| Neon | PlanetScale Postgres | PlanetScale Vitess | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pricing | |||
| Free Tier |
Yes
Projects: 100, Branches Per Project: 10
|
No | No |
| Tiers |
Free
Free
|
Postgres EBS Non-HA
$5/mo
|
Vitess Non-Metal
$39/mo
|
|
Launch
Free
|
Postgres EBS HA
$15/mo
|
Vitess Metal
$609/mo
|
|
|
Scale
Free
|
Postgres Metal
$50/mo
|
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| Portability | |||
| Switching Cost | drop-in | drop-in | moderate |
| Open Standard | PostgreSQL wire protocol | PostgreSQL wire protocol | MySQL wire protocol |
| What You Lose | Serverless autoscaling, scale-to-zero, database branching, instant restore, Neon Auth | Managed HA clustering, EBS/Metal storage tier options, PlanetScale dashboard and metrics | Vitess horizontal sharding, non-blocking schema changes, managed HA clustering, metal storage tiers |