Neon vs PlanetScale: Which is better in 2026?
0 developers have voted. See the side-by-side comparison and which tool the community ranks higher.
Neon Community pick
Serverless Postgres with branching and autoscaling.
Rank
#2
Net votes
+0
Free tier
Yes
From
$19/mo (Launch)
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PlanetScale
MySQL-compatible serverless database.
Rank
#3
Net votes
+0
Free tier
Yes
From
$29/mo (Scaler)
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Feature comparison
| Feature | Neon | PlanetScale |
|---|---|---|
| Database | Postgres (0.5GB free) | MySQL (Vitess) (5GB free) |
| Compute Hours | 190/mo (free) | — |
| Branches | 10 (free) | 1 production + unlimited dev (free) |
| Reads/mo | — | 1 billion (free) |
| Writes/mo | — | 10 million (free) |
| Scale to Zero | Yes (free) | — |
| Connection Pooling | Yes (PgBouncer) | Yes (built-in) |
| Read Replicas | Paid only | — |
| Backups | 7 days (Launch plan) | 7 days (Scaler plan) |
| Open Source | No (managed) | No (managed) |
| Schema Changes | — | Zero-downtime (no locking) |
Developer verdict
Neon leads PlanetScale by 0 net votes in the Databases category.
Neon is currently ranked #2 with 0 upvotes. PlanetScale is ranked #3 with 0 upvotes. Both tools are strong choices — see the free tier limits above to decide which fits your project.