Elastic vs Neon
What each one’s own pages state, side by side. Every value is a quote AirStack found on that product’s pages; “Not observed” means AirStack has not found it on that product’s pages.
| Elastic | Neon | |
|---|---|---|
| What it says it does | Elastic is a technology company. elastic.co | The backend for apps and agents, built to scale on Lakebase Postgres. neon.com |
| Starting at | Not observed | free plan listed |
| Platforms | Docker, Kubernetes, Linux, Windows, macOS, AWS, Alibaba, Azure, GCP, Google Cloud elastic.co | Not observed |
| Deployment | Elastic Cloud Hosted, Elastic Cloud Serverless, self-managed, on-premises, Self-managed Elasticsearch, Hosted, Serverless elastic.co | Not observed |
| Integrations | AWS, Azure, Google Cloud, BigQuery, GKE, applications, cloud-native infrastructure, content repositories, security activity and context elastic.co | Datadog, OTel neon.com |
| Compliance | HIPAA, SOC 2 elastic.co | CCPA, GDPR, HIPAA, ISO 27001, SOC 2 neon.com |
| Free plan | Not observed | Yes neon.com |
| Plans | Limited, Base, Enhanced, Premium, Enterprise, Platinum elastic.co | Free, Launch, Scale, Agent neon.com |
| Open source | Yes elastic.co | Not observed |
| Pricing basis | Resource based pricing elastic.co | Pay for what you use, not for the infrastructure you might need. neon.com |
Where they differ
- Neon’s pages state a free plan; AirStack has not found that on Elastic’s pages.
- Elastic’s pages state that it is open source; AirStack has not found that on Neon’s pages.
- Neon claims GDPR on its own pages; Elastic’s pages read by AirStack do not mention it.
- Neon claims ISO 27001 on its own pages; Elastic’s pages read by AirStack do not mention it.
Prices are list prices as written on each pricing page; check them before you buy. Nothing here is a ranking or a recommendation.