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  "slug": "neon",
  "name": "Neon",
  "url": "https://neon.com",
  "cat": "backend",
  "group": "back",
  "tagline": "Postgres backends for apps and agents",
  "price": "Free: 1GB storage and 100 CU-hours per project, up to 100 projects, 10 branches each. Launch is usage-based: $0.35/GB-mo storage, $0.106/CU-hour, $1.50 per extra branch-month.",
  "tier": "mixed",
  "pick": false,
  "what": "Serverless Postgres that separates storage from compute, so databases scale to zero after five minutes idle and Git-style branches copy a database instantly. The free tier covers up to 100 projects at 0.5GB storage and 100 compute-hours each, with 10 branches per project. Acquired by Databricks in 2025.",
  "why": "Instant branching means an agent can spin up a throwaway database per pull request or per experiment. Its remote MCP server at mcp.neon.tech lets Claude create projects, branch and run SQL without leaving the chat.",
  "warn": "Scale-to-zero means cold starts of roughly a second on the first query after idle, and it cannot be disabled on the Free plan. Billing meters compute-hours, not requests.",
  "install": "claude mcp add --transport http neon https://mcp.neon.tech/mcp",
  "format": "text",
  "category": {
    "key": "backend",
    "name": "Databases & backend",
    "desc": "Where your data lives. Free-tier pausing behaviour is the field to read.",
    "group": "back",
    "groupName": "Give it a backend"
  },
  "freshness": null,
  "health": {
    "ok": true,
    "status_code": 200,
    "final_url": "https://neon.com/",
    "checked_at": "2026-10-02T17:30:08.172+00:00"
  },
  "corrected_at": "2026-10-02T20:30:11.801+00:00",
  "upstream_changed_at": null
}