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Comparison

Neon vs PlanetScale

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 →PlanetScale full profile →
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★Neon72
PlanetScale66
Score
vioscaleAI score
Neon72 / 100medium · 70%
PlanetScale66 / 100medium · 70%
Pricing
Free tier
Neon✓
PlanetScale✗
Model
Neonfreemium
PlanetScalecommercial
Price level
Neonlow
PlanetScalelow
Starting price
Neon–
PlanetScale$5
Transparent
Neon✗
PlanetScale✗
Integrations
Count
Neon2
PlanetScale3
Security
Certifications
Neon–
PlanetScalePCI Data Security Standard
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
Content
Faq
Neon5 items
PlanetScale7 items

Capabilities

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

Core
SQL model
NeonFull SQL
PlanetScaleFull SQL
Transactions
ACID transactions
NeonFull
PlanetScale-
Highest isolation level
NeonSerializable
PlanetScale-
Consistency
Consistency
NeonStrong
PlanetScale-
Scale
Horizontal scale
NeonRead replicas
PlanetScaleSharded
Replication
Replication
NeonAsync
PlanetScale-
Availability
Automatic failover / HA
Neon✓
PlanetScale✓
Deployment
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

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

PlanetScale

PlanetScale provides managed cloud database services optimized for performance and reliability. It offers sharded versions of MySQL and PostgreSQL that support horizontal scaling, zero-downtime operations including schema changes, automatic failover, and connection pooling.

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 ↗

PlanetScale

from $5/moSubscription

From $5/month. Private connection traffic $0.01/GB.

  • PostgresFrom $5/month
    • High availability
    • Automatic failover across three availability zones
as of verify ↗

Platform & deployment

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

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
2 total
  • Datadog
  • OpenTelemetry
Independently observed

PlanetScale

7 total
  • Vantage
  • Netlify
  • Debezium
  • Cursor
  • Codex
  • Terraform
  • Prometheus
Independently observed
Still deciding?

Neon or PlanetScale: which one depends on you

A composite score cannot know your constraints. Describe them and both get re-weighted against what you actually need, with the evidence behind every position.

Free to run, no account needed to start. How the evaluation works

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