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Is Supabase cheaper than Neon?

Short answer: it depends on your workload. Supabase bills around the clock; Neon scales to zero too. The two cases below flip the answer.

Bursty or idle workload
1 CU, ~4 h/day, scale-to-zero, 10 GB
Supabase$85.25
Neon$16.39
Neon is cheaper here
Steady, always-on workload
2 CU, 24/7, 50 GB
Supabase$140
Neon$172
Supabase is cheaper here

Supabase: Postgres plus a backend (auth, storage, realtime), always on. It bills $25/mo Pro floor, then compute add-ons and usage.

Neon: Serverless Postgres that scales compute to zero when idle. It bills usage-based, no monthly minimum, billed per compute-hour.

So Supabase is cheaper than Neon for steady, always-on databases, and more expensive for the other. Your real answer depends on your compute size, how many hours a day the database is active, and your storage.

Run your exact numbers

Move the sliders for your workload and see Supabase, Neon, and the others side by side.

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Is Supabase cheaper than Neon?

It depends on your workload. For a bursty or idle database, Neon is usually cheaper (about $16.39 vs $85.25 in our reference case). For a steady, always-on database, Supabase comes out ahead. Run your own numbers in the comparator.

What decides which is cheaper?

Mostly whether your database can idle. Supabase bills around the clock; Neon scales to zero and bills only while active. Compute size and storage matter too.

Whichever you pick, FluentDB is the Mac client for it.

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See also: Is Neon cheaper than Supabase? · Prices last verified 2026-08-01.