Neon Serverless Postgres vs PlanetScale Serverless MySQL Database

Neon Serverless Postgres vs PlanetScale Serverless MySQL Specs
Deploy Neon Serverless
👉 0.5 GB Free Postgres • Instant Database Branching
Deploy PlanetScale MySQL
👉 5 GB Free Storage • Zero-Downtime Schema Migrations

Neon Serverless Postgres

MFA Support
Enforced via Neon console two-factor authentication and organization policies
Enterprise SSO SAML
Available on Scale and Enterprise plans with SAML directory federation
Custom Domain Support
Private networking and IP allowlists on paid tiers
Supported SDKs
PostgreSQL wire protocol, Prisma, Drizzle, Node.js, Python, Go, Java
Social Providers
GitHub, Google, and Vercel OAuth for project provisioning
Compliance Standards
SOC 2 Type II, GDPR; HIPAA BAA on Enterprise agreements
Webhook Fallback Policy
Logical replication and external webhooks via application-layer consumers
Insight: Neon Serverless Postgres
Create a branch per preview deployment and reset from main after schema experiments to avoid polluting production data.

PlanetScale Serverless MySQL

MFA Support
Enforced via PlanetScale organization two-factor authentication
Enterprise SSO SAML
Supported on Enterprise plans with SAML SSO and audit logging
Custom Domain Support
Private connectivity via AWS PrivateLink and custom host routing on paid tiers
Supported SDKs
MySQL wire protocol, Prisma, Drizzle, Rails, Laravel, Node.js mysql2
Social Providers
GitHub OAuth for organization login and deploy request automation
Compliance Standards
SOC 2 Type II, GDPR; HIPAA and PCI available on Enterprise
Webhook Fallback Policy
Deploy request webhooks with configurable retry via external automation hooks
Insight: PlanetScale Serverless MySQL
Use deploy requests and shadow tables to validate schema migrations without locking production write traffic.