# Scaling Prisma applications with Neon read-only replicas

DevFeed: [Scaling Prisma applications with Neon read-only replicas](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/scaling-prisma-applications-with-neon-read-only-replicas-5762.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://neon.com/blog/read-replicas-prisma>)

Author: Mahmoud Abdelwahab

Published: 2023-09-13T14:59:14Z

Content type: tutorial

Language: en

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

Topics: [Prisma](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/prisma.md>), [Replication](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/replication.md>), [Database](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/database.md>), [Scalability](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/scalability.md>), [autoscaling](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/autoscaling.md>), [Access Control](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/access-control.md>)

Tags: [access-control](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/access-control.md>), [autoscaling](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/autoscaling.md>), [availability](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/availability.md>), [cli](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/cli.md>), [community](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/community.md>), [database](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/database.md>), [guide](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/guide.md>), [how-to](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/how-to.md>), [prisma](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/prisma.md>), [replication](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/replication.md>), [scalability](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/scalability.md>), [scale](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/scale.md>)

## AI overview

This guide explains read replicas, how Neon read-only replicas work, and how they can scale Prisma applications. It covers workload offloading, throughput, access control, resource customization, replication differences from traditional Postgres, cost, data consistency, availability, and creation through the Neon interface or CLI.

## Source excerpt

In this guide, we'll cover what read replicas are, how they work in Neon, and how to leverage them to scale your Prisma applications. What is a read replica? A read replica is a read-only synchronized copy of your primary database. It offloads read traffic from your primary datab...