Comparison

Neon vs Percona Server

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.

Neon full profile →Percona Server full profile →

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★Neon79

Percona Server60

Attribute comparison across 2 tools
Attribute	NeonLeader	Percona Server
Vioscale score	79 / 100medium · 71%updating	60 / 100low · 41%updating
Pricing
Free tierpricing.free_tier	✓	✓
Modelpricing.model	freemium	commercial
Price levelpricing.price_level	low	free
Transparentpricing.transparent	✓	✓
Integrations
Countintegrations.count	1	-
Security
Disclosure policysecurity.disclosure_policy	-	✓
Fedrampsecurity.fedramp	✓	-
Gdprsecurity.gdpr	✓	-
Hipaasecurity.hipaa	✓	-
Iso27001security.iso27001	✓	-
Pcisecurity.pci	✓	-
Scorecardsecurity.scorecard	-	6.2
Soc2security.soc2	✓	-
Reliability
Sla pctreliability.sla_pct	99.95	-
Status pagereliability.status_page	✓	✓
Adoption
Github starsadoption.github_stars	-	1,271
Activity
Commits last 30dactivity.commits_last_30d	-	28
Release
Historyrelease.history	-	2 items
Language
Primarylanguage.primary	-	C++

Score

Vioscale score

Neon79 / 100medium · 71%updating

Percona Server60 / 100low · 41%updating

Pricing

Free tier

Neon✓

Percona Server✓

Model

Neonfreemium

Percona Servercommercial

Price level

Neonlow

Percona Serverfree

Transparent

Neon✓

Percona Server✓

Integrations

Count

Neon1

Percona Server–

Security

Disclosure policy

Neon–

Percona Server✓

Fedramp

Neon✓

Percona Server–

Gdpr

Neon✓

Percona Server–

Hipaa

Neon✓

Percona Server–

Iso27001

Neon✓

Percona Server–

Pci

Neon✓

Percona Server–

Scorecard

Neon–

Percona Server6.2

Soc2

Neon✓

Percona Server–

Reliability

Sla pct

Neon99.95

Percona Server–

Status page

Neon✓

Percona Server✓

Adoption

Github stars

Neon–

Percona Server1,271

Activity

Commits last 30d

Neon–

Percona Server28

Release

History

Neon–

Percona Server2 items

Language

Primary

Neon–

Percona ServerC++

Capabilities

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

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

Core

SQL model

NeonFull SQL

Percona ServerFull SQL

Transactions

ACID transactions

NeonFull

Percona ServerFull

Highest isolation level

NeonSerializable

Percona ServerSerializable

Consistency

NeonStrong

Percona ServerStrong

Scale

Horizontal scale

NeonRead replicas

Percona ServerRead replicas

Replication

NeonAsync

Percona ServerSync

Availability

Automatic failover / HA

Neon✓

Percona Server✓

Deployment

NeonManaged

Percona ServerSelf-hosted

Serverless / scale-to-zero

Neon✓

Percona Server✗

Compatibility

Wire compatibility

NeonPostgres protocol

Percona ServerMySQL protocol

Extensibility

Extensions / plugins / UDFs

Neon-

Percona Server✓

Licensing

Licence class

NeonProprietary

Percona ServerCopyleft

Data types

JSON / document support

Neon-

Percona Server✓

Geo / spatial

Neon-

Percona ServerNative

What each one is

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

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

Percona Server

A free, fully compatible drop-in replacement for MySQL that delivers improved performance and instrumentation. It is built on MySQL foundations and designed for organizations seeking enhanced reliability and monitoring without switching databases.

Independently observed

Pricing

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

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 ↗

Percona Server

Open sourceFree tier

Completely free and open source

as of 2026-08-14verify ↗

Platform & deployment

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

Platform and deployment support comparison
Supports	Neon	Percona Server
WebPlatforms	✓	-
Cloud / SaaSDeployment	✓	✗
Self-hostedDeployment	✗	✓

Platforms

Web

Neon✓

Percona Server–

Deployment

Cloud / SaaS

Neon✓

Percona Server✗

Self-hosted

Neon✗

Percona Server✓

Integrations

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

Neon

Leader

1 total

Datadog

Independently observed

Percona Server

Not documented yet.

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