Neon
Serverless Postgres that scales to zero when idle, with database branching. Works with any Postgres client or ORM (Prisma, Drizzle).
Free tier
- Up to 100 projects, no credit card required
- 100 CU-hours of compute per project per month
- 1 GB storage per project (20 GB total across projects)
- 5 GB egress per project; compute scales to zero after 5 minutes idle
Paid plans: Launch: pay-as-you-go, $0.106 per CU-hour
Best for
Next.js or Node apps that just need a Postgres connection string.
Watch out: Neon does not pause free projects for inactivity, but compute is suspended if a project uses its 100 CU-hours or 5 GB egress for the month. Going over 1 GB of storage blocks writes.
Sources
Checked on 2026-11-11. Vendors change pricing often, so confirm on the official page before you commit.