Comparison

Neon vs PlanetScale

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 →PlanetScale full profile →

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★Neon79

PlanetScale67

Attribute comparison across 2 tools
Attribute	NeonLeader	PlanetScale
Vioscale score	79 / 100medium · 71%updating	67 / 100medium · 70%updating
Pricing
Free tierpricing.free_tier	✓	✗
Modelpricing.model	freemium	commercial
Price levelpricing.price_level	low	low
Transparentpricing.transparent	✓	✓
Integrations
Countintegrations.count	1	1
Security
Disclosure policysecurity.disclosure_policy	-	✓
Fedrampsecurity.fedramp	✓	-
Gdprsecurity.gdpr	✓	✓
Hipaasecurity.hipaa	✓	✓
Iso27001security.iso27001	✓	-
Pcisecurity.pci	✓	✓
Soc2security.soc2	✓	✓
Reliability
Sla pctreliability.sla_pct	99.95	99.99
Status pagereliability.status_page	✓	✓
Market
Availabilitymarket.availability	-	Available worldwide · HQ US

Score

Vioscale score

Neon79 / 100medium · 71%updating

PlanetScale67 / 100medium · 70%updating

Pricing

Free tier

Neon✓

PlanetScale✗

Model

Neonfreemium

PlanetScalecommercial

Price level

Neonlow

PlanetScalelow

Transparent

Neon✓

PlanetScale✓

Integrations

Count

Neon1

PlanetScale1

Security

Disclosure policy

Neon–

PlanetScale✓

Fedramp

Neon✓

PlanetScale–

Gdpr

Neon✓

PlanetScale✓

Hipaa

Neon✓

PlanetScale✓

Iso27001

Neon✓

PlanetScale–

Pci

Neon✓

PlanetScale✓

Soc2

Neon✓

PlanetScale✓

Reliability

Sla pct

Neon99.95

PlanetScale99.99

Status page

Neon✓

PlanetScale✓

Market

Availability

Neon–

PlanetScaleAvailable worldwide · HQ US

Capabilities

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

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

Core

SQL model

NeonFull SQL

PlanetScaleFull SQL

Transactions

ACID transactions

NeonFull

PlanetScale-

Highest isolation level

NeonSerializable

PlanetScale-

Consistency

NeonStrong

PlanetScale-

Scale

Horizontal scale

NeonRead replicas

PlanetScaleSharded

Replication

NeonAsync

PlanetScale-

Availability

Automatic failover / HA

Neon✓

PlanetScale-

Deployment

NeonManaged

PlanetScaleManaged

Serverless / scale-to-zero

Neon✓

PlanetScale-

Compatibility

Wire compatibility

NeonPostgres protocol

PlanetScale-

Extensibility

Extensions / plugins / UDFs

Neon-

PlanetScale✓

Licensing

Licence class

NeonProprietary

PlanetScaleProprietary

Data types

JSON / document support

Neon-

PlanetScale-

Geo / spatial

Neon-

PlanetScale-

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

PlanetScale

A cloud database platform offering both Vitess (MySQL-compatible with horizontal sharding) and Postgres databases for high-performance, large-scale workloads.

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 ↗

PlanetScale

from $5/moHybrid

From $5/month for Postgres Single Node. Resource-based pricing with pay-as-you-go for storage overage and egress.

Postgres Single NodeStarting at $5/month
Postgres MetalStarting at $50/month
Postgres HA (PS-5 example)$15/month for PS-5 tier (1/16 vCPU, 512MB RAM, 10GB storage, 3 nodes, 99.99% SLA)
VitessCustom pricing based on cluster size, VTGate configuration, and storage
EnterpriseContact sales

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	Neon	PlanetScale
WebPlatforms	✓	✓
CLIPlatforms	✗	✓
Cloud / SaaSDeployment	✓	✓

Platforms

Web

Neon✓

PlanetScale✓

CLI

Neon✗

PlanetScale✓

Deployment

Cloud / SaaS

Neon✓

PlanetScale✓

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

PlanetScale

1 total

Vantage

Independently observed

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