Neon

Serverless Postgres: Now Generally Available

5.0•90 reviews•

1.4K followers

Serverless Postgres: Now Generally Available

5.0•90 reviews•

1.4K followers

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Neon reimagines Postgres with a serverless architecture. With a generous free tier, scale-to-zero, and true database branching. Copy data and schema in a second and scale resources automatically. Ideal for developers prioritizing scalability and performance.

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5.0

Based on 90 reviews

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Reviewers describe Neon as a straightforward Postgres service that is easy to set up, familiar to use, and generally reliable in practice, though one user notes broader complaints about uptime and dislikes the move from usage-based to subscription pricing. Founder feedback, especially from the makers of Composio and Superset, repeatedly highlights fast setup, branching for safe schema changes, and less infrastructure work. Across reviews, the clearest pattern is simple operations, flexible branching, and serverless scaling that fits uneven workloads.

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Pros

easy setup (6)

serverless architecture (6)

database branching (4)

autoscaling (2)

developer-friendly (2)

fast performance (2)

reliable (2)

scalability (2)

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I have been using it for more than a year now. I have seen people complain that the uptime for Neon is not good. However, in my case, it has always been a reliable database provider, and I have never faced any issues with it. My only complaint was about the pricing; they have switched from usage-based pricing to subscription-based pricing, which seems to be a common trend these days for generating revenue. Although it now charges monthly, it is still affordable for any development team with substantial usage. The way it works under the hood is simply awesome and truly serverless.

What's great

reliable (2)serverless architecture (6)

What needs improvement

high pricing (1)

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used Neon to build WriteRush 2.0

•15 reviews

I knew I needed a robust Postgres database for WriteRush's user accounts and subscription data. As a solo dev, the idea of managing a traditional database was daunting. Neon's serverless Postgres was great! The setup took literally 5 minutes. It scales automatically, the developer experience is fantastic, and the ability to branch my database like I branch my code is awesome. Neon gave WriteRush a production-grade database with zero overhead, letting me focus on building the app itself.

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used Neon to build AgreeGuard

•4 reviews

Neon's serverless Postgres scales to zero without killing the project. Supabase pauses the entire database after inactivity — Neon just cold starts in milliseconds when needed. Perfect for a growing product where you don't want to pay for idle time but need the DB always reachable.

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