Neon Has a Free API You Should Know About

Neon is serverless PostgreSQL with autoscaling, branching, and a generous free tier. It separates compute from storage, so you only pay for what you use.

Why Neon Changes PostgreSQL

A startup was paying $200/month for an RDS instance that was idle 90% of the time. With Neon, their dev database costs dropped to $0 (free tier) and production to $19/month with autoscaling.

Key Features:

• Autoscaling — Scale compute to zero when idle
• Database Branching — Git-like branches for databases
• Point-in-Time Recovery — Restore to any second
• Connection Pooling — Built-in PgBouncer
• Free Tier — 0.5 GB storage, 1 project, always-available compute

Quick Start

npm install @neondatabase/serverless

import { neon } from "@neondatabase/serverless"

const sql = neon(process.env.DATABASE_URL)
const posts = await sql`SELECT * FROM posts ORDER BY created_at DESC LIMIT 10`

Database Branching

neonctl branches create --name feature/new-schema
# Make schema changes on branch — production is untouched
neonctl branches delete feature/new-schema  # Clean up

Works with Everything

• Drizzle ORM, Prisma, Kysely, TypeORM
• Next.js, Nuxt, SvelteKit, Remix
• Vercel, Cloudflare Workers, Deno Deploy

Why Choose Neon

1. Scale to zero — no costs when idle
2. Branching — test schema changes safely
3. Standard PostgreSQL — no proprietary extensions needed

Check out Neon docs to get started.

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