{"id":"neon-api","name":"Neon","homepage":"https://neon.tech","repo_url":"https://github.com/neondatabase/neon","category":"database","subcategories":["serverless-postgres","cloud-database","branching","developer-tooling"],"tags":["neon","postgres","serverless","branching","scale-to-zero","vercel","mcp-server","management-api","database-branching","ai-ready"],"what_it_does":"Neon is a serverless PostgreSQL platform that separates compute from storage to enable instant database branching, scale-to-zero, and autoscaling. Each Neon branch is a full copy-on-write snapshot of the database, enabling safe schema migrations, isolated test environments, and per-PR previews with zero additional storage cost until data diverges. The Management API (REST) controls infrastructure: creating projects, branches, compute endpoints, and roles. The official Neon MCP server (25+ tools) gives AI agents direct control over the full Neon platform — running SQL, managing migrations on temporary branches, analyzing slow queries, and provisioning databases — making Neon one of the most agent-ready databases available.","use_cases":["Creating isolated database branches per GitHub PR for zero-risk preview deployments","Running schema migrations on a temporary branch with automatic rollback on failure","Serverless Postgres for web apps with unpredictable traffic (scales to zero, no idle cost)","Multi-tenant architectures with programmatic project/database provisioning per tenant","AI agent workflows using MCP server to run SQL, explain query plans, and suggest indexes","Read replica provisioning for analytics workloads without impacting primary write performance"],"not_for":["Long-running database connections requiring persistent compute without connection pooling","Applications needing sub-millisecond cold-start latency without always-on compute","Workloads requiring PostgreSQL extensions not supported by Neon (e.g., PostGIS has limited support)","Environments requiring on-premise or self-hosted PostgreSQL"],"best_when":"You want a developer-first serverless Postgres with instant database branching for CI/CD workflows, agent-driven schema migrations, and scale-to-zero cost management — especially in Vercel or serverless edge environments.","avoid_when":"You have persistent high-concurrency workloads that would never scale to zero, need always-on low-latency compute, or depend on Postgres extensions not supported by Neon.","alternatives":[{"id":"supabase-api","reason":"Supabase adds auth, storage, and realtime on top of Postgres; better as a full backend platform"},{"id":"planetscale-api","reason":"PlanetScale has similar branching but is MySQL-based; no free tier since 2024"},{"id":"turso-api","reason":"Turso uses SQLite/libSQL for edge deployments; better for per-user database-per-tenant patterns"}],"af_score":87.2,"security_score":82.0,"reliability_score":null,"package_type":"mcp_server","discovery_source":["github"],"priority":"low","status":"evaluated","version_evaluated":"current","last_evaluated":"2026-03-01T09:50:05.989938+00:00","performance":{"latency_p50_ms":5,"latency_p99_ms":100,"uptime_sla_percent":99.9,"rate_limits":"Management API: 700 requests/minute, 40/second burst. Database connections: standard PostgreSQL limits via Neon proxy.","data_source":"llm_estimated","measured_on":null}}