Platform overview
The Neon platform, in brief. Neon is a full backend platform for apps and agents, not just a database. For an overview of every product, start at the Neon documentation home. Postgres Auth Data API Ob...
The Neon platform, in brief
Section titled “The Neon platform, in brief”Neon is a full backend platform for apps and agents, not just a database. For an overview of every product, start at the Neon documentation home.
Postgres
Serverless Postgres with branching, autoscaling, scale to zero, and instant restore.
Auth
Managed Better Auth with sign-up, OAuth, and sessions. Users live in your Postgres and branch with it.
Data API
HTTPS queries with no backend code. Drop-in compatible with Supabase.
Object Storage
S3-compatible object storage that branches with your database.
Functions
Long-running serverless functions on Node.js, deployed alongside your database.
AI Gateway
One API for frontier and open-source models, built into your Neon project.
This page covers the platform's management and operations side: the account, project, and infrastructure tasks you use to run your Neon projects day to day.
Access & collaboration
Section titled “Access & collaboration”Manage your account, your team, and who can access your project's databases.
Accounts
About Neon account types
User permissions
Manage user permissions and access levels
Organizations
Build your team in Neon
Project collaboration
Collaborate on your projects with other users
Database access
Learn how to manage user access to your databases using roles
API keys
Generate and manage API keys
Account recovery
Recover your account and reset your password
Projects & resources
Section titled “Projects & resources”Learn how to manage all aspects of your Neon projects. These topics cover the basics of setting up your projects through the UI (create, edit, delete) as well as practical guidance and best practices around managing project resources.
The object model
Learn about the Neon project and all its resources
Projects
Create and manage projects in Neon
Branches
Learn about database branching in Neon
Computes
Configure and optimimze compute resources for your Neon projects
Roles
Manage roles within projects and assign permissions
Databases
Manage your database from the Console, CLI, or API
Tables
Use the Tables page to easily view, edit, and manage your database entries
Integrations
Manage third-party integrations with your Neon project
Monitoring & observability
Section titled “Monitoring & observability”Monitor your Neon projects to track system health and performance.
Overview
Learn about monitoring resources and metrics in Neon
Monitoring dashboard
Dashboard graphs for monitoring system and database metrics
System operations
Track actions taken by the control plane on project resources
Active queries
View and analyze running queries in your database
Query performance
View and analyze query performance for your Neon database
Datadog
Monitor your database with Datadog
Grafana Cloud
Monitor your database with Grafana Cloud
OpenTelemetry
Monitor your database with OpenTelemetry
Metrics and logs reference
Metrics and logs reference for monitoring
Better Stack
Monitor Neon with Better Stack using OpenTelemetry integration
New Relic
Monitor Neon with New Relic using OpenTelemetry integration
pgAdmin
Monitor your database with pgAdmin
PgHero
Monitor your database with PgHero
Security & compliance
Section titled “Security & compliance”Learn how Neon secures your projects and data, and explore the security features available for you to use.
Overview
Overview of Neon's security features
Security reporting
Report security vulnerabilities and incidents
Compliance
Learn how Neon complies with various standards
HIPAA
HIPAA compliance with Neon
Acceptable Use Policy
Read about Neon's acceptable use policies
AI use in Neon
Learn about how AI is used in Neon
Operations & maintenance
Section titled “Operations & maintenance”Production checklist
Guidelines to optimize price, performance, and reliability
Backups
An overview of backup strategies for Lakebase Postgres
Backup with pg_dump
Learn how to create a backup of your Neon database using pg_dump
Automate pg_dump backups
Automate backups of your Neon database to S3 with pg_dump and GitHub Actions
Updates overview
Overview of Neon platform maintenance and compute updates
Platform maintenance
Find out how Neon manages essential platform maintenance and critical security updates
Updates
Learn about updates for Neon computes and Postgres
Regions
Learn about Neon regions and availability