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Neon pricing: tiers, seat costs, and hidden fees

Short answer

Serverless Postgres with branching. Bills by CU-hour and storage, so spiky workloads can be cheap but always-on workloads are not.

Last verified: 2026-05-17 Model: month Official pricing

Public pricing tiers

TierMonthlyAnnual monthly equivalentNotes
Free $0 month $0 month 100 CU-hours/project, 0.5GB storage, 60k MAU, scale-to-zero after 5 min.
Launch $19 month $19 month Pay-as-you-go: $0.106/CU-hour, $0.35/GB-month storage, 100GB egress.
Scale $69 month $69 month $0.222/CU-hour, configurable scale-to-zero, up to 1,000 projects.

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$19 / month

For 10 seats on Launch, current public pricing implies $19 per month when annual pricing is available, or $19 month-to-month.

Hidden fees and quote risks

  • Extra branches priced at $1.50 per branch-month, prorated hourly.
  • Instant restore costs $0.20/GB-month on top of storage.
  • Network egress $0.10/GB above the included allowance.
  • Private networking adds $0.01/GB both directions.

Enterprise notes

Business and Production support tiers available on Scale; custom commits and BYOC handled by Neon sales.

Closest alternatives

Other serverless postgres tools buyers shortlist when they compare Neon.

Supabase Backend-as-a-service
PlanetScale Managed database
AWS RDS Not yet covered

Sources

Pricing changes frequently. Confirm directly with the vendor before purchase.

Frequently asked questions

How much does Neon cost?

Neon pricing depends on its Free tier + usage-based CU-hours. The page lists public tiers and flags custom or usage-based items that require vendor confirmation.

What is the main hidden fee risk for Neon?

Extra branches priced at $1.50 per branch-month, prorated hourly.

Which Neon alternatives should buyers compare?

Supabase, PlanetScale, AWS RDS are the closest alternatives most procurement teams compare against Neon.