Neon
Serverless Postgres that can scale to zero
$0.106/CU-hour on Launch
Strengths
- You pay for compute hours, not a always-on box
- Branching is built in
Limits
- A busy database does not stay on the free allowance
- Scale plan compute costs more than Launch
Vendor pricing
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PlanetScale
Managed Postgres and Vitess clusters sized by SKU
Paid clusters
Strengths
- Cluster price is a monthly SKU, easier to budget
- Schema changes can ship through branching
Limits
- There is no permanent free cluster
- You pick a size instead of paying only for idle time
Vendor pricing
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