BEST SUITED FOR
Neon Database:Developers wanting serverless Postgres with instant PR database branches
Supabase:Full-stack web and mobile developers, Next.js startups, and teams needing raw SQL power
PRICING MODEL
Freemium (Starts at $0/mo)
Freemium (Starts at $0/mo)
ACTIVE DISCOUNT OFFERS
0% OFF (PRICING)
0% OFF (PRICING)
STANDOUT ADVANTAGES
Branching staging databases in under 1 second completely transforms testing pipelines Compute scales to zero when traffic stops, saving up to 80% on dev database bills Native HTTP query driver designed specifically for edge runtimes like Cloudflare Workers 100% open source with zero vendor lock-in — can be self-hosted on any VPS Rock-solid PostgreSQL database beneath the hood rather than proprietary NoSQL Generous free tier with 2 free projects and 500MB database storage KNOWN SHORTCOMINGS
Resuming from scale-to-zero state introduces a slight 200-500ms initial cold start Sustained heavy 24/7 OLAP workloads may benefit more from provisioned hardware Projects pause after 1 week of inactivity on the free hobby tier Self-hosting configuration requires Docker Compose and networking knowledge