# Neon alternatives: what AI models name instead, October 2026

IT AI Recommendation Index, October 2026 Edition. 199 of the 252 answers in the 1 category where Neon holds a standing named it neither first nor as an alternative; these are the first choices those answers made. Page: https://it-ai-index.com/vendors/neon/alternatives/

## Named instead, most often (every category and segment added)

- Amazon RDS: 64
- Amazon Aurora: 27
- Google Cloud SQL: 24
- Azure SQL Database: 19
- DigitalOcean Managed Databases: 8
- Supabase: 3

## Managed relational databases

**Small business**: 49 of 84 answers did not name Neon (Neon is #5 of 8 at 10%).

- Amazon RDS: first choice in 17 of those 49
- Google Cloud SQL: first choice in 11 of those 49
- DigitalOcean Managed Databases: first choice in 6 of those 49
- Azure SQL Database: first choice in 3 of those 49
- Supabase: first choice in 3 of those 49
- Amazon Aurora: first choice in 1 of those 49
- Amazon RDS for PostgreSQL or MySQL: first choice in 1 of those 49
- Azure Database for PostgreSQL/MySQL: first choice in 1 of those 49

**Mid-market**: 67 of 84 answers did not name Neon (Neon is #4 of 9 at 10%).

- Amazon RDS: first choice in 32 of those 67
- Amazon Aurora: first choice in 9 of those 67
- Google Cloud SQL: first choice in 7 of those 67
- Azure SQL Database: first choice in 2 of those 67
- DigitalOcean Managed Databases: first choice in 2 of those 67
- Linode Managed Databases: first choice in 1 of those 67
- Vultr Managed Databases: first choice in 1 of those 67

**Enterprise**: 83 of 84 answers did not name Neon.

- Amazon Aurora: first choice in 17 of those 83
- Amazon RDS: first choice in 15 of those 83
- Azure SQL Database: first choice in 14 of those 83
- Google Cloud SQL: first choice in 6 of those 83
- Azure SQL Managed Instance: first choice in 2 of those 83
- Oracle Autonomous Database: first choice in 2 of those 83
- AWS: first choice in 1 of those 83
- Amazon Aurora with I/O-Optimized pricing: first choice in 1 of those 83

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