Summary: The Neon Agent Plan is a pricing tier for platforms that provision and manage Postgres databases for end users at scale. It is organized into sponsored organizations (free and paid) with unlimited projects. Platforms building multi-tenant SaaS or agentic applications choose this plan for sponsored free-tier infrastructure and up to $25,000 in paid-tier credits. Compute is billed at $0.106 per compute unit hour. Enrollment requires an active Neon Scale plan and team approval. All provisioning and fleet management runs through the Neon API, with autoscaling, scale-to-zero, branching, and point-in-time recovery included.

Learn about using Neon to provision and manage databases for agentic platforms

What you will learn:

• How the agent plan is organized
• How Agent differs from Scale
• How to get started

Related topics

• AI agent integration guide
• Integrating with Neon
• Database versioning with snapshots
• neon-for-agent-platforms on GitHub

The Neon agent plan provides infrastructure for platforms that deploy Postgres databases on behalf of end users. The plan uses a two-organization structure to separate free and paid user tiers, with unlimited projects in each organization. We incrementally raise your limit to accommodate growing usage.

Agent plan pricing and limits differ from the Scale plan. Agent is optimized for high project volume at Launch-rate compute pricing, with some Scale features and limits adjusted for fleet-style workloads.

The lakebase architecture aligns with how agent platforms operate:

• Instant provisioning: Serverless Postgres with separated compute and storage provisions databases in seconds
• Autoscaling and scale-to-zero: Compute scales up and down automatically based on workload, and idle databases cost nothing while remaining instantly accessible
• API management: Every capability, including provisioning, quotas, branching, instant restore, and snapshots, is exposed through the Neon API
• Database versioning: Copy-on-write storage enables instant branching, snapshots, and point-in-time recovery for checkpoints and experimentation
• Integrated services: Neon supports built-in Auth and a PostgREST-compatible Data API for complete, production-ready backends

This combination enables agent builders to create thousands of databases without worrying about resource exhaustion or runaway costs.

To join the agent plan:

• You must have an active Neon Scale plan with a credit card on file

• Your application requires approval from the Neon team

Once your application is approved, the Neon team switches your Scale account to the Agent Plan and helps you set up a second Free Account for your Free Tier if needed. After setup, you manage all projects and configurations independently via the Neon API.

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Neon creates two organizations in your account:

This sponsored free organization hosts databases for your free-tier users at no cost to you; Neon sponsors the infrastructure. Individual projects have resource limits similar to Neon's standard free tier.

You are not charged for usage in this organization. Use this for users who haven't upgraded to your platform's paid plans. This means your free tier is truly free, with no database infrastructure costs passed to you.

For an overview of Free plan limits, see Neon plans.

The paid organization hosts databases for your paying users with Agent plan pricing and limits. Neon provides up to $25,000 in initial credits to cover usage charges.

Compute is billed at $0.106 per compute unit hour (Launch rate, lower than Scale). You can create your own internal tier/plan structure within this organization, configuring different resource quotas for different user segments. Use this organization for users on your paid plans that need resource flexibility.

Agent and Scale are different plans. Enrollment starts from Scale, but after you join Agent your organizations use Agent pricing and limits.

Both plans include metrics/logs export, SOC 2 reporting, private networking, and configurable scale-to-zero. For the full Scale feature list, see Neon plans.

After initial enrollment, you have full control over both organizations as admin. Project limits are unlimited; we incrementally raise your limit to accommodate growing usage. All project operations are performed through the Neon API, enabling fleet management at scale with small engineering teams. You can:

• Create and delete projects in either organization
• Set per-project resource quotas and billing limits
• Monitor compute, storage, and network usage across all projects
• Track consumption metrics for building usage-based billing

The API-first approach means you can provision and manage thousands of databases programmatically without manual intervention.

With the sponsored free and paid organization structure of the agent plan, you can move user projects between organizations when they upgrade or downgrade tiers. Transferring projects between organizations requires a personal API key with access to both organizations. You can transfer up to 400 projects per request.

See transfer projects between organizations for details.

The agent plan uses usage-based pricing with dedicated support. See Agent vs Scale for how limits compare to Scale.

Pricing applies to the paid organization only.

The paid organization receives up to $25,000 in initial credits that cover compute ($0.106 per compute unit hour), storage, and data transfer charges. Usage is tracked per project, and the API exposes consumption metrics for building usage-based billing into your platform.

The sponsored free organization has no billing charges; Neon sponsors the infrastructure for your free tier users.

Track compute time, storage, and network I/O per project to monitor usage and build billing logic. See the consumption metrics guide for details.

The agent plan includes these benefits for participating platforms:

Once enrolled in the agent plan:

1. You'll receive admin access to both organizations (sponsored and paid)
2. Create projects in the appropriate organization based on your user's tier
3. Configure resource quotas per project as needed
4. Monitor usage and billing using the Neon API

For step-by-step implementation instructions, see the AI Agent integration guide.

Tip: Code samples and agent skill

The neon-for-agent-platforms repository provides TypeScript samples and a companion agent skill for building on the agent plan. Install the companion skill with the Neon CLI:

neon skills -s neon-postgres-agent-platforms -y

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