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Paid plans start at $15/mo. There's also a free plan.
Neon has a free plan, while paid plans are usage-based: Launch lists a typical spend of $15/month and Scale $701/month. Those are typical spends, not flat subscriptions; compute, storage and add-ons can change the bill. Free includes 100 projects, 100 CU-hours monthly per project and 1 GB storage per project. Neon publishes no annual price. Budget against expected database use, then account for branches, history, backups, object storage, functions and network transfer rather than treating the headline spend as a cap.
01Every plan, line by line
| Plan | Billed annually | Billed monthly | Built for |
|---|---|---|---|
| Free | — | $0 | Building and learning |
| Launch | — | $15 | Intermittent-load databases |
| Scale | — | $701 | High-load production databases |
Add-ons and overages
- Additional branches: $0.002 per branch-hour on Launch and Scale
- Database history: $0.20 per GB-month on Launch and Scale
- Snapshots and scheduled backups: $0.09 per GB-month on Launch and Scale
- Object Storage: $0.023 per GB-month on Launch and Scale
- Network transfer: Launch and Scale include 500 GB per project, then $0.10/GB
- Scale private network transfer: $0.01/GB
- Functions: $0.10 per active capacity-hour and $0.025 per waiting capacity-hour on Launch; $0.12 and $0.03, respectively, on Scale
- Functions invocations: $0.60 per 1 million on Launch and Scale
02What the plan grid doesn't tell you
Branches and history
On Launch and Scale, additional branches cost $0.002 per branch-hour; database history costs $0.20 per GB-month.
Backups and object storage
Snapshots and scheduled backups cost $0.09 per GB-month. Object Storage costs $0.023 per GB-month on Launch and Scale.
Network transfer
Launch and Scale include 500 GB per project, then charge $0.10/GB. Scale private network transfer is $0.01/GB.
Function usage
Functions have capacity-hour charges, plus $0.60 per million invocations on both paid plans.
03Which plan should you buy?
| If you are… | Get | Why |
|---|---|---|
| Learning or building projects | Free | Includes 100 projects, 100 CU-hours monthly per project and 1 GB storage per project. |
| Intermittent-load databases | Launch | The listed typical spend is $15/month, with usage-based compute and storage charges. |
| High-load production databases | Scale | The listed typical spend is $701/month; the plan includes HIPAA and private networking. |
04Is Neon worth the money?
Neon can justify its price for teams that want serverless Postgres alongside authentication, functions, object storage and an AI Gateway. The trade-off is that Launch’s $15 and Scale’s $701 figures are typical monthly spends, not flat fees, and several services meter separately. For a small project, Free’s limits may be enough; for production, model compute, storage, transfer and function usage first. We would not choose from the headline price alone.
Neon pricing FAQ
What is the monthly fee for Neon?
Neon has a $0 Free plan. The pricing page lists Launch at a typical $15/month and Scale at a typical $701/month, both usage-based rather than fixed monthly subscriptions. Your bill can also include compute, storage, network transfer and add-ons, so those typical spends are not a guaranteed ceiling.
How much does 1 gram of neon cost?
Neon’s pricing is for its database and backend platform, not elemental neon. The published platform pricing information does not list a price for one gram of neon gas, so we can’t give a supported figure for that.
Can you buy neon gas?
The Neon platform pricing information covers database plans and usage-based services; it does not say whether or where neon gas can be purchased. It also does not list gas prices. Check a supplier that sells industrial or laboratory gases for availability and pricing.
Is Neon SQL free?
Neon offers a Free plan for its Postgres database service. It includes 100 projects, 100 CU-hours monthly per project and 1 GB storage per project, with up to 2 CU. That makes it free within those limits, not an unlimited free plan.