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Comparison

Neon vs SQLite

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 →SQLite full profile →
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★Neon72
SQLite60
Score
vioscaleAI score
Neon72 / 100medium · 70%
SQLite60 / 100medium · 53%
Pricing
Free tier
Neon✓
SQLite✓
Model
Price level
Neonlow
SQLitefree
Transparent
Neon✗
SQLite✓
Integrations
Count
Neon2
SQLite–
Security
Fedramp
Neon✓
SQLite–
Gdpr
Neon✓
SQLite–
Hipaa
Neon✓
SQLite–
Iso27001
Neon✓
SQLite–
Pci
Neon✓
SQLite–
Scorecard
Neon–
SQLite4.5
Soc2
Neon✓
SQLite–
Vulnerabilities
Reliability
Sla pct
Neon99.95
SQLite–
Status page
Neon✓
SQLite–
Adoption
Dependent repos
Neon–
SQLite0
Github stars
Neon–
SQLite10,602
Stackoverflow questions
Neon–
SQLite40,000
Activity
Commits last 30d
Neon–
SQLite100
Release
Cadence days
Neon–
SQLite60
License
Spdx
Neon–
SQLiteblessing
Language
Primary
Neon–
SQLiteC
Market
Availability
Neon–
SQLiteAvailable worldwide
Content
Faq
Neon5 items
SQLite7 items

Capabilities

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

Core
SQL model
NeonFull SQL
SQLiteFull SQL
Transactions
ACID transactions
NeonFull
SQLiteFull
Highest isolation level
NeonSerializable
SQLite-
Consistency
Consistency
NeonStrong
SQLiteStrong
Scale
Horizontal scale
NeonRead replicas
SQLiteSingle-node
Replication
Replication
NeonAsync
SQLiteAsync
Availability
Automatic failover / HA
Neon✓
SQLite✗
Deployment
Deployment
NeonManaged
SQLiteEmbedded
Serverless / scale-to-zero
Neon✓
SQLite✓
Compatibility
Wire compatibility
NeonPostgres protocol
SQLiteNone
Extensibility
Extensions / plugins / UDFs
Neon-
SQLite✓
Licensing
Licence class
NeonProprietary
SQLitePermissive OSS
Data types
JSON / document support
Neon-
SQLite✓
Geo / spatial
Neon-
SQLiteExtension

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

SQLite

An open-source, zero-configuration database engine that provides complete SQL functionality in a compact library designed to be embedded directly into applications with minimal setup or external dependencies.

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 ↗

SQLite

Open sourceFree tier

Free and open source, public domain

as of verify ↗

Platform & deployment

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

Platforms
Web
Neon✗
SQLite✓
iOS
Neon✗
SQLite✓
Android
Neon✗
SQLite✓
macOS
Neon✗
SQLite✓
Windows
Neon✗
SQLite✓
Linux
Neon✗
SQLite✓
CLI
Neon✓
SQLite✓
Deployment
Cloud / SaaS
Neon✓
SQLite✗
Self-hosted
Neon✗
SQLite✓

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

SQLite

Not documented yet.

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