Side by side
Neon vs Vespa
Both stand on ai databases. Which one you can start free with, which one lets you read the code, and what each costs once you pay.
Free plan APILinuxMac+2
Neon combines managed PostgreSQL with compute that can pause during inactivity, database branching, and programmatic management. Its free tier has stated project, storage, compute, branch, and egress limits; paid plans use consumption-based billing.
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Free plan Open source APILinuxMac+3
Vespa offers varied search and ranking methods alongside self-managed and cloud deployment paths. Teams should account for Cloud quotas, the Startup plan’s development-zone limit, and trial credits that stop the application when depleted.
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| Neon | Vespa | |
|---|---|---|
| Free plan | Yes | Yes |
| Open source | Not published | Yes |
| Runs on | API, Linux, Mac, Web, Windows | API, Linux, Mac, Self-hosted, Web, Windows |
| Lowest paid plan | See the plans | See the plans |
| Plans published | 3 | 6 |
| Maker | Not published | Not published |
| Website | neon.com | vespa.ai |
| On ai databases | #6 of 40 | #2 of 40 |
Neon: what it does well
- Compute adjusts to workload and can scale to zero.
- Isolated branches share data through copy-on-write storage.
- Supports high availability and point-in-time recovery.
- Provides an API and documented integration workflows.
- Free plan includes 10 projects.
What to know first
- Free plan storage is 0.5 GB per project.
- Free plan egress is limited to 5 GB monthly.
- Free plan allows 10 branches per project.
- Launch and Scale usage is billed by consumption.
Vespa: what it does well
- Supports vector, tensor, positional text, and structured-data search.
- Can scale clusters without impacting queries or writes.
- Supports ONNX and XGBoost ranking models.
- Cloud trial includes $300 in credits without a card.
- Cloud handles encryption and automatic OS patching.
What to know first
- Cloud plans have quotas.
- Startup is limited to development zones.
- Startup has community support only, with no SLA.
- Enclave adds cloud-provider resource costs.