Neon AI Gateway
Independent gateway · no token markup · checked Sep 25, 2026
What it costs on real workloads
| Model | Direct | Through it |
|---|---|---|
 Claude Sonnet 5 | $400.00 | $400.00vs $400.00 direct |
 GPT-6 Sol | $400.00 | $400.00vs $400.00 direct |
 Gemini 3.8 Flash | $150.00 | $150.00vs $150.00 direct |
 DeepSeek V4.1 Flash | $27.00 | $27.00vs $27.00 direct |
100M input and 20M output tokens a month, paying with gateway credits.
About Neon AI Gateway
LLM gateway built into each Neon Postgres branch: one Neon credential calls OpenAI, Google, xAI and open-weight models through an OpenAI-compatible endpoint, served via Databricks and paid from prepaid credits.
- Fee on tokens
- None
- Pricing model
- Provider list prices, no markup; prepaid Neon credits
- Bring your own key
- No
- Entry plan
- Launch or Scale plan with prepaid credits
- Hosting
- Hosted
Features stated: OpenAI-compatible. Not stated: Fallbacks, Load balancing, Caching, Guardrails, Observability, Rate limits, Budgets, Prompts, Bring your own key, Data residency, Private networking.
The terms, in their words
- Markup
- No markup: Neon charges the same per-token rate as the model provider. Usage draws down prepaid credits (1 credit = $1, $5 minimum purchase, valid 12 months). Paid Neon plans only (Launch or Scale).
- Providers
- 49 catalog models from OpenAI, Google, xAI, Moonshot AI, Alibaba, Meta, Zhipu AI and Thinking Machines; open-weight models for any paid project, foundation models by request as access rolls out
- No markup. Neon charges the same per-token rate as the model provider. Published provider prices are passed on to users with no additional markup.
- 1 credit equals $1 USD, with a $5 minimum purchase, and credits are valid for 12 months from purchase.
- The AI Gateway is available on paid Neon plans only. It is not included in the Free plan.
Source: neon.com/docs/ai-gateway/overview#pricing
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