Managed databases

Neon vs Supabase

Same category, different tradeoffs. Pick from the published entry price and the limits below.

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

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Supabase

Postgres plus auth, storage, and a data API

Free tier, Pro from $25/mo

Strengths

Auth and storage sit next to the database
The free project is enough for a prototype

Limits

Pro is a platform fee, then usage on top
It is more than a database if you only need Postgres

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