Neon
Serverless Postgres
Serverless Postgres with branching, autoscaling and scale-to-zero. Core is open source.
Best for: Serverless Postgres with instant branches for previews and agents
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- Pricing
- Launch: usage-based, no monthly minimum ($0.106/CU-hour, $0.35/GB-month)
- Free tier
- Yes: 100 projects, 1 GB storage per project, 100 CU-hours/project/mo
- Open source
- Yes
- Last verified
- 2026-10-15
Score breakdown
- Fit for the use case22 / 25
- Vibe-coder friendliness12 / 15
- Output quality & reliability13 / 15
- Pricing & free tier14 / 15
- Ecosystem & integrations9 / 10
- Momentum8 / 10
- Code ownership & lock-in8 / 10
Why this score: A generous free tier and branching that suits agent workflows. Database only, so pair it with your own auth.
Based on desk research of official pricing pages and docs; see methodology.
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