Neon AI Gateway
Independent gateway · no token markup
Unverified
What it costs on real workloads
| Model | Direct | Through it |
|---|---|---|
| $400.00 | $400.00vs $400.00 direct | |
| $400.00 | $400.00vs $400.00 direct | |
| $150.00 | $150.00vs $150.00 direct | |
| $10.50 | $10.50vs $10.50 direct |
100M input and 20M output tokens a month, paying with gateway credits. A dash: not on its model list.
Carries 56 of the models tracked here, from its own model catalog, checked Nov 9, 2026.
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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