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Sovaria vs Neon
Neon is serverless Postgres: databases that scale to zero, branch instantly and bill per compute-hour, with an optional Data API and Neon Auth. Sovaria is a full backend around Postgres: each project also has user sign-in, file storage, functions, realtime, documents, access rules with simulation and an AI engineer. Choose Neon when you only need a database; choose Sovaria when you want the rest of the backend in the same place.
Facts about Neon from its own pages, checked on 21 October 2026: Neon pricing.
Side by side
| Topic | Sovaria | Neon |
|---|---|---|
| Postgres | Postgres 16 per project; dedicated on paid plans | Serverless Postgres with autoscaling and scale to zero |
| Branching | Environments (staging, API versions) and a change timeline | Instant copy-on-write branches |
| Auth | Full auth: email, magic links, social, passkeys, MFA, SSO | Neon Auth |
| Storage, functions, realtime | Built in | Not included (use other services) |
| Documents (NoSQL) | Collections with a Firestore-style API | None (JSONB columns) |
| Access control | Row-level security plus default-deny rules and simulation | Postgres roles and row-level security |
| Billing | Fixed monthly plans with allowances; rupee prices in India | Usage-based per CU-hour and GB-month, no monthly minimum |
Pricing
Sovaria
- Free: $0, 1 project, 500 MB database, 5,000 MAU, 1 GB files, 2 GB bandwidth, paused after 7 days without activity
- Pro: $29 a month (₹2,499 in India), 1 project, 8 GB database, 50,000 MAU, 25 GB files, 25 GB bandwidth
- Ultra: $99 a month (₹9,999 in India), 10 projects, 25 GB database, 200,000 MAU, 100 GB files, 75 GB bandwidth
- Team: $599 a month (₹49,999 in India), 100 projects, 100 GB database, 500,000 MAU, 500 GB files, 400 GB bandwidth
- Enterprise: custom contract
Neon
- Free: $0, 100 CU-hours and 1 GB storage per project, scales to zero after 5 minutes
- Launch: usage-based, $0.106 per CU-hour and $0.35 per GB-month
- Scale: usage-based, $0.222 per CU-hour, more projects and branches
Which to choose
Choose Neon if
- You only need a Postgres database and already have auth, storage and functions elsewhere.
- You want instant database branches per pull request, or scale to zero for many small databases.
Choose Sovaria if
- You want auth, storage, functions, realtime and the database in one project with one set of rules.
- You want a predictable monthly price, or to pay in rupees.
Questions
Can I move a Neon database to Sovaria?
Yes. sov import postgres copies the schema, data and, where you have them, users with their password hashes; pg_dump and psql work too.
Is Sovaria serverless Postgres?
No. Paid plans get a dedicated Postgres database with a compute credit; Free projects share capacity and pause after a week without activity.
Try Sovaria on the free plan
A project takes a minute, and the import commands show everything before they write.