Neon

Serverless Postgres with branching and scale-to-zero

Neon is a managed serverless Postgres service that separates storage and compute, supporting database branching and autoscaling.

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Pricing: Free plan

Platforms: Web, API

Categories: Databases

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Neon	Free plan	–	–	Web, API
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Pinecone	Free plan	–	–	Web, API
Turso	Free plan	–	–	Web, API
DbGate	Free plan	Yes	Yes	Mac, Windows, Linux, Web, Self-hosted

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Questions

Is Neon free?

Neon is free to start, with paid plans.

What platforms does Neon run on?

Neon is available for Web, API.

What are some alternatives to Neon?

Similar indie products include Prisma, Tiger Data (TimescaleDB), Supabase, Pinecone and 4 more.

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