Cloudflare D1 vs Neon: Which is better in 2026?
0 developers have voted. See the side-by-side comparison and which tool the community ranks higher.
Cloudflare D1 Community pick
SQLite at the edge on Cloudflare's network.
Rank
#5
Net votes
+0
Free tier
Yes
From
$0.75/million reads (Paid)
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Neon
Serverless Postgres with branching and autoscaling.
Rank
#2
Net votes
+0
Free tier
Yes
From
$19/mo (Launch)
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Feature comparison
| Feature | Cloudflare D1 | Neon |
|---|---|---|
| Database | SQLite (5GB free) | Postgres (0.5GB free) |
| Reads/day | 5 million (free) | — |
| Writes/day | 100k (free) | — |
| Edge Integration | Cloudflare Workers (native) | — |
| Compute Hours | — | 190/mo (free) |
| Branches | — | 10 (free) |
| Time Travel | 30 days (free) | — |
| Branching | Via Wrangler | — |
| Backups | Time Travel (built-in) | 7 days (Launch plan) |
| Open Source | No (managed) | No (managed) |
| Scale to Zero | — | Yes (free) |
| Connection Pooling | — | Yes (PgBouncer) |
| Read Replicas | — | Paid only |
Developer verdict
Cloudflare D1 leads Neon by 0 net votes in the Databases category.
Cloudflare D1 is currently ranked #5 with 0 upvotes. Neon is ranked #2 with 0 upvotes. Both tools are strong choices — see the free tier limits above to decide which fits your project.
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