Neon vs PlanetScale: free tier limits side by side
The free tier limit rows of Neon and PlanetScale, as each vendor's public page listed them. Data collected on 2026-10-05.
Each column keeps the order of that tool's own page. A row puts two items next to each other by position only: they are the same kind of limit only when the item names say so. This page ranks nothing and picks neither tool.
| Neon | PlanetScale |
|---|---|
| Projects: 100 | Lowest listed price (Postgres PS-5, single node): $5/month |
| Compute: 100 CU-hours/project | PS-5 resources: 1/16 vCPU, 512 MiB RAM |
| Storage: 1 GB/project, 20 GB account total | Postgres PS-5 HA (3-node cluster): $15/month |
| Branches per project: 10 | Free plan allowance: not stated by the vendor |
| Network egress: 5 GB per project | |
| Autoscaling: Up to 2 CU (8 GB RAM) | |
| History window: 6 hours (1 GB limit) |
Tool pages
Each tool page has the card and commercial use terms, the gotchas and the address of the vendor page that was read.
- Is Neon still free? Yes
- Is PlanetScale still free? No free plan
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