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Neon
Serverless Postgres. Built for the Cloud.
About Neon
Neon is a serverless Postgres built for the cloud. It separates storage and compute to offer autoscaling, branching, and bottomless storage.
Key Features
Serverless
Branching
Autoscaling
Perfect For
Development/staging environments
Cost-sensitive applications
Variable workload apps
Database per-tenant SaaS
Getting Started
- 1
Sign up at neon.tech
- 2
Create project
- 3
Get connection string
- 4
Connect via standard Postgres client/ORM
What Makes Neon Different?
True serverless Postgres (scale to zero)
Database branching like Git
Instant provisioning (<1s)
Pay only for storage + actual compute time
Pros & Cons
Pros
- Serverless Postgres
- Branching workflows
- Scale to zero
Cons
- Slower initial response on free tier (Cold starts)
Alternatives to Neon
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Supabase
FreemiumBackend DB
The open source Firebase alternative.
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Firebase
FreemiumBackend as a Service
App development platform backed by Google.
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PlanetScale
PaidServerless MySQL
The world's most advanced serverless MySQL platform.