Neon opens AI Gateway to Free plan users with $5 prepaid credits
What happened
Between the Nov 2, 2026 and Nov 9, 2026 captures of Neon's pricing page, Pulse recorded one change: AI Gateway (LLM/model API access) is now available on the Free plan, previously restricted to Launch and Scale. Free users enable it by adding a card and buying prepaid credits ($5 minimum); the account stays on the Free plan. Pulse files it as a product change (feature added). The current page lists Launch at $0.11 per CU-hour + $0.20 per GB-month (history/instant restore storage) and Scale at $0.20 per GB-month (history/instant restore storage) + $0.35 per GB-month (database storage).
It lands 7 days after Neon's previous change, "Neon reframes its every-plan feature grid around the backend suite" (Nov 1, 2026). Before that Pulse recorded "Neon adds Realtime (Beta) to Free, Launch and Scale plans, free during beta" (Oct 19, 2026), "Neon doubles Free plan storage to 1 GB per project, up from 0.5 GB" (Oct 4, 2026) and "Neon: spending limits replaced with alert-only notifications" (Aug 17, 2026). Neon has been tracked since 2026-04-26.
In the same window Google Cloud, Vercel, Aws and Digitalocean also changed their Cloud & DevOps pricing pages. Those moves are listed further down, and the Pulse Agent can compare them side by side.
- Feature addedLaunch, ScaleFeature
AI Gateway (LLM/model API access) is now available on the Free plan, previously restricted to Launch and Scale. Free users enable it by adding a card and buying prepaid credits ($5 minimum); the account stays on the Free plan.
| Plan | Field | Before | After | Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Launch, Scale | Feature | AI Gateway (LLM/model API access) is now available on the Free plan, previously restricted to Launch and Scale. Free users enable it by adding a card and buying prepaid credits ($5 minimum); the account stays on the Free plan. | 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 Nov 2, 2026 and Nov 9, 2026; the change is marked around the middle of the page.
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Neon, the last 90 days
Full historyDates are the day each change was detected, Eastern time.
- Nov 8, 2026Feature addedNeon opens AI Gateway to Free plan users with $5 prepaid credits This change
- Nov 1, 2026PackagingNeon reframes its every-plan feature grid around the backend suite
- Oct 19, 2026ImprovementNeon adds Realtime (Beta) to Free, Launch and Scale plans, free during beta
- Oct 4, 2026PackagingNeon doubles Free plan storage to 1 GB per project, up from 0.5 GB
- Aug 17, 2026ImprovementNeon: spending limits replaced with alert-only notifications
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- DigitaloceanSep 28Digitalocean launches AI Harness Runtime and Action Gateway pricing tiers
Questions about this change
Did Neon raise prices in November 2026?
No list-price increase was recorded between Nov 2, 2026 and Nov 9, 2026 UTC. The change Pulse detected was a product change: feature added.
What changed on Neon's pricing page between Nov 2, 2026 and Nov 9, 2026 UTC?
AI Gateway (LLM/model API access) is now available on the Free plan, previously restricted to Launch and Scale. Free users enable it by adding a card and buying prepaid credits ($5 minimum); the account stays on the Free plan. Pulse compared the captures it took on Nov 2, 2026 and Nov 9, 2026 UTC; the before/after table above lists each item as written on the page.
How often does Neon change its pricing?
Pulse recorded 4 other pricing-page changes for Neon in the 90 days before this one; the previous change was "Neon reframes its every-plan feature grid around the backend suite" on Nov 1, 2026; Neon has been tracked since 2026-04-26.