Serverless PostgreSQL platform pioneering Database Branching — enabling developers to branch, merge, and rollback databases just like code.
Neon's auto-suspend triggers cold starts (1-3 seconds) during traffic gaps. If your OPC product needs always-on millisecond-level responses (e.g., trading systems), use Neon's fixed compute plan (no auto-suspend) or choose Supabase/RDS directly.
Neon's branching feature is designed for development and testing — short lifecycle, small datasets. Do not use it as a data backup or cross-region disaster recovery solution. Branches have storage quotas and are not cross-region redundant.
Neon does not provide Auth, Storage, Realtime, or Edge Functions. If you need a full backend platform, Supabase is a better fit. But if your OPC already has its own backend (e.g., Hono + Next.js) and only needs serverless Postgres, Neon is currently the best choice.
The free tier's 100 compute hours/month means you can only run a single always-on low-load instance. Anything beyond that requires waiting for the next month's reset or upgrading to $19/month. If you run ETL or data analysis tasks, compute hours can be exhausted within days.
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