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Neon compared with Upstash
DetailNeonUpstash
What it doesThe backend for apps and agents, built to scale on Lakebase Postgres. Serverless Data Platform
StageEstablished Not given
FoundedNot given Not given
Based inUS US
Pricing modelfreemium freemium
PricingFree plan with 100 projects, 100 CU-hours monthly per project, 1 GB storage per project. Launch plan starts at $0.106 per CU-hour and $0.35 per GB-month. Scale plan at $0.222 per CU-hour and $0.35 per GB-month. No monthly minimum fees. Free tier with 256MB data and 500K monthly commands. Pay as you go at $0.20 per 100K commands, $0.25 per GB storage (first 1GB free), and free bandwidth up to 200GB/month. Fixed monthly plans starting at $10/month. Prod Pack available for $200/month per database.
Key features
  • Serverless Postgres database that scales and branches
  • Fully-managed authentication built on Better Auth
  • S3-compatible object storage that branches
  • Serverless functions without timeouts
  • AI Gateway for frontier and open-source models
  • Automatic autoscaling of compute
  • Instant restore for point-in-time recovery
  • Vector, keyword, and hybrid search
  • Connection pooling with pgBouncer
  • Read replicas for query offloading
  • Serverless Redis with 99.99% uptime guarantee
  • Serverless Vector database for high-performance search at scale
  • QStash for serverless messaging and scheduling via HTTP
  • Workflow for serverless function orchestration
  • Box for secure cloud containers for AI agents
What makes it different
  • Storage-compute separation for instant operations and scale without compromise
  • Branch environments like pull requests for faster development workflows
  • Scales to zero when idle, paying only for resources actually used
  • Complete backend platform with database, auth, storage, functions and AI gateway integrated
  • One unified platform for all serverless data needs
  • Global low latency with data replicated across 8+ regions worldwide
  • Designed specifically for the edge with tested optimization for Vercel, Cloudflare Workers and Fastly
  • MCP Server and Skills for AI agents to manage and debug resources
Free planNot given Not given
Open sourceNot given Not given
PlatformsNot given Not given
Public APINot given Not given
Community votes00
DR (Domain Rating by Ahrefs)84 no change since last check81 no change since last check
Trust Flow (Majestic)3732
Citation Flow (Majestic)5653
Referring domains (Majestic)104555229

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