Managed Postgres · pricing · Updated September 2026
Neon pricing (2026)
Neon starts at $0/mo (Free) as checked on 2026-09-02, read from Neon's own pricing page; 3 plans. Best for Serverless and edge workloads needing scale-to-zero Postgres. Every figure below links to its source and the date we captured it.
At a glance
- Entry price: $0/mo (Free)
- Free tier: Yes
- Compliance: HIPAA Yes · SOC 2 Yes · GDPR Yes
- Best for: Serverless and edge workloads needing scale-to-zero Postgres; Dev/staging workflows using database branches tied to git PRs; Healthcare apps requiring HIPAA BAA (Scale plan); Teams wanting pure pay-as-you-go with no monthly minimum
As of · every figure below links to its source
Neon plans & pricing
| Plan | Monthly | Annual | Billing | Notes | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Free | $0 | — | flat | 0.5 GB storage per project; 100 CU-hours/project/month; 5 GB public egress; permanent free plan, no credit card required. | neon.com |
| Launch | usage-priced | — | custom | Pure pay-as-you-go, no monthly minimum. Compute: $0.106/CU-hour; Storage: $0.35/GB-month; Egress: 500 GB included then $0.10/GB; Instant restore: $0.20/GB-month; Extra branches: $1.50/branch-month. | neon.com |
| Scale | usage-priced | — | custom | Pure pay-as-you-go, no monthly minimum. Compute: $0.222/CU-hour; Storage: $0.35/GB-month; Egress: 500 GB included then $0.10/GB; Private network transfer: $0.01/GB; HIPAA available (BAA required). Higher availability and compliance vs Launch. | neon.com |
Last verified 2026-09-02. Prices fetched from https://neon.com/pricing on 2026-06-14 (neon.tech/pricing redirects 308 to neon.com/pricing). Free=$0 confirmed. Launch and Scale are purely pay-as-you-go with no monthly minimum; per-page statement: 'no monthly minimum' — recorded as monthlyUsd=null with billingModel=custom. HIPAA confirmed available on Scale plan with BAA required (self-serve, no additional cost stated on pricing page but docs note 'an additional charge'). Corroborated by https://neon.com/docs/introduction/plans. Re-verified 2026-09-02 against the live pricing page; published figures unchanged.
Price changes
No change record has cleared two sources yet, so nothing is published on the wire.
Capabilities
Integrations: Vercel, Prisma, Drizzle, Clerk, Auth0, Datadog, Grafana Cloud, Airbyte.
Key features: Database branching via copy-on-write — instant isolated clones with zero parent load impact; Scale-to-zero compute — no idle charges on free/serverless workloads; Instant restore to any point-in-time within history window; Serverless driver for HTTP/WebSocket connections from edge runtimes; SOC 2 Type II + HIPAA (Scale plan) + GDPR with DPA.
Plan limits: Free: 100 projects, 0.5 GB storage/project, 100 CU-hours/project/month, 5 GB egress/month; Free: 10 branches per project, 6-hour history window, scale-to-zero after 5 min (cannot disable); Free: 60,000 MAU for built-in auth.
Frequently asked questions
How much does Neon cost?
Neon starts at $0/mo (Free); it has 3 published plans. Verified 2026-09-02.
Does Neon support HIPAA?
Neon HIPAA support: Yes. SOC 2: Yes. GDPR: Yes.
Does Neon have a free plan?
Neon free tier: Yes.
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