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Comparison

Neon vs TiDB

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 →TiDB full profile →
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★Neon79
TiDB60
Score
Vioscale score
Neon79 / 100medium · 71%updating
TiDB60 / 100medium · 61%updating
Pricing
Free tier
Neon✓
TiDB✓
Model
Price level
Neonlow
TiDBlow
Transparent
Neon✓
TiDB✗
Integrations
Count
Neon1
TiDB4
Security
Fedramp
Neon✓
TiDB–
Gdpr
Neon✓
TiDB✓
Hipaa
Neon✓
TiDB–
Iso27001
Neon✓
TiDB–
Pci
Neon✓
TiDB✓
Soc2
Neon✓
TiDB✓
Reliability
Sla pct
Neon99.95
TiDB99.99
Status page
Neon✓
TiDB✓

Capabilities

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

Core
SQL model
NeonFull SQL
TiDBFull SQL
Transactions
ACID transactions
NeonFull
TiDBFull
Highest isolation level
NeonSerializable
TiDB-
Consistency
Consistency
NeonStrong
TiDB-
Scale
Horizontal scale
NeonRead replicas
TiDBNatively distributed
Replication
Replication
NeonAsync
TiDB-
Availability
Automatic failover / HA
Neon✓
TiDB-
Deployment
Deployment
NeonManaged
TiDB-
Serverless / scale-to-zero
Neon✓
TiDB-
Compatibility
Wire compatibility
NeonPostgres protocol
TiDBMySQL protocol
Extensibility
Extensions / plugins / UDFs
Neon-
TiDB-
Licensing
Licence class
NeonProprietary
TiDBPermissive OSS
Data types
JSON / document support
Neon-
TiDB-
Geo / spatial
Neon-
TiDB-

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

TiDB

An open-source distributed SQL database trusted by innovators to power transactional, AI, and other modern applications.

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 ↗

TiDB

HybridFree tier
  • TiDB Cloud StarterFree
  • TiDB Cloud DedicatedContact sales
as of verify ↗

Platform & deployment

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

Platforms
Web
Neon✓
TiDB✓
Deployment
Cloud / SaaS
Neon✓
TiDB✓
Self-hosted
Neon✗
TiDB✓

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

TiDB

4 total
  • Cursor
  • JDBC
  • mysql-connector-python
  • MySQL
Independently observed

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