Neon vs Convex

Side-by-side database cost comparison — enter your storage and compute workload and see which provider is cheaper.

Database pricing is highly variable. Costs depend on query patterns, IOPS, connection pooling, and plan-specific limits this calculator cannot fully model. Treat these as order-of-magnitude estimates.

1. Pick a workload

Choose the preset closest to your database size.

2. Fine-tune (optional)

Override the preset with your real numbers.

Convex is cheaper by $38.16/mo (52%) for this workload.

NeonLaunch

$73.16/mo

Platform fee

No monthly minimum — pay-as-you-go

incl.

Compute (0.5 CU × 720h)

0.5 CU × 720 hrs × $0.106/CU-hr

$38.16

Storage

100 GB × $0.35/GB-mo

$35.00

Egress

30 GB — within 100 GB included

incl.

Compute: 0.5 CU = 0.5 vCPU, 2 GB RAM. Always-on: 720 active hours/month billed at full CU rate.

Rates verified 2026-05 — Neon pricing page

ConvexProfessional

Lower cost

$35.00/mo

Developer seats (1)

1 developer × $25/dev/mo

$25.00

Database storage

50.0 GB overage × $0.2/GB (50 GB included)

$10.00

DB I/O (est.)

~36.0 GB est. I/O — within 50 GB included

incl.

Egress

30 GB — within 50 GB included

incl.

Per-seat pricing model: cost grows with team size, not data volume. Compare carefully against storage-based providers for larger teams.

Per-seat pricing: 1 developer × $25/mo = $25/mo base. DB I/O estimate (~0.05 GB/active hour) is a rough approximation — actual usage depends heavily on query patterns. Function call costs ($2/million) not included — too app-specific to model. Professional includes very high limits. Convex uses a document model, not Postgres. Direct SQL tools and ORMs are not compatible.

Rates verified 2026-05 — Convex pricing page

What Neon excels at

Scale-to-zero: database suspends after 5 min of inactivity — pay only for active hours.
Branching: instant database branches for feature dev, staging, and testing.
Autoscaling: compute scales from 0.25 CU up to 16 CU within seconds.
Instant restore: point-in-time restore at $0.20/GB-month, no backup window needed.
Postgres-native: no proprietary APIs — standard Postgres connection string, works with every ORM.

What Convex excels at

Reactive queries: Convex functions subscribe to data — UI updates automatically when data changes without polling.
TypeScript-native: fully typed queries, mutations, and actions — no SQL or ORM required.
Built-in scheduling and cron: run background jobs and recurring tasks without a separate queue.
Transactional mutations: all writes are fully ACID at the function level.
Real-time by default: WebSocket subscriptions are a first-class primitive, not an add-on.

Compatible

Building on Neon or Convex?

MakerKit uses standard Postgres patterns — compatible with both. Supabase is our recommended default with the most pre-built features out of the box.

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