SMASHSEND moved from RDS to Neon and 𝘴𝘮𝘢𝘴𝘩𝘦𝘥 their database bill by 95%. They also got faster pooling, seamless branching, and a better developer experience:
If you’re using RDS and running into problems like:
– Paying for idle database time
– Hitting connection limits in serverless environments
– Overprovisioning just to handle spikes
– Spinning up full instances just to test schema changes
– Dealing with network configs and RDS Proxy setup
It might be time to switch to Neon. You will get:
– Serverless Postgres that scales up and down automatically
– With built-in connection pooling, no proxy required
– Branching for instant dev, test, and preview environments
– And GitHub and Vercel integrations out of the box
Neon is what cloud Postgres should feel like. Try it and see the difference.
