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Comparison

Neon vs Percona Server

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.

Neon full profile →Percona Server full profile →
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★Neon72
Percona Server56
Score
vioscaleAI score
Neon72 / 100medium · 70%
Percona Server56 / 100low · 36%
Pricing
Free tier
Neon✓
Percona Server✓
Model
Neonfreemium
Percona Servercommercial
Price level
Neonlow
Percona Serverfree
Transparent
Neon✗
Percona Server✓
Integrations
Count
Neon2
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
Soc2
Neon✓
Percona Server–
Trust center
Reliability
Sla pct
Neon99.95
Percona Server–
Status page
Neon✓
Percona Server✓
Adoption
Github stars
Neon–
Percona Server1,275
Activity
Commits last 30d
Neon–
Percona Server33
Release
History
Neon–
Percona Server2 items
Language
Primary
Neon–
Percona ServerC++
Content
Faq
Neon5 items
Percona Server3 items

Capabilities

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

Core
SQL model
NeonFull SQL
Percona ServerFull SQL
Transactions
ACID transactions
NeonFull
Percona ServerFull
Highest isolation level
NeonSerializable
Percona ServerSerializable
Consistency
Consistency
NeonStrong
Percona ServerStrong
Scale
Horizontal scale
NeonRead replicas
Percona ServerRead replicas
Replication
Replication
NeonAsync
Percona ServerSync
Availability
Automatic failover / HA
Neon✓
Percona Server✓
Deployment
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

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

Percona Server

An open-source MySQL-compatible database server designed for improved performance, scalability, and visibility. It provides integrated instrumentation for monitoring and advanced backup functionality for enterprise deployments.

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 verify ↗

Percona Server

Open sourceFree tier

Completely free and open source

as of verify ↗

Platform & deployment

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

Platforms
CLI
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
2 total
  • Datadog
  • OpenTelemetry
Independently observed

Percona Server

Not documented yet.

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