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Excellent fit · Databases
Neon
Serverless Postgres that can branch.
Pick Neon when you want Postgres itself, especially branches per preview. Pick Supabase when you also want auth and storage.
- Vendor
- Neon
- Pricing tier
- Freemium
- Best for
- Postgres that branches and scales to zero
- Open source
- Unknown
What it is
Neon is serverless Postgres. It separates storage and compute, can scale to zero, and can branch a database the way you branch git. It is a database, not an auth-and-storage suite. Pair it with your own auth if you need users.
A free plan exists. Paid plans raise compute, storage, and branch limits. Confirm current allowances on the pricing page.
Why it ranks
- Postgres with branching and scale-to-zero
- Fits preview environments
- Free plan
Watch outs
- Auth, storage, and realtime are not the product
- Cold starts are possible when compute has scaled to zero