Neon provides a serverless Postgres database with built-in auth, object storage, functions and an AI gateway.
- for
- Developers building apps or agents that need instant, branchable backends.
- pricing
- freemium
Key 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.
Use cases
- Create preview environments with full data for each feature branch.
- Run AI-enhanced agents that need low-latency database access and model inference.
- Develop serverless applications that require auth, storage and compute without managing infra.
- Scale production workloads on demand with automatic compute scaling.
Neon vs alternatives
 Neon |  Supabase |  Appwrite |  Firebase |  PlanetScale | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Best for | Serverless Postgres with full backend suite | Open-source Postgres backend | Open-source backend services | Realtime NoSQL backend | Scalable hosted databases |
| Pricing | Freemium | Subscription | Subscription | Subscription | Subscription |
| DevHunt upvotes | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Launched | — | — | — | — | — |
- Neon vs Supabase: Supabase offers an open-source Postgres platform but lacks built-in AI gateway and serverless functions bundled together.
- Neon vs Appwrite: Appwrite provides a full backend stack but uses its own database rather than serverless Postgres with branching.
- Neon vs Firebase: Firebase is a NoSQL backend with auth and storage, whereas Neon is a SQL-based, branchable serverless platform.
- Neon vs PlanetScale: PlanetScale focuses on hosted MySQL/Postgres scaling without integrated auth, storage, or AI gateway.
Neon FAQ
Does Neon offer a full backend beyond the database?+
Yes. Neon includes Managed Better Auth, S3-compatible object storage, serverless functions and an AI Gateway that branch with your database.
What is a CU and how is it billed?+
A Compute Unit represents ~1 vCPU and 4 GB RAM for the Postgres compute; you are billed per CU-hour only while the database is active.
Can databases scale to zero?+
Yes. Compute automatically scales down to zero when idle, so you incur no CU-hour charges during inactivity.
Are storage and AI usage included in the free CU-hour quota?+
No. Object Storage, Functions and AI Gateway have separate allowances and rates; only Postgres compute uses CU-hours.
What high-availability features are provided?+
Neon stores data multi-AZ by default, offers read replicas and automatic autoscaling on all plans.
How does branching affect storage costs?+
Child branches share storage with their parent while within the history window; storage is billed only for data changes beyond that window.
Summarized by DevHunt from neon.com · Oct 1, 2026. Details may change; check the official site.
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