# Neon vs. Supabase: Which One Should I Choose > Neon and Supabase are the 2 new generation Postgres service providers. This is an extensive comparison between Neon and Supabase on architecture, compatibility, agentic workload, developer workflow, scalability, operability, integration, compliance, pricing and more. Tianzhou | 2025-04-28 | Source: https://www.bytebase.com/blog/neon-vs-supabase/ --- > **Note:** This post is maintained by Bytebase, an open-source database DevSecOps tool that can manage both Neon and Supabase (it's PG after all). We update the post every year. | Update History | Comment | | -------------- | ---------------------------------- | | 2024/07/02 | Initial version. | | 2025/04/28 | Updated for 2025. Improved pricing | | 2025/05/19 | Add agentic workload | Besides the typical Postgres service providers like AWS RDS, Google Cloud SQL, DigitalOcean Managed Databases, [Neon](https://neon.tech/) and [Supabase](https://supabase.com/) are the two modern Postgres service providers. > **Note:** On May 14, 2025, Databricks has [announced](https://www.databricks.com/blog/databricks-neon) to acquire Neon. On the surface, Neon and Supabase are different products. Neon is a database service. While Supabase is a BaaS (Backend-as-a-Service) and Postgres is one of its included service. They are comparable because they both offer a **developer-friendly**, **scalable** Postgres service. In the agentic era, each aims to become the de-facto database for agentic workloads. ![reddit](/content/blog/neon-vs-supabase/reddit.webp) And their websites certainly don't help the choice easier. ![neon-website](/content/blog/neon-vs-supabase/neon-site.webp) ![supabase-website](/content/blog/neon-vs-supabase/supabase-site.webp) At Bytebase, we are Postgres fans. Our founders build [Google Cloud SQL for PostgreSQL](https://cloud.google.com/sql) and Bytebase also chooses Postgres to store its own metadata. Below we compare Neon and Supabase from the following dimensions: - [Architecture](#architecture) - [Compatibility](#compatibility) - [Branching](#branching) - [Agentic Workload](#agentic-workload) - [Operability](#operability) - [Integration](#integration) - [Compliance](#compliance) - [Open Source](#open-source) - [Pricing](#pricing) ## Architecture Neon is a shared-storage architecture. It separates the compute and storage. The compute part is just normal Postgres server, the storage part is a custom-built multi-tenant storage system shared by all Postgres compute nodes. ![neon-arch](/content/blog/neon-vs-supabase/neon-arch.webp) Supabase is a battery-included Postgres platform. It uses vanilla Postgres as the core and augments the database with various middlewares. ![supabase-arch](/content/blog/neon-vs-supabase/supabase-arch.webp) ## Compatibility Neon is mostly compatible with vanilla Postgres whereas Supabase is a dedicated vanilla Postgres instance. They both bear the limitations of a hosted database service (e.g. no superuser). - [Neon compatibility](https://neon.tech/docs/reference/compatibility) - [Supabase compatibility](https://supabase.com/docs/guides/database/postgres/roles-superuser) ## Branching Both Neon and Supabase are targeting developers, and they both offer a branching feature. Neon purpose-built paging layer has copy-on-write (CoW), which enables database cloning instantaneous and cost-effective. ![neon-branch](/content/blog/neon-vs-supabase/neon-branch.webp) Supabase branching integrates with Git repository. It provisions a new empty database, runs the migration script and initializes the seed data. Overall, Neon's instant branch cloning is closer to the Git semantics. ## Agentic Workload Both Neon and Supabase highlight AI agents as a primary use case. ![neon-agent](/content/blog/neon-vs-supabase/neon-ai-agent.webp) ![supabase-agent](/content/blog/neon-vs-supabase/supabase-ai-agent.webp) In fact, one of the key reasons Databricks likely acquired Neon is its architecture’s strong alignment with agentic workloads. ![neon-4x-agent-db](/content/blog/neon-vs-supabase/neon-4x-agent-db.webp) While more AI app builders today—such as [Lovable](https://lovable.dev/) and [bolt](https://bolt.new/)—are adopting Supabase, Neon's instant provisioning and scale-to-zero capabilities make it better suited for agentic applications. ## Integration Neon integrates with application platforms such as Vercel to provide a high-fidelity preview environment. Supabase is an application platform by itself. Thus it boasts a wide variety of integrations. ![supabase-integration](/content/blog/neon-vs-supabase/supabase-integration.webp) Also there are quite a few SaaS boilerplates based on Supabase. ## Compliance Both Neon and Supabase achieves SOC2 Type 2. Supabase is additionally HIPAA compliant, a requirement for storing health data such as medical records: - [Neon security](https://neon.tech/docs/security/security-overview) - [Supabase security](https://supabase.com/security) ## Open Source Neon [open sources](https://github.com/neondatabase/neon) its entire database codebase under Apache-2.0 license. Supabase also [open sources](https://github.com/supabase/supabase) its entire platform under Apache-2.0 license. Supabase is one of the most popular repositories on GitHub, while Neon's star growth is also impressive. [![neon-vs-supabase](/content/blog/neon-vs-supabase/supabase-vs-neon.webp)](https://star-history.com/#supabase/supabase&neondatabase/neon&Date) ## Pricing Both Neon and Supabase offer a free tier and tiered pricing models that scale with usage. However, their pricing structures differ significantly in how they charge for resources. Neon uses a compute-hours model with the ability to scale to zero when not in use. Their pricing is based on: 1. **Base subscription fee** (Free, Launch at $19/month, Scale at $69/month, Business at $700/month) 1. **Compute hours consumed** (each plan includes a set amount) 1. **Storage used** (regular and archive storage) The Free plan includes 191.9 compute hours per month (enough to run a 0.25 CU compute 24/7) and 0.5 GB of storage. Paid plans include more compute hours and storage, with the option to purchase additional resources as needed. Supabase uses a dedicated compute instance model with hourly billing. Their pricing is based on: 1. **Base subscription fee** (Free, Pro at $25/month, Team at $599/month, Enterprise with custom pricing) 1. **Compute instance size** (from Nano to 16XL) 1. **Usage-based components** (active users, storage, bandwidth, etc.) The Free plan includes a Nano compute instance with shared CPU and up to 0.5 GB of memory, 500 MB of database storage, and 50,000 monthly active users. Paid plans include $10/month in compute credits and additional resources. ## Neon or Supabase If you want a Postgres database without whistles and bells, Neon is almost the perfect database a developer would desire. It has serverless, branching, auto-scaling. If you're looking for a dedicated Postgres instance or are looking to build a full-stack application, Supabase has everything you need. It has database, auth, APIs, and more, with continuous improvements to its dashboard and developer experience. ## Other Comparisons - [PlanetScale vs. Neon](/blog/planetscale-vs-neon) - [Postgres vs. MySQL](/blog/postgres-vs-mysql) - [Postgres vs. MongoDB](/blog/postgres-vs-mongodb) - [MySQL vs. MariaDB](/blog/mysql-vs-mariadb)