reliability

Sla pct

MySQL–

Neon99.95

Status page

MySQL–

Neon✓

Adoption

Dependent repos

MySQL664

Neon–

Github stars

MySQL12,441

Neon–

Stackoverflow questions

MySQL230,000

Neon–

Activity

Commits last 30d

MySQL100

Neon–

Release

Cadence days

MySQL90

Neon–

License

Spdx

MySQLGPL-2.0

Neon–

Language

Primary

MySQLC++

Neon–

Market

Availability

MySQLAvailable worldwide

Neon–

Content

Faq

MySQL8 items

Neon5 items

Capabilities

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

Capability comparison for Relational Databases
Capability	MySQL	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	MySQL protocol	Postgres protocol
Extensibility
Extensions / plugins / UDFs	✓	-
Licensing
Licence class	Copyleft	Proprietary
Data types
JSON / document support	✓	-
Geo / spatial	-	-

Core

SQL model

MySQLFull SQL

NeonFull SQL

Transactions

ACID transactions

MySQLFull

NeonFull

Highest isolation level

MySQLSerializable

NeonSerializable

Consistency

MySQLStrong

NeonStrong

Scale

Horizontal scale

MySQLNatively distributed

NeonRead replicas

Replication

MySQLAsync

NeonAsync

Availability

Automatic failover / HA

MySQL✓

Neon✓

Deployment

MySQLSelf-hosted

NeonManaged

Serverless / scale-to-zero

MySQL✓

Neon✓

Compatibility

Wire compatibility

MySQLMySQL protocol

NeonPostgres protocol

Extensibility

Extensions / plugins / UDFs

MySQL✓

Neon-

Licensing

Licence class

MySQLCopyleft

NeonProprietary

Data types

JSON / document support

MySQL✓

Neon-

Geo / spatial

MySQL-

Neon-

What each one is

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

MySQL

MySQL is an open-source SQL database server. MySQL Cluster extends it with real-time transaction processing capabilities for distributed deployments.

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.

MySQL

Open sourceFree tier

Community edition free; Enterprise/Standard/Classic editions require contacting sales

MySQL Community ServerFree
MySQL Enterprise EditionContact sales
MySQL Standard EditionContact sales
MySQL Classic EditionContact sales

as of 2026-07-08verify ↗

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	MySQL	Neon
WebPlatforms	✓	✗
CLIPlatforms	✗	✓
Cloud / SaaSDeployment	✗	✓
Self-hostedDeployment	✓	✗

Platforms

Web

MySQL✓

Neon✗

CLI

MySQL✗

Neon✓

Deployment

Cloud / SaaS

MySQL✗

Neon✓

Self-hosted

MySQL✓

Neon✗

Integrations

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

MySQL

Not documented yet.

Neon

Leader

2 total

Datadog
OpenTelemetry

Independently observed

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