Disk space costs
There is a lot to love about Neon - my team is developing multiple projects on it currently and are very happy. But I just wanted to share some experiences I had this week. We tried to pitch 2 companies we are working with on Neon over RDS/Aurora for new greenfield projects that we are preparing to move to production. Both were open to Neon until they saw the pricing page and realized storage would run them $1.50 list per GB. I have learned not to question a company's specific business model but the reaction to the disk space was eye opening. I don't see either company exceeding more than a TB of data, but with 7 day retention, that quickly becomes 7TB and around $10k of monthly costs. Put in perspective, 7TB of storage with a data warehouse saas both companies use runs about < $200 per month. As I mentioned, I do not claim to know the input costs into Neon so I'll assume there is a reason to price disk space where it is, but in the two cases I mentioned, both clients didnt even want to bother going through the sales process to see what discounts at volume might be available and simply decided to stick with what they were familiar with (AWS). If there are significant discounts available for disk space at volume, it might be worth being transparent about it on the pricing page so potential clients can clearly see what the costs might be as they reach larger production volumes. My experience is that disk space is seen purely as a commodity these days and pricing at a significant premium over competitors distracts from the overall value Neon brings to the table.
