Neon vs Supabase

Choose Neon when you only need Postgres and branching, billed by compute hour. Choose Supabase when auth, storage, and the data API are part of the product, on top of the Pro platform fee.

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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