Neon Postgres
Serverless Postgres database with built-in auth, functions, storage, and AI gateway. Designed for modern apps and AI agents with instant branching and autoscaling.
Neon Postgres is an open-source alternative to:
Neon is a serverless Postgres database platform built for modern applications and AI agents. It combines Lakebase Postgres with integrated authentication, serverless functions, S3-compatible storage, and an AI gateway into a unified backend.
Key Features
- Lakebase Postgres: Storage-compute separation for instant scaling and branching
- Built-in Auth: Authentication integrated directly into your database
- Serverless Functions: Compute next to your data for low-latency operations
- Object Storage: S3-compatible storage that branches alongside your database
- AI Gateway: Single API for frontier and open-source AI models
- Autoscaling: Automatic instance sizing based on workload demands
- Branching: Faster Postgres workflows with instant database branches
- Instant Restore: Recover from mistakes in seconds
- Vector & Hybrid Search: Advanced search capabilities for AI applications
Tech / Self-Hosting
Neon is a fully managed cloud service built on Lakebase Postgres architecture. While the core technology is open source (available at https://github.com/neondatabase/neon), the managed service includes additional features like the AI gateway, authentication, and advanced tooling. The platform is designed for high availability with automatic failover and regional replication. For self-hosting the open-source components, documentation is available in the GitHub repository, though the full managed experience requires Neon's cloud infrastructure.