Neon vs Turso: 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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Turso
Distributed SQLite for the edge.
Rank
#4
Net votes
+0
Free tier
Yes
From
$8/mo (Scaler)
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Feature comparison
| Feature | Neon | Turso |
|---|---|---|
| Database | Postgres (0.5GB free) | SQLite/libSQL (9GB free) |
| Compute Hours | 190/mo (free) | — |
| Branches | 10 (free) | — |
| Row Reads/mo | — | 1 billion (free) |
| Edge Locations | — | 3 (free) |
| Scale to Zero | Yes (free) | — |
| Connection Pooling | Yes (PgBouncer) | — |
| Read Replicas | Paid only | — |
| Backups | 7 days (Launch plan) | Manual (CLI) |
| Open Source | No (managed) | Yes (libSQL) |
| Databases | — | 500 (free) |
| Replicas | — | Yes (read replicas) |
| Branching | — | Yes |
Developer verdict
Neon leads Turso by 0 net votes in the Databases category.
Neon is currently ranked #2 with 0 upvotes. Turso is ranked #4 with 0 upvotes. Both tools are strong choices — see the free tier limits above to decide which fits your project.