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 pageNeon vs Nhost
Our take
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. Pick Nhost if app teams who will stay on Starter at $0 / month (1 project, 1 GB database) while they open a first customers table, then buy Pro at $25 / month when they want backups, 10 GB Postgres, and email support.
Best for
Neon Postgres metered in CU-hours and GB
Nhost Tables, auth, and storage you start at $0
Free plan
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
Nhost $0 · / month. Free forever. 1 project. Project paused after 1 week of inactivity. 1 GB database. 1 GB storage. 5 GB egress. Functions, realtime APIs, IaC, unlimited users, OAuth, community support
Lowest paid
Neon Launch $0.106
Nhost Pro $25
Next step up
Neon Scale $0.222
Nhost
Coding agent
Neon Branching
Nhost
Runs where
Neon
Nhost Hosted
Watch out
Neon Free suspends when CU-hours or 5 GB egress are gone
Nhost Starter $0 pauses the project after one inactive week
Last checked
Neon 2026-10-22 · neon.com/pricing
Nhost 2026-10-23 · nhost.io/pricing
Which one, then?
Pick Nhost if
app teams who will stay on Starter at $0 / month (1 project, 1 GB database) while they open a first customers table, then buy Pro at $25 / month when they want backups, 10 GB Postgres, and email support.
Read the Nhost page