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Comparison

Neon vs Prisma Postgres

Compare categories, runtimes, pricing, regions, infrastructure, and platform trade-offs.

Comparison space

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Platform

Hosting model
Managed
Managed
Database compatibility
PostgreSQL
PostgreSQL
Services
Authentication
Authentication
Functions
Functions
Managed Databases
Managed Databases
Object Storage
Object Storage
Database capabilities
Automated Backups
Automated Backups
Automatic Failover
Automatic Failover
Compute Autoscaling
Compute Autoscaling
Database Branching
Database Branching
Point-in-Time Recovery
Point-in-Time Recovery
Read Replicas
Read Replicas
Scale to Zero
Scale to Zero
Storage Autoscaling
Storage Autoscaling

Pricing

Compute billing
Plan based Neon Plans
Plan based Prisma Plans
Storage
  • Storage — $0.35 · per GB-month
  • Storage (Starter) — $2.00 · per GB above allowance
  • Storage (Pro) — $1.50 · per GB above allowance
I/O / requests
Unknown
  • Database operations (Starter) — $8 · per million operations above allowance
  • Database operations (Pro) — $2 · per million operations above allowance
Free entry / commitment
Recurring free allowances No card required
Recurring free allowances No card required

Infrastructure & Availability

Infrastructure provider
  • Amazon Web Services
Unknown
Execution & placement
  • Execution: Single Region
  • Scope: Regional
  • Execution: Single Region
  • Placement: Customer-Selected
  • Scope: Regional
Availability footprint
Unknown
  • Database regions: 6 Regions

Resource & Execution Limits

Connections
10,000 Per endpoint
10 / 100 / 500 / 1,000 Concurrent; Free / Starter / Pro / Business
Replica / branch limit
500 Per branch
Unknown

Security & Compliance

Access & identity
Access Control
Organization and project roles
Unknown
Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA)
Account 2FA and organization-wide enforcement
Unknown
Encryption & secrets
Encryption
TLS 1.2+ in transit; AES-256 at rest
Encryption at rest and in transit All plans
Network isolation & protection
Private Networking
AWS PrivateLink Scale plan
Unknown
Network Isolation
Logical customer-data segregation
Unknown
Assurances & programs
HIPAA
HIPAA capability Scale plan; BAA required
HIPAA support with signed BAA Business plan; BAA required before storing PHI
SOC Reports
SOC 2 Type II
SOC 2 Type II Business plan