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Compute endpoint

A Neon compute is the service that runs Postgres for a branch. Applications connect to the branch through its compute, which can scale down when idle and start again when needed.

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  • Scale to zero
  • Autoscaling
  • Read replica
  • Connection latency and timeouts
  • Compute size

Source: Manage computes - Neon Docs. Checked 2026-11-03.