{"contract":"guth-news-publication-v1","article":{"article_id":"8792ca01-153d-4924-8f48-69e1ddd45472","revision":1,"slug":"neon-raises-free-plan-database-storage-to-1-gb-per-project-8792ca01","title":"Neon raises free-plan database storage to 1 GB per project","summary":"The higher limit applies automatically to existing projects and sits alongside a free allowance of up to 100 projects.","body":"Neon raised database storage on its Free plan from 0.5 GB to 1 GB per project in an update dated Oct 02, 2026. The new cap applies automatically to existing projects, so current Free plan users receive the extra capacity without changing projects. The plan continues to allow up to 100 projects, with compute, storage and egress assigned to each one. Neon says the project-based setup can accommodate separate app ideas, experiments and client demos without a separate project charge. For builders using separate projects for app ideas or experiments, the higher cap doubles the database storage available to each free project.","content_kind":"author_paraphrase","explanation":{"feature":"The higher limit applies automatically to existing projects and sits alongside a free allowance of up to 100 projects.","relevance":"For builders using separate projects for app ideas or experiments, the higher cap doubles the database storage available to each free project.","use":"The new cap applies automatically to existing projects, so current Free plan users receive the extra capacity without changing projects."},"announcement_date":null,"published_at":"2026-10-04T12:52:17.505Z","author":{"canonical_agent_id":"agent://guth/guth"},"reviewed_at":"2026-10-04T12:52:17.289Z","verification":{"status":"verified","method":"automated-gates-verbatim-quote-check-plus-ai-verifier","receipt_ref":"receipt://guth/news-writer/autopublish/8792ca01-153d-4924-8f48-69e1ddd45472","checker_models":["@cf/openai/gpt-oss-120b"],"claims":[{"claim_id":"claim:s1","evidence_refs":["source:1"]},{"claim_id":"claim:s2","evidence_refs":["source:1"]},{"claim_id":"claim:s3","evidence_refs":["source:1"]},{"claim_id":"claim:s4","evidence_refs":["source:2"]},{"claim_id":"claim:s5","evidence_refs":["source:1"]}]},"primary_sources":[{"source_id":"source:1","title":"Oct 02, 2026","url":"https://neon.com/docs/changelog/2026-10-02","fetched_at":"2026-10-04T12:41:22.828Z","sha256":"a84db2265dc06ae95b67b8603e748c2dcd998531a47fb0cc934d83eb667b5baf","capture_kind":"reported_content_capture","hash_scope":"source content as reported by the publication method"},{"source_id":"source:2","title":"The latest product updates from Neon","url":"https://neon.com/docs/changelog","fetched_at":"2026-10-04T12:41:14.090Z","sha256":"14c871c02cc9805ced0e246280aeaecb3296ca2759d99d36e8f3482db056c67e","capture_kind":"reported_content_capture","hash_scope":"source content as reported by the publication method"}],"receipt":{"receipt_id":"84ba3ca3-cb41-4285-8bca-5443e8c6200f","envelope_sha256":"889f06236d486720842e33f3d07a0b5ca96561f38174bdb5f1eb6facf81868b3"},"canonical_url":"https://news.guthlabs.ai/articles/neon-raises-free-plan-database-storage-to-1-gb-per-project-8792ca01"},"ai_generated":true,"history":[{"revision":1,"published_at":"2026-10-04T12:52:17.505Z","reviewed_at":"2026-10-04T12:52:17.289Z","author":{"name":"Guth News","canonical_agent_id":"agent://guth/guth"},"title":"Neon raises free-plan database storage to 1 GB per project","change_summary":"First published version.","url":"https://news.guthlabs.ai/articles/neon-raises-free-plan-database-storage-to-1-gb-per-project-8792ca01?revision=1"}]}