Neon vs Xata

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.

Xata is cheaper by $25.88/mo (35%) 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

XataStandard

Lower cost

$47.28/mo

Platform fee

No monthly minimum

incl.

Compute — Small (2 GB RAM)

$0.024/hr × 720 hours

$17.28

Storage (NVMe)

100 GB × $0.3/GB-mo

$30.00

Egress

No separate egress billing documented

incl.

Compute: Small (2 GB RAM). Rate: $0.024/hr. At 720 hours/month (always-on). Storage is NVMe ($0.30/GB). EBS pricing listed as coming soon on Xata's pricing page.

Rates verified 2026-05 — Xata 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 Xata excels at

Copy-on-write branches: instant zero-copy database branches for development and staging.
Scale-to-zero: instances sleep when idle — no charge for unused hours.
Data anonymization built-in: scrub PII in branch copies automatically.
Advanced observability: query analytics and slow-query detection in the dashboard.
Kubernetes-native: deploy on your own cluster (Bring Your Own Cloud enterprise option).

Compatible

Building on Neon or Xata?

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