# Postgres 18 Is Out: Try it on Neon

DevFeed: [Postgres 18 Is Out: Try it on Neon](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/postgres-18-is-out-try-it-on-neon-5726.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://neon.com/blog/postgres-18>)

Author: Bryan Clark

Published: 2025-09-25T18:54:37Z

Content type: article

Language: en

Sources: [Blog -- Neon Docs](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/blog-neon-docs.md>)

Topics: [Database](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/database.md>), [Optimization](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/optimization.md>), [Query (disambiguation)](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/query.md>), [Developer experience](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/developer-experience.md>), [Structured-data](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/structured-data.md>), [Cache](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/cache.md>)

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## AI overview

The article announces the Postgres 18 release and its immediate preview availability on Neon's Free plan. It highlights performance and developer-focused improvements including skip scans for multicolumn B-tree indexes, expanded EXPLAIN ANALYZE metrics, virtual generated columns, native UUIDv7 support, access to old and new row values in a single statement, and temporal integrity for keys.

## Source excerpt

Postgres 18 just shipped, and as always, it's available in preview on Neon right away. You can try it right now on Neon's Free plan, no credit card or setup required. New Features in Postgres 18 Postgres 18 comes with a ton of other exciting updates around performance, flexibilit...