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Neon pricing & features
Serverless Postgres with branching and bottomless storage
Serverless Postgres: separation of storage and compute, autoscaling, Git-like database branching, scale-to-zero, edge-compatible HTTP driver. Acquired by Databricks (2025).
Data sourced from vendor documentation · Last updated May 2026
Pricing
| Tier | Price | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Free | Free | 100 projects, 0.5 GB storage + 100 CU-hours each. Great for prototypes and preview envs. |
| Launch | Free | Usage-based, no minimum. Small production workloads. $0.35/GB-month storage, $0.106/CU-hour. |
| Scale | Free | Usage-based, higher compute tier + faster instances ($0.222/CU-hour). Up to 30-day PITR, 1,000 projects. |
| Business | Free | Usage-based with 99.95% SLA, HIPAA available. Private networking $0.01/GB. |
Limits
| Tier | Metric | Value | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| — | autoscale min cu | 0.25 CU | Minimum compute size (scale-to-zero available) |
| — | http driver max statement ms | 15000 (cold start) | Serverless driver cold-start latency (hot: sub-ms region-local) |
| — | max cu size | 16 CU (vCPU) | Max compute size per branch (Scale plan) |
| — | max db size tb | 10 TB | Max single-project storage (soft cap) |
| — | pg versions supported | 14,15,16,17 | Postgres versions available |
| — | wal shipping interval sec | 10 seconds | Typical WAL shipping interval for PITR |
| free | branches per project | 10 branches | Free — branches per project |
| free | cu hours per project | 100 CU-hours/month | Free — compute per project |
| free | egress gb month | 5 GB/month | Free — public egress included |
| free | pitr retention hours | 6 hours | Free — point-in-time recovery window |
| free | projects | 100 projects | Free — max projects |
| free | storage gb per project | 0.5 GB | Free — storage per project |
| free | team members | 3 users | Free — team members |
| launch | branches per project | 10 branches | Launch — branches per project |
| launch | egress gb included | 100 GB/month | Launch — public egress included before overage |
| launch | overage branch extra | $1.50/branch-month | Extra branch over included |
| launch | overage cu hour | $0.106/CU-hour | Extra compute (Launch) |
| launch | overage egress gb | $0.10/GB | Extra public egress |
| launch | overage storage gb | $0.35/GB-month | Extra storage |
| launch | pitr retention days | 7 days | Launch — PITR up to 7 days |
| launch | projects | 100 projects | Launch — max projects |
| launch | team members | 10 users | Launch — team members |
| scale | branches per project | 25 branches | Scale — branches per project |
| scale | overage cu hour | $0.222/CU-hour | Extra compute (Scale — faster instances) |
| scale | pitr retention days | 30 days | Scale — PITR up to 30 days |
| scale | projects | 1000 projects | Scale — max projects (expandable) |
Features
- Autoscaling — Compute scales CPU + memory between min and max CU in seconds based on load. · docs
- Branching — Git-like DB branches: copy-on-write snapshots of data + schema. Instant, cheap. Every PR can have its own DB. · docs
- Data API (REST) — PostgREST-compatible REST endpoint auto-generated from your schema. Uses Postgres RLS for row authorization. · docs
- IP Allowlist — Restrict DB access to specific CIDRs. Launch+. · docs
- Launchpad — One-click create-a-database link that can be embedded in OSS repos (DATABASE_URL auto-generated). · docs
- Logical Replication — Publish changes to Snowflake, BigQuery, Kafka, or other Postgres. Subscribe from external sources too. · docs
- Monitoring — Built-in dashboards for CPU/RAM/connections/slow queries. Prometheus export on Business. · docs
- Neon Auth — Stack Auth integrated: users table auto-synced into your Postgres (public.users_sync). · docs
- Point-in-Time Restore — Restore DB to any moment in the retention window (6h free → 30d Scale) via branch or reset. · docs
- Private Networking — AWS PrivateLink / VPC peering. Business plan. · docs
- Read Replicas — Create a read-only compute endpoint on the same branch. Zero replication lag (reads from shared storage). · docs
- SQL over HTTP — Serverless driver lets you query Postgres over HTTPS — works in edge runtimes (Vercel, Cloudflare Workers, Deno). · docs
- Scale to Zero — Compute suspends when idle — no charge for compute while paused. Cold-start ~300-500 ms. · docs
- Schema Diff — Compare schema between branches — build PR checks and preview migrations safely. · docs
Developer interfaces
| Slug | Name | Kind | Version |
|---|---|---|---|
| sdk-serverless | @neondatabase/serverless | sdk | 1.x |
| rest-api | Management / Control Plane API | rest | v2 |
| cli | Neon CLI | cli | 2.x |
| data-api | Neon Data API (REST) | rest | v1 |
| mcp | Neon MCP Server | mcp | — |
| sql-wire | Postgres Wire Protocol | other | 17 |
| sql-http | SQL over HTTP | rest | v1 |
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