Hosting costs / Neon
Neon pricing. Free limits, real cost.
What Neon’s plans include, the limits its own docs state, and what a small project pays there each month. From Neon’s pricing pages, checked Oct 3, 2026.
The plans
The plans a small project chooses between. Larger and enterprise plans are left out.
| Plan | What you get | Worth knowing |
|---|---|---|
| FreeFree | 1 GB per project and 100 compute-hours a monthSource · checked Oct 3, 2026 | Goes to sleep after 5 minutes idle (can’t be turned off); 100 compute-hours is about 13 hours a day at the smallest size. |
| Launch, always onPaid | Pay for what you use: $0.106 per compute-hour, $0.35 per GB a month, no minimumSource · checked Oct 3, 2026 | — |
What a small project pays at Neon
The same example projects as the comparison, priced on each Neon plan for one developer.
A small database
500 MB of data. Compare every provider →
- Free$0.00 a monthInside the included 1 GB
- Launch, always on$19.53 a monthSmallest size (0.25 CU) running all month: $19.35. 500 MB stored: $0.18. If it sleeps when idle and runs 8 hours a day: about $6.63
Price changes at Neon
None recorded since we began checking on Oct 3, 2026. We re-check every month.
List prices in US dollars, monthly billing, before tax. If Neon’s own page says something different, Neon’s page is right. This page has no affiliate links.
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