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Neon Postgres

Managed Postgres with branching and optional pgvector.

Cloud DBaaS · Not established · Hosted service; open-source components have separate licensesRevision 2026-09-14.1 · unreviewedNeeds recheck · recheck 2026-10-140 attestations · checked 2026-09-14

What we do not know yet · 2 open gaps

  • Which pinned versions, topology and service tier fit the intended workload?
  • What are measured correctness, latency, recovery and total operating cost under that workload?

Applies to: Unpinned upstream documentation accessed 2026-09-14; pin engine, extension and service versions before use. · Neon hosted Postgres; vector claims require enabling pgvector per database. Other backend services are excluded.

Applicability, 1 recheck triggers & verification plan

Applicability

Unpinned upstream documentation accessed 2026-09-14; pin engine, extension and service versions before use.

Neon hosted Postgres; vector claims require enabling pgvector per database. Other backend services are excluded.

Excludes: Runtime verification; Workload benchmarks and cost comparisons; Unlisted extensions, service tiers and deployment configurations

Recheck when

  • Upstream version, license, API, service plan or storage topology changes.

Needs recheck · due

Verification plan

  1. Pin the target configuration and define workload fixtures, access and budget.
  2. With authorization, test concurrent writes and recovery against explicit correctness expectations.
  3. For vector workloads, measure filtered recall against an exact-search baseline and record index settings.

Provenance & review

Testedknowhow database research

Commissioned by a Nimbalyst maintainer. Documentation synthesis; no independent review or product execution.

Revision 2026-09-14.1 · unreviewed · checked

0 attestations · Content: Unlicensed prototype; redistribution decision pending

← Databases & storage

Relational / Vector · Managed service

Neon hosted Postgres; vector claims require enabling pgvector per database. Other backend services are excluded.

Catalog components: PostgreSQL ↗

Target sources: Neon documentation ↗ Neon pgvector ↗

Capability claims · 7 / 17 sourced

Standing condition: these are documentation claims at the source capture date, with outcome “claimed”; no runtime execution is recorded. Dossier applicability and limitations apply throughout. Expand a row for its statement, specific scope and contradictions. Numbered citations resolve to the source locator and capture date below. Missing evidence means Unknown, not No. Sources are unpinned unless marked “Pinned”; this marks source stability, not stronger support or runtime verification. Reuse counts refer to claims in the full dossier; repeated citations do not represent independent sources.

Yes Documented within scope Partial Limited form of the feature No Explicit evidence of absence Unknown No evidence recorded. These are support assessments, not quality scores or runtime verification.

Data model

SQL queriesYes
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Provides hosted Postgres.

Search

Vector similarity searchYes
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Supports vector similarity with pgvector enabled.

Approximate nearest neighborsYes
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Supports HNSW and IVFFlat through pgvector.

Operations

Point-in-time recoveryYes
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Documents instant restore.

Scope: Restore window and availability depend on configuration and plan.

Database branchingYes
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Supports database branching.

Compute autoscalingYes
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Provides compute autoscaling and scale to zero.

Architecture

Managed database serviceYes
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Offers serverless managed Postgres.

Unknown · 10 capabilities without evidence

Interface images & local attachments

Sources · 2

[1]Neon documentation ↗5 / 7 claims
vendor-documentation · locator & rights

Products: Lakebase Postgres

Link and original paraphrase only; upstream rights retained.

[2]Neon pgvector ↗2 / 7 claims
vendor-documentation · locator & rights

Enable extension; supported search and indexes

Link and original paraphrase only; upstream rights retained.