Neon adds Realtime (Beta) to Free, Launch and Scale plans, free during beta
What happened
Between the Oct 12, 2026 and Oct 19, 2026 captures of Neon's pricing page, Pulse recorded one change: Realtime (Beta) added to Free, Launch and Scale plan features and the usage table; free during beta, with compute and egress billed as usual. Pulse files it as a product change (feature added) with an upward direction. The current page lists Launch at $0.11 per CU-hour + $0.2 per GB-month (history/instant restore storage) and Scale at $0.2 per GB-month (history/instant restore storage) + $0.35 per GB-month (database storage).
It lands 14 days after Neon's previous change, "Neon doubles Free plan storage to 1 GB per project, up from 0.5 GB" (Oct 5, 2026). Before that Pulse recorded "Neon: spending limits replaced with alert-only notifications" (Aug 17, 2026) and "Neon: AI Gateway drops post-beta "no markup" pricing guarantee" (Jul 27, 2026). Neon has been tracked since 2026-04-26.
In the same window Vercel, Digitalocean, Google Cloud and Netlify also changed their Cloud & DevOps pricing pages. Those moves are listed further down, and the Pulse Agent can compare them side by side.
- Launch, Scale · FeatureFeature added
Realtime (Beta) added to Free, Launch and Scale plan features and the usage table; free during beta, with compute and egress billed as usual
| Plan | Field | Before | After | Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Launch, Scale | Feature | Realtime (Beta) added to Free, Launch and Scale plan features and the usage table; free during beta, with compute and egress billed as usual | Feature added | |
Values as written on Neon's public pricing page in the two captures Pulse compared; where the page states no number, the cells give the wording before and after.
Evidence
The two captures Pulse comparedFull-page captures of Neon's pricing page (neon.com) from Oct 12, 2026 and Oct 19, 2026; the change is marked near the top of the page.
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Neon, the last 90 days
Full history- Oct 19, 2026improvedNeon adds Realtime (Beta) to Free, Launch and Scale plans, free during beta · this change
- Oct 5, 2026improvedNeon doubles Free plan storage to 1 GB per project, up from 0.5 GB
- Aug 17, 2026improvedNeon: spending limits replaced with alert-only notifications
- Jul 27, 2026packagingNeon: AI Gateway drops post-beta "no markup" pricing guarantee
Across Cloud & DevOps in the same window
All Cloud & DevOps changes- VercelOct 19Vercel adds Daemons with usage-based Active CPU and Memory pricing
- DigitaloceanSep 28Digitalocean launches AI Harness Runtime and Action Gateway pricing tiers
- Google CloudSep 21Looker: Conversational Analytics grace period extended indefinitely
- NetlifyAug 4Netlify: Enterprise price hidden + private-by-default deploys
Questions about this change
Did Neon raise prices in October 2026?
No list-price increase was recorded between Oct 12, 2026 and Oct 19, 2026. The change Pulse detected was a product change: feature added.
What changed on Neon's pricing page between Oct 12, 2026 and Oct 19, 2026?
Realtime (Beta) added to Free, Launch and Scale plan features and the usage table; free during beta, with compute and egress billed as usual. Pulse compared the captures it took on Oct 12, 2026 and Oct 19, 2026; the before/after table above lists each item as written on the page.
How often does Neon change its pricing?
Pulse recorded 3 other pricing-page changes for Neon in the 90 days before this one; the previous change was "Neon doubles Free plan storage to 1 GB per project, up from 0.5 GB" on Oct 5, 2026; Neon has been tracked since 2026-04-26.