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Neon

Neon

Serverless Postgres Database with Branching and Autoscaling

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Last Updated:10/24/2025
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What is Neon

Neon is a cloud database service built on Postgres, the most trusted open source database. It separates storage and computing power into two independent parts, allowing each to scale separately. This design means your database can grow or shrink automatically based on your needs, and it can even scale down to zero when not in use to save money.

The standout feature is database branching. Just like creating a branch in Git to test new code, you can create a branch of your database to test changes without affecting your main data. These branches are created instantly and use minimal extra storage thanks to a copy-on-write system. Neon is perfect for developers who want a powerful database without the complexity of traditional database management.

Features of Neon

  • Instant database provisioning in 300ms

  • Database branching like Git for testing

  • Autoscaling compute resources

  • Scale to zero when idle

  • Point-in-time restore up to 30 days

  • Read replicas with instant setup

  • Serverless driver for edge computing

  • Complete API and CLI tools

  • 100% Postgres compatible

  • SOC 2 compliant

  • Open source platform

  • High availability built-in

Neon Pricing

Free
Free
  • 20 projects
  • 100 CU-hours per project monthly
  • 0.5 GB storage per project
  • Compute sizes up to 2 CU (2 vCPU, 8 GB RAM)
  • Autoscaling
  • Read replicas
  • Built-in high availability
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Launch
$5/mo
  • 100 projects
  • $0.14 per CU-hour compute
  • $0.35 per GB-month storage
  • Compute sizes up to 16 CU (16 vCPU, 64 GB RAM)
  • All Free features
  • 7-day time travel/PITR
  • 3-day monitoring retention
Scale
$5/mo
  • 1,000+ projects
  • $0.26 per CU-hour compute
  • $0.35 per GB-month storage
  • Compute sizes up to 56 CU (56 vCPU, 224 GB RAM)
  • All Launch features
  • 30-day time travel/PITR
  • 14-day monitoring retention
  • Metrics/logs export
Enterprise
Custom
  • Custom pricing based on requirements
  • Dedicated support
  • Custom SLAs
  • Advanced security features
  • Priority feature requests
  • All Scale features included

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FAQ's About Neon

Yes, Neon offers a generous free plan with 20 projects, 100 compute hours per project monthly, and 0.5 GB storage per project. You can build and deploy real applications on the free plan without providing a credit card. When you need more resources, you can upgrade to paid plans with usage-based pricing.
Neon separates storage from compute, enabling unique features like instant database branching, scale-to-zero capabilities, and independent scaling of storage and compute. You can create database branches in seconds (like Git branches), automatically scale compute based on demand, and pay only for what you use with compute shutting down when idle.
Absolutely! Neon is 100% Postgres compatible, not a fork or rewrite. Any tool, library, or framework that works with standard Postgres works with Neon. This includes popular ORMs like Prisma, Drizzle, and Django, database clients like pgAdmin and DBeaver, and all Postgres extensions.
Database branching lets you create instant, isolated copies of your database for testing and development. When you create a branch, Neon uses copy-on-write technology so you only pay for data that changes. This is perfect for testing migrations, running CI/CD pipelines with realistic data, or experimenting with schema changes without risk.
Your data remains safe in storage when compute scales to zero. Storage and compute are separate in Neon. When your database receives a new query after being idle, compute automatically restarts in seconds, and your application continues working normally. You only stop paying for compute time during the idle period.
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