Convex vs Neon

Our take

Pick Convex if typeScript app teams who will stay on Free $0 (1M function calls, 0.5 GB database, 1–6 developers) while they ship a prototype, then buy Professional at $25 per developer / month when they need 25M calls, log streaming, and daily backups. Pick Neon if builders who will stay on Free $0 (100 CU-hours/project, 1 GB, 10 branches), then move to Launch (pay-as-you-go, $0.106/CU-hour, $0.35/GB-month) when

Convex

reactive TypeScript backend

Visit convex.dev

Neon

serverless Postgres nest

Visit neon.com

Best for

A hosted backend you start at $0, then $25 per developer

Postgres metered in CU-hours and GB

Free plan

$0 · /month. 1–6 developers. 1M function calls then $2.20/1M (Starter pay-as-you-go). 20 GB-hours of action compute then $0.33/GB-hour. 0.5 GB database then $0.22/GB. 1 GB files then $0.033/GB. 0.5 GB search then $0.55/GB. 1 GB database I/O then $0.22/GB. 3,000 search query-GBs then $0.11/1K. 1 GB egress then $0.132/GB. 40 deployments. 1,000 concurrent sessions. Query/mutation compute is free

$0 · 100 projects. 10 branches/project. 100 CU-hours/project. Autoscaling up to 2 CU. Scale-to-zero after 5 min (cannot disable). 1 GB/project Postgres, 20 GB account. 5 GB egress/project. 6-hour history. 1 snapshot. Auth 60k MAU. 5 GB object storage. Functions: 10 active / 400 waiting Capacity-Hours, 1M invocations. Hitting CU or egress suspends compute until next cycle; storage cap blocks writes

Lowest paid

Business & Enterprise $2/mo

Launch $0.106

Next step up

Professional $25

Scale $0.222

Coding agent

Branching

Runs where

Hosted

Watch out

Free is 1M function calls and 0.5 GB of database

Free suspends when CU-hours or 5 GB egress are gone

Last checked

2026-10-22 · convex.dev/pricing

2026-10-22 · neon.com/pricing

Best for

Convex A hosted backend you start at $0, then $25 per developer

Neon Postgres metered in CU-hours and GB

Free plan

Convex $0 · /month. 1–6 developers. 1M function calls then $2.20/1M (Starter pay-as-you-go). 20 GB-hours of action compute then $0.33/GB-hour. 0.5 GB database then $0.22/GB. 1 GB files then $0.033/GB. 0.5 GB search then $0.55/GB. 1 GB database I/O then $0.22/GB. 3,000 search query-GBs then $0.11/1K. 1 GB egress then $0.132/GB. 40 deployments. 1,000 concurrent sessions. Query/mutation compute is free

Neon $0 · 100 projects. 10 branches/project. 100 CU-hours/project. Autoscaling up to 2 CU. Scale-to-zero after 5 min (cannot disable). 1 GB/project Postgres, 20 GB account. 5 GB egress/project. 6-hour history. 1 snapshot. Auth 60k MAU. 5 GB object storage. Functions: 10 active / 400 waiting Capacity-Hours, 1M invocations. Hitting CU or egress suspends compute until next cycle; storage cap blocks writes

Lowest paid

Convex Business & Enterprise $2/mo

Neon Launch $0.106

Next step up

Convex Professional $25

Neon Scale $0.222

Coding agent

Convex

Neon Branching

Runs where

Convex Hosted

Neon

Watch out

Convex Free is 1M function calls and 0.5 GB of database

Neon Free suspends when CU-hours or 5 GB egress are gone

Last checked

Convex 2026-10-22 · convex.dev/pricing

Neon 2026-10-22 · neon.com/pricing

Which one, then?

Pick Convex if

typeScript app teams who will stay on Free $0 (1M function calls, 0.5 GB database, 1–6 developers) while they ship a prototype, then buy Professional at $25 per developer / month when they need 25M calls, log streaming, and daily backups.

Read the Convex page

Pick Neon if

builders who will stay on Free $0 (100 CU-hours/project, 1 GB, 10 branches), then move to Launch (pay-as-you-go, $0.106/CU-hour, $0.35/GB-month) when writes or idle-always-on matter.

Read the Neon page

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