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AI SQL Editor by Supabase vs Neon
Neon provides serverless Postgres hosting without AI query assistance.
Which to pick
Pick AI SQL Editor by Supabase if you want…
- Natural-language SQL generation
- Open-source code (supabase/supabase on GitHub, Apache-2.0 license)
- Integrations with Supabase Dashboard (on AI SQL Editor by Supabase's list, not Neon's)
Pick Neon if you want…
- Serverless Postgres with full backend suite
- Serverless Postgres
- Integrations with Better Auth, Databricks or pgBouncer (on Neon's list, not AI SQL Editor by Supabase's)
Side by side
- What it is
- AI SQL Editor by Supabase:AI SQL Editor lets you write and run SQL queries using natural language, powered by Supabase’s database.
- Neon:Neon provides a serverless Postgres database with built-in auth, object storage, functions and an AI gateway.
- Best for
- AI SQL Editor by Supabase:Natural-language SQL generation
- Neon:Serverless Postgres with full backend suite
- Who it’s for
- AI SQL Editor by Supabase:Developers and product teams who need to query Postgres without writing SQL manually.
- Neon:Developers building apps or agents that need instant, branchable backends.
- Pricing
- AI SQL Editor by Supabase:Freemium
- Neon:Freemium
- Plans
- AI SQL Editor by Supabase:Free $0 · Pro $25 per month · Team $599 per month
- Neon:Free $0
- Open source
- AI SQL Editor by Supabase:Yes, 111,089 GitHub stars
- Neon:—
- Works with
- AI SQL Editor by Supabase:Supabase Dashboard
- Neon:Better Auth, Databricks, pgBouncer
AI SQL Editor by Supabase features
- AI-generated queries. Translate plain-English questions into executable SQL for your Supabase database.
- Smart suggestions. Context-aware autocomplete based on your project’s schema.
- Integrated with Supabase. Runs directly against the hosted Postgres instance in your Supabase project.
- Realtime results. See query results instantly within the Supabase dashboard.
- Row-Level Security aware. AI respects RLS policies, ensuring secure data access.
- Built-in auth support. Uses Supabase Auth to manage user permissions for queries.
Neon features
- Serverless Postgres. Lakebase Postgres scales compute and storage independently and auto-scales in real time.
- Managed Auth. Fully-managed Better Auth integration provides free user authentication per database.
- Branchable Storage. S3-compatible object storage and database branches copy-on-write for isolated environments.
- Functions. Serverless functions run close to the database without timeouts.
- AI Gateway. Single API to access frontier and open-source models at cost-based rates.
- Autoscaling & Scale-to-Zero. Compute auto-adjusts to demand and scales to zero when idle, billed per CU-hour.
- High Availability & Read Replicas. Multi-AZ storage and read replicas are included on all plans.
- Extensions Library. Supports Postgres extensions such as pg_vector, PostGIS, TimescaleDB, etc.
AI SQL Editor by Supabase vs Neon FAQ
Is AI SQL Editor by Supabase or Neon free?+
AI SQL Editor by Supabase has a free plan; paid plans start at $25/month (Pro). Neon has a free plan and paid plans.
Is AI SQL Editor by Supabase or Neon open source?+
AI SQL Editor by Supabase is open source (supabase/supabase on GitHub, Apache-2.0 license). DevHunt has no public source repository on record for Neon.
Do AI SQL Editor by Supabase and Neon integrate with the same tools?+
Their integration lists don't overlap: AI SQL Editor by Supabase lists Supabase Dashboard; Neon lists Better Auth, Databricks and pgBouncer.
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AI SQL Editor by Supabase
9 upvotes · Launched on DevHunt on Jan 24, 2023
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