Neon Has a Free API: The Serverless Postgres That Scales to Zero and Branches Your Database Like Git

Your Postgres instance runs 24/7 even when nobody's using your app. That's $50-200/mo for a database that's idle 90% of the time. Neon is serverless Postgres — it scales to zero when idle (you pay nothing), wakes up in 150ms on the first query, and lets you branch your entire database like a git branch. What Neon Actually Does Neon is a fully managed serverless Postgres provider. It separates storage from compute, which enables two killer features: scale-to-zero (compute shuts down when idle, restarts on demand) and database branching (instant copy-on-write clones of your entire database). You get a standard Postgres connection string. Any Postgres client, ORM, or tool works unchanged. But underneath, Neon's architecture means you only pay for what you use, and you can create instant database copies for development, testing, or preview environments. Free tier: 0.5 GB storage, 1 project with 10 branches, always-available compute. Paid plans start at $19/mo for autoscaling. Quick Start S