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Managed databases · 13 alternatives · Neo4j iScore 64 (#14/14)

Every managed databases provider this site tracks, ordered by iScore — the same peers Neo4j's own score is measured against. The line under each name is where its sourced facts differ from Neo4j's; where a full comparison exists, the row links to it.

Ranked by iScore
  1. SupabaseEntry paid plan: $25/month for Pro, including the first project and $10/mo of compute credits — enough to…72#1/14
  2. NeonEntry paid plan: No fixed monthly fee. Launch is usage-based — Neon's own worked example puts typical spen…69#2/14
  3. AivenKind of free offer: Always free vs Free tier69#3/14
  4. TigerDataEntry paid plan: Compute starts at $30/month on Performance, billed hourly, with storage charged separatel…69#4/14
  5. TursoEntry paid plan: $4.99/month for Developer, the cheapest paid plan. Scaler is $24.92 and Pro $416.58.69#5/14
  6. Prisma PostgresKind of free offer: Always free vs Free tier68#6/14
  7. FirebaseEntry paid plan: No plan fee and no stated minimum: Blaze is pay-as-you-go, billed to a linked Cloud Billi…68#7/14
  8. Amazon AuroraKind of free offer: Introductory free tier vs Free tier68#8/14
  9. Amazon RDSKind of free offer: Introductory free tier vs Free tier67#9/14
  10. NileEntry paid plan: $15/month for Pro, which carries a production SLA. Scale is $350/month.67#10/14
  11. PlanetScaleEntry paid plan: $5/month for a single-node Postgres database on network-attached storage; PlanetScale Met…67#11/14
  12. Crunchy BridgeEntry paid plan: $9 a month for Hobby-0 — 2 cores, 512 MB, AWS only. Crunchy says the Hobby tier runs on l…67#12/14
  13. ScaleGridFree tier: No vs Yes · Kind of free offer: Free trial vs Free tier67#13/14

Where Neo4j stands against these 13

Neo4j's own sourced figures, placed among the alternatives above that document the same thing in the same unit. A rank here is one criterion, not a verdict; the iScore above weighs all of them.

Free tier
Yes. 8 of the 12 alternatives that document it have one: Aiven, Firebase, Neon, Nile, Prisma Postgres, Supabase and 2 more.
Backup retention
Daily backups, 7-day retention on the entry-paid (Professional) tierJoint 2nd highest of the 6 that document it. Highest: Crunchy Bridge — 10 days, included in the cluster price rather than sold as a tier, and extendable by configuring additional…

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