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Re:Why We Migrated from Neon to PlanetScale by asib on Tuesday August 12, 2025 @12:12PM (#44878295)
Maybe you were referring to specifics of Neon's usage-based pricing.

The bullet I quoted makes it seem like you feel punished for having to pay more because you used more resources. That's, like, the fundamental idea of usage-based pricing. If you feel punished, it seems as though you misunderstood the whole idea.

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Re:Why We Migrated from Neon to PlanetScale by anthonyronning on Tuesday August 12, 2025 @12:25PM (#44878505)
I see. Yeah I'm not against usage-based in general. Just specific to database's, especially in my instance where it feels like I'm paying more for the luxury of having a scale-to-zero feature that I've quickly grown beyond.

I'll reiterate that it's not the only reason why I'm moving off of them. Reliability, performance, insights, etc.

It just happens to be a lot more affordable too.

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