How to Build Your Own Neon
Replace Neon with a custom build. Serverless Postgres — Ship faster
Build Difficulty: 4/5
A few focused days to build a solid replacement
Estimated Timeline
Based on 23 features at Few Days difficulty, expect about 3-5 days with AI-assisted development.
Recommended Tech Stack
Full-stack React framework with API routes and server components
PostgreSQL database, auth, and real-time subscriptions
Utility-first styling for rapid UI development
Key Features to Replicate
Top features across 8 categories. See all 23 features
Security(7 features)
User authentication and management built in to the database with no platform fees, includes multi-factor authentication
Mask sensitive data with realistic fake values, enabling safe testing and sharing of datasets
GDPR and ISO compliance included across all plans
Meet compliance requirements without high spend commitments
Control network access with IP allowlisting
+2 more in this category
Infrastructure(3 features)
Automatically scales CPU, memory and storage to fit workload, scales to zero when idle, separated compute and storage architecture prevents performance degradation
Makes it cheap and fast to save point-in-time versions of database and restore previous state when necessary
Inactive databases pause on their own when idle, keeping fleet efficient and cost-effective
API(2 features)
Manage databases via API with quota controls and fleet scaling, spin up databases in milliseconds
Data API compatible with PostgREST, included on all plans
Development(2 features)
Obsolete branches delete themselves automatically after work is complete
Create copy-on-write editable copies of databases instantly with git-like branching, saving space and time for development and testing
Monitoring(2 features)
Real-time visibility into usage and performance with built-in dashboards in console
Forward logs and metrics directly to Datadog or any OTel-compatible service with no extra fees
Performance(2 features)
All Neon databases can use pooled connections built on pgBouncer, supports up to 10,000 connections
Offload read-heavy queries without added storage costs
Reliability(2 features)
Multi-AZ storage by default without need for HA standbys
99.95% uptime guaranteed by SLA for all workloads in Scale plan
AI(1 features)
Codegen and agent platforms rely on Neon to run backend for user-generated apps
Cost Calculator
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