Neon free tier includes Serverless Postgres with branching — free tier includes 100 CU-hours/month per project, 0.5 GB… Verified September 2026. Compare with 19 alternatives in Databases.
Subtypes in Databases:relational — tables, rows and joins under SQL — Postgres, MySQL, SQLite family; backend_platform — bundles a database with auth, functions or storage as one product. We read that on 2026-08-31 from https://neon.com/, where it says: “The backend for apps and agents. Build with Lakebase Postgres, Auth, Functions, Storage, and an AI Gateway: instant, branchable, serverless.”How we use this.
Limits, pricing history, and 19 alternatives. Verified September 2026. Last updated 2026-09-26.
Neon's free tier offers Serverless Postgres with branching — free tier includes 100 CU-hours/month per project, 0.5 GB storage per project, up… We rate it stable. One recorded pricing restructure narrowed the terms, on 2025-08-14. Best for databases workloads — 19 alternatives available.
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Free Tier Details
Serverless Postgres with branching — free tier includes 100 CU-hours/month per project, 0.5 GB storage per project, up to 100 projects, 10 branches per project, Neon Auth (60K MAU), auto-scaling up to 2 CU, scale-to-zero, 5 GB of Object Storage, and Functions (10 active capacity-hours, 400 waiting capacity-hours, 1M invocations)
We read that on 2026-09-13 from https://neon.com/pricing, and our check recorded: the page names Neon as "neon" and states "$0".
When You'll Outgrow Neon's Free Tier
At 5 GB storage, you'll need to upgrade.
At 60K MAU, you'll need to upgrade.
At 100 projects, you'll need to upgrade.
At that point, the 19 alternatives in Databases are each listed with the free tier they offer, so you can compare what they give you against what you have outgrown.
Data correction - Neon made no pricing change on 2026-01-15. Usage-based paid plans and per-project Free storage date from 2025-08-14, the Free project limit reached 100 on 2025-12-19, and Neon Auth reached Free on 2025-12-12. Free has had 10 branches per project throughout. Source ↗
Before: Recorded 2026-02-26 as: Moved to fully usage-based pricing model post-Databricks acquisition, free tier storage now per-project, projects increased 10 to 100, branches capped at 10 per project, Neon Auth added, dated 2026-01-15
After: "Starting today, our paid plans are fully usage-based." (Neon, 2025-08-14). Five dated records replace the one.
Neon moved its paid Launch and Scale plans to usage-based pricing with a $5 monthly minimum. The Free plan went from 0.5 GB of storage and 191.9 compute hours per account to 0.5 GB and 50 CU-hours per project, across up to 10 projects. Source ↗
Before: Free: 0.5 GB of storage and 191.9 compute hours a month per account, 10 projects, instant restore up to 24 hours. Launch and Scale at fixed monthly fees.
After: "Instead of 0.5 GB total, you now get 0.5 GB of storage per project in the Free Plan, up to 5 GB across 10 projects." Free: 50 CU-hours a month per project, instant restore up to 6 hours or 1 GB of changes. Launch and Scale usage-based with a $5 monthly minimum.
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Yes, Neon offers a free tier: Free. Serverless Postgres with branching — free tier includes 100 CU-hours/month per project, 0.5 GB storage per project, up to 100 projects, 10 branches per project, Neon Auth (60K MAU), auto-scaling up to...
What is Neon's free tier?
Neon's free tier is called "Free". Serverless Postgres with branching — free tier includes 100 CU-hours/month per project, 0.5 GB storage per project, up to 100 projects, 10 branches per project, Neon Auth (60K MAU), auto-scaling up to 2 CU, scale-to-zero, 5 GB of Object Storage, and Functions (10 active capacity-hours, 400 waiting capacity-hours, 1M invocations)
Is Neon's free tier reliable?
Neon's free tier is considered stable. One recorded pricing restructure narrowed the terms, on 2025-08-14. See the pricing history below.
Is Neon's free tier good for production?
Neon's free tier can be suitable for small production workloads and side projects. We rate it stable and it offers Serverless Postgres with branching — free tier includes 100 CU-hours/month per project, 0.5 GB storage per project, up…, so it's a reasonable starting point. One recorded pricing restructure narrowed the terms, on 2025-08-14. Monitor your usage against the limits and have an upgrade plan ready.
What changed in Neon's pricing?
Neon has had 5 recorded pricing changes. Most recently: Neon's Free plan went from one member per organization to unlimited members. Source: https://neon.com/docs/changelog/2026-03-13 (2026-03-13).
What are the best free alternatives to Neon?
We publish no ranking of these. Nothing we record measures popularity or generosity, so naming a best or a top few would be our preference rather than our data. We hold 19 free alternatives to Neon in Databases, each listed above with its tier. Of those, 17 carry no recorded demerit and are indistinguishable under every signal we hold, so they are listed in an order that rotates daily, 2 are demoted with the reason named. Our ranking rule is published at /criteria.
When will I outgrow Neon's free tier?
At 5 GB storage, you'll need to upgrade. When you outgrow the free tier, evaluate paid plans against alternatives — sometimes a competitor's free tier covers what you need.
What category is Neon in?
Neon is categorized under Databases on AgentDeals. We list 19 other Databases services alongside it, every one of them on this page with its free tier and the stability we publish for it.
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