Neon

Neon is a serverless platform designed to help developers build reliable and scalable applications faster, using Postgres as the database. With instant provisioning and autoscaling, users can focus on writing their application code without worrying about database operations.

Some of its features include:

• Instant Provisioning: Get a database in 300ms with no waiting or setup.
• Branching: Create isolated DB copies for development, CI/CD, and schema migrations with copy-on-write storage.
• Autoscaling: Scale compute resources up and down to match demand for optimal resource usage.
• Lightning-Fast Queries: Optimized driver for fast queries over HTTP.
• Read Replicas: Scale down to zero when idle and don't pay for extra storage.
• Point-in-Time Recovery: Up to 30 days granularity down to the transaction or second.
• Integration: Supports multiple languages and frameworks such as Next.js, Drizzle, Prisma, Python, Ruby, Rust, and Go.

Pricing tiers are designed to fit different needs:

• Free Tier: Free, with 0.5 GiB storage, 24/7 compute for the main compute, community support, and fixed capacity at 0.25 vCPU.
• Launch: $19/month and up, with 10 GiB storage, 300 compute hours, standard support, and autoscaling up to 4 CU.
• Scale: $69/month and up, with 50 GiB storage, 750 compute hours, priority support, and autoscaling up to 8 CU.
• Enterprise: Custom plans with storage discounts, higher resource limits, thousands of databases, and enterprise support with SLAs.

Neon's approach decouples storage and compute so resources can be allocated more efficiently. Branching lets you create isolated DB copies without extra storage costs. The service also offers more advanced features like instant read replicas and point-in-time recovery, making it a good fit for high-performance and complex applications.

Published on June 14, 2024