Comparison

Neon vs Vitess

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.

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★Neon79

Vitess62

Attribute comparison across 2 tools
Attribute	NeonLeader	Vitess
Vioscale score	79 / 100medium · 71%	62 / 100low · 49%
Pricing
Free tierpricing.free_tier	✓	-
Modelpricing.model	freemium	-
Price levelpricing.price_level	low	-
Transparentpricing.transparent	✓	-
Integrations
Countintegrations.count	1	-
Security
Fedrampsecurity.fedramp	✓	-
Gdprsecurity.gdpr	✓	-
Hipaasecurity.hipaa	✓	-
Iso27001security.iso27001	✓	-
Pcisecurity.pci	✓	-
Scorecardsecurity.scorecard	-	8
Soc2security.soc2	✓	-
Vulnerabilitiessecurity.vulnerabilities	-	Count: 5 · Source: https://advisories.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/advisories?ecosystem=go&package_name=vitess.io%2Fvitess&per_page=100 · Last 12m: 2 · Max severity: CRITICAL
Reliability
Sla pctreliability.sla_pct	99.95	-
Status pagereliability.status_page	✓	-
Adoption
Dependent reposadoption.dependent_repos	-	235
Github starsadoption.github_stars	-	21,259
Activity
Commits last 30dactivity.commits_last_30d	-	62
Release
Cadence daysrelease.cadence_days	-	6
Historyrelease.history	-	20 items
License
Spdxlicense.spdx	-	Apache-2.0
Language
Primarylanguage.primary	-	Go

Score

Vioscale score

Neon79 / 100medium · 71%

Vitess62 / 100low · 49%

Pricing

Free tier

Neon✓

Vitess–

Model

Neonfreemium

Vitess–

Price level

Neonlow

Vitess–

Transparent

Neon✓

Vitess–

Integrations

Count

Neon1

Vitess–

Security

Fedramp

Neon✓

Vitess–

Gdpr

Neon✓

Vitess–

Hipaa

Neon✓

Vitess–

Iso27001

Neon✓

Vitess–

Pci

Neon✓

Vitess–

Scorecard

Neon–

Vitess8

Soc2

Neon✓

Vitess–

Vulnerabilities

Neon–

VitessCount: 5 · Source: https://advisories.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/advisories?ecosystem=go&package_name=vitess.io%2Fvitess&per_page=100 · Last 12m: 2 · Max severity: CRITICAL

Reliability

Sla pct

Neon99.95

Vitess–

Status page

Neon✓

Vitess–

Adoption

Dependent repos

Neon–

Vitess235

Github stars

Neon–

Vitess21,259

Activity

Commits last 30d

Neon–

Vitess62

Release

Cadence days

Neon–

Vitess6

History

Neon–

Vitess20 items

License

Spdx

Neon–

VitessApache-2.0

Language

Primary

Neon–

VitessGo

Capabilities

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

Capability comparison for Relational Databases
Capability	Neon	Vitess
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	Self-hosted
Serverless / scale-to-zero	✓	-
Compatibility
Wire compatibility	Postgres protocol	MySQL protocol
Extensibility
Extensions / plugins / UDFs	-	-
Licensing
Licence class	Proprietary	-
Data types
JSON / document support	-	-
Geo / spatial	-	-

Core

SQL model

NeonFull SQL

VitessFull SQL

Transactions

ACID transactions

NeonFull

Vitess-

Highest isolation level

NeonSerializable

Vitess-

Consistency

NeonStrong

Vitess-

Scale

Horizontal scale

NeonRead replicas

VitessSharded

Replication

NeonAsync

Vitess-

Availability

Automatic failover / HA

Neon✓

Vitess✓

Deployment

NeonManaged

VitessSelf-hosted

Serverless / scale-to-zero

Neon✓

Vitess-

Compatibility

Wire compatibility

NeonPostgres protocol

VitessMySQL protocol

Extensibility

Extensions / plugins / UDFs

Neon-

Vitess-

Licensing

Licence class

NeonProprietary

Vitess-

Data types

JSON / document support

Neon-

Vitess-

Geo / spatial

Neon-

Vitess-

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

Vitess

Vitess is a MySQL-compatible database that extends scalability through built-in sharding and improves performance via query rewriting, caching, and connection pooling. It provides automatic failure detection and repair for high availability.

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 ↗

Vitess

Pricing not documented yet.

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	Vitess
WebPlatforms	✓	-
Cloud / SaaSDeployment	✓	✗
Self-hostedDeployment	✗	✓

Platforms

Web

Neon✓

Vitess–

Deployment

Cloud / SaaS

Neon✓

Vitess✗

Self-hosted

Neon✗

Vitess✓

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

Vitess

Not documented yet.

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