Comparison

Neon vs Railway

Overview

Serverless Postgres built for the cloud

Neon is a serverless PostgreSQL database with branching, autoscaling to zero, and a generous free tier, optimized for modern cloud-native development workflows.

Railway

Deploy anything. Ship everywhere.

railway.app →

Railway is a developer-first cloud platform for deploying web apps, databases, and workers with instant GitHub-connected deployments, transparent usage pricing, and zero config.

Features

—Serverless Postgres
—Database branching
—Autoscaling to zero
—Point-in-time restore
—Read replicas
—Instant provisioning
—IP allowlists
—Connection pooling

—GitHub-connected deploys
—Managed databases (Postgres, MySQL, Redis, MongoDB)
—Private networking
—Horizontal scaling
—Cron jobs
—Persistent volumes
—CLI
—Team collaboration

Pricing

Neon

freemiumFree plan available

Plan	Price	Notes
Free	Free	0.5 CU, 3GB storage, 1 project.
Launch	$19/mo	10 projects, 10GB storage.
Scale	$69/mo	50 projects, 50GB storage, read replicas.
Business	$700/mo	Unlimited projects, 500GB, SOC 2.
Enterprise	Contact sales	Custom storage, SLA, dedicated support.

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Railway

usage based

Plan	Price	Notes
Hobby	$5/mo	Includes $5 of usage credit.
Pro	$20/mo	Base monthly fee plus usage for higher limits and scale.
Enterprise	Contact sales	Custom support, security, and infrastructure options.

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