Neon Has a Free Postgres — Serverless Database With Branching, Auto-Scaling, and 512MB Storage

PostgreSQL is the best database for most applications. But hosting it yourself means managing backups, replication, connection pooling, and paying for an always-on server even when nobody is using your app. Neon gives you serverless Postgres — it scales to zero when idle and wakes up in milliseconds. The free tier includes 512MB storage, branching, and their serverless driver. What You Get for Free 512 MB storage — enough for hundreds of thousands of rows Serverless — scales to zero, no idle charges Branching — git-like branches for your database Connection pooling — built-in, no PgBouncer needed Serverless driver — HTTP-based, works from edge functions Point-in-time restore — 7-day history Autoscaling — 0.25 to 2 CU on free tier One project with 10 branches Quick Start 1. Create a Database Sign up at neon.tech , create a project, grab your connection string. 2. Node.js with Serverless Driver npm install @neondatabase/serverless import { neon } from " @neondatabase/serverless " ; const