Neon vs DigitalOcean Managed Databases
Zero of fourteen models named Neon first on the direct prompt; zero named DigitalOcean Managed Databases. Neon was named by ten of the fourteen models and DigitalOcean Managed Databases by twelve and Neon carries 23 labels and DigitalOcean Managed Databases 19, so the shares are not directly comparable.
Named in two categories this edition.
Named in one category this edition.
Share is the count of first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts over all fourteen models, for a mid-market B2B company; rank is within the category; every quote names the model and the prompt it came from. Both figures come from the managed relational databases page.
By framing
NeonFirst choices, of fourteen modelsDigitalOcean Managed Databases
Across every category in the October 2026 Edition, Neon and DigitalOcean Managed Databases were named in the same answer thirty-seven times, of the 78 answers naming Neon and the 58 naming DigitalOcean Managed Databases. In those answers DigitalOcean Managed Databases took the first choice eleven times and Neon nine.
Every model, every framing
| Model | Direct | Paraphrase | Comparative | Budget-constrained | Scale-constrained | Negative |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Claude Haiku 4.5 | | |||||
| GPT-5.4 mini | ||||||
| Gemini 3.5 Flash | | | | | | |
| Perplexity Sonar | | |||||
| Grok 4.1 Fast | | | | | ||
| Mistral Small | | |||||
| DeepSeek V4 Flash | | |||||
| Llama 4 Maverick | | |||||
| Qwen 3.7 Flash | | | ||||
| Kimi K2 | | | | |||
| GLM 4.7 FlashX | | |||||
| MiniMax M2.5 | | | ||||
| GPT-6 Luna | | |||||
| Muse Glimmer 30B | |
Neon DigitalOcean Managed Databases first choice named as an alternative argued againstblank: not namedEach cell is one answer, Neon on the left and DigitalOcean Managed Databases on the right.The direct prompt
Neither was the first choice, one was named
5 of 14 modelsThe answer put something else first and named one of the two as an alternative.Neither was named
9 of 14 modelsThe answer made no first choice from these two in this category.Bold names in an answer are the products the judge labeled a first choice; a model naming several gives each of them that label. The full answer text for every row is in the record.
By buyer segment
DigitalOcean Managed Databases15%#4 of 8Neon10%#5 of 8Neon10%#4 of 9DigitalOcean Managed Databases9%#5 of 9Neon0%#– of 8DigitalOcean Managed Databases0%#– of 8What the models said about Neon
Every negative label with a quote, up to three, then the highest-weighted positives, up to three. Three of four in this category shown.
“Supabase or Neon (both serverless PostgreSQL) stand out as the best managed relational database services” Grok 4.1 Fast · budget prompt · first choice
“or Neon if you have very sporadic usage patterns and want to minimize costs” Kimi K2 · budget prompt · first choice
“For a budget-conscious company using PostgreSQL, I'd start with Neon” GPT-6 Luna · budget prompt · first choice
What the models said about DigitalOcean Managed Databases
Every negative label with a quote, up to three, then the highest-weighted positives, up to three. Three of four in this category shown.
“the best managed relational database service is usually DigitalOcean Managed Databases because it offers transparent starting prices” Perplexity Sonar · budget prompt · first choice
“If you want the absolute lowest ongoing managed PostgreSQL price with no vendor lock-in, DigitalOcean at ~$15/mo is the current sweet spot” Muse Glimmer 30B · budget prompt · first choice
“The Winner: For most small businesses balancing ease-of-use with cost, DigitalOcean is usually the safest bet” Qwen 3.7 Flash · budget prompt · first choice
Comparisons are drawn for the top eight products in each category, each against each. The output is the models' output; nothing here is a recommendation by the index.