Neon
The backend for apps and agents, built to scale on Lakebase Postgres
- Also known as
- neon
What is Neon?
Serverless PostgreSQL database built on Lakebase Postgres (by Databricks) with automatic scaling, instant branching, and managed features including authentication, functions, and object storage.
Neon pricing
Plans, per-tier features and add-ons, dated and linked to live pricing. Pricing changes often; always verify at source before you rely on it.
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.
Free
FreeBuild and learn free with no time limits and no credit card required
- storage
- 0.5 GB per project
- projects
- 100
- max_compute_cu
- 2
- cu_hours_monthly
- 100 per project
- 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
- Managed backend
- Better Auth
- Object Storage (Beta)
- Functions (Beta)
Launch
Pay-per-usage plan for variable workloads
- projects
- 100
- max_compute_cu
- 16
- branches_per_project
- 10
- 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
- Private networking options
- Object Storage (Beta)
- Functions (Beta)
- AI Gateway (Beta)
Scale
Pay-per-usage plan for production workloads with SLAs and compliance features
- projects
- 1000+
- max_compute_cu
- 56
- branches_per_project
- 25
- Compute autoscaling up to 56 CU
- Configurable scale-to-zero
- Database storage with up to 30-day instant restore history
- 100 snapshots
- SLAs included
- HIPAA compliance
- Private networking with Private Link
- Monitoring with 14-day retention and export (Datadog, OTel)
- Spending limits
- Multiple egress options
- Object Storage (Beta)
- Functions (Beta)
- AI Gateway (Beta)
What Neon does
The capabilities that matter for relational databases, normalised so it lines up with every alternative. “-” means we haven't confirmed it, not that it's missing.
- SQL model
- Full SQL
- ACID transactions
- Full
- Highest isolation level
- Serializable
- Consistency
- Strong
- Horizontal scale
- Read replicas
- Replication
- Async
- Automatic failover / HA
- ✓
- Deployment
- Managed
- Serverless / scale-to-zero
- ✓
- Wire compatibility
- Postgres protocol
- Extensions / plugins / UDFs
- -
- Licence class
- Proprietary
- JSON / document support
- -
- Geo / spatial
- -
Platform & deployment
Independently observed- Web
- Cloud / SaaS
Neon alternatives
Other relational databases we track, ranked by the same independent score.
The Vioscale score: one lens on the evidence
Not user reviews and not a paid placement: a confidence-weighted blend of the independent signals below (adoption, activity, security posture, and more), which you can sort and re-weight yourself. Vendors can correct their listing but can never move their rank, and stars are weighted low as a vanity metric. It is one way to read the evidence for Neon, not the verdict.
| Signal | Score | Weight | Contribution | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Security Posture | 95 | 18.00 | 1710.0 | ✓ |
| Pricing Transparency | 100 | 8.00 | 800.0 | ✓ |
| Capabilities | 46 | 17.00 | 778.9 | ✓ |
| Reliability | 50 | 10.00 | 500.0 | ✓ |
| Price Level | 80 | 6.00 | 480.0 | ✓ |
| Integrations | 0 | 8.00 | 0.0 | - |
Computed . Re-weight it by intent, or see the full method.
All data & sourcesshow ↓
Every value we hold, with its source, retrieval date, and confidence. This is the evidence behind the score: don't trust it, verify it.
Features
| Attribute | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Capabilities | {"isolation":"serializable","sql_model":"full_sql","deployment":"managed","serverless":true,"consistency":"strong","replication":"async","license_class":"proprietary","horizontal_scale":"read_replica","acid_transactions":"full","automatic_failover":true,"wire_compatibility":"postgres"} | mediumsource · 2026-08-03 · 60% |
Pricing
Reliability
| Attribute | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Status page | Yes | mediumsource · 2026-08-03 · 60% |