Databases
Application Database
Neon
The database behind our custom applications, where your listings, accounts and orders are kept safe and organized.
- Category
- Databases
- Stack role
- Infrastructure
- Tool type
- SaaS
- Best suited for
- Data-Driven Applications
- Hosting model
- Managed Service
- Made by
- Neon
- First released
- 2022
What is Neon?
Neon, in plain English.
Neon is a managed Postgres database. A database is where an application keeps everything it needs to remember: customers, listings, orders, settings. Postgres is one of the most trusted database systems in the world, so the people and tools that know it work with Neon right away.
What sets Neon apart is how it is run for you. The database scales up when traffic is busy and rests when it is quiet, so you are not paying for idle capacity around the clock. You can also make a branch of your data, an instant working copy, and use it to test a change safely without touching the live information.
Neon also keeps the history needed to restore data to an earlier moment if something is deleted by mistake. For a business owner, this is the quiet foundation under a custom application: reliable storage that grows as you do and does not need a database administrator on your payroll.
In our stack
Why we use Neon.
Neon is the database under our custom applications, including Reno Restaurant Guide. Branching lets us test a change against a copy of real data before it touches yours, and the managed service means backups, scaling and upkeep are not left to chance.
Safe Testing
We try changes on a copy of your data first, never on the live database.
Pay for Use
The database rests when idle, so you are not paying for unused capacity.
Restore Mistakes
Data can be rewound to an earlier moment if something goes wrong.
Where we use it
Services built with Neon.
Related tools
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