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 PowerSync
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 PowerSync if mobile / local-first teams who will stay on Cloud Free at $0 (2 GB synced, 50 clients) while they create a first Project, then buy Pro at $49/month when they need 30 GB synced and no idle deactivation.
PowerSync
hosted Postgres-to-SQLite sync desk
Best for
Neon Postgres metered in CU-hours and GB
PowerSync Offline-first sync 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
PowerSync $0 · /month. Isolated Cloud Service. 2 GB data synced / month. 500 MB hosted. 50 peak concurrent clients. 2 Service instances. 1 source DB per instance. Community support, basic alerts. Deactivated after 1 week of inactivity
Lowest paid
Neon Launch $0.106
PowerSync Pro $49/mo
Next step up
Neon Scale $0.222
PowerSync
Coding agent
Neon Branching
PowerSync
Runs where
Neon
PowerSync Hosted
Watch out
Neon Free suspends when CU-hours or 5 GB egress are gone
PowerSync Free Cloud sleeps after 1 week idle
Last checked
Neon 2026-10-22 · neon.com/pricing
PowerSync 2026-10-23 · powersync.com/pricing
Which one, then?
Pick PowerSync if
mobile / local-first teams who will stay on Cloud Free at $0 (2 GB synced, 50 clients) while they create a first Project, then buy Pro at $49/month when they need 30 GB synced and no idle deactivation.
Read the PowerSync page