Managed Postgres · Comparison
Neon vs Supabase
2 products compared side by side: what you pay for with each one first, then the five access facts, entry prices, recorded plan limits and the bottom line of each review. The evidence note under the table says how each product was checked.
Side by side
| Metric | Neon | Supabase |
|---|---|---|
| What you're paying for | Worth the pricePostgres you pay for by the compute hour, with scale to zero, branches that start with your data, and a free plan of 100 projects. | Saves engineering timeA Postgres database with auth, storage and APIs in one project for $25 a month, with daily backups and a choice of 17 AWS regions. |
| Overall score | 6.5Best | 6.0 |
| Free option | Free plan | Free plan |
| Card to start | No card needed | –Not measured |
| Getting access | Self-serve | Self-serve |
| Starter priceCheapest paid plan | $0.106/CU-hour | $25/mo |
| Pricing model | Usage-based | Seat + usage |
| Pricing page | Public prices | Public prices |
| Billing units | Compute-unit hours, storage and restore history (GB-month) | Plan fee, compute hours, disk (GB) |
| Free plan | 1 GB per project, 100 projects, 100 CU-hours each; no card | 500 MB per project, 2 projects; paused after 1 week inactive |
| 10 GB app with staging, per month | $28.06 on Launch, computed | $35.06 on Pro, computed |
| Point-in-time recovery | Up to 7 days on Launch at $0.20/GB-month; 30 on Scale | $100/mo add-on per 7 days; needs Small compute |
| Automatic backups at no extra charge | None; history and snapshots billed per GB | Daily, kept 7 days (Pro) |
| SOC 2 Type II report | Scale plan | Team plan ($599/mo) |
| HIPAA BAA | Scale plan, self-serve | Team plan, paid add-on |
| EU regions | Frankfurt, London | Ireland, Paris, Frankfurt, Stockholm |
| SAML SSO for the dashboard | Not listed | Listed on Team; table says Contact Us |
| Branch with production data | Yes, every branch starts as a copy | Needs the PITR add-on |
| Bottom line | From its public pages, Neon has the most generous free plan and the most flexible branches here, and usage billing suits databases that are often idle. Compliance and longer restore windows move you to Scale, at about twice the compute rate. | From its public pages, Supabase gives the most around the database: auth, storage and APIs with daily backups for $25. For a database alone, PITR as a flat add-on and per-hour branches make it the highest-priced of the three in our scenario. |
Evidence: Neon: facts checked 2026-10-15 from its public sign-up and pricing pages, no completed hands-on run; Supabase: facts checked 2026-10-15 from its public sign-up and pricing pages, no completed hands-on run. Prices in USD as listed, excluding tax. "–" means not recorded.
When to pick each
In the words of each review, with the date its facts were checked.
From our Neon review
Checked Oct 15, 2026- Pick Neon when
- You want a free plan that is not paused, branches that start with your data, and compute billed only while it runs.
- Pick Supabase when
- You want auth, storage and APIs in the same project, daily backups included, and a self-hosted option.
From our Supabase review
Checked Oct 15, 2026- Pick Supabase when
- You want auth, storage and APIs next to the database, daily backups included, and a fixed plan price.
- Pick Neon when
- You want a free plan that is not paused for inactivity, branches that start with your data, and compute billed only while it runs.
Entry price
Baseline: each product's cheapest paid plan, per month. Included usage differs, so read the line under each price.
- NeonLaunch$0.106/CU-hourNo monthly minimum; storage $0.35/GB-month
- Restore history up to 7 days at $0.20/GB-month
- Scale to zero can be turned off
- 10 branches per project, then $1.50/branch-month
- 500 GB egress per project, then $0.10/GB
- Billing support
- SupabasePro$25/moFrom $25; $10 compute credit (one Micro instance), 8 GB disk per project, then $0.125/GB
- Daily backups kept 7 days
- PITR add-on: $100/mo per 7 days
- Branching: $0.01344 per branch-hour
- Spend cap on by default
- Email support
Prices as listed on each pricing page, in USD per month, excluding tax. Observed: Neon 2026-10-15, Supabase 2026-10-15.
Which one fits
- If you need to start today without a sales call
- NeonSelf-serve sign-up, no card needed; the highest score of the 2 self-serve products here (6.5/10).
- If you want to try it without entering a card
- NeonFree plan, no card needed; scored 6.5/10.
- Lowest starter price
- Supabase$25/mo for the Pro plan. Neon lists no comparable paid price.
- Highest overall score
- Neon6.5/10 (Good). The review shows the score breakdown and the run behind it.
Picked by fixed rules from the table above, not by hand. How we score
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