specification: API Commons Plans
specificationVersion: '0.1'
schema: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/interface-research/main/schema/api-commons.yml#/$defs/Plans
provider: Neon
providerId: neon
created: '2026-05-04'
# Provenance stamped 2026-08-11: this artifact was written by the API Evangelist
# bulk sweep dated 2026-05-04, not harvested from the provider. See roadmap#35.
method: generated
modified: '2026-05-04'
reconciled: true
tags:
  - Database
  - Postgres
  - Serverless
description: 'Neon serverless Postgres tiers: Free / Launch / Scale.'
sources:
  - https://neon.com/pricing
plans:
  - id: neon-free
    name: Free
    type: freemium
    description: 100 CU-hours/project, 0.5 GB storage.
    entries:
      - label: CU-hours/project
        name: cu_hours
        type: quota
        metric: CU-hour
        limit: 100
        timeFrame: month
        geo: global
        unit: 1
        price: '0.00'
        userMultiplied: false
      - label: Storage/project
        name: storage
        type: quota
        metric: GB
        limit: 0.5
        timeFrame: month
        geo: global
        unit: 1
        price: '0.00'
        userMultiplied: false
      - label: MAU
        name: mau
        type: quota
        metric: MAU
        limit: 60000
        timeFrame: month
        geo: global
        unit: 1
        price: '0.00'
        userMultiplied: false
      - label: Egress
        name: egress
        type: quota
        metric: GB
        limit: 5
        timeFrame: month
        geo: global
        unit: 1
        price: '0.00'
        userMultiplied: false
    elements:
      - name: Up to 2 CU autoscaling
      - name: 1 manual snapshot
      - name: 6-hour restore window (1 GB)
  - id: neon-launch
    name: Launch
    type: paid
    description: 'Pay-as-you-go: $0.106/CU-hour, $0.35/GB-month storage.'
    entries:
      - label: Per CU-hour
        name: cu
        type: metered
        metric: CU-hour
        limit: -1
        timeFrame: usage
        geo: global
        unit: 1
        price: '0.106'
        userMultiplied: false
      - label: Per GB-month storage
        name: storage
        type: metered
        metric: GB-month
        limit: -1
        timeFrame: month
        geo: global
        unit: 1
        price: '0.35'
        userMultiplied: false
      - label: Egress included
        name: egress
        type: quota
        metric: GB
        limit: 100
        timeFrame: month
        geo: global
        unit: 1
        price: '0.00'
        userMultiplied: false
      - label: Instant restore per GB-month
        name: restore
        type: metered
        metric: GB-month
        limit: -1
        timeFrame: month
        geo: global
        unit: 1
        price: '0.20'
        userMultiplied: false
    elements:
      - name: Up to 16 CU autoscaling
      - name: Up to 1M MAU
      - name: 10 manual + scheduled snapshots
      - name: 7-day restore window
      - name: Spending limits + protected branches
  - id: neon-scale
    name: Scale
    type: paid
    description: 'Pay-as-you-go: $0.222/CU-hour, $0.35/GB-month storage.'
    entries:
      - label: Per CU-hour
        name: cu
        type: metered
        metric: CU-hour
        limit: -1
        timeFrame: usage
        geo: global
        unit: 1
        price: '0.222'
        userMultiplied: false
      - label: Per GB-month storage
        name: storage
        type: metered
        metric: GB-month
        limit: -1
        timeFrame: month
        geo: global
        unit: 1
        price: '0.35'
        userMultiplied: false
      - label: Private networking per GB
        name: private
        type: metered
        metric: GB
        limit: -1
        timeFrame: usage
        geo: global
        unit: 1
        price: '0.01'
        userMultiplied: false
    elements:
      - name: Up to 56 CU fixed or 16 CU autoscaling
      - name: Up to 1M MAU
      - name: 30-day restore window
      - name: IP allow rules
      - name: Private networking
      - name: HIPAA/SOC 2 available
      - name: Uptime SLA
x-canonical:
  generated: '2026-10-08'
  vocabulary: all/0-working/economics/plans-canonical.yml
  models:
  - free
  - metered
  units:
  - active-user
  - compute
  - data
  plans:
  - name: Free
    access: freemium
    model: free
    model_how: derived
    units:
    - active-user
    - compute
    - data
    periods:
    - month
  - name: Launch
    access: paid
    model: metered
    model_how: derived
    units:
    - compute
    - data
    periods:
    - month
    - per-use
  - name: Scale
    access: paid
    model: metered
    model_how: derived
    units:
    - compute
    - data
    periods:
    - month
    - per-use