Neon
Serverless Postgres backend platform featuring branching, autoscaling, storage, functions, and AI gateway.
Website score
83
4.2Comparisons won
1 of 2
Web rank
#74,264
SCORE BREAKDOWN
- Positioning20/25
Targets developers, startups, and app-generation agent platforms with Git-like database branching and instant autoscaling compute.
- Product clarity16/20
Details core primitives including Lakebase Postgres, managed Better Auth, S3-compatible storage, functions, and preview environments for PRs.
- Trust16/20
Shows metrics (20M+ databases daily, 3M+ developers), acquisition by Databricks, and testimonials from founders like Encore's Marcus Kohlberg.
- Conversion16/20
Prominent 'Sign up' and 'Get started' calls to action leading directly to a free tier with no credit card required.
- Pricing clarity15/15
Offers an extensive breakdown covering the Free tier ($0), usage-based tiers (Launch and Scale), and per-unit compute/storage/branch rates.
IN THE SAME MARKET
- RailwayInternet checkFull-stack cloud platform for deploying applications, databases, and services with automatic scaling.
- SupabaseInternet checkOpen-source Postgres development platform providing authentication, instant APIs, realtime subscriptions, and storage.
- RenderInternet checkUnified cloud hosting platform to deploy, scale, and manage web applications and databases.
- VercelInternet checkCloud platform for building, deploying, and scaling web applications and autonomous AI agents.
- ConvexReactive backend platform with real-time sync, functions, and database for TypeScript and AI apps.
- Fly.ioInternet checkHardware-isolated virtual machines and persistent execution environments for applications and AI agents.
COMPARISONS
THE SHORTLIST
Almost nobody decides between two. These are the businesses the public puts next to Neon, with the reason each one comes up — checked against their own sites and their public reviews, not our opinion.
- Supabase96
Open-source Postgres development platform providing authentication, instant APIs, realtime subscriptions, and storage.
- Praised for ease of use · 13 of 70 public reviews
- Already compared head to head
- Same market · Backend-as-a-Service (BaaS)
- Fly.io90
Hardware-isolated virtual machines and persistent execution environments for applications and AI agents.
- Praised for ease of use · 7 of 22 public reviews
- Same market · Cloud Computing Platform
- Vercel86
Cloud platform for building, deploying, and scaling web applications and autonomous AI agents.
- Praised for developer experience · 8 of 78 public reviews
- Same market · Cloud Application Platform
- Praised for ease of use · 15 of 72 public reviews
- Same market · Cloud Hosting & Web Development Platform
- Railway79
Full-stack cloud platform for deploying applications, databases, and services with automatic scaling.
- Praised for ease of use · 25 of 80 public reviews
- Same market · Cloud Platform as a Service (PaaS)
- Praised for ease of use · 9 of 57 public reviews
- Same market · Cloud Platform as a Service (PaaS)
- PlanetScale82
Scalable, high-performance cloud database platform hosting sharded MySQL (Vitess), sharded Postgres (Neki), and PostgreSQL.
- Already compared head to head
- Same market · Cloud Database Platform
- Convex91
Reactive backend platform with real-time sync, functions, and database for TypeScript and AI apps.
- Same market · Backend as a Service
- Appwrite85
Open-source backend platform providing auth, databases, storage, and functions for developers and AI agents.
- Same market · Backend-as-a-Service (BaaS)
The same rules run in both directions: Neon is on 9 other shortlists for the same reasons. Nothing here rates anyone's product, and no business can pay to be added or removed. Something wrong? Tell us